The document discusses research methods for gaining consumer insights. It describes steps such as defining research questions, reviewing secondary sources like company records and websites, and conducting primary research through surveys, interviews, focus groups, and observation. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods are outlined. The goal is to effectively understand customers' needs, perceptions, and behaviors in order to develop creative solutions that resonate. Mistakes to avoid include asking the wrong questions and not ensuring findings are relevant to the client's objectives. An example case study is provided on how understanding airport convenience helped an airline differentiate its messaging.
Why launching npd in supermarkets is getting harderMargo Cashman
Throughout 2017 our Shopper-Aha team conducted a wide range of ‘rapid fire’ post-launch evaluations,to optimise the performance of new products, from shelf to in-home use.
In the interests of improving our collective success rate, we thought you might be interested in our observations...
Today buyers are more cautious than ever before when it comes to making decisions. This means that you’ll need a variety of closing techniques at your disposal if you’re going to smash your sales targets.
The great news is that one or a combination of these 8 best Closing Techniques can be used in any sales situation to help you turn every prospect into a buying customer.
Key importance to do Market Research before any Business entry to particular sector. Did Apple really skip market research before market their 'Iphone and Ipad'? Did this on PREZI presentation instead. This workshop I did is for what I did for Qualitative Market Research on recent assignment for my firm.
Note I may edit for next workshop on Market Research thus isn't really a final.
Add on as time goes by.
An overview of the most used Research methodologies that marketers should know as they use it on daily basis.
From Qualitative to quantitative research, learn what is useful when for what purposes.
Sharing some basic principles I have learned over time
Download all the decks at
https://www.yawp.agency/private-access
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimilianolafranca/
Product instructions: The missing piece of the customer experience webinarSharon Burton
The total customer experience is critical to the success of a company; it relates tightly to customer loyalty and increased sales. Companies with better customer experience see their revenues improve through increased spending from existing customers and reduced customer churn.
Product instructions are part of the Use cycle of the customer experience but how do you know if they are meeting the needs of your customers?
Learn more about:
• What your customers think about your product instructions:
o 95% of your customers are using the product instructions
o 71% of your customers think if the instructions are confusing or incomplete, the overall quality of the product is poor
o 71% of your customers think clear instructions means a company cares about them
• What good product instructions include and why
• 5 signs your product instructions are hurting the customer experience
Why launching npd in supermarkets is getting harderMargo Cashman
Throughout 2017 our Shopper-Aha team conducted a wide range of ‘rapid fire’ post-launch evaluations,to optimise the performance of new products, from shelf to in-home use.
In the interests of improving our collective success rate, we thought you might be interested in our observations...
Today buyers are more cautious than ever before when it comes to making decisions. This means that you’ll need a variety of closing techniques at your disposal if you’re going to smash your sales targets.
The great news is that one or a combination of these 8 best Closing Techniques can be used in any sales situation to help you turn every prospect into a buying customer.
Key importance to do Market Research before any Business entry to particular sector. Did Apple really skip market research before market their 'Iphone and Ipad'? Did this on PREZI presentation instead. This workshop I did is for what I did for Qualitative Market Research on recent assignment for my firm.
Note I may edit for next workshop on Market Research thus isn't really a final.
Add on as time goes by.
An overview of the most used Research methodologies that marketers should know as they use it on daily basis.
From Qualitative to quantitative research, learn what is useful when for what purposes.
Sharing some basic principles I have learned over time
Download all the decks at
https://www.yawp.agency/private-access
https://www.linkedin.com/company/26586622/admin/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimilianolafranca/
Product instructions: The missing piece of the customer experience webinarSharon Burton
The total customer experience is critical to the success of a company; it relates tightly to customer loyalty and increased sales. Companies with better customer experience see their revenues improve through increased spending from existing customers and reduced customer churn.
Product instructions are part of the Use cycle of the customer experience but how do you know if they are meeting the needs of your customers?
Learn more about:
• What your customers think about your product instructions:
o 95% of your customers are using the product instructions
o 71% of your customers think if the instructions are confusing or incomplete, the overall quality of the product is poor
o 71% of your customers think clear instructions means a company cares about them
• What good product instructions include and why
• 5 signs your product instructions are hurting the customer experience
Thought of sharing an interesting presentation on effectiveness of Promotional Products vis-à-vis other Marketing & Advertizing activities in an Organization. Do leave your comments to enrich the insights shared herein.
Product Strategy for Startups (english) #GoogleLaunchpad #StartupWiseGuysBenno Lœwenberg
Endless amounts of products are offered to the market, that nobody asked for. A well shaped product strategy is fundamental to enable building something, that people actually need or want.
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Your customers are on a journey when they search for your products online, and your store's landing pages should be the destination they can't miss. But do you know which types of landing pages work best?
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Learn build measure building products customers loveRahul PruthI
An in depth introduction to building products with a focus on software. Slides are from the Product Management Bootcamp at General Assembly, Austin, Texas.
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At Canvassco, we are specialized in B2B market intelligence and business development. We usually help companies to kick start their new business units. Our experience ranging from retail concept development to launching industrial products. Normally our clients work with us at an initial stage of business development and once we set a clear direction about target customers, value proposition, sale and marketing strategy then we hand over to our client.
The project usually starts with…
Customer intelligence market research (our MARKETVIEW solution) to understand market potential and prioritise target customers. This is essential if your target customers are broad e.g. SMEs, we would need to prioritise segment of SMEs that offers the most promising opportunity.
Once the direction is defined. We accelerate market expansion by offering…
Lead generation services (our LeadGen solution) which is to construct database that fit with a potential customer profile.
These two solutions are actually packaged under our Business Development Program.
Also depends on sales and marketing strategies. we also offers other solution such as Business Matchmaker which is to search for potential partner, or digital media (social media marketing) and also customer data analysis (this is more suitable for retails).
Can you please edit the Situational analysis and Marketing Recomme.docxhacksoni
Can you please edit the Situational analysis and Marketing Recommendations to subsections as provided in the rubric I sent you. Follow the rubric for each subsection on what to say
· Situational analysis
· Intro paragraph
· Company or Brand History & Evaluation
· Product Evaluation
· Consumer Evaluation
· Competitive Evaluation
· Marketing Environment Evaluation
· Problem & Opportunities
· Marketing Recommendations
· Objectives
· Target Market
· Other Goals
· Measurement
· Strategy
· Product
· Price
· Promotion
· Distribution
Agency Name:
notes I have from the East Lansing speaker:
East Lansing City Project
- Keep the city attractive while under construction
· Issues with road closures for construction
· More Traffic
· Less parking spaces
- Promote those new 70,000sq2 feet being constructed
- East Lansing is becoming more urbanized
- No space for huge surface lots, need of structure for parking
- Bee is the mascot (find ways to use that mascot and promote the city)
- Partnership with FOX Sports (Get a slot for a free Ad) à During Basketball/Football games
- Open to event Ideas (if use this: Make a strategy and plan)
Points the city wants to advertise:
1. Downton is Open for Business
2. Parking is ample and available
3. Free parking is available
Questions to consider:
1. How might we better convince people to support businesses during construction?
2. What are our best tactics to drive foot traffic to downtown EL?
3. How might we best use out limited resources to advertise our business district?
Ideas to build on:
- Partnerships with MSU Athletics
- Player/Coach Appearances
· Autographs?
· Other Activities?
- Take advantage of MSU Sports Advertising/Marketing
- Create cool hashtag
- Connect MSU sporting events with Business Downton
· Dinner and a ball game, etc.
- Spartan Bee?
IDEAS THAT ARE LOW COST BUT HIGH VISIBILITY
- T-Shirt concept
· Create a flashy t-shirt design and distribution strategy to brand the downtown/student experience
- Student engagement Events/Promotions including social media
· Giveaways?
· Pizza Party/welcome back party
· Welcome Home!
· Spring Break?
· Plinko? Cornhole?
· Participation?
· Homecoming
Budget $10,000/15,000 range
$12,000 For class purpose
Mistakes in the past:
1. Focusing on too many things
2. Too broad of target
**Think about things as Money
How many visits are being made to the downtown area? How can we leverage that with a reasonable increase of visits and within budget? Cost per person to attract them downtown through media?
Look at data of how East Lansing analyzes visits to downtown
Situation Analysis: How does sports activity and move in/move out days affect sales and traffic through the downtown area
Sample Outline of a Plansbook
The following is a typical outline for a plansbook*. Although you are welcome to vary from this outline.
What is a brand? - For small business ownersRay Pastoors
In this webinar, we take a look at what is a brand, how important it is for a small business and steps to establish a brand.
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How to Focus your Digital Marketing Strategy - by Keith Boswell from PerceptintKeith Boswell
This deck is from a workshop "How to Focus your Digital Marketing Strategy" that I presented on September 17th, 2014 at Start Garden. I share the lessons I've learned working in digital marketing for the past 19 years as a strategist and client lead.
I'm hopeful some of these lessons will help you too.
Hiểu thế nào là tin tức báo chí (cách thức các nhà báo làm việc và vì sao họ lại phạm sai lầm; nhận ra thành kiến của công chúng bên cạnh thành kiến của giới truyền thông)
Biết vận dụng tư duy phản biện để đánh giá mức độ đáng tin cậy/độ khả tín của các bản tin trên báo chí, truyền hình, internet…
Trở thành người TIÊU DÙNG THÔNG MINH, SẢN XUẤT TRÁCH NHIỆM (đối với tin tức)
What are consumers trends in 2017?
What 2017 consumer index could tell you? Would consumer spend much on Education, Entertainment or Food & Beverage?
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Contained in this paper is a Marketing Communications plan for Farm to Table Organic Café (Homemade Ice-cream). The target consumers of children, teenagers and young adults between the ages of 8 and 27 is the focus of the proposed campaign. Every research has been completed to identify and utilize Farm to Table Organic Café strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to prepare a plan most beneficial to the shop also based on their financial reports, feedback from customers and comment from employees themselves. Objectives and tactics have been designed to fix mostly perfect with the development of Farm to Table Organic Café.
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Short video marketing has sweeped the nation and is the fastest way to build an online brand on social media in 2024. In this session you will learn:- What is short video marketing- Which platforms work best for your business- Content strategies that are on brand for your business- How to sell organically without paying for ads.
This session will aim to comprehensively review the current state of artificial intelligence techniques for emotional recognition and their potential applications in optimizing digital advertising strategies. Key studies developing AI models for multimodal emotion recognition from videos, images, and neurophysiological signals were analyzed to build content for this session. The session delves deeper into the current challenges, opportunities to help realize the full benefits of emotion AI for personalized digital marketing.
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
In the digital age, businesses are inundated with tools promising to streamline operations, enhance creativity, and boost productivity. Yet, the true key to digital transformation lies not in the accumulation of tools but in strategically integrating the right AI solutions to revolutionize workflows. Join Jordache, an experienced entrepreneur, tech strategist and AI consultant, as he explores essential AI tools across three critical categories—Ideation, Creation, and Operations—that can reshape the way your business creates, operates, and scales.This talk will guide you through the practicalities of selecting and effectively using AI tools that go beyond the basics of today’s popular tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Midjourney, or Dall-E. For each category of tools, Jordache will address three crucial questions: What is each tool? Why is each one valuable to you as a business leader? How can you start using it in your workflow? This approach will not only clarify the role of these tools but also highlight their strategic value, making it perfect for business leaders ready to make informed decisions about integrating AI into their workflows.
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Landing page optimization is the strategic process of methodically enhancing the various elements and components of a web page with the primary goal of increasing its effectiveness at converting visitors into leads or customers.
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Step 1: State Your Questions
§ Before do a research à define the questions or
problems e.g.
‣ Prospect for the product, how to communicate,
consumer perception towards campaign, etc.
§ Be careful to define the question, avoid gathering
IRRELEVANT information & wasting time.
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Step 2: Dig Through Secondary Source
Company Records
§ Annual Report à a staring point
‣ Financial date, annual report, corporate philosophy,
competition, and future goals.
§ Consumer Profiles à source of value information
‣ Product warranty card, sweepstake campaign, or
applied for credit card
» Track personal information
» How/why consumers select our brand.
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Step 2: Dig Through Secondary Source … con’t
§ Technical Report
‣ Some technical facts e.g. active ingredient or innovation
can create the interesting for consumers.
§ Website
‣ The company website = great starting point
‣ Overview of the history of the organization, profile key
employees, highlight product lineup, and interactive
between consumers & company
‣ We can check how consumers saying about our brand via
google, blogs, social network, or comment to websites.
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Step 2: Dig Through Secondary Source … con’t
Trade Associations
§ Name a trade or area of interest, association, staffed
with knowledgeable people.
§ Advertising associations provide useful information for
its members:
‣ Account Planning Group, the American Association of
Advertising Agencies, etc.
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Step 2: Dig Through Secondary Source … con’t
Library Resources
§ The following are resources that provide important
background information about the client, industry,
and consumer. (see the list on page 74)
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Step 2: Dig Through Secondary Source … con’t
Syndicated Market Data
§ Research company offer paid subscribers a detailed
look at the lifestyles & shopping habits of various U.S.
markets. (see the list on page 74 – 75)
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research
§ Some primary research cannot answer all questions,
then, primary research can apply to discover.
Firsthand Experience
§ Try, taste, touch, hear, and smell … discover how
consumers perceive towards the product.
§ Try the competition ‘brand vs. competitors’ à
weakness or strengths.
§ Provide important insights à big idea
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research … con’t
Observation
§ Gathering information at store to monitor the brand
‣ Display: your brand vs. competitors
‣ How consumer react with the brand
» e.g. time spend to read label, price, compare with
other brands.
‣ Or (if can) ask why they choose a particular brand …
how often you buy it, and how they use
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research … con’t
Surveys
§ The most common primary-research ask:
current or prospect consumers.
‣ Product usage, awareness, attitude.
‣ Can implement via mail, telephone, or
personal interview.
‣ The structure of questions can give
different results
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research … con’t
Surveys … con’t
§ Some common guideline to design a survey:
‣ Keep the survey short
‣ Use simple language
‣ Include complete instructions
‣ Put easy-to-answer questions first
‣ Ask general questions before detailed ones.
‣ Save potentially embarrassing questions e.g. income,
for the end.
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research … con’t
Focus Groups
§ Some may call ‘Focus Group Discussion or FGD’
§ 5 – 10 respondents à ask their permission to record
the conversion & purposes.
§ Moderator à encourage everyone to speak & keep
discussion on track.
§ Incentive is the common practice for all respondents
§ The finding should be apply carefully.
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research … con’t
Interview
§ One-on-one interview à 30mins – 2
hrs.
§ Cover important insight
§ Do little talking, but encouraging the
respondent to speak more.
§ Insight can be discovered from
different questions
‣ Why you like …
‣ Why you don’t like …
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research … con’t
Ethnography
§ Observe people in natural setting e.g. home visit
§ Listen to their natural conversation.
§ Sometime, the researchers can come up with new
idea / everyday setting e.g.
‣ Shampoo à observe at salon
‣ Grocery à shopping with the client
‣ Or, spend daily life with them for a certain period.
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research … con’t
Projective Techniques
§ Sometime, consumers may not tell the right & true
about the brand via interview or FGD
‣ They don’t want to offend you.
§ Instead of asking them towards specific brand, change
the question like
‣ Why you bought an expensive car?
» Rational explanation: car’s safety & resale.
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research … con’t
Projective Techniques … con’t
§ Ask respondents to
‣ sketch drawing,
‣ tell tales,
‣ finish sentence
‣ do word association,
‣ create collages
‣ match company with
animals, colors, places,
and types of music.
Understand
consumer’s
subconscious
a1tude
toward
products
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research … con’t
Experiments
§ Compare the attitudes e.g.
‣ A1 see ad Vs. A2 not see ad
‣ Can study in terms of favorable impression or more
knowledgeable about the brand.
‣ Uncover opinion about product usage
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research … con’t
Online Research
§ Fast & inexpensive
§ Can reach target group who not willing to travel to a
facility for a FGD or feel uncomfortable giving
responses about sensitive issue in person.
§ Some disadvantages:
‣ Fake profile
‣ Nonverbal: tone of voice, facial expression, and body
language.
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Step 3: Conduct Primary Research … con’t
Using Multiple Research Methods
§ Because each research method has
its own advantage & disadvantage.
§ Often use more than one approach
to find the answers to their
questions.
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Step 4: Interpret the Data
§ Dig further if there are inconsistencies
among the data collected
§ Determine if information is relevant
to the consumer & the brand
§ Some research agency develops
interpretation tool e.g.
‣ a perceptional map
‣ Value / least quadrant
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Future Steps on the Process
§ After gathered information à AE or strategic planner
will prepare creative brief.
§ Creative team will use this information as inspiration
to develop ideas or creative ideas.
§ Have to ensure that ideas are on strategy
§ Concept test = useful for new product ideas & new
approaches.
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Common Mistakes in Research
§ Asking the wrong questions
§ Believing everything people tell you
§ Not testing to see if the date are relevant to your
client’s problem.
§ Biasing the results
§ Not studying someone typical of your audience.
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Agency insight
§ Competitor SAS flies out of Dulles, an airport that is a
hassle to use
§ Icelandair flies out of BWI, which is much more user
friendly
§ Target audience mainly Scandinavians who live in the
U.S.
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Questions for weekly workshop
§ How ‘consumer insight’ research helps advertisers to
promote branding, product feature, and promotional
campaign? Give some example/case study to support
your argument.
§ Remark:
‣ Page limit to 1 – 2 pages (Time New Roman, 12#, double space, or by
hand writing)
‣ Submission by printing before 11.50 @ library