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Traditional research methods in marketing can be illuminating, but all too often fail to provide the depth of understanding that organisations need to anticipate market needs.
Doing Marketing Research enables researchers to get greater depth and meaning from their research and organisations to make smarter strategic decisions.
List of contents
Part 1: Theoretical Underpinnings for Market Sensing 1. Market Sensing and Qualitative Research 2. The Qualitative Research Process Part 2: Marketing Research Methods for Market Sensing 3. Sensory Research Using the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) 4. Visual Marketing Research 5. Discourse Analysis 6. Gamification in Marketing Research 7. Social Media Networks as Rich Online Data Sources 8. Using Narrative and Storytelling in Research 9. Consumer Ethnography 10. Understanding the Customer Journey through the Prism of Service Design Methodology 11. How the Delphi Method Can Help Validate Conceptual Frameworks 12. Using Archival Research in Marketing 13. Using Appreciative Inquiry in Marketing Research Part 3: Important Issues for All Researchers 14. Decolonising Marketing Research 15. Research Ethics: Becoming an Ethical Researcher 16. Communicating Your Research
About the author
Alison Lawson is Head of the Discipline of Marketing and Operations at the University of Derby. Her research interests are in marketing for social good, sustainability and customer behaviour. Before going into higher education, she worked in book publishing and contract research for the education sector at a nonprofit organisation.
Charles Hancock is Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Derby, specialising in ZMET visual methods and research related to a sustainable society. His extensive industry background enriches his teaching, which covers contemporary marketing challenges, commercial programmes, live agency briefs, and independent studies. Before academia, Charles held senior management roles across Europe.
Summary
Traditional research methods in marketing can be illuminating, but all too often fail to provide the depth of understanding that organisations need to anticipate market needs. Doing Marketing Research enables researchers to get greater depth and meaning from their research and organisations to make smarter strategic decisions.
