Me and a friend are considering starting our own computer repair business, however we’d like to carry out some market research before deciding to invest any money. The only strategy we have thought of so far is to stand in a crowded shopping mall and ask people to complete a survey but we doubt this will be effective.

I would appreciate any suggestions on other types of market research or confirmation that surveying is a good method and also how many people we should survey to make our data credible.

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I’m trying to find market research or an industry trend analysis for the Cosmetics industry and the Nutrition Industry. Any resources would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

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I need to find 50 people to respond to my market research survey for my business class. The questions involve home health care/personal care and services such as homemaking, meal preparation, yard work, transportation assistance, and respite care. Any ideas where I might find people willing to take this survey?

Big companies run ads saying they will pay $5 for a 10 minute in-person survey. It is amazing how many people will travel to get $5.

You would do best to go to local schools and ask if you could do a survey group in any study hall or library. It would not be a noisy process so you won’t be bothering anyone. The students would be curious and they would participate. You could award one person $5 out of a drawing.

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Who can suggest me that the companies in USA that can provide me the paid reports of "market research" and "marketing survey" in infant furnishing (as stroller, high chair…etc)? And the companies are stable and believable.

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A company has approached me to conduct a market research yielding results on target market potential, price ranges for services, competative environment, forecasting of profits & costs, etc…how much does something like this cost? I have only done this type of project as part of my job included in my salary in full time positions at furtune 500 companies…so I would not have any idea…I would appreciate your input…please only serious answers, if you don’t know, you don’t need to answer. Thanks.
I have not idea how long it will take me, or how many hours it will be, I am doing it alone for the first time. I have only done it with a team w/in the corp world.

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First, you need to estimate how much time you will need to complete the project. Then, take the amount of time you estimate and multiply the hours by your hourly consulting fee.
Professional marketing consultants charge anywhere from $125/hour on up. I do not know what comparative fees are in your area, or what the size of the company is, or, most importantly, what the scope of your market research project is.

Has the company given you details of what they are expecting?
Have you created a proposal for them?

In the proposal you need to say
1)that you will do a,b,c,d (depends on their needs)
2) what the deliverables are
3) what your fees are

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