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Customer satisfaction and loyalty has been one of the largest areas of market research for the past twenty years, and interest in it continues to increase. Organizations today invest heavily in programmes designed to retain customers as they recognize the importance of having loyal, committed customers to sustain and increase company profits. Researching Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty is a vital guide to this expanding area. It examines how to research customer satisfaction from both a client and a supplier perspective, and how to get the best results from that research. The breadth of detail is exhaustive and topics covered include: the development of customer satisfaction and loyalty, management theories about it, qualitative and quantitative research, and how market research projects get commissioned. The book also looks at the factors that both supplier and client need to consider when preparing a research brief and proposal, how interest in this area is changing and what the future holds for research into customer satisfaction.
Balancing theoretical and practical elements of marketing research and showing students how to implement research themselves, this book covers the traditional principles and skills involved in marketing research, such as primary and secondary research, sampling, analysis, reporting and presentation.
It examines how to research customer satisfaction from both a client and a supplier perspective, and how to get the best results from that research.
"In today's competitive and technology driven world, organizations are starting to go back to the basics - single-minded focus on customers and service experience. The world is shifting from "mass-production" to "mass-customized" to make sure that each customer can be managed as an individual for which the business exists. There are millions of books being written about the customer and experience and service, as the concept takes the centerstage. Neeraj has managed to peel the layers of management jargon and complexity and highlight the core of the customer service. The concepts are narrated in simple and easy to comprehend manner. The book almost feels like a conversation with a cherished ...
Qualitative Research helps those who have limited experience of qualitative research, to become proficient buyers of research. It will enable buyers to commission QR with confidence; to choose a supplier, agree a methodology with the research agency, understand the process and end up with useful outputs which address the initial research issues. It will help train new practitioners in terms of the basics of qualitative research and it will also develop the knowledge and understanding of more experienced qualitative researchers. Qualitative research explores questions such as what, why and how, rather than how many or how much; it is primarily concerned with meaning rather than measuring. Understanding why individuals and groups think and behave as they do lies at the heart of qualitative research, and market research practitioners and students of market research will all benefit from this title.
This practical guide to the basics of market research takes a clear, concise step-by-step approach. It describes and explains the various tools and techniques available to market researchers. Comparative examples and real-life international case studies help make the basics of market research straightforward and accessible. Market Research in Practice assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and offers guidance for the reader who is either studying or completely new to market research. The book also outlines data protection legislation and details the professional ethics incorporated in the MRS Code of Conduct. Contents include: the role of market research market research design desk research focus groups and in-depth interviews sampling questionnaire design interviewing self-completion questionnaires and e-surveys data analysis report findings Part of the new Market Research in Practice series and published in association with the Market Research Society, Market Research in Practice is an invaluable guide for students, researchers, marketers and users of market research.
Part of the Market Research in Practice series - essential guides for the burgeoning Market Research Society training and qualifications programme. Written by leading experts on database marketing, customer service and Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM), Consumer Insight provides comprehensive coverage of the classic areas that market researchers and marketers need to focus on: knowing who and where customers are, what they do, what they buy and what they would like to buy. It also explores how customers' thoughts, feelings, objectives and strategies influence their behaviour. The book also explains how companies gain insight by managing and using their customer data correctly. Packed wit...
"Questionnaire Design" explains the role of questionnaires in market research and looks at how and when certain kinds of questionnaires should be used. It explains how to plan, structure, and compose the right questionnaire for the research.
The aim of this title is to examine the client-side perspective of market research and describe the pitfalls and problems when commissioning, briefing and using market research.
More and more companies today are using market research techniques, not just to find new markets, products and customers, but also to improve management and marketing decision making and to monitor customer service. The Effective Use of Market Research looks at the circumstances in which market research is necessary, and explains what management can expect to gain from research and then analyses the type of business decisions that may be taken as a result. An organization that knows its customers and monitors its activity well, and also has a good understanding of the key research techniques it needs, is likely to develop more competitive sales, marketing and communications strategies. This latest edition of Effective Use of Market Research explains how to develop representative samples, data protection legislation and the professional ethics incorporated in the MRS Code of Conduct.