How is market research done? For example, how would i know the amount of money cingular makes on text messagin
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Please check google answers. They do this kind of research all the time for people looking into new industries.
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Simple, because your wireless carrier knows you will!  And as long as people are willing to pay, they'll keep charging.  With that in mind, what incentive do they have not to?\n\nThe only way you'll likely see free text messaging is as part of a promotional-type offer; e.g., sign up now for 2 years, get free text messaging.
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According to Yhaoo Finance and The Wall Street Journal Online Sprint/Nextel (NYSE:S) has 59,900 emplyess. \n\nCorporate information like this needs to be disclosed to share holders, so the information is made public. \n\nWhen looking for publicly traded company statistics search the company name on yahoo and when the name comes up with the companies stock symbol (example: "NYSE:S")click the symbol, then look for the info on the page.
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I earn 5 digits a month with Adsense\n\nIn terms of earning money on Adsense, your mileage varies. One website with the 10,000 uniques a day can earn $50 a month while another may earn $5,000. It is not easy to predict how much you will earn from Adsense. The only way you can learn about how your site will perform with Adsense is through trying it.\n\nThe amount you can earn will depend on the \n\n1. Responsiveness of audience to the ads = A travel website that provides information on travel to Spain will attract visitors looking for ways to arrange their travel and spend money on their vacation to Spain. Your site provides the info, but the ads will provide hotels, travel agencies, tourist destinations, car rentals -- ads that are likely to get the attention of the users of your site. This is a site that will most likely do well with Adsense.  However, if you are a gaming website where the main purpose of the user is to play games on your site, then Adsense will not perform as well.\n\n2. Ad format = some types of ads do better than others depending on your content and layout. In our case, large rectangles in the middle of the content is the best, while leaderboards do not generate as much as income. Skys are the worst for us. Experiment and measure the results via channels and see which formats work best for you.\n\n3. Ad placement - check Google's heat map as they have tested where the best placements are https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=17954&ctx=en:search&query=adsense+heat+map&topic=0&type=f \n\n4. Ad colors - sometimes ads blended into the content works wonders, but sometimes ads that contrast your site colors work best\n\n5. Number of ad units on a page = we are allowed maximum of 3 ads + 1 ad links + 1 search box on a page. Maximize the allowed number based on the resulting look of your page (you don't want an overkill of ads). Users going to your page and reading your content may ignore the banner or rectangle at the top of the page, but may click on the ad at the bottom of the article\n\n6. Smartpricing - the big unknown in Adsense. No one knows how this actually works. But it can affect the pricing of the ads on your site. If the advertiser paid for $0.50/click - but your site is smartpriced - then the cost may be discounted lower (e.g. $0.25). So you may try to develop a site based on high paying keywords but if smartpricing gets to you, then you may not get as much per click as what you are expecting from your keywords.\n\nHere is Google's explanation of smart pricing https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=9562&query=smart+pricing&topic=0&type=f\n\nGoogle's smart pricing feature automatically adjusts the cost of a keyword-targeted content click based on its effectiveness compared to a search click. So if our data shows that a click from a content page is less likely to turn into actionable business results -- such as online sales, registrations, phone calls, or newsletter signups -- we reduce the price you pay for that click.\n\nExperiment with the factors above (except smartpricing, which you can't control), and see which combination works best. Remember though that not all sites do well with Adsense - even if you get gazillions of traffic but your visitors are not interested in looking for ways to spend their money, they won't be interested in your ads and won't click.
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some cell phone companies do have them best way to find out do a search on Yahoo
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You can find a great article describing what a market analysis is and how to do one here:\nhttp://www.bplans.com/ma/article.cfm/69?sf=market%20analysis&match=best
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Marcom analysis is a professional analysis of your existing marketing activities with suggestions to improve on. These do not necessarily require to be huge investments. Websites, brochures and press releases are small steps that may offer you a good return on your investment. \n\nMarket Positioning\nTracking and understanding how a product or service is viewed is vital to the success of any business. Companies staying abreast of their marketing position are able to adapt as market changes ensue. \n\nBusiness Plans\nProfitable companies use business plans that lead to investors trust. Written with more than company jargon, these plans are based on fundamental market research with market opportunities and threats kept in mind. Through research, MarCom PR identifies the market for a product or service and provides the information needed for a business plan that is persuasive through financially sound statistics.\n\nMarket Research\nA market cannot be conquered unless all the business conditions are understood. MarCom reports on the business opportunities, the potential niches waiting for a product or service, and the information about industry competitors that empower a company to take advantage of its potential.\n\nCompetitive Analysis\nA competitive analysis is more than a generated “list” of competitors. It is an analysis of how a company can effectively compete for market share against its competition. Using MarCom detailed analysis directs a company to market dominance. \n\nCorporate Identity or Branding\nDeveloping a company identity is about creating a company voice that will be an extension of the brand. It is more than the development of a logo or marketing materials. MarCom assists companies by making their “voice” understood and accepted by both internal and external audiences.\n\nMarket Messaging\nThere are many points companies need to get across when delivering a product or service to market. MarCom takes those points and crafts key messages that showcase the product or service benefits while being mindful of economy of words.\n\nCommunication Strategies Plan\nA plan designed to keep corporate and product/service messaging in front of the target audiences. Through market research, MarCom develops strategies that integrate traditional and upcoming communication methods.\n\nTarget Market Research\nTarget marketing has the critical function of finding and defining specific groups of consumers willing and able to buy products or services. MarCom clearly defines the target markets critical to accessing existing markets and developing new business.\n\nSales Lead Analysis\nSales teams use leads to increase business. MarCom  identifies areas of strength and weakness through a systematic lead analysis of the sales program.\n\nChannel Marketing\nChannel market sales staff must be motivated to sell a company's product or service over their competitors. MarCom works with companies to develop and deliver to channel markets the relevant information and incentive programs needed to generate more sales.
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what looking to sell your phone or making money by talking on the cell phone, my ex use to make $800.00 in 10 minutes just talking on the cell phone
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Let's face it, marketing is expensive for small business. Getting the biggest bang for your buck and reaching your target audience is what all marketing sales people are selling. There are several ways to measure your ROI. \n\nFirst of all make sure your staff is asking "how did you hear about us?" You will get many different answers. Provide a way to track it and make it mandatory for your staff. Some POS systems allow you to track this along with your other customer information in a database and you can print regular reports.\n\nSometimes you can add a special promotion or coupon. This promotion or coupon should be marketed through one vector - for example a color mailer or direct mail or even TV. Stick to one promotion per vector and have the consumer bring in the coupon or give you a coupon code. Track the coupons/promos.\n\nFor example last night I hired an NFL player to come and sign autographs at one of my stores. I put it on the radio combined with one of their promotions (called a keyword, gets them points that they can bid on things on the radio station's website), I also sent a direct mail piece with a one-day only coupon, then I put it on TV saying we were raffling off a pair of tickets to an upcoming home game. I track the keywords, the coupons and the raffle tickets. Then when the sales people come back to me and want to sell me more advertising, I have concrete numbers to work from when making my decision.\n\nI also suggest when trying a new vector (such as a new mailer or a new TV station) that you don't sign anything long term until you know you are going to get the results you need. Go for a trial instead. 30 days of TV, one shot in a color mailer, a single 10k piece mailer, one ad in the local paper. Track your results and make sure you have time to go through it at the end of the month before you commit to any long term agreements.\n\nHope this helps.
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Online marketing research\n\nThe on-line marketing research is a relatively new activity that provides an opportunity for more and more companies to make research using the Internet. With the advent of the Internet, companies of all sizes and budgets can afford to conduct online marketing research and access all the information they need in order to beat the competition.\n\nStudentsOpinion.Org is an on-line marketing research program. In the process of on-line marketing research, companies need adequate opinion and evaluation of their products. As students’ views, more or less, are innovative and practical, our program is pointed towards this social group. In addition, involving students, as people with less home duties, we aim to expand the activity of the StudentsOpinion.Org program. Thus, we help companies that want to hear your opinion find you, listen to you, and reward you. \n\nWhy StudentsOpinion.Org?\n\nIn the process of online marketing research, we take pains in satisfying you as well as the companies’ needs. To join our team means to make your opinion worthwhile and valuable. There is neither lost time nor efforts in vain. In addition, companies appreciate your time and energy and compensate you for the efforts you make helping them improve. \n\nFilling out online surveys, participating in virtual focus group discussions, testing brand new services and products you will not only have fun but also make money. \n\nhttp://studentsopinion.org/
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There's a list of some marketing research companies at:\nhttp://local.yahoo.com/results?fr=dd-local-more&stx=market+research&csz=Phoenix%2C+AZ
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Well, the old addage is true...it takes money to make money.  The more you have to invest, the more you can make.  I've made $30K in one day based on one buy of $100K worth of the stock.\n\nOne word:  RESEARCH\n\nRemember, the more you invest, the more you can LOSE too!!!
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One option you may want to consider is a new product concept test survey.   New product concept tests are often used to measure your target market's interest in a new product or service.  Before you invest in advertising, you can find out what people like and dislike about your product and therefore what features to stress or downplay in your ads. \n \nYou could also do some ad testing, which means surveying people to find which advertising concept they like most.   This way you can be sure you're saying the right things, the right way, to the right audience, before you even launch your advertising campaign.\n \nThere is no way to guarantee your advertising expenses will be covered by your product sales, but these techniques will improve your odds.\n\nAs well, another way to make sure that you will have the greatest chance at launching a successful product, and making sure that the expenses of your advertising will be covered, is to hire a market research company.  Listed below are a couple of companies that are very respected in the market research field, and should help you in deciding how to best solve this issue.\nhttp://www.infosurv.com/consumer_market_research.htm\nhttp://www.acnielson.com/
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Google has tools in your account page to find your business adwords and average cost perclick to each word. in the keyword tool..login to your account and check out
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certain companies (i think nextel) offer these services for only a data charge every month, probably 10-30$ a month\n\nthe triangulation as mentioned before is using the cellular signals, is highly regulated, encrypted, and although can be tracked and used in ITS (intelligent transportation systems) to monitor traffic, especially in europe although slowly being adapeted in us, the signals implemented to sense the speed and flow of traffic are anoymous and would not be applicable in a situation that you wanted to monitor personally
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Want to know real numbers?  :) Go to Monster.com and see how much they charge adn you will have real hard numbers that industry charges.\n\nRival
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Stay away from online surveys that ask you for your credit card number and charge you.\n\nLegitimate market research companies DO NOT CHARGE their respondents. In fact, they pay the respondents. Part of the costing that these market research companies send to their clients is the fees they will pay respondents. So if you pay instead of them paying you, don't give them your credit card as that is not a legitimate market research company.\n\nI suggest you read the article "Earning Money From Online Surveys"  http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol121/onlinesurvey.htm