Welcome to Striding Out! http://www.stridingout.co.uk/ 2013-05-24T09:01:04Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management British Library - Business and IP Centre - Market Research Support 2008-07-12T16:42:20Z 2008-07-12T16:42:20Z http://www.stridingout.co.uk/how-to-do-your-market-research/british-library-business-and-ip-centre-market-research-support.html Heather Wilkinson [email protected] <h2>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="36" src="http://www.stridingout.co.uk/images/stories/all/britishLibraryLogo.gif" alt="britishLibraryLogo.gif" height="68" style="float: left; margin: 5px; width: 36px; height: 68px" title="britishLibraryLogo.gif" /></h2> <h2>Business &amp; IP Centre</h2> <h3>Market Research Resources </h3> <p> Industry Reports, Business Information Databases, Directories, Market Research Reports, etc. </p> <p> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document" /> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <link rel="File-List" href="http://www.stridingout.co.uk/file:///C:%5CUsers%5CAdmin%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" /> <style> @font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @page Section1 {size: 595.3pt 841.9pt; margin: 72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin: 35.4pt; mso-footer-margin: 35.4pt; mso-paper-source: 0; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 }</style> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> &nbsp; </p> <h2>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="36" src="http://www.stridingout.co.uk/images/stories/all/britishLibraryLogo.gif" alt="britishLibraryLogo.gif" height="68" style="float: left; margin: 5px; width: 36px; height: 68px" title="britishLibraryLogo.gif" /></h2> <h2>Business &amp; IP Centre</h2> <h3>Market Research Resources </h3> <p> Industry Reports, Business Information Databases, Directories, Market Research Reports, etc. </p> <p> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document" /> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11" /> <link rel="File-List" href="http://www.stridingout.co.uk/file:///C:%5CUsers%5CAdmin%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" /> <style> @font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @page Section1 {size: 595.3pt 841.9pt; margin: 72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin: 35.4pt; mso-footer-margin: 35.4pt; mso-paper-source: 0; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 }</style> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> &nbsp; </p> Research Techniques 2008-06-07T17:48:02Z 2008-06-07T17:48:02Z http://www.stridingout.co.uk/how-to-do-your-market-research/research-techniques.html Heather Wilkinson [email protected] <h4>Primary and Secondary Research Techniques. </h4> <h4>Primary and Secondary Research Techniques. </h4> Define Your Ideas 2008-06-07T17:35:45Z 2008-06-07T17:35:45Z http://www.stridingout.co.uk/how-to-do-your-market-research/define-your-ideas.html Heather Wilkinson [email protected] <h4>Getting Started - The Big Idea: How to find it and fine-tune it</h4> <h4>Getting Started - The Big Idea: How to find it and fine-tune it</h4> Primary Research Techniques - Pros and Cons 2008-06-07T15:26:06Z 2008-06-07T15:26:06Z http://www.stridingout.co.uk/how-to-do-your-market-research/primary-research-techniques-pros-and-cons.html Heather Wilkinson [email protected] <h4>Interviews<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;- </o:p>This is the technique most associated with marketing research. Interviews can be telephone, face-to-face, or over the Internet.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p> </h4> <h4>Interviews<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;- </o:p>This is the technique most associated with marketing research. Interviews can be telephone, face-to-face, or over the Internet.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p> </h4> Planning Your Research 2008-06-07T15:18:40Z 2008-06-07T15:18:40Z http://www.stridingout.co.uk/how-to-do-your-market-research/planning-your-research.html Heather Wilkinson [email protected] Don&rsquo;t just research because you think you should. Plan ahead and decide what you really want to get from it. It&rsquo;s easy to go through the motions but if you&rsquo;re not asking the right questions or targeting the right people, you could end up worse off!<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p></o:p>Research carried out without carefully thought-out objectives will usually mean time and money down the drain.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;Here are a few th</o:p>ings to think about:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p> Don&rsquo;t just research because you think you should. Plan ahead and decide what you really want to get from it. It&rsquo;s easy to go through the motions but if you&rsquo;re not asking the right questions or targeting the right people, you could end up worse off!<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p></o:p>Research carried out without carefully thought-out objectives will usually mean time and money down the drain.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;Here are a few th</o:p>ings to think about:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p> Sources of Data for Secondary Research 2008-05-11T14:28:07Z 2008-05-11T14:28:07Z http://www.stridingout.co.uk/how-to-do-your-market-research/sources-of-data-for-secondary-research.html Heather Wilkinson [email protected] <p> Some really useful sites for gathering data on market and industry data </p> <p> Some really useful sites for gathering data on market and industry data </p>