How is marketing research used?
The basics
Marketing research methods
Data
Research
100

Sandy wants to know if her company has a good reputation.

What is "how is a company perceived"?

100

The process and methods used to gather information, analyze it, and report findings related to marketing goods and services

What is Marketing research?

100

Opinion polls, satisfaction surveys

What are examples of attitudinal research?

100

A set of procedures and methods that regularly
generates, stores, analyzes, and distributes information for making marketing and other
business decisions.

What are marketing information systems?

100

Marketing research that focuses on smaller numbers of people and tries to answer questions that begin with "why" or "how"

What is qualitative research?

200

When is the best time to create brochures for tourists who might want to take a vacation to Guam?

What is "determine buying cycles?

200

To obtain information

What is the purpose of marketing research?

200

Sales forecasting, economic forecasting

What is market intelligence research?

200

Customer profile data, company records, competitor records, government data, marketing research reports

What type of data are found in a marketing information system?

200

Marketing research that answers questions that begin with "how many" or "how much"

What is quantitative research?

300

A local TShirt company wants to target their designs to local teenagers.

What is determining a customer's attitudes and preferences?

300

Identify marketing opportunities, solve marketing problems, implement marketing plans and monitor marketing performance.

How do businesses use marketing research?

300

New products, existing products

What is product research?

300

face to face sales, website visits, service requests, etc...

What are customer touch points?

300

Also known as "opinion" research

What is Attitude research?

400

A focus group on users of Stanley cups.

What is "test product features"?

400

Small businesses, large corporations, non-profit organizations, state and government

Who uses marketing research?

400

print, broadcast, internet

What is media research?

400

Another word for data base marketing

What is customer relationship management?

400

Also known as market research concerned with the size and location of a market, competition and segmentation within the market for a particular product.

What is market intelligence?

500

Marlene owns her coffee shop in Agana and decides to purchase coffee at a popular coffee shop in Tumon.

What is "learn about competitive products"?

500

Not paying attention to different markets, what/why consumers are buying.

What is a "costly" mistake companies can make?

500

Amount of money and time, fast-changing markets may not allow time for research

What are limitations of marketing research?

500

offers discounts and other rewards to encourage customers to shop at a particular retailer

What are customer loyalty programs?

500

Also known as "advertising" research

What is media research?