Strategic Research: Part 2: Planning and Strategy
Strategic Research: Part 2: Planning and Strategy
Strategic Research: Part 2: Planning and Strategy
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Research: The Quest for Intelligence
and Insight
• Market research
– Compiles information about the product, product
category, and other details of the marketing
situation
• Consumer research
– Used to identify people who are in the market for
the product
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Research: The Quest for Intelligence
and Insight
• Advertising research
– Focuses on all the elements of advertising
• IMC research
– Used to assemble information in planning the use
of a variety of marketing communication tools
• Strategic research
– Uncovers critical information that becomes the
basis for strategic planning decisions
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Types of Research
• Secondary • Background research
that uses available
Research published information
about a topic
• Primary
Research
• Quantitative and
Qualitative
Research
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Types of Research
• Secondary • Information that is
collected for the first
Research time from original
• Primary sources
Research • Primary research
suppliers
• Quantitative and
Qualitative
Research
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Types of Research
• Secondary • Quantitative research
– Delivers numerical data
Research • Qualitative research
• Primary – Provides insight
Research
• Quantitative and
Qualitative
Research
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Uses of Research
• Research departments Uses for Research
collect and disseminate 1. Market information
secondary research data 2. Consumer insight
and conduct primary research
research
3. Media research
• There is an increased
need for research-based 4. Message development
information in 5. Evaluation research
advertising planning
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Uses of Research
• Market • Research used to gather
information about a
information particular market
• Consumer • Includes consumer
insight research perceptions of the
brand, product category,
• Media research and competitors’ brands
• Message
development and
evaluation
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Uses of Research
• Market • The creative team and
media planners need to
information know as much as they
• Consumer can, in as much depth
insight research and detail as possible,
about the people they
• Media research are trying to reach
• Message
development and
evaluation
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Uses of Research
• Market • Gathers information
about all the possible
information media and marketing
• Consumer communication tools
that might be used to
insight research deliver a message
• Media research • Researchers match that
information to what is
• Message known about the target
audience
development and
evaluation
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Uses of Research
• Market • Concept testing
– Used in the development
information of the message strategy
• Consumer to evaluate the relative
power of various creative
insight research ideas
• Media research • Copy testing
– Used to evaluate the
• Message relative effectiveness of
development and various approaches to the
sales message
evaluation
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