Consumer Insight by Merlin Stone
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 with the latest models, tools and research findings, it provides a great opportunity for market researchers to improve their knowledge of database marketing and CRM, and how they relate to market research. Readers will gain an understanding of what customer management actually is, what information is used, and how this information needs to be planned to support customer management. Key content includes: what is database marketing? how do customer care and database marketing use consumer insight? consumer insight and marketing research analysing consumer data development and retention of customers data protection, risk, good and bad consumers consumer insight systems managing consumer insight
"Provides precise definitions of fundamental concepts.. enables readers to focus on substantive issues rather than on the conceptual ambiguity that has plagued the field since its inception." Journal of Marketing Research "A significant new book focused on what to do with data and marketing research to extract optimal intelligence. The authors provide a much-needed guide to help you understand the analytic parameters of data and marketing (customer) information and offer welcome advice to companies that are being asked to leverage critical information assets and investments." www.longwoods-intl.com "Explains how a company or organization can use consumer insight to improve or transform its marketing and customer service." Journal of Economic Literature "Casts a wide net, looking beyond the "mere" measurement of satisfaction and exploring how customer insights are obtained." Quirk's Marketing Research Review "The Market Research in Practice series are excellent publications. They offer students the opportunity to study core topics separately and in depth." Graham Webb, Senior Programmes Manager, Marketing, Sales & Retail, Park Lane College, UK "A wonderful tool for those working to make the most of their customer data, this book could prove to be essential in the competitive world of consumer retention." Export Guide
Bryan Foss is an independent non-executive director (NED), board level adviser, mentor and Visiting Professor. The majority of his work is in board governance and risk management (including operational, systems and data risks), also Business-to-Business marketing and sales, including international Key Account and partner management, SMB marketing and through-the-value-chain distribution management to employees and consumers. Bryan has a combination of commercial, regulatory, academic and professional roles, he is also an active board mentor for a very wide variety of organisations and individuals.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780749442927 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749442921 |
| Title | Consumer Insight |
| Author | Merlin Stone |
| Series | Market Research In Practice |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Kogan Page Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-10-08 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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