{"id":5167,"date":"2023-02-22T21:06:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient101\/?page_id=5167"},"modified":"2023-02-22T21:06:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:06:42","slug":"how-to-conduct-market-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient101\/learning-pathways\/before-starting-your-own-business\/how-to-conduct-market-research\/","title":{"rendered":"How to conduct market research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:FocusGroup.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/5\/5f\/FocusGroup.jpg\/300px-FocusGroup.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Focus Group<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Market research, as we have previously seen, is the process of collecting information to help you find out if there is a market for your proposed product or service.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Successful businesses have extensive knowledge of their customers and their competitors. Market research is the process of gathering information which will make you more aware of how the people you hope to sell to will react to your current or potential products and services.&#8221;<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<p>Market research can help you:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> understand your customers\n<\/li>\n<li> identify opportunities\n<\/li>\n<li> recognise and plan for changes\n<\/li>\n<li> monitor the competition\n<\/li>\n<li> mitigate risk\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"video\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>What is market research?<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-2-q2vwa_n2i\" style=\"max-width:400px;\" class=\"arve alignleft\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-2-q2vwa_n2i\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2-q2vwa_n2I?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;start=39s&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"224.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2-q2vwa_n2I?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;start=39s&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"What is market research? 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(7:30)\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<div class=\"arve-error\"><p><small><abbr title=\"Advanced Responsive Video Embedder\">ARVE<\/abbr> error: maxwidth: <code>560px<\/code> is not valid<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"reading\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Required reading<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Read this <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/canadabusiness.ca\/business-planning\/market-research-and-statistics\/conducting-market-research\/guide-to-market-research-and-analysis\">Guide to market research and analysis<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> Focusing on the section &#8216;How to conduct market research&#8217; in the article above, and thinking about your own entrepreneurial idea, which type of market research would suit your needs best?\n<dl>\n<dd> Although there is benefit in sharing, there is no need to share the details of your entrepreneurial venture unless you want to.\n<\/dd>\n<dd> <b>OR<\/b>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/li>\n<li> Take one of the examples from the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bookmarks.oeru.org\/tags.php\/ient101\">Resource bank<\/a> and decide which type of market research they should have used.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>WEnote<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Post your comment(s) below and then look on the <a href=\"\/ient101\/interactions\/course-feed\" title=\"Introduction to entrepreneurship\/IENT101\/Feed\">course feed page<\/a> to see what others have posted.<\/p>\n<p><div><p>You must be logged in to post to WEnotes.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIf you prefer you can create a post on your learning journal blog. 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