What Can You Learn From Market Research Surveys?

Hello, and welcome to the third and final post in our short blog series and the valuable information that can be gathered from market research surveys. Market research, in a lot of ways, is one of the most important things a business can use to best determine how to effectively market and sell their products to a given demographic. A product or service can be the best in the world, however, if no one hears about it, it is almost like the product does not exist. At DataStar Inc., we want all of our business customers to be as successful as possible in their endeavors and to have data to help back up their decisions. In today’s post, we will list out some final bits of information that can be gathered from market research surveys and how they can be used to make smarter business decisions.

Maximize Profits by Knowing Your Market

Knowing your marketing demographic is essential to effectively selling a product or service. If a business does not at least have a general knowledge of their purchasing base, they can miss out on many opportunities in relation to marketing or selling their product. Below, we have listed a few valuable pieces of information that a market research survey can provide to a business.

• Shifts in Demand: Certain products and services are, by nature, seasonal. People do not typically purchase snow blowers in the dead of summer, just as people don’t go shopping for bathing suits in December. Market research surveys can be a great way to determine how in demand products or services are based on the season. This information can be valuable if a business is generating most of its revenue during a certain period of the year because it allows the business to prepare for those times of the year when not a lot of money is coming in. Additionally, by determining if a certain product or service is seasonal, a business can determine whether or not it would be in their best interest to offer a different product or service during the times of the year that their main business lulls.

• Product Strengths and Weaknesses: conducting market research surveys is a great way for a business to determine how well their product or service stacks up against the competition. Through a market research survey, businesses can determine what features their customers like or dislike about their product, what their customers like or dislike about competing products, and whether or not additional features need to be added to a product to make it more desirable. These pieces of information are all things that are important to know before a product is marketed so that a business can tailor their advertising campaign to focus on the features that potential customers want the most.

We hope that this short blog series has been informative and that all of our readers feel a more confident about the benefits of conducting a market research survey. If you would like to get started on your own market research survey, contact DataStar Inc. today. We will help you formulate, distribute, and analyze your market research survey to ensure that you gather as much information as possible from the results.