How to open a marketing organization

Marketing organizations help companies better understand their customers, learn about the latest trends in the target market and determine how best to promote their products or services. If you are ready to meticulously collect this information, analyze large amounts of data and provide timely reports on the results, then this business is right for you.

Instruction manual

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Define your target market. Decide what marketing research will be based on: food, retail brands, the media, or anything else. It is not necessary to be limited to one type of goods or services; it is better to choose several of those that you are best versed in.

2

Create a business plan. Writing a business plan will help to make an ordered list of your services, determine the target market, allocate the necessary capital to create your own company. This document will also become necessary to obtain a license for a private business, as well as financing from a bank.

3

Use the available contacts to find out any valuable information that will benefit your business. Register with organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Association. Some organizations can be the source of public relations and advertising for your business. They will also tell you about special features that can benefit your company.

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Rent an office where your marketing organization will be located. Hire the required number of employees, focus on the number of products on the basis of which the marketing company will be conducted. Make sure that they all have the appropriate professional qualifications. You also need to obtain a private entrepreneur license so that the business is absolutely legal.

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Create customer profiles. They will help you collect the most relevant marketing information. Include key questions that will allow you to get demographic data such as age, income and education of consumers, and provide all the information on the products they purchase.