The primary job of marketing managers is the design and execution of marketing programme. Before programmes can be designed, the market situation must be understood. In order to understand the market, the manager must have information. Before the marketing manager can have information, there must be data.
Marketing Research is the systematic design, collect, analysis and reporting of data and findings relevant to a specific marketing situation facing the company.

The whole marketing research can be done by:

• Engaging students or professors to design and carry out projects
• Using the Internet
• Checking out rivals
• Syndicated-service research firms
• Custom marketing research firms
• Specialty-line marketing research firms

If you are willing to do the marketing research by yourself, you can check out the basic process of marketing research with this link.

How to Gathering Information and Measuring Market Demand

Step 1: Define the Problem, the Decision Alternatives, and the Research Objectives
Step 2: Develop the Research Plan

• Data Sources
• Research Approaches
• Behavioral data
• Focus group research: Gathering data by observing people, actions and situations.

Step 3: Collect the Information: It can be the most expensive and prone to error; therefore you should beware of how the data is collected.
Step 4: Analyze the Information (extract pertinent findings from the collected data)
Step 5: Present the Findings (pertinent to the major marketing decisions facing management)
Step 6: Make the Decision: Don’t forget evaluating the outcome.

The Marketing Research Process

A Marketing Intelligence System is a set of procedures and sources used by managers to obtain everyday information about developments in the marketing environment. MIS consists of people equipment, and procedures to gather, sort, analyze evaluate and distribute needed, timely, and accurate information to marketing decision makers.

What is Marketing Intelligence System?

Management accounting as providing both financial information and nonfinancial information. The role of management information as supporting strategic (planning), operational (Operating) and control (performance evaluation) management decision making. In short, management accounting information is pervasive and purposeful. In short, management accounting information is pervasive and purposeful.

Examples of management accounting information include:

• The reported expense of an operating department, such as the assembly department of an automobile plant or an electronics company.
• The costs of producing a product
• The cost of delivering a service
• The cost of performing an activity or business process such as creating a customer invoice
• The costs of serving a customer

Management accounting also produces measures of the economic performance of decentralized operating units, such as:

• Business units
• Divisions
• Departments

These measures help senior managers assess the performance of the company's decentralized units. Management accounting information is a key source of information for decision making, improvement, and control in organizations. Effective management accounting systems can create considerable value to today's organizations by providing timely and accurate information about the activities required for their success.

Basic of Management Accounting Information

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1. Success in sales is not necessarily determined by the demand for the product, current market conditions, company or location, prospect or customer needs, or even the sales techniques used. The ability to think big, disregard objections and rejections, never worry what others say or think, constantly be enthusiastic and optimistic, overcome fear and doubt, and have confidence and belief in ourselves - this mentality is what is needed to be effective in sales, regardless of what the product is.
2. Anyone can be effective in sales if they work harder, longer, and do whatever it takes to accomplish their goals. Sales is a numbers game - and the more calls made, appointments set up, or doors knocked, the more success is experienced. Never forget, however, that because it is a numbers game, many of those numbers will be a 'no.' And always remember that the greatest baseball players in the world usually only hit the ball 3 out of every 10 times they are up to bat - and they get paid extremely well for striking out or getting out those 7 other times. Sales techniques are secondary to perseverance, daily action, and working hard.
3. The word 'no' means the customer does not understand, does not see the benefit, or needs more information. Successful salesmen understand that hearing the word 'no' is nothing personal, signifies more information is needed, and is a necessary step to the word 'yes.'
4. Your mentality, body language, words used, and actions should always communicate that you know that the customer will buy from you. Your approach is not one of hope, but of complete confidence in yourself, the product, and the fact that they need this product - and they thus are going to buy from you.

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