What is Market Research?

Market research is the systematic gathering, recording, and analyzing of data about problems relating to the marketing of goods and services.

Market research is for discovering what people want, need, or believe.

It can also involve discovering how they act. Once that research is complete it can be used to determine how to market your specific product.

Every business owner must know the answers to the following questions in order to devise effective marketing strategies:

1. Who are my customers and potential customers?
    
2. What kind of people are they?
    
3. Where do they live?
    
4. Can and will they buy?
    
5. Am I offering the kinds of goods or services they want at the best place, at the best time, and in the right amounts?
    
6. Are my prices consistent with what buyers view as the product's value?
    
7. Are my promotional programs working?
    
8. What do customers think of my company / service?

Marketing research deals with people and their constantly changing feelings and behaviors, which are continually influenced by a variety of factors.

To conduct market research you must gather facts and opinions in an orderly, objective way to find out what people want to buy, not just what you want to sell them.

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