Independent Investor Used 30+ Years In Business Valuation to Develop Proprietary Methods
When one independent investor realized that he did not have clear and total access to all the pertinent information he needed about companies to make informed, intelligent investment decisions, he invented a proprietary, web site that helps get those answers. Ian Campbell knew that marketing was all about finding unfulfilled market needs and filling them...at a profit In order to do this you have to make sure you have a real need, problem or 'pain' that people want to get rid of...fast. Certainly this was the case with Ian Campbell, a 30+year veteran of rendering independent business valuation opinions. In fact, he wrote the definitive books on it.
He managed his own investment portfolio; he was tired of having to wade through the data overload and the interminable hours it took. Campbell just knew he could come up with a better way to accomplish these goals.
So he conducted independent market research with qualified investors located in both the U.S. and Canada. Campbell wanted to see if there were enough folks out there who had the same problems with financial data and its reliability as he did. Moreover, Campbell was also concerned about the data the average investor doesn't get to see when making his/her own investment decisions. He obtained the help of a long-time market researcher to help him drill down to discover the real answers to his concerns. By asking 'open-ended' questions, he was able to elicit responses and suggestions for his concept. 'Responses that he would never have anticipated.
The proprietary research corroborated his earlier hypothesis: he reasoned that if he applied the same rules that a 'company acquirer' would, this might just be the model to follow that would lead to efficiencies and more accurate data...similarly as if you were acquiring the compnay from others. two distinct words kept coming to the forefront during the research with the prospective members: 'independence' and 'transparent'. Respondents were emphatic in their belief that they would not believe or trust the site if it was being paid anything by the companies present on the site. So they are not. Not one penny is paid by any other company or supplier to the site. It is objective, plain and simple. The respondents also wanted to be able to see right through the entire site; so it's crystal claar--transparent. Nothing is held back. Additionally, he also learned that the site had to be independent of any outside influences. The need to be completely independent and obligated to no one was cemented, right at the beginning. Finally, the site had to be unbiased; it must not make a recommendation as to what or when to buy....or sell. Those decisions are up to the individual member.
The research indicated these were the 'hot buttons' for the individual investors, their advisers, and analysts who were looking for a stock research site they could trust. Campbell then set about to build a site like no other. Beta testers and observers have told him that it is at least the second if not most sophisticated financial web site they have ever seen. (I'm not even close to being able to ascertain this myself...I just know that it works like crazy).
It has taken Ian Campbell nearly a year to organize his own initial observations, conduct research, lay out a marketing and web site plan; to build the site according to what the market has told him it wants and the gaps he discovered himself. Today, the proof is in the pudding.
©Copyright, Roy MacNaughton, 2007
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You can learn more about this unique web site at: http://www.stockresearchdd.com MacNaughton is a niche marketer and business writer. He has lived and worked in six different countries over a three decade career in marketing and finance. Visit his blog at: http://www.UmarketingU.com
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