Marketing Strategy: Is Your Vision in Focus?

Every business needs focus, and this must be fixed on an area of strength. This article, part of our series on developing a marketing strategy, aims to explore why your strategy should focus on just one of these three positions. ...

A Marketing Strategy Built On Knowledge

A marketing strategy must be built on firm foundations of knowledge. In this white paper we present a checklist of questions (or an audit) that will help develop an effective marketing strategy. ...

Written by Paul Hague

The Importance of the Value Equivalence Line

Understanding the position of brands on the Value Equivalence Line (VEL) is important as it leads to strategic decisions on both pricing and product development. This article looks at how a brand can determine its position in relation to the VEL and ...

Laddering Technique: A method to discover what people value

A ladder is a tool designed to allow you to reach something otherwise unreachable. In the same way, “laddering” as applied to market research is a technique designed to acquire nuggets of information which are otherwise very difficult to get at. ...

Written by Thomas Grubert

Doing Business in China Guide

The Doing Business in China Guide is a handy reference tool for all businesses interested in China, providing you with everything you need to know about doing business in China. The guide covers topics such as the economy, business culture, potential ...

Written by Various

B2B Marketing Survey

In the summer of 2014, 226 business-to-business marketers took part in a survey commissioned by B2B International across North America and Europe. This articles provides a brief synopsis of the most important findings from the research. ...

Improving Research Quality Through Respondent Selection

Good research comes from asking the right question of the right person. Of course, there is much more to market research than this truism. The design of the study, the interpretation of the findings and the presentation of results can be just as impo ...