MindMap Gallery How to do market research
Market research work guidelines: clear goals → define problems → method planning → research implementation → output reports, including industry trend insights, competitor research, consumer research, internal corporate research, and marketing research.
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This Valentine's Day brand marketing handbook provides businesses with five practical models, covering everything from creating offline experiences to driving online engagement. Whether you're a shopping mall, restaurant, or online brand, you'll find a suitable strategy: each model includes clear objectives and industry-specific guidelines, helping brands transform traffic into real sales and lasting emotional connections during this romantic season.
This Valentine's Day map illustrates love through 30 romantic possibilities, from the vintage charm of "handwritten love letters" to the urban landscape of "rooftop sunsets," from the tactile experience of a "pottery workshop" to the leisurely moments of "wine tasting at a vineyard"—offering a unique sense of occasion for every couple. Whether it's cozy, experiential, or luxurious, love always finds the most fitting expression. May you all find the perfect atmosphere for your love story.
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How to do market research
Industry trend insights
○ Industry size characteristics ○ PEST analysis ○ Trends in the next 3-5 years ○ Our industry position
Macro environment analysis ○ Changes in industry policies ○ Industry economic scale and growth ○ Industry social value characteristics ○ Industry technological changes
Industry characteristics ○ Industry cyclical characteristics ○ Industry seasonal characteristics ○ Regional characteristics of the industry ○ Industry chain and delivery characteristics
Market size ○ Market industry size and growth rate ○ The life cycle and concentration of the market industry in which it is located ○ Favorable policies and information for the market industry in which we are located ○ Our current market data
in conclusion ○ Forecast of market conditions in the next 3-5 years ○ Our future market opportunities ○ Main challenges facing our brand based on market conditions
Competitor research
○ Porter’s Five Forces Competition Definition ○ Boston Product Matrix ○ Competitor advertising and marketing ○ Compare with major competitors
Competitor definition ○ Top competitors ○ Main competitors ○ New entrants ○ Pay attention to crossovers, alternatives, and changers
Competitor data ○ Competitors’ market position, scale, and growth rate ○ Competitor product structure and price ○ Competitors’ marketing channels and policies ○ How competitors make profits
competitive elements ○ Competitors’ scale, economy, and R&D status ○ Competitor business models ○ Upstream and downstream control of competitors’ industrial chains ○ Competitors’ marketing and advertising investment
in conclusion ○ Comparing our situation with our competitors ○ Experiences worth focusing on ○ Key challenges facing our brand based on competition
consumer research
○ Target customer group portrait ○ Behavioral habits of target customer groups ○ Consumption access channels ○ Consumer feedback to us
Target customer group portrait ○ Age group, gender, occupation, income range ○ Regional and industry distribution ○ Product preferences, interests and hobbies ○ Consumption composition ratio
Customer behavior habits ○ Media acceptance habits ○ Consumption channels ○ Consumption concerns ○ Social and group activities
access path ○ Access channels for online consumption ○ Offline consumption access channels ○ Competitors’ main customer groups ○ Our main customer groups
in conclusion ○ Consumer composition and consumption trends ○ Reaching experiences worth focusing on ○ Main challenges for our marketing and communication based on consumers
Internal company research
○ Basic situation of enterprise market ○ Brand building status ○ Target tasks and challenges ○ SWOT analysis
The basic situation of enterprises ○ Overall revenue and development history of the company ○ Market specific performance, proportion, and growth rate ○ Corporate development strategy, R&D investment ○ Upstream and downstream resource factors of the enterprise
Corporate brand situation ○ Brand power building stage ○ Product market performance ○ Marketing power market construction ○ Communication market investment ○ Management organizational form
Tasks and challenges ○ What are our phased goals and tasks? ○ Market and competitive situation challenges ○ Brand power building challenges ○ Input and output budgeting challenges
marketing research
○ Regional market
Target market situation ○ Target market GDP and consumption level ○ Target market industry size and growth ○ Main competitors in the target market ○ Major customers in the target market
target market access ○ Target market product preferences ○ Target market communication and sales access channels ○ Composition of target market traffic sources ○ Target market ROI ratio
our situation ○ Our position and proportion in the target market ○ Our channels and terminals in the target market ○ The composition of our consumer groups in the target market ○ The advertising and marketing situation between us and our competitors in the target market
SWOT analysis ○ Advantages Our main advantages compared to competitors ○ Weaknesses Our main disadvantages compared to our competitors ○ Opportunities: What are the advantages and opportunities in the market? ○ Threats Risk points that need attention
strategic thinking ○ Staged brand building and marketing goals ○ Core strategy ○ Brand power building planning