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“The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” – Peter Drucker

Ideation

“Ideation” and “concept development” are loose descriptors for the general process of generating and exchanging ideas as part of the marketing process. Ideation sessions are typically conducted among small groups and can last from a few hours to a few days. The intensity, scope, and duration are dependent upon the category, decision-makers, and opportunity costs of the issue at hand.

In-Depths

In-depths are conducted using a one-to-one (respondent-moderator) format and thus generate highly detailed, qualitative (i.e., non-projectable) feedback. In-depths (or “one-on-ones”) are a special type of qualitative research.

Group Discussion

Focus groups are perhaps the single, best-known marketing research technique. They use the dynamics of group interaction to generate qualitative (i.e., non-projectable) feedback on marketing-related issues, and to develop hypotheses for subsequent quantitative confirmation.

They are most typically used to (1) explore consumer attitudes, motivations, and buying behaviors for new or established products; (2) obtain preliminary reactions to new ideas, product (re)positionings, advertising, product (re)formulations, or packaging prior to additional screening or development work; and (3) develop consumer language for ideas that will then be quantitatively tested.