How to Talk to Clients About Pricing Research
Pricing research isn’t easy. Learn a little about how to discuss it with clients you just want you to throw a pricing question or two in your survey.
Clients sometimes avoid market research because they’re afraid it will “box them in” when it comes to decision-making. Nope. Research is a flare, not a cage.
It’s not really about the number of questions — it’s about your needs (and your audience).
Guess what? The research isn’t the thought leadership. It’s what you build on top of the research that demonstrates your expertise.
Even if you’re not very familiar with research, you’ve heard the terms “quantitative” and “qualitative”. What’s the real difference? These terms refer to types of data — not necessarily to research approaches. Quantitative results are those you can count, that you can tabulate. These are either numbers you can work with mathematically or text…
I bet you can identify 12 topics for thought leadership content from research you’ve done. If you can’t, plan better in your next research project.
Agencies often think of research as a significant cost, but fail to recognize its ability to generate revenue and ROI as well. Whether conducted for client work or for the agency’s own thought leadership and business development efforts, research can generate ROI in a number of ways — both by generating revenue and by…