List of stretch tasks
Preface
Jungle Juice
Foreword
Introduction
Who is this book for?
Democratizing skills for smaller businesses
What is market research and why do we need it?
Good enough research
How well do you know your customers?
Make small your superpower
How to read this book
What you'll learn
Why me?
Chapter 1: I made the front page of The Sunday Times and failed, and seven ways market research will improve your business
You are not your customer
Assumptions kill dreams
The sunk cost fallacy
Knowing your customer is a practice
Seven ways market research will improve your business
Stretch task #1
Stretch task #2
Chapter 2: Ego, excuses and the fear of failure: what's holding you back?
Market research excuses
Fear of failure
Ego
Stretch task #3
Chapter 3: The explorer's toolkit: curiosity, empathy and courage
Curiosity
Empathy
Courage
Chapter 4: I met Alcatraz prisoner 1259, talking to customers and how to just ask
What is a customer interview?
When to use customer interviews?
Where to find people?
Stretch task #4
How to ask
Incentives
Getting over yourself
Creating a discussion guide
During the interview
After the interview
Chapter 5: The mother of all theories and there is such a thing as a stupid question
Jobs to be done (JTBD) theory
What are your customers trying to get done?
Five golden rules for asking quality questions
Chapter 6: The art and science of sensemaking
What is sensemaking?
Why do we need it?
When to do it?
What you need
How to do it
Outliers
Chapter 7: Stop sending shitty surveys
What is a survey?
When should you use a survey?
Build surveys people fill in
Work backwards
Make something happen
Sample sizes and response rates
Which platforms to use?
Chapter 8: Learn about customers in your pyjamas and how to win at desk research
What is desk research?
Where to look?
Keeping one eye on the competition
Get started
Stretch task #5
Chapter 9: Can I pick my friend's nose? And how to be a digital spy
Being a digital spy
Where should you look?
Search listening tools
Scared of robots?
Chapter 10: Stop asking for five-star feedback
What is customer feedback?
Feedback formats
How to ask for it
How to take it
How to use it
Testimonials and reviews
How to give it
Chapter 11: Small business testing
Quick and dirty testing
What's your skateboard?
Testing price
Chapter 12: When not to listen to customers
Reason 1: The customer is not aligned with your business values
Stretch task #6
Reason 2: When the rewards are teeny-weeny
Reason 3: Someone else is doing it (much) better
Reason 4: You just don't want to do it
Reason 5: You don't have the bandwidth
Chapter 13: Three ways to make it happen and staying on the right side of the law
Option 1: The stone
Option 2: The peach
Option 3: The penguin
Staying on the right side of the law
When to hire the pros
Conclusion
Do penguins eat peaches?
Question Bank
Themes to explore with customers
Useful links
Contributor bios
Acknowledgements
