Chapter 7 Flashcards
The process of defining a marketing problem and opportunity by systematically collecting and analyzing information and recommending actions is known as
Marketing Research
What are the seven types of marketing decisions?
Target Markets
Product
Place/Distribution
Promotion
Pricing
External Factors
Other
Which type of research looks at sales, market size, demand for product, customer characteristics, purchase behavior, customer satisfaction, and website traffic?
Target Market Research
Which type of research looks at product development, package protection, packaging awareness, brand name selection, brand recognition, brand preference, and product positioning?
Product Research
Which type of research looks at distributor interest, assessing shipping options, online shopping, and retail store site selection
Place/Distribution Research
Which type of research looks at advertising recall, advertising copy testing, sales promotion response rates, sales force compensation, traffic studies (outdoor ads), and public relations media placement?
Promotion Research
Which type of research looks at price elasticity analysis optimal price setting, and discount options
Pricing Research
Which type of research looks at a competitive analysis, legal environment, social trends, and cultural trends?
External Factors Research
Which type of research looks at company image and test marketing?
Other research
What are the two main goals of marketing?
Reduce Risk
Improve marketing decisions
What are the challenges involved with marketing research?
- New products have never been used
- Truthful answers (personal habits)
- Intent versus purchase
Why is it important to write a market research brief?
- Clarifies research needs
- Ensures colleagues are on-board with ideas
- this in turn helps an agency write better research proposals
- and achieve business outcomes
What is involved in the background of a market research brief?
- Describe problem you wish to solve
- Answer what makes it useful
- what makes it neccessary
-explain why you are conducting this research
-include relevant info and examples
What are some examples of business objectives for a market research brief?
- Increasing sales
- Attracting lapsed customers
What are some examples of project objectives for market research briefs?
- explaining purpose of the project
- explain expected outcomes
- are we creating or innovating a new product
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What are the 5 steps in the marketing research approach leading to marketing actions?
Define the problem
Develop the research plan
Collect relevant information
Develop findings
Take marketing actions
What is the most important step of the marketing research approach?
Defining the problem
Situations calling for managers to make choices among decision alternatives are known as
Problems
Which step of the marketing research approach focuses on setting research objectives and identifying possible marketing actions?
Step 1: Defining the Problem
What are some examples of setting research objectives for step 1 of the marketing research approach?
- Research objectives state what information to address a particular problem or issue
- Have a clear research purpose
- Identify possible marketing decisions
- Setting research objectives
-Identifying possible marketing actions
are all actions that occur during which stage of the marketing research approach?
Step 1:Defining the Problem
- Specifying constraints
- Identifying data needed for marketing actions
- Determining how to collect data
are all actions that occur during which stage of the marketing research approach?
Step 2: Developing the research plan
- Obtaining secondary data
- Obtaining primary data
are all actions that occur during which stage of the marketing research approach?
Step 3: Collect relevant information
- Analyzing the data
- Presenting the findings
are all actions that occur during which stage of the marketing research approach?
Step 4: Developing Findings
- Making action recommendations
- Implementing action recommendations
- Evaluating results
are all actions that occur during which stage of the marketing research approach?
Step 5: Target Marketing Actions
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The criteria or standards used in evaluating proposed solutions to the problem can be defined as
Measures of Success
What are possible marketing actions to help define the measures of success of a company?
- By, introducing a new product
- Continuing with an existing product line
The set of advance decisions to specify the methods and procedures for collecting and analyzing the needed information is known as
Research Design