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BUS 347: Consumer Behaviour Library Research. Mark Bodnar mbodnar@sfu.ca. Today’s Goals. Focus : Attitude Change Assignment (#1) From your assignment: ***CHOOSE A COMPANY, BRAND, & MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER/OTHER MEDIA VEHICLE FOR WHICH YOU CAN FIND LOTS OF HIGH-QUALITY INFORMATION .***
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BUS 347: Consumer BehaviourLibrary Research Mark Bodnar mbodnar@sfu.ca
Today’s Goals • Focus: Attitude Change Assignment (#1)From your assignment: ***CHOOSE A COMPANY, BRAND, & MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER/OTHER MEDIA VEHICLE FOR WHICH YOU CAN FIND LOTS OF HIGH-QUALITY INFORMATION.*** • Asking the best questions • Using the best resources • Getting help
Questions Where would you normally start looking? • What are you hoping to find? • Readers/Viewers? • Consumers? • Companies?
BUS 347 research guide http://tiny.cc/bus347
Choosing a publication and an ad • Publication: • Print • Media Kit or PMB data available on readers • Covered by the PMB Reports: http://tinyurl.com/pmb-pubs • Read by Canadians • Likely to have specific readers (Hobby mag? Special interest? Clearly aimed at young women/old men, etc.) • Consider browsing at your local public library
Choosing a publication and an ad • Advertisement: • Product isn’t too new – brand has been around for at least a few years. • Sold in Canada • Covered by the PMB Reports (our main source of consumer demographic data at a product level) • Likely to have distinctive consumers
READERS: Media Kit Cineplex Media Kit: http://files.cineplexmedia.com/2012_mediakit.pdf (See page 59...)
CONSUMERS: Business Source One of the articles that came up in my Business Source Complete search for: Gillette and fusion and consumer
CONSUMERS: PMB Note: You may need to clear you browser cookies or change browsers if you look at magazine reader demographics in the PMBs before viewing product data.