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What is Secondary Market Research?

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Secondary market research involves utilizing preexisting data and insights gathered from various sources in the past. Unlike primary research, which gathers new and original data through surveys or experiments, secondary research relies on already available information. But why is it so important, exactly?

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How to do competitive intelligence research

Aqute Intelligence

How could we support our sales team? Your answers to these questions should give you some idea of the scope of your research. For most companies, this means creating a spreadsheet and starting your secondary research. Secondary and primary research At Aqute Intelligence, we use a two-stage approach to data gathering.

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How To Find Competitor Pricing: Tools and Techniques

Aqute Intelligence

Primary methods involve direct interaction and observation, while secondary methods focus on analyzing existing published information. Let's dive into the details of each approach: Primary sources and fieldwork: Direct observation and interaction Primary research, or fieldwork, is the most direct way to gather competitor pricing intelligence.

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8 ways to convince your boss to choose Aqute

Aqute Intelligence

Aqute’s research team is skilled at using a systematic approach to data collection. 4: Proven methods Our clients use our reports as the basis for sales meetings and strategy development. But our clients know they can trust our research and use it as the basic for major strategic and tactical decisions.

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7 Top Competitive Intelligence Blogs Read in 2016

Cooperative Intelligence Blog

As a primary researcher, I look for ways to motivate people to share. While the book focuses on closing sales, the same tactics will work to promote sharing when conducting competitive intelligence collection or Win Loss interviews. Let employees create and have access to customer, sales and market intelligence.

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10 Types of Market Research To Power Your Marketing

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Here are some fascinating stats speaking to the importance of good market research: 40% of marketers are using consumer research to make decisions. Nearly 90% of marketers , across all types of organizations, agree that understanding user journeys across channels and devices is critical to converting sales. Primary Research.

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7 Strategies for Conducting Online Market Research

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Sales Data. To add to the above, you’ll need both primary and secondary research. Instead, think of your secondary research as informing you for your primary research. Primary Research: This type of research is research you do yourself, or hire someone to do for you.