Chapter 4: managing marketing information to gain consumer insights Flashcards

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market research

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The systematic design, collection, analysis and reporting of data relevant to a specific marketing situation facing an organization

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Reasons for market reseach

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  1. analysis is not enough
  2. the analysis has given you a hypothesis you want to test before the launch
  3. the business model needs it
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Internal databases

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Collection of consumer and market information obtained from data sources within the company’s network

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Where to get internal databases information

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  • instore and online sales transactions
  • web, advertising and social media site visits
  • customer satisfaction surveys
  • newsletters
  • accounting information
  • sales information
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Marketing intelligence

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systematic monitoring, collection and analysis of publicly available information about consumers, competitors and marketplace

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Marketing research

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Systematic design, collection, analysis, and reporting of data relevant to a specific situation

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defining the problem and objective

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What question we want to understand and what output of information do we want to achieve

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primary data

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information collected for the specific purpose at hand

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External primary sources

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collect information from the general market, consumers, distributors. Original information is collected by the researcher through different techniques

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Internal primary sources

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The information found within the company on sales, prices, inventories, customers

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Secondary data

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Information that already exists somewhere, having being collected for another purpose

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Internal secondary sources

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consultation past studies, reports, internal databases

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External secondary sources

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information gathered by other researchers with our research purposes

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Quantitative research

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Gathering structured numerical data and using statistical analysis.

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Qualitative research

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Dives into a particular topic to understand the subjects experiences, thoughts and opinions in detail

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Exploratory research

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investigate and analyse specific information that has not been deeply studied

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Descriptive research

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designed to describe the characteristics of a population, according to its geographical location. Done to detect changes in preferences, places of interest or factors that may affect or alter consumer preferences

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Casual research

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Find the relationship between the cause and consequence of a specific phenomenon

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Observational research

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observing people interact with your product or service

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Overt observations

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ask customers if they will let you watch them using a product

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Covert observations

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study users in the wild without them knowing

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ethnographic research

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studies the individual in the real life situation and not under any market setup or lab

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focus group

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form of discussion wherein six to ten people gather and discuss the common topic given by the moderator

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Delphi

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based on a previous questionnaire sent to experts, the information is collected and processed and then sent to participants asking them to review their initial response

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Eye tracking

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Determines where the attention and interest of the customer is drawn by tracking the pattern of consumers eye movement but also the invisible zones

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Interviews

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Typically conducted one on one and go deep into a particular topic

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projective techniques

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using incentives to meet beliefs, motivations, feelings, attitudes, ect without being aware of the purpose of the investigation

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Conjoint analysis

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Survey-based statistical technique that helps determine how people value different attributes that make up an individual product or service

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experimental research

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undertaken to study the effects of change in the customers behaviours due to the change in the products attributes

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consumer insights

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getting or interpreting trends of customer preferences and behavious in order to service them in the best way possible

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Survey research

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Collect feedback, perceptions and opinions from a sample of your target market

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Samples

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Sampling unit: whom shall we survey
Sample size: how many units in the population should be surveyed
sampling procedure: how the respondents shall be chosen

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probability sample

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  • simple stratified: every member has equal chance of selection
  • stratified random: population divided into exclusive groups and samples are drawn from each group
  • cluster sample: population is divided into exclusive groups and a sample of the groups is chosen to interview
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Nonprobability sample

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  • convenience sample: select easiest population
  • judgement sample: use of judgement to select population members who are good prospects for accurate information
  • quota sample: find and interview a prescribed number of people in each category
35
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Collecting data instruments

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  • questionnaires
  • mechanical instruments
  • big data sources
36
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Flow model

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diagram that tracks the flow of information within a system by creating a simple visual representation of how users interact with the product

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Affinity model

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Way of sorting large amounts of data into groups to better understand the big picture

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customer journey mapping

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diagram that shows the way typical prospect becomes a paying customer

39
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Website and social media

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through google analytics or social media analytics tools, companies are able to analyse real-time the information occurring within their platforms

40
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how to present findings?

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  • know the audience
  • introduce the problem, research method and reveals
  • add recommendations
  • optimise visual data
  • dont be carried away by slides
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making a decision

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  • optimise brand strategy and positioning
  • imrpove your content marketing strategy
  • assess competition
  • understand target market
  • measure effectiveness of marketing
  • learn about substitures and new entrants in the market
  • improve decision making with reduced risks
  • check on hypothesis