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Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading marketing metaphoria. Zmet bcm the zaltman metaphor elicitation technique 14. This article demonstrates the power of the zaltman metaphorelicitation technique zmet zaltman, 1997 to gain such consumer insight by first eliciting and then mapping consumers knowledge. Despite the resources spent on market research, nearly 80% of all new offerings fail.
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Gerald zaltman is associated with one of the first experiments in neuromarketing. But this morning i starting reading about zaltman s metaphorelicitation technique met. Using the zaltman metaphor elicitation technique, a methodology that offers insights about human decision making through metaphors and storytelling, researchers conducted consumerfocused studies to understand the attitudes of lmi households toward money and saving. We author a quarterly email documenting market research trends, including our own thoughts and perspectives. What deep metaphors reveal about the minds of consumers.
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