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    Market Research and CompetitiveAnalysis for Start up Companies

    Kresnayana Yahya

    Maret 2007

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    DEMOGRAPHICDEMOGRAPHIC--BUSINESS CYCLEBUSINESS CYCLE

    Social Economic

    DemographyDemography PEOPLE Who have Market to buy

    ProductServiceIdea

    InstitutionPersonPlace

    BusinessBusiness

    Ability

    Willingness

    Life - StylePsychography

    PRODUCT

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    Proyeksi penduduk Jatim 202541.236.5

    31.5

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    25.2

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    1971 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025

    < 15 tahun 15 - 34 tahun 35 - 54 tahun 55 + tahun

    Laki dan perempuan

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    What is New

    Economy

    Networked

    Economy+

    C-Scenarios

    Marketplace

    Workplace

    Digital

    Economy+

    Personalization

    Self-service

    Knowledge

    Economy+

    Rapid Know-

    ledge Transfer Best Practices

    New

    Economy

    .Integrated

    Enterprise

    Applications

    Old

    Economy

    HYPERCOM

    PETITION

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    Trends: Communication Sector

    The InternetThe InternetFixedFixed

    Telecom.Telecom.

    BroadcastersBroadcasters

    Cable TVCable TV

    OthersOthers

    InformationInformation

    TechnologiesTechnologies

    WirelessWireless

    TechnologiesTechnologies

    MobileMobile

    Telecom.Telecom.

    ConvergenceConvergence

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    Essential Questions forProduct Development

    andEffective

    Marketing Strategies Who are my customers and potential customers? What kind of people are they? Where do they live?

    Can and will they buy? Am I offering the kinds of goods or services they want - at the bestplace, at the best time and in the right amounts?

    Are my prices consistent with what buyers view as the product'svalue?

    Are my promotional programs working? What do customers think of my business? How does my business compare with my competitors?

    Source: Small Business Administration, http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/marketing/research.html

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    Competitive Analysis Business takes place in a highly competitive, volatileenvironment, so it is important to understand thecompetition.

    Who are your five nearest direct competitors? Who are your indirect competitors?

    Is their business growing, steady, or declining?

    What can you learn from their operations or fromtheir advertising?

    What are their strengths and weaknesses?

    How does their product or service differ from yours?

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    Collecting Competitor Information Start a file on each of your competitors

    and collect information on: Advertising

    Promotional materials

    Pricing strategies Hours of operation

    Marketing channels

    Packaging

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    What

    This Can

    Tell Us

    How often competitors advertise

    Do they sponsor promotions Do they offer sales

    Seasonality - when they advertise

    Sales strategies

    Target Market

    Marketing mix

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    What

    Else Can it

    Tell Us? The most popular package size.

    Where customers are looking for the product

    or service. Product extension opportunities

    Whether market is expanding or contracting

    Whether the product is a commodity ordifferentiated product

    Opportunities to improve existing products

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    Target Market Your current customer base: age, sex, income, neighborhood

    How your customers learn about your product or service -advertising, direct mail, word of mouth, Yellow Pages

    Patterns or habits your customers and potential customersshare - where they shop, what they read, watch, listen to

    Qualities your customers value most about your product orservice - selection, convenience, service, reliability, availability,affordability

    Qualities your customers like least about your product orservice - can they be adjusted to serve your customers better?

    Prospective customers whom you aren't currently reaching

    Source: Small Business Administration, http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/marketing/research.html

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    New business Opportunities First Step is ID Target Market

    Target Market A segment of the population that is mostlikely to use your product or service.

    Usually described using demographic variables like,Gender, Income, Race, Age, Location, Lifestyle,Psychograpic, Technographic, Sociographic

    Used to: Determine market potential

    Develop product packaging

    Choose marketing channels

    Develop marketing mix and advertising strategy

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    The way that products and services

    can enhance the way people live

    FROM ONE TO ONE ; FUTUREIS ALL TO ONE

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    1. KEKAYAAN AKAN INFORMASI KEMUDAHANMENDAPAT INFORMASI, PASAR UNTUK RISKMANAGEMENT MENJADI MAKIN EFICIENT

    2. PENURUNAN NILAI DARI OBYEK YANG TAMPAK

    SECARA FISIK, MENDORONG PENGHARGAANYANG SANGAT TINGGI PADA GAGASAN( IDEAS).ADA KELANGKAAN IDEAS, BAHKAN SEBELUMJADI COMMERCIAL PRODUCT

    3. PERDEBATAN TENTANG COPYRIGHT,CRYPTOGRAPHY, PRIVACY LAWS. TERJADIMISMATCH ANTARA SOCIAL CAPITAL DALAMERA INDUSTRI DAN ERA NEW ECONOMY

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    Product Price

    Promotion Place

    Marketing

    Interaction

    Sales

    Interaction

    ServiceInteraction

    SupportInteractions

    CustomerConsideration

    AndPotentialPurchase

    CustomerSatisfaction,

    Loyalty,And value

    Traditional marketing Focus

    Customer Experience Focus

    ProviderParity

    CustomerDifferential

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    Sense

    ThinkAct

    Relate

    SENSE

    FEEL

    THINK

    ACT

    RELATE

    SENSE

    FEEL

    THINK

    ACT

    RELATE

    Strategic Experiential Modules (SEMs)Strategic Experiential Modules (SEMs)

    Feel

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    Integration Core

    Strategy Technology AgencyComplimentary

    TransitoryPointSolutions

    NewSkills

    PremiumCapabilities

    Changing approaches to outsourcing

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    Subsistencemarketing,unconnectedmass marketing

    Consumers aresegmented,interactivity

    begins

    Personalizedservice,lifestyle andbehavior

    Consumersadvocates,buildingrelationshipvehicles

    The all to one

    culture; fullintegrated

    Co

    mpetiti

    ve

    ad

    vantag

    e Interactivity of execution

    1 2 3 4 5

    broadcast

    interactive

    personalized

    memberrelationship

    Fully integrated

    BIKIN PROGRAM

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    Product driven

    Bombards the customer with messages

    Capture Sales

    Information flow is primarily one wayResponsibility of marketing department

    Mass marketing model

    Closely held resistant

    New-technology resistantUnknown prospects and customer

    Single-channel distribution

    Indirect, imprecise accountability

    Relationship driven

    Maintains dialogue with the consumer

    Captures sales and data

    Information flow is two wayResponsibility of entire company

    Direct mass marketing

    Partners welcomed

    New-technology friendlyAddressable prospect and customers

    Multichannel distribution

    Real-time accountability

    Traditional Marketing Max-e-Marketing

    Difference between traditional marketing and theMax-e-Marketing way of doing it

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    In the Net economy, the buying process itself doesntchange. Predictably, it involves a logical progression:

    Suspect Prospect Customer Advocate Partner

    The process also involves activity phases that often lead to such conversion:

    BrandAwareness

    Passiveinterest

    ActiveShopping

    Purchase

    Maximizing customer value and creating true advocates and even partnersrequires:

    CustomerDevelopment

    CustomerRetention

    Reshopping Repurchase

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    S U S P E C T S

    PROSPECTS

    CUSTOMERS

    CLIENTS

    ADVOCATES

    PARTNERSPROFIT

    STARTS

    HERE

    THE LOYALTY PYRAMID

    B

    RA

    NDawa

    reness

    PUR

    CHASE

    RE- shoppingRE -purchase

    REPEAT orders

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    TRADITIONAL NEW OPERATORSCompliance driven Deregulated, privatized

    Orders to a particular line Integrated turnkey solutions

    Knowledgeable technical Business & marketing driven

    High Predictability Lower Predictability

    Steady price evolution Rapid price erosion

    Focus on product lines Total integrated solutionsSlow delivery Fast delivery

    Low level of service High level of service

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    Selling Process

    Activity

    Suspect

    Lead

    Prospect

    Customer

    Communication

    Informationprovision

    Orientation

    Transaction

    Buying Process

    Activity

    Need

    Interest

    Information

    Consideration

    Orientation

    Informationgathering

    Communication

    Transaction

    Purchase

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    Register

    Offer

    Sell

    Collect

    Search

    Select

    Buy

    Receive

    Marketplace

    Seller Buyer

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    OFFLINE : PDA

    ONLINE : WIRELESS

    ALWAYS ON

    MAJOR PITFALLS :

    Speed killsFashion & Glamour don:t make business

    Diffusion of innovation takes time

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    THE INNOVATION CIRCLE

    Hardware & DeviceInnovations

    Demo-Socio-Technographics Speed ofService Simplicity and

    Convenience

    Changing

    CustomerPriorities

    Infrastructureinnovation

    Network Bandwidth NetworkConvergence PersonalizedBandwidth

    MiniaturizationNew ChannelsDevice ConvergenceVoice User Interfaces

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    Market Evolution Time & Scope

    Value

    M-BusinessMulti Device,Multi-Web,Transformation

    M-BusinessMulti Device,Multi-Web,Transformation

    E-businessWeb _ Enabled

    Transformation

    E-Commerce

    Business

    Integration

    reengineeringSYSTEMS

    INTEGRATIONAutomation

    Web Enabled

    Commerce

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    Who Is or Could Be Your Target ?

    Customers with extreme needsCustomers that no one else likes to hassle with

    Customers who control spending decision

    Customers with varying levels of category experience

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    Time

    Share

    E-mail

    Chat

    WorldWide

    Web

    WirelessMobile

    Internet

    Embedded

    Internettoday

    tomorrow

    Information

    Appliances

    AutosDigitalCameras

    Toys

    Screen PhoneMP3

    MobileTablets

    WAPPhones

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    Trust

    Customer relationship

    Customer Identificationwith the Brand

    Reliable, Fulfillment,Delivery, and Support

    Integrity

    ValueEfficient Useof My Time

    Ease of

    Doing BusinessEase of

    Interaction

    Ease ofDecision-Making

    Innovation Differentiation

    BrandPersonality

    CoreDriving Idea

    Brand Identity : INDOSAT

    Catalog

    CallCenter

    DedicatedRetailStore

    Web E-MailPartner

    MultiProductStore

    E-Market

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    StageMarketingas Toolkit

    Marketingas Strategy

    Marketingas service

    Marketingas Culture

    Emphasis Marketing Mix Understandthe Customer

    ServiceIndustries

    and servicedelivery

    CustomerRelationship

    Elements ProductAdvertisingPromotion

    DistributionPrice

    SegmentationDifferentiationCompetitive

    advantagePositioning

    Customerinteraction

    Service

    encounterService quality

    Customerretention

    Customer value

    ReferralsShareholdervalue

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    Listen, analyze

    communication

    sell

    serve

    Cross sell

    Understandyour customers Consumeracquisition Consumer

    retentionMaximizelifetimevalue

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    Four Ps Marketing: Products: What youre selling

    Price: How much youre charging for the product orservice. Promotion: How youre inducing people to buy it. Place: Where buyers can find it.

    Four Ps to focus on the four As of direct massmarketing.

    Addressability: how do you identify and reach the bestprospects and customers?

    Accountability: How easy is it to measure results? Affordability: How cost effective is it to interact with

    the customer? Accessibility: How can you locate the people you want to

    reach, and are they ready, willing, and able to receive your

    message?

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    SenseFeel

    ThinkAct

    Relate

    SENSE

    FEEL

    ACT

    RELATE

    SENSE

    FEEL

    THINK

    ACT

    RELATE

    Strategic Experiential Modules (SEMs)

    THINK

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    Communications

    Visual/verbal

    identity and signage

    Productpresence

    Co-branding

    Spatialenvironments

    Web sites andelectronic media

    People ExperienceProviders

    Key Experience Providers (ExPros)

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    SENSE

    FEEL

    THINK

    RELATE

    ACT

    S

    E

    M

    StrategicPlanning

    ofExperiential

    Marketing

    The Experiential Grid

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    Agenda Introduction

    Market Research

    Practical techniques Reiterative points about marketing

    Definitions and thought processes

    Examples of market research presentation Business plan outline sample

    Q&A

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    W

    hat is market research Just a set of activities? Focused on defined goals Refines the direction of the 5 Ps

    Product, promotion, place and price(and positioning)

    View into social processes? Who, what, when, where and why!

    Necessary? Strategy does not take place in a

    vacuum

    Valued by organizations? Successful organizations.. Market research supports every

    department

    The bridge to

    the customer!

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    Market Research Fallacies MR is boring

    MR is unnecessary

    MR is for analysis geeks

    MR is a waste of timeand $$

    MR is easyha!

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    Intent of market research What results are you looking for? Define measurement of market potential

    Determination of market characteristics

    Market share analysis

    Sales analysis

    Business trends

    Refine opportunities to pursue and how

    Market segmentation and niche markets

    Features and benefits required for market success

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    Marketing 101Generic market

    definition

    Target

    Product

    Market

    Customer or user

    need (Niche)Customer type

    (segmentation)

    Demographics/

    Market size

    Product or

    Service+++

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    W

    hy do Market Research Knowledge is King Learn from othersyou will have plenty of your own lessons

    Find strategic competitive advantages What are your barriers of entry? What are the competitors?

    Develop competitive differential opportunities Why are you better? How can you be the best?

    Understanding of core competencies and core rigidities Develop pricing models Targeted alliances/partnerships that extend reach Create the product roadmap

    Features, benefits to fit customer/consumer need Support the creation of the company/product/service vision Feed the machine with information

    Identify unmet needs Product extension into current market Extension into new markets

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    Market Research is the

    Critical component to any business plan Know the self

    Know the customer

    Know the market

    Know the industry

    Know the government

    OBJECTIVE: To develop an informed

    business in a vibrant high growth market

    through strategiccompetitive advantages

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    Types of market research Exploratory research

    Review of literature (pubs, online, mags)

    Discussion with experts, officials, friends and family

    Study of competitors or case studies in similar industries

    Descriptive research Targeted at specific question or hypothesis

    Surveys/questionnaires random sample from a relevant population

    Focus groups Industry or product specific (usually expensive)

    Use your network! As a studentask for help from a targeted CEO

    Experimental research Looking for cause and effect (i.e. pharma research)

    Watching a user group use the product

    Story boarding service offerings/product offerings to group of targetedconsumers

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    Targeted research topics and why?

    Advertising research Motivation research Ad effectiveness

    Business Economics and

    Corporate research Forecasting Business Trends Pricing studies Acquisition/merger research

    Product research Product acceptance or potential Competitive product studies Testing of existing products Packaging design, etc.

    Sales and Marketresearch Market potential Market share analysis Market characteristics Sales Analysis Distribution sales channel studies Test marketing/focus groups Promotional research and studies

    Financial research Turnover and ratio analysis (public

    companies annual reports)

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    Competitive research Direct competition important Indirect competition critically important What to look for..

    Map their strategy Differentiate your offering Find pricing advantages Develop barriers to entry How to fill the whole need for customer/consumer

    Financial stability Market share and focus on new markets

    where are they going

    Take the short and long term view

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    Short term advantages

    Refined tactics for customer reach

    Measurement of market potential

    Market characteristics Market share

    New product acceptance

    Produce evaluation Improvements

    Extensions

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    Long range advantages

    Planning, goal setting, developing strategies

    Understanding business trends

    Global market opportunities

    Forecasting growth Management uses MR to reduce errors in

    decision marketing, expand sales and locate

    new opportunities Uninformed decisions can be failuresMarket research is done so that all marketing efforts can bestrategically integrated into the wants and needs of customers.

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    Gorilla market research School libraries and Internet

    Observation

    Customer visits

    Listening to tech support calls

    Opinions of sales personnel

    Networking

    Use your gut feelings (intuition)

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    More expensive options Scientific methods

    Systematic and accurate investigation with objectiveanalysis of results

    Goal to reduce uncertainty and risk of error

    Research is reliable only if it can be repeated by anotherwith the same results

    Surveys

    Mail, mall, telephone, focus groups

    High priced information 3rd party market analysis

    Gartner group, IDS, Industry specific ($5,000-$100,000)

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    Primary Market Research Surveys

    Telephone, mail, in-person, (email)

    Focus groups

    Random sampling of population Scientific approach for primary market research

    Define the problem Dont confuse problems w/a symptom

    Analyze the situation What do you already have and what do you need Use secondary data

    Refine the specific problem

    Attain and interpret the data

    Solve the problem

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    Secondary Market research tools The internet

    Competitive research White papers Press releases (statistics

    Industry tradeshows

    School databases Industry analysts

    Gartner Group IDS

    Internal records (sales, etc) Libraries

    Government SIC codes/Industry codes Demographics

    Commercial firms (competitors, partners, like companies) Press releases, conferences, tradeshows AC Nielsen, Dun and Bradstreet

    Trade, professional and business associations

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    Decisions driven by market research

    Overall company vision

    Product or service positioning

    Product or service innovations/extensions Investment in marketing at segments of market

    Understanding of potential distribution channels

    Branding Credibility

    Lock in or switching costs

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    What are you looking for Basic understanding, knowledge, facts, trends

    Markets are uncertain find your niche Technology is complicated find your focus Competitors are moving targets understand them

    Demographics who, what, when and why Where you fit in the product/service life cycle

    Introduction of new idea, growth market, shakeout (M&A opportunity), maturemarket (commodity) or declining market

    Who are your target markets? The adoption process Innovators, early adopter, early majority, late majority or laggards

    (Crossing the chasmGeoffrey Moore)

    Answers will effect yourWHOLE marketing strategyif you dont understandthese concepts and where you fit inenter at your own risk

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    SWOT Analysis Strengths

    Your competitive strengths (would include barriers to entry) Patents, management team, financial resources, market leader, etc.

    Weaknesses Your weaknesses (competitor strengths)

    Funding, branding, lack of partners, etc.

    Opportunities Market opportunities

    Logical product extensions, high growth market

    Threats Competitive threats

    Microsoft is a competitor

    Economic, demographic, etc. Baby boom retirement, interest rates, etc.

    Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats

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    g pp

    Ease of use (intuitive

    GUI).

    Funding need asap Logical product

    extensions exist.

    Competition is well

    funded.

    Product champions exist;excellent early

    testimonials.

    Ability to brandgoodproduct names are

    taken.

    High growth market Time to market iscritical path to

    success.

    Switching costs

    (emotional and time)

    Initially it is a low

    margin product.

    Volume and market

    share are critical.

    No existing market leader

    yet.

    Microsoft has low

    barriers to entry

    Management team has

    taken companies

    public

    Lackof strategic

    partnerships with

    other companies for

    bundling.

    Ability to position

    company as an

    acquisition

    candidate.

    Economy in the

    technology

    industry

    Barriers to entry - patents. Traction in distribution

    channels

    Superior engineering

    skills.

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    Competitive Grid

    XZY Inc. Microsoft MailFrontier Cloudmark Brightmail Banter

    End UserProduct Yes Yes Yes Yes No No

    Personalization Yes Yes Yes No No ?

    Accuracy 90%+ 10%-25% 10% - 75%

    10% -

    75% 80% ?

    Adaptive Learning Yes No No No No ?

    Classify beyondspam

    Yes Yes No No No Yes

    Individual client Yes Yes YesN

    oN

    o ?

    Enterprise server Yes No No P2P Yes Yesw/ integration

    Price Point $39/seatFree, butpainful

    Free Free ~$4,900$75,000 +$750/seat

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    Presentation of Market Research

    filtering

    classification

    rules/signature based machine learning

    prioritization

    functionality

    technology

    Banter

    intelliMailBrightmailVipuls Razor

    Inbox ProtectorMcAfee Spamkiller

    Mail Frontier

    Cloudmark SpamNet

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    Viewed as Situation Analysis

    External forces Customer Competitor

    Government/Political

    Economy

    Funding trends

    Environment trends

    Social trends

    Technology trends

    Pain points

    Market

    Segmentation

    Niche (very focused)

    Motivations whatwill make them buy!

    Strategies/objectives

    Financial condition

    Market share

    Target markets

    OT (part of SWOT)

    Know the operating environment!

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    Sample Business Plan Outline Executive summary

    Company description Organizational plan

    Outsourcing, in-sourcing Management

    Product

    Industry Analysis and Trends

    T

    arget Market Segmentation Niche

    Competition Competitive Grid Summary of OT (part of SWOT)

    Strategic position and risks

    SWOT analysis Marketing strategy

    5 Ps

    Financial projections Important: Market share will feed

    financial forecast

    Potential exhibits Management bios Product technology overview Product timeline (if applicable) Screen shots (if applicable) Organizational structure (org chart) Product pricing

    Detail of distribution channels Detail competitive threats and resolutions

    Competitive core competencies Barriers of entry and detail

    Other deals that are critical to your success

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    General starting points for market research

    Business magazines Business Week Business 2.0

    Fast Company General business pubs Wall Street Journal Red Herring Economist

    Industry trade pubs PC Week Info Week Retail specific

    Government pubs SIC industry codes

    Online

    Ask Jeeves, Google, Yahoo! Finance Ratio analysis and

    competitive analysis

    SJSU libraries D&B reports

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    Definition

    Marketing research is the systematic and

    objective process of designing,gathering, analyzing, and reporting

    information to aid in making marketing

    decisions.

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    Purpose of Marketing Research

    CustomersConsumers

    Public

    Marketer

    Decision-maker

    Firm

    INFORMATION

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    Implementing the Marketing Concept

    CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MARKETING (CRM) -the idea that a major goal of marketing is to build long-

    term relationships with the parties who contribute to thecompanys success.

    Marketing research helps marketers to managerelationships with customers they already have, as well

    as to attract new customers How? By filling information gaps between needs, wants,

    expectations and current offerings

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    Uses of Marketing Research

    Identify and Evaluate Opportunities1) Detect trends in the marketing environment

    Demographic Socio-economic

    Cultural

    Technological

    Competitors

    2) Estimate market potential for new ideas

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    Uses of Marketing Research

    Analyze and Select Target Markets

    Identify groups of consumers who possess similar

    needs, characteristics and preferences and selecttarget markets

    Determine how to effectively segment the targetmarket to create competitive advantage

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    Uses of Marketing Research

    Plan and Implement the Marketing Mix1) Product Research

    2) Pricing Research3) Distribution Research

    4) Promotion Research

    5) Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)

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    Uses of Marketing Research

    Analyzing Marketing Performance

    1) Performance-monitoring research (e.g., service

    quality, customer satisfaction, sales & marketshare)

    2) Exploring failures to explain in further detail thesource of problems

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    Threats to the Value of Marketing Research

    Garbage

    IN

    Garbage

    OUT

    Nonuse

    inappropriate use

    Biased objectives

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    Questions to ask?

    Who are your biggest competitors?

    Who are your customers?

    What does it take to get to your customer?

    What does your product/service solve?

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    Sample of

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    Words of wisdom

    What counts most is not being right the first time, buthow quickly a company can learn and modify its path.Jakki Morr, Marketing of High TechnologyProducts and Innovations

    Grey markets are the most importantthat area notfully understood must be respected.Prof. Charles White, Golden Gate University

    Knowledge is a weaponuse it to win. Unknown

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