Final Script

Final Script

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CUSTOMERS DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THEY WANT

ESPECIALLY BEFORE THEY SEE A NEW PRODUCT OR TECHNOLOGY.

 

FOR EXAMPLE, IMAGINE A MARKET RESEARCHER, 80 YEARS AGO,

TRYING TO GAUGE CUSTOMER REACTION TO A NEW PRODUCT,

THE AUTOMOBILE.

 

IF HE SIMPLY DESCRIBED THE PRODUCT,

THE CUSTOMER PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SAID THAT CARS:

WOULD BE TOO COSTLY AND DIFFICULT TO OPERATE,

WOULD GET STUCK IN THE MUD

AND WOULD GENERALLY BE UNRELIABLE.

 

THE RESEARCHER MIGHT HAVE CONCLUDED, JUSTIFIABLY,

THAT THE COMPETITION OF THAT TIME, THE HORSE,

WAS JUST TOO WELL SUITED TO CUSTOMER NEEDS

TO PERMIT SUCCESSFUL MARKET ENTRY.

 

THE PRODUCT, THE AUTOMOBILE, MIGHT HAVE BEEN LABELED:

A BAD PRODUCT,

A POOR RISK,

A BUMMER!

 

SO, OFTEN IT IS UP TO US TO DEVELOP A NEW TECHNOLOGY

THEN MARKET IT TO CREATE A CUSTOMER NEED.