Saturday, April 30, 2011

How To Conduct In Depth Surveys

By Liana Badea


Surveys are used by companies to find out costumers reactions to their products. Surveys can be done in different ways, like orally speaking to customers, sending out questionnaires and filling out personal information for competitions.

This marketing technique is used to understand what each customer is thinking about and what influences their purchasing decision. It is also useful go get data on people in different locations and groups. Once the data is collected it is then processed and analyzed and the results are then taken from this analysis.

Some companies outsource this research work to companies with specialized skills in this field. They do all the work and give suggestions on what to do with each target market and how to make their products more attractive to that specific group of people.

In general, there are two types of questions that can be asked. One is a more personal question on how the person feels about a certain subject; the other is more objective data which can be the number of people in a certain group or the most common language that a group speaks.

Different surveys techniques will fit certain situation. If you want to use a large number of participants in a short time you would use small questionnaires that can be sent to many individuals. If you have time then you should conduct an in depth surveys with longer forms.

Other survey methods are multiple choices questions and open ended questions. Both of these methods are useful to researchers and companies in gaining insight on the market.

There are certain things to avoid when asking participants questions. Questions should be clear and concise. An ambiguous question will confuse the person.

The conclusion of this article is that when doing surveys you need to make sure you have a lot of insight into the subject, that you fully understand who your target market is and what you require from them. Also very important is that you do not confuse or put your participants under any stress as this will damage the research.




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