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SBM8
SBM8
IDENTIFY AND
MEET
A MARKET NEED
6.1 THE VALUE OF MARKET RESEARCH
GOALS
• Identify a target market by
understanding your customers.
• Research your market using primary
and secondary data.
Chapter 6
• Customers are the people who buy the products and services
companies offer.
• Customers buy goods and services to satisfy economic wants
and needs.
• An economic want is an unfilled desire of a customer.
• An economic need is anything that is required to live.
Chapter 6
CONTINUED
IDENTIFY YOUR TARGET MARKET
MARKET SEGMENTS
MARKET RESEARCH
SECONDARY DATA
PRIMARY DATA
FIVE STEPS OF
PRIMARY MARKET RESEARCH
DESIGN A SURVEY
• Length of questionnaire
• Questions
• Clear
• Easy to answer
• Only important questions
Chapter 6
LESSON 6.3
IDENTIFY YOUR COMPETITION
GOALS competition.
• Analyze the strengths and weaknesses
of competitors.
• Establish strategies for maintaining
customer loyalty.
Chapter 6
• Price
• Location
• Facility
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Strategy
Chapter 6