If you have an email address, you've probably been invited to a free webinar, podcast, or video by a self-improvement guru promising to transform you into a money-making machine. It's success for dummies. I did it, and so can you! These gurus produce very professional videos, and lots of them. They are usually a series…
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Market Research Reports From India – By John LaRosa, Marketdata
In case you think my complaints about the quality of market research studies from India is just sour grapes, let me highlight an example of what I mean. There is a company called Databridge Market Research that has a report about the global weight loss & obesity management market. Price: $4,200. No. of pages: Unknown,…
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Cheaping Out On Market Research Can Cost You Your Job – By John LaRosa, Marketdata
Today's managers may be tempted to go cheap to cut costs on market research, using such online services as Fiverr.com or Askwonder.com. Here, you post a job and wait for freelancers to respond with a proposal and price. On Fiverr, these prices start at $5 (hence the company name), although most project are higher than…
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Stock Analysts Still Don’t Get It – J. LaRosa
When talking about the weight loss market, success is always related to qualitative factors: whether the company has products & services that dieters want, how effective the firm's marketing and advertising is, execution by management, status vis-a-vis the competition, and strategic focus in the right areas. In real estate, it's location, location, location. In the…
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