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Conducting Start-Up Market Research. AQA AS Business Studies. Match the statements. Match the statements. Objectives of this chapter. To be able to explain the main purposes of start-up market research
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Conducting Start-Up Market Research AQA AS Business Studies
Objectives of this chapter • To be able to explain the main purposes of start-up market research • To be able to describe in some details the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of market research • To be able to explain the different types of sampling methods, and in what situation each would be most suitable
How many types of market research can you think of? Primary Secondary Qualitative Quantitative
Methods of Primary Research • Experiment • Observation • Focus Groups • Personal Interviews • Postal Surveys • Phone Interviews • Internet Surveys • Test Marketing
Draw up an A4 set of bullets that • Explains the method of primary research • Identifies the advantages and disadvantages
Some examples/further reading • Test Marketing - http://www.cheaprevolution.com/the_cheap_revolution/2008/07/5-reasons-to-ma.html & http://www.businesshelper.co.uk/test-marketing-case-study-innocent-drinks-41.htm • An example of focus groups - http://www.higgidy.co.uk/film/camilla-and-the-pie-tasters • Customer Observation - http://siliconpm.com/2010/06/direct-customer-observation-follow-me-home/