2. Objective of Mini Research
Objective
Theobjectiveof thisexerciseisto demonstratehowusing searchvolumesover a time horizonof 5 years.Insightscan be gainedrelatingto where demandfor LBS uniqueeducationalexperience,is
coming from worldwide, thekey competitors,potentialcustomerswere comparing LBS with andthe identificationof trendsin risingtopicsthat areof interestto potentialclients.
Alignment of the Communication Department Activities with the Level of Interest & Intent of Potential Customers
Understandwhattopicsareof interestasa fieldof study,I selected
LondonBusinessSchool
Start-upas a fieldof studyand
Innovationasa fieldof study
As theseweretopicsover the time horizonof five yearswereconsistentlyintheupperechelonsof theIndexranking of between[60-80],. with anupward trend,Thismay provideinsightsinto topics,
brandingandcampaignsthatthe communicationsdepartmentcouldpotentiallypursuebaseduponreal-timedemand.
As a sidenote, theFT wrote a articleaboutthefact that MBA studentsareinterestedinstudyingtopicsrelatedto start-ups:MBA GenerationDemandsStart-upExpertise
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Google Trends: London Business School
Duration: Jun2012 – Jun2017
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Geo Map:RegionalLevel Interest in LondonBusiness School:(17/06/2012 -17/06/2017)
Locations with the highest level of interest in London Business School over
the past 5 years. TheUAE, UK Nigeria and Singapore and Hong Kong are
the top 5 countries.
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Level of Interest inLondonBusiness School @ a CityLevel: (17/06/2012- 17/06/2017)
Cities with the highest level of interest in London Business School over the
past 5 years. London Dubai, Lagos, Singapore and Mumbai are the top 5
Cities.
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Search Volumes of Top Related Topics for the Search Term "London Business School": (17/06/2012 - 17/06/2017,
Worldwide)
Top related topics contains the namesof competitors that potential customers may
havecompared LBS with, such as London School of Economics, Cass Business
School, INSEAD, Harvard, and Hult International Business School. In relation to
Master’s andBusiness related degrees. Topics included Masters degree, Finance,
and coursefees.
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Top Related Queries for the Search Term "London Business School": (17/06/2012 - 17/06/2017, Worldwide)
In terms of the “top queries” related to London Business School over the past 5
years. This provides an insight into key competitors that potential candidates
considered during their customer journey:
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Top Rising Queries for the Search Term "London Business School": (17/06/2012 - 17/06/2017, Worldwide
Coursera the online education web portal, is becomingwell established or at least the awareness level of the
brand rose rapidly over the past 5 years. Again QS Rankings, were important for competitor comparison
along with the use of new online channels, such as TEDx. For research purposes during the awareness and
interestphaseofthecustomerjourney.
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Level of Interest @ aCity Level for Start-upcompanyas a field of study : (17/06/2012 - 17/06/2017)World Wide
The top 5 cities, that demonstrated the highest level of interest for “Start-up
company” in relation to LBS over the past 5 years. Includes San Francisco, Bengaluru,
Singapore, New York and Hyderabad. Obviously we need to take into consideration
that some cities have large number of inhabitants which may explain to some degree
their higher ranking.
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Search Volumes for Top Topics Related to the Search Term "Start-up company": (17/06/2012 - 17/06/2017, Worldwide) LBS
Potential customers interested in setting up or may have already been running a
business. May have intended to enhance their knowledge further @ LBS through
studying the following topics: Idea, Loan, Small Business, Investment,
Entrepreneurship, Innovation ande-Commerce.
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SearchVolumesforRisingTopicsRelatedtotheSearchTerm"Start-upcompany":(17/06/2012 - 17/06/2017, Worldwide)LBS
Over the past 5 years, there seems to be a growing trend for using alternative sources
of financing such as crowdfunding, or incubator firms such as Kickstarter that
provide both funding and advice for start-up businesses. Also setting up firms in the
eCommerce space, seemed to be of great interest for individuals considering London
Business School for their postgraduate degrees. Further investigation however, is
necessary.
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SearchVolumesforTopQueriesRelatedtotheSearchTerm"Start-upcompany":(17/06/2012 -17/06/2017, Worldwide)LBS
The term start-up is the dominant query related to London Business School and the search term
“Start-up Company” Over the past 5 years. This again provides additional evidence from the
previous slides that there is a significant interest in setting up a start-up. The drop in search
volumes in relation to LBS, may be a result of potential customers finding alternatives to LBS. Or
the economy may have improved. However this will need tobe invested further.
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Geo Map:SearchVolumes @CityLevelfor theSearch Term"Innovation“asa fieldof study:(17/06/2012 - 17/06/2017)WW
The top 3 cities with the highest level of search volume for Innovation as a field of
study @LBS are,Dubai, Singapore,andBengaluru.
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Startup company Disruptive innovation Private company limited by
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SearchVolumesforRisingTopicsRelatedtotheSearchTerm"innovation“innovationasafieldofstudy:(17/06/2012 -17/06/2017, Worldwide)LBS
The fastest rising queries related to innovation as a field of study for potential
customers considering LBS as a institution to study postgraduate business
qualifications. Implies that potential customers were seeking to build businesses that
could potentially disrupt existing business models or develop new business models.
Again this wouldneed tobe investigated further.