The drive to gain consumer insights cannot be an occasional endeavor. A company wishing to establish a brand or sell a product cannot simply conduct a focus group or survey, and say it now has everything it needs to know about consumers. It must take some very concrete steps to get a firm grasp of the target consumers’ tendencies, including:
- Bringing an anthropologist on-board.
- Changing the mind-set of senior level executives.
- Going above and beyond to capture insights.
- Showing a genuine interest in what consumers have to say.
Today’s consumers may like something for years, and then suddenly change their minds. We watch in amazement as Hewlett-Packard twists slowly in the wind, trying to figure out what their printer customers want. Perhaps if they had better insights into their consumers’ needs, they would have realized that relying solely on high-priced ink cartridges was a sure road to failure.
How To Gain Consumer Insights That Boost Your Marketing Results
