Chapter 4: managing marketing information to gain consumer insights Flashcards
market research
The systematic design, collection, analysis and reporting of data relevant to a specific marketing situation facing an organization
Reasons for market reseach
- analysis is not enough
- the analysis has given you a hypothesis you want to test before the launch
- the business model needs it
Internal databases
Collection of consumer and market information obtained from data sources within the company’s network
Where to get internal databases information
- instore and online sales transactions
- web, advertising and social media site visits
- customer satisfaction surveys
- newsletters
- accounting information
- sales information
Marketing intelligence
systematic monitoring, collection and analysis of publicly available information about consumers, competitors and marketplace
Marketing research
Systematic design, collection, analysis, and reporting of data relevant to a specific situation
defining the problem and objective
What question we want to understand and what output of information do we want to achieve
primary data
information collected for the specific purpose at hand
External primary sources
collect information from the general market, consumers, distributors. Original information is collected by the researcher through different techniques
Internal primary sources
The information found within the company on sales, prices, inventories, customers
Secondary data
Information that already exists somewhere, having being collected for another purpose
Internal secondary sources
consultation past studies, reports, internal databases
External secondary sources
information gathered by other researchers with our research purposes
Quantitative research
Gathering structured numerical data and using statistical analysis.
Qualitative research
Dives into a particular topic to understand the subjects experiences, thoughts and opinions in detail
Exploratory research
investigate and analyse specific information that has not been deeply studied