six stages in consumer buying process?
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PROBLEM (I need a car...)\nINFORMATION SEARCH (brochures, websites, etc.)\nEVALUATION OF THE INFORMATION (comparison)\nPURCHASE TRIAL (test drive)\nEVALUATION OF THE PRODUCT\nREPEAT PURCHASE OR REJECT THE PRODUCT/COMPANY
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RETAIL STORE LOGISTICS\nCash control Procedures,\ncustomer service,\nshipping and recieving
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1) The best way... identify a target market, "Farm" them with your USP, frequent contacts, outrageous offers, entertaining newsletters, the keys being FREQUENT, measureable, and testing constantly.  You might start with anything by Dan Kennedy or his peers - check out his "Resources" page at dankennedy.com .\n\nScott Tucker I know is doing great stuff in the sub-prime market, you should get on his list., and there are plenty of others. \n\n2) yes, there are plenty of companies doing that. I know of several that I would recommend. But you're asking the wrong question: you shouldn't really care which one is "the best deal" in terms of price. If you do this right, you'll know to the penny exactly how much you must spend to acquire a new customer, and that customer's value to you over a given period of time. \nSo selecting a fulfillment company comes down to different factors, like how automated they are, how well they integrate with your customer tracking system, what other services they offer (like lumpy mail, CD dupes, etc).
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Factors Influencing Demand\n\nThe amount of a good demanded depends on:\n\n    * the price of the good;\n    * the income of consumers;\n    * the demand for alternative goods which could be used (substitutes);\n    * the demand for goods used at the same time (complements);\n    * whether people like the good (consumer taste).\n\nThe demand curve labelled DD in the figure below shows the amount of a good one or more consumers are willing and able to buy at different prices.
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1) direct cost or the price paid by the customer\n\n2) search costs - information search (relevant only in complex buying behavior)\n\n3) transportaion costs - is it available athis convinience\n\n4) transaction cot - included time he need to wait for billing, order etc...
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Intention of suppliers and lack of positive characteristics to customers.
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1. Start with the basics - demographics. Clearly you need a gender M/F question but you might also want age, occupation and living status for example.\n\n2. Then add a bunch of attitude statements with a 5 point scale. Strongly agree ....strongly disagree with indifferent in the middle.\n\n3. Make sure your statements cover as many different points of view as possible. \n\n4. You could add a few other questions about other forms of buying to see if its specific to clothing or more generalised.\n\nImportantly you might aslo want to consider "in what ways male and females differ in their attitudes". I say this because your question above implies a yes or no answer. Open it up a bit and it'll also help you generate hypotheses too.\n\nCluster analysis is a "fun" way of playing with attitude statements after.\n\nHope this helps
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Multi-Level Marketing. Amway is the most famous. The idea is that you buy products from somebody, and then convince somebody else to sell them for you while you take a percentage. I looked into it once, and found it to be a cumbersome system of people selling themselves household goods, but it did seem to work for a couple people. Most people seem to avoid it though...
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Love to help buy.....\nMore information needed!
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Wow. That's a complex question. Let me tackle it in a broad fashion. \n\n1) You need to identify the problem in simple terms. What is the problem to be solved? What objective are we trying to achieve. \n\n2) Then you need to go about gathering the information. First, only talk to the TARGET AUDIENCE who you're trying to reach. In other words, don't talk to retirees about iPods, because they're just not your market. \n\nThere are two methods: Qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative consists of focus groups and one-on-one interviews. Complete honest should be requested, and you should not inject your personal views into the discussion. If you have a focus group, however, make sure that one respondent doesn't hijack the research. Personally, I think 1-to-1 interviews tend to be more accurate. Focus groups typically have a herd mentality. \n\nThen there are the surveys, where massive amounts of people are interviewed with a simple questionnaire. While you remain focused on target demographics, you're really going for sheer volume of people for a statistical sample. Usually 400-600 is a good number. \n\n3) Then you collect the data and interpret. \n\nMarket research is typically useful at two stages: a) Determining the need or responsiveness of your target and b) Determining consumer awareness once the advertising has run. \n\nWhere market research usually bombs is showing your ads to a focus group. That's because the creative work has to be viewed emotionally, while the focus group is forced to analyze the work on an intellectual plane.
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1. Objective of the Research\n•Summary and explanation of why the research is being done, what you hope to learn and for what purpose the information may be used \n\n2. Description of the Market \n•General Description\n•Target Market(s) \noWhy this particular market(s) was chosen \noWho are they - complete profile (e.g., demographics, psychographics, behaviors) \noWhat benefits do they seek (i.e., what points-of-pain or problems are being solved) \noWhat factors can affect their purchase or use decision \noWhat attitudes do they have about the products/services currently or not currently offered \noHow is the product used \n•Products and Services that appeal to the target market \noIn general terms (not particular brands) what is currently appealing to this market \noIf there are no current providers, what types of products/services may appeal to this market (i.e., what is used now to solve the problem). \n\n3. Market Metrics \n•Size estimates (current and future) for: \noOverall market \nCurrent size \nPotential size \nActual penetration of current products/service within the total market \noIndividual market segments \nCurrent size \nPotential size \nActual penetration of current products/service within the total market \noUsage rates \nFrequency of product purchases \n•Growth estimates (current and future) for: \noOverall market \noIndividual market segments \n4. Competitive Analysis \n•Summary of Current Competitors \noListing by market share ranking (by each target market if possible) \n•Current Competitors - full analysis of top competitors including: \noProducts & Services (e.g., description, uniqueness, pricing, etc.) \noMarket share \noCurrent customers \noPositioning and promotion strategies \noPartnerships/Alliances/Distributors \noRecent news \noSWOT Analysis - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats \n\n•Potential Competitors \noExplanation (though not as detailed as Current Competitors) on who they are or maybe and why they are seen as potential competitors \n5. Additional \n•Extraneous Variables \noDiscuss factors that may affect this market (e.g., technological, social, governmental, competitive, etc.) \n•Market Trends \noWhat is expected to happen
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you need to first identify who is your target market,\nsuch as age group,and many more variables, then you can establish a strategy to target that specific group,with\nwhat they identify with in correlation to your product.\nYou know this is very basic stuff, maybe you should hire a firm to help you along.
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Locate the item for purchase. \nSubmit a bid. \nCome to terms with the vendor on the price.\nSubmit a purchase order.
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Would you like fries with your burger?\nWhen ever you suggest an item that is associated with the product the customer is already going to buy is add-on or associate selling.\n\nIt is one of the easiest ways to increase the amount of the order and shows value to the customer, letting them know you are thinking of things they may need.
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1.  Identify the product or service\n2.  Identify the customer\n3.  Plan the delivery of product or service\n4.  Inform the customer of your availability\n5.  Deliver and collect\n6.  Repeat 4 and 5 while refining 1, 2 and 3 constantly.
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Evolution of Business\nEvolution of Businesses\nThere are four important areas in the process of evolving from a business into an e-business. These four stages are collectively known as the e-business cycle. There isn't a pre-defined order to the cycle. A successful e-business can start at any point. However, the first step is identifying which of the core business processes are most suitable for, or most in need of, conversion to e-business. \n\n\n \n\nCustomers are the key ingredients of success and the best place to start conversion to e-business is with customer relationship management. \n\nCustomers are the basis of any business and by developing a loyal customer base and by improving customer interactions and internal business processes then a loyal customer base will be developed. \n\nTo improve customer interactions and internal business processes you need to look at individual processes that contribute to the overall customer experience. These include Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and E-commerce \n\nE-business leverages the Internet to integrate and transform these processes into a single efficient system. \n\nCRM \n\nThis keeps all of you business processes focussed on the customer. It is "building customer loyalty through better customer service" and it involves supporting, developing and retaining profitable customers. \n\nThe idea of customer self-service is pivotal to e-business. By analyzing past customer behaviour, an e-business is able to customize its offerings and anticipate the customer's wants and needs. By giving customers controlled access to data they need you can provide quality self-service for customers and not only manage your relationship with customer but give them ability to manage their relationship with you. \n\nSCM \n\nUsing the Web to integrate the complex system of suppliers, partners, employees and customers will transform the way you manage your supply chain. \n\nE-Commerce \n\nThe way cash flows through your company will also change. Each aspect of revenue and cost will be transformed. These will include online transactions to electronic billing and payment systems. E-commerce is not the same as e-business but is a subset of e-business. E-commerce can be used for E-Tailing and Marketing. \n\nE-Tailing As a place for direct retail shopping, with its 24-hour availability, a global reach, the ability to interact and provide custom information and ordering, and multimedia prospects, the Web is rapidly becoming a multibillion dollar source of revenue for the world's businesses. Some of the better known and profitable e-commerce sites include : Amazon.com, cdNow.com, Garden.com.\n\nMarketing The wide spread use and interactive nature of the Internet, allow companies to gather data about prospects and customers through a series of easy to use methods. \n\nsite registration \nquestionnaires \ntaking orders \nThe issue of whether data was being collected with the knowledge and permission of market subjects had been raised. (Microsoft referred to its policy of data collection as "profiling" and a proposed standard has been developed that allows Internet users to decide who can have what personal information.) \nGrowth of e-commerce\nThe business -to -consumer (B2C) market was estimated by International Data Corporation ("IDC") to have been $15 billion in goods and services in 1998, IDC projects that the B2B e-commerce market will grow from $35 billion in goods and services in 1998 to over $1.1 trillion by 2003.The benefits povided by e-commerce has contributed significantly to its growth. Improving both the customer and supplier realtionships as well as increasing efficiency and reducing cost. Improving Customer and Supplier Relationships\nCustomer and supplier relationships in a traditional business would be hindered by the time and cost required to communicate current information, locating new customers and supplier
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The customer will decide within the first minute whether your house is a contender.  They'll continue to talk themselves into or out of buying your home while they're there.  Assuming you're talking about the average home size (and not a palatial estate), 10 to 15 minutes per home is about average for a "walk through" view.  Longer than that would indicate strong interest, less than that and there's not much chance they'll come back for a second look.  \n\nIf you're looking to sell, make sure you declutter your home and make the entrance, foyer, kitchen and master bed/bath as perfect as possible, as these are the key selling features.  Put out fresh flowers, put away your personal belongings/clutter as much as possible, clean up and clean out where you can.  People want to see themselves living in the home; seeing your stuff makes it more difficult for them to imagine themselves living there.