Market research in practice: agile, online and offline

Make optimum use of do-it-yourself tools & service providers

This training is held in German.
Digitalization is opening up completely new approaches to market research (Mafo). Anyone can carry out projects themselves using easy-to-use software (do-it-yourself, DIY) and thus safeguard brand management or product management. In the training you will learn the tools for your Mafo practice: from questionnaire creation, sample size and test design to evaluation. You will also receive recommendations on first-class DIY tools and institutes that suit you - should you wish to use service providers. Lay the foundation for targeted market research!

Contents

Market research in the digital age

  • When do I use market research (Mafo) and when not?
  • The new role of market research: Digital. Agile. Cost-effective.
    Strategy driver. How anyone can conduct professional market research:
    Resources & Skills for Do-It-Yourself (DIY).

The Mafo tools of the trade

  • Top 1 - The questionnaire: The right/wrong questions for my study.
  • Discussion. Tutorial. Workshop.
  • Choose the right tool: From Focus Group to Werbe-Pretest.
  • This makes your target group representative.
  • Data analysis: Which results are reliable? Statistical KPI
    to help you.

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) market research

  • Do-It-Yourself (DIY): Digital. Agile. Topics. Opportunities. Risks. Boundaries.
  • Guidelines for Do-It-Yourself: Sample size. Questionnaire.
    Data collection/analysis.
  • DIY software tools.
  • Budget & fees.
  • DIY workshop: Create a questionnaire for your study using your own laptop
    in the online tool (SurveyMonkey or similar).

Market research via service providers

  • Institutes: Get to know suitable providers - even for small budgets.
  • Services. Service provider management. Briefing. Fees.

 

Second opinion: Bring your own studies - in preparation or completed.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.

Your benefit

After this basic seminar, you will be able to implement what you have learned immediately:

  • You know what kind of market research can support you in your work.
  • You know agile tools and methods with which you can manage your brands well.
  • You will learn essential basics in practical morsels: questionnaires, basic methods and test designs, sampling and statistics.
  • You know the topics that are suitable for Do-It-Yourself.
  • You know how to implement DIY: You know DIY tools, important providers and their fees.
  • You know the right service providers for your budget if you want to purchase services.
  • You can evaluate Mafo results and make strategic recommendations.

trainer

Methods

Trainer input, individual and group work, case studies and best practice examples, discussion, exchange of experience. 

Please bring along studies and examples from your own practice as well as your WLAN-enabled laptop!

Recommended for

Specialists and executives from product management, marketing, market research and sales, business development and product development as well as managing directors, owners, marketing managers, brand managers and sales managers who want to acquire a solid and fundamental basis for conducting market research themselves or via service providers.

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Find out from Peter Höger, market researcher and strategy coach in marketing, why Mafo knowledge is important and what it is all about.

Find out from Peter Höger, market researcher and strategy coach in marketing, why Mafo knowledge is important and what it is all about.

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