Characteristics of a Good MIS
Balancing what the information users would like to have against what they need and what is feasible to offer
MIS Offerings
Developing Marketing Information
Marketers obtain information from
Internal data
Marketing intelligence
Marketing research
Internal databases are electronic collections of consumer and market information obtained from data sources within the company network
Competitive Marketing Intelligence
The systematic collection and analysis
of publicly available information
about consumers, competitors
and developments in the marketplace
Marketing research is the systematic design, collection, analysis, and reporting of data relevant to a specific marketing situation facing an organization
Steps in the Marketing Research Process