Marketing consulting
Product survey
Product survey includes two-side survey which includes the inside and outside
characteristics of product. The two-side survey specifically includes the survey
on raw material resource, product processing and production craft and production
capability; the survey on color, structure, volume, style, characteristic of
product; the survey on the product sales unit, packaging design, price
characteristic, durability; the survey on product life cycle, seasonal
requirements, frequency of usage; customers¡¯ memory degrees, favor degree to
product, corporate brand and product brand; the survey on the products of
competitors.
Through the comprehensive survey on the all kinds aspects of product, we can
find out whether the product is suitable for consumers¡¯ needs, whether the
product is the best product in consumers¡¯ minds, whether the product can bring
consumers satisfaction and whether we can develop new usage and new market for
the product.
Industry study
Industry study is a kind of mixed study between field study and market study. It
combines the elites of field study and market study. So industry study belongs
to enterprise strategy research. Generally speaking, the core contents of the
industry study include the following three aspects:
Firstly, it studies the surviving environment of the industry, the industry
policy, the industry layout, the industry life cycle, the position of the
industry in the whole macro industry structure and its developing and evolving
trends, as well as its growing background.
Secondly, it studies the market characteristics, the competitive situation, the
difficulty of market entry/exit, and the market growth of various industries.
Thirdly, it studies the competitive strategy and market behavior model of
various industries under different conditions and different grown-up periods so
that it can provide enterprise some practical advices.
Therefore, the meaning of industry study is not to instruct how to do the
marketing operation, but is to provide enterprise some guides and references, so
that the enterprise can avoid some ¡°direction¡± mistakes.
Consumer study
Consumer study refers to consumption market study. It is the basic and the main
part of the commodity market studies that is applied most in the market
investigation field. Consumer study includes consumer basic characteristics
study, consumption behavior study and consumption motivation study. Consumer
study is often conducted by commodity enterprises, especially the public
commodity enterprises.
Consumer market study refers to studying the basic aspects such as the market
environment (politics, law, society, culture, and technology), population
characteristics, life style, economy level, applying all kinds of market
investigation technology and methods to study the wants and needs of the
consumer group through cognition, attitude, motivation, selection, decision,
buying and usage.
Competitor study
Competitor study could help enterprises comprehensively understand the updated
market situation, analyze competitors¡¯ operation situation, understand the
updated operation level of competitors in aspects of strategy, marketing,
channel, Human resources, service, product and finance. It could provide
comprehensive and precise intelligence support for enterprises during their
market entrance period and period exterior competition investigation.
Competitor study also helps clients identify their current competitors, discover
the potential competitors, understand the competitive capability to grasp the
change situation of competitor. Competitor study can design the efficient
competitive strategy and tactics advices for clients.
Business circle study
Business circle study has four basic aspects which are business circle range
confirmation, business circle survey, information analysis and study results. It
is an indispensable and significant premise to carry out retailing activities.
Business circle study specifically refers to exerting the targeted market
investigation method, analyzing and studying the population structure,
competition environment, consumption characteristics, purchasing power of the
business circle, providing reference and support for the relative strategic
decisions based on the object data and facts.
The business circle study can help enterprises understand the following
contents: to confirm the location of a new shop and business circle area, to
evaluate the market opportunity of the business circle and development
potential, to understand the purchasing behavior and purchasing power of the
consumers, to understand the characteristics of the customers and the target
market, to understand the characteristics of the competitors, to provide the
guiding reference of the marketing strategy, to obtain the other relevant data.
Marketing strategy planning
Generally, the contents of the marketing strategy planning cover sales model,
sales channel, sales spots, pricing, promotion, balancing, sales service and
etc. Based on the product marketing strategy, the designed marketing strategy
covers product strategy portfolio, channel strategy portfolio, pricing strategy
portfolio, promotion strategy portfolio, public relations strategy portfolio,
and political power strategy portfolio.
Marketing strategy planning applies to the market fiercely competitive products.
It studies the marketing relevant strategy during products entering into market
and enhancing sales shares.
Branding strategy planning
Branding strategy planning is a comprehensive management in which it mobilizes
the capability of the whole enterprise and focuses on brand to implement the
management of customer purchasing cognition and purchasing procedures. Brand
planning covers auditing the brand¡¯s current situation, confirming brand
benchmark, brand SWOT analysis, brand positioning, brand characteristics
buildup, establishing brand¡¯s core value and brand equity, planning brand
grown-up procedures and brand performance management.
Sales channel planning
The sales channel planning requires analyzing consumers¡¯ needs, setting up
channel objectives, understanding the main channel alternation proposal,
selecting channel member, designing channel management system and so on.