{"id":31441,"date":"2019-04-14T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T21:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/?page_id=31441"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:22:28","slug":"%e9%9d%9e%e5%ae%a2%e6%88%b7%e5%b8%82%e5%9c%ba%e7%a0%94%e7%a9%b6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/zh\/%e8%a7%a3%e5%86%b3%e6%96%b9%e6%a1%88\/%e5%88%9b%e6%96%b0\/%e9%9d%9e%e5%ae%a2%e6%88%b7%e5%b8%82%e5%9c%ba%e7%a0%94%e7%a9%b6\/","title":{"rendered":"\u975e\u5ba2\u6237\u5e02\u573a\u7814\u7a76"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-Customer Market Research<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-7ca0d2f2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1456\" height=\"816\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-7ca0d2f2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Customer-goods-1.jpg\" alt=\"SIS International Market Research &amp; Strategy\" title=\"Customer goods (1)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Customer-goods-1.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Customer-goods-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Customer-goods-1-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Customer-goods-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Customer-goods-1-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-Customer Market Research uncovers insights into people who are not yet your customers. <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is entirely new, but it will help your business grow. It helps find customers who are not interested in a business&#8217;s current product or service. These are the customers that drive businesses towards innovation. Non-customer market research can lead to the creation of something extraordinary. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple is one of the most prominent users of non-customer market research. When questioned about the market research that went into the creation of the iPad, Apple founder Steve Jobs responded, \u201cit\u2019s hard for [customers] to tell you what they want when they\u2019ve never seen anything remotely like it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some markets come into being with the sole purpose of disrupting existing, older ones. It can be tempting to do like Steve Jobs and move <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/expertise\/industries\/freight-market-research\/\" title=\"Freight Market Research \u2014 Freight Forwarding &#038; Shipping\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6493\">forward without doing market research<\/a>. After all, is there anything to research if the product is brand new? When launching a company in a new market, though, it\u2019s more important than ever to examine your market. Always research before you launch your business. Market research will help you to refine your expected customer segment.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Non-Customer Demographic Drives Innovation &amp; Transformation<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A non-customer is quite knowledgeable about his needs or wants. However, such customers may not be imaginative or innovative enough to know how to meet those wants and needs. Businesses can use Non-Customer Market Research to solve that problem. They can leverage the different techniques to produce something imaginative and useful. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding Non-Customers is important in Blue Ocean Strategy, in which Non-Customers provide insights for targeting beyond your core market and gaining creative inspiration for innovations.\u00a0 The non-customer market is vast; we can focus on it<\/span> to build a unique product\/service idea.\u00a0 Below are Research methods to follow for reaching out to the non-customer needs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qualitative Market Research<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethnography is a good start for businesses that want to use Qualitative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/solutions\/qualitative-quantitative-research-solutions\/ethnography-market-research\/\" title=\"Ethnography Market Research\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6462\">Research<\/a>. It helps them understand the needs of the non-customer. Researchers can use it to study the culture, habits, and customs of the people to get closer to their needs. Online insight communities can also provide significant help. They inform entrepreneurs of the preferences of a particular group of customers\/non-customers. It is one of the vital parts of brand research performance. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The co-creation technique is another method of non-customer qualitative market research. Co-creation is when different stakeholders come together to develop products and services. \u00a0Businesses can use this technique to find the ultimate wants of the non-customer. It is more like a table-to-table approach in management studies.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quantitative Research<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quantitative market research uses numerical analysis techniques. It provides information useful to those involved in promoting products and services. In today\u2019s world, mobile and app surveys are a fast and efficient way to do quantitative market research. There is a wide range of applications to survey the market. These applications design customized questions based on gender, age, and other demographics. They are of great help to businesses trying to create something innovative. You can count on these surveys to know more about the non-customers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategy Research<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also known as \u201cdesk research,\u201d strategy research finds data for entrepreneurs. They can use it to take advantage of overlooked opportunities in other markets. Both internal and external <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/desk-research-tools-and-resources\/\"   title=\"Desk Research Tools and Resources\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"760\">desk research<\/a> options help deal with non-customers. These methods are generally cost-effective. Researchers can deploy them using the pre-recorded data through calls and interviews. It is not as effective as qualitative research methods. However, it helps businesses to find the needs and wants of the non-customer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-customers are an Inspiration for Game Changing Innovation<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The invention of the iPhone was a game-changer<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Many businesses want to be as innovative as Apple. They&#8217;d love to create products that non-customers do not yet know that they want. Non-customer market research allows your business to be a game-changer. It helps brands make history for a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u6211\u4eec\u63d0\u4f9b\u975e\u5ba2\u6237\u5e02\u573a\u7814\u7a76\uff0c\u4e3a\u521b\u65b0\u63d0\u4f9b\u524d\u6cbf\u89c1\u89e3\u3002<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64757,"parent":14459,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31441","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31441"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80075,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31441\/revisions\/80075"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sisinternational.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}