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Market Research Secrets
John Poole MBA, MMRS, MCIM, DipM
Managing Director - Oakham Research
October 2014
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Agenda
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Why Undertake Research Secret #1 Types of Research Secret #2 Planning Secret #3 Sampling Secret #4 Reporting Secret #5
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Why Undertake Research?
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> How does market research help?Assessment of USP’sNew Product developmentAvoid costly mistakesUnderstand your audience / marketMeasure effectivenessSupport PR activityDetermine pricing strategyCustomer satisfaction and retention
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Why Undertake Research?
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Large corporations have an unfair advantage!
- Ford, Renault, VW Audi, GM, Honda, BMW etc - Understanding customers behaviour- Identifying changes in habits- Proactive rather than reactive
- BT, National Express, Johnson & Johnson, Tesco etc- PR activity- New product development- New market opportunities- Customer Testimonials
“I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.” - Bill Gates
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Secret #1
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Customer Satisfaction?
A dissatisfied customer will tell between 9-15 people about their experience. Around 13% of dissatisfied customers tell more than 20 people – White House Office of Consumer Affairs
Price is not the main reason for customer churn, it is actually due to the overall poor quality of customer service – Accenture global customer satisfaction report 2008
Asking your customers how you performed, actually leads to increased sales – Oakham Research
“Make your customer your best sales person” – Audi Academy
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Types of Research
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Quantitative (Questionnaire) – The What
Numerical / statistical Yes / No Scales Options
Qualitative (Focus Groups / Workshops / Depth Interviews) – The Why
Feelings Reasons Open ended Coded
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Secret #2
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Ask the right audience?
Ask the audience are right 90% of the time – US version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire (2011)
56% of the audience thought the sun revolved around the earth - French version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire (2011)
Make sure your respondents are the right profile and don’t have a reason to deceive you – Oakham Research
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Planning
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The need / scenario Objectives Target audience Methodology Research design (questionnaire / topic guide) Fieldwork plan (where / who / when / how)
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” ― Abraham Lincoln
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Secret #3
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Creating Insight
Don’t look at research results in isolation – link them to facts you know about your business / market
Analysis of research results leads to new ways of looking at your product or service / explains buyer behaviour
The sum is greater than the parts
The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something – Oxford English Dictionary definition of Insight
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Sampling
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Who is eligible? • Free found• Client database• Respondent profile• Anyone
Quotas and Sampling?• Random sampling• Universal sampling• Quota based on profile• Statistical Reliability
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Secret #4
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Sampling – The “Magic” Numbers
How to predict a general election result by asking only 1,000 people 384 people give you +/-5% confidence interval at the 95% level
Sampling theory is very similar to probability theory. The more people you ask the more accurate but not a straight line calculation
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Reporting
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Written Report• Includes copies of questionnaires and tabulations• Executive summary• Research findings • How the findings relate to the brief• Additional insight
Presentation of results• Interactive report back of the findings• Demonstration of understanding the issues• Recommendations for change / improvement
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Secret #5
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Questionnaires
Pay peanuts – get Survey Monkeys
Understand human nature – the desire to please – leading questions
Secret approach – don’t tell them what you want to hear
Sherlock Holmes: I never did ask, Dr Franklyn. What is it exactly that you do here?
Dr Franklyn: Mr. Holmes, I would love to tell you. But then I'd have to kill you.
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Questions
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