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Market Research Report

By: Fardil Khalidi

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About IDN Media

IDN Media is a media platform company founded on June 2014 that served publications for Millennials and Gen Z in Indonesia by aggregating the news on their app. The vision is to democratize information and give positive impact to society.

Inside IDN Media there are: IDN Times, Popbella, Popmama, GGWP, Fortune Indonesia, Yummy, and many more

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Things that I want to discuss is outlined as in follow:

#1 initiate research

#2 Execution

#3 Report

#4 Conclusion

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#1 Initiate Research

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Research plan

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Background of the research:��We have owned multiple products/news channels (IDN Times, Popbella, Popmama, Fortune Indonesia, GGWP, etc), I want to know what is the best strategy to grow our user?

Objectives

Achieve the total 100 million active user�Achieve revenue by $100 million

Timeline

Kickoff: 6 June 2022 (takes 2 weeks/14 days)�Presented: 17 June 2022

Deliverables

- Deck containing the visualized data collection

- Recommendations to put as the next strategy

Signals

  • Pageviews decreased by 20%
  • Competitor spotted launched a new feature ( set preferences news)
  • Stakeholder request to simplified registration process

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Research plan

methodologies

Quantitative

��Qualitative

Data analysis

Survey

In-depth Interview

Focus Group Discussion

Research Questions

According to last findings, our downloader already achieved 8mn. Why in the last 3 months our page session is decreased up to -20%?

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Research plan

Respondent Criteria

Respondent criteria

Focus Area

Survey

Downloader user, active since last 3 months

Validating (news quality, news velocity, news trustworthy, engagement, fit to preferences)

Data analysis

Google analytics, generate data from last 3 months, analyse the funnes

Validating:

  • On what journey user mostly bounced
  • Why some user turns into sleep (hibernate)

IDI

Male/female 21 - 45 yo

Active user since last 3 months

Formulating theory/hypothesis:

  • there is a dull moment between 9.00 - 11.00, 13.00-15.00 because most people are working
  • Working group tend to read article/news that suit to their preferences
  • Working group likely to follow news that currently trending

FGD

Male/female 21 - 45 yo�Active user since last 3 months, working group & students group

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Research plan

  • Methods: survey, FGD
  • Sample size: 80 million
  • Confidence level: 95%
  • Margin of error: 5%
  • Total ideal sample: 383

Sample Size

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#2 EXECUTION

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Questions

Execution

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Description

Questions (key points)

Deliverables

Survey

Share questionnaire via Gform. Delivered with ‘yes/no questions’ & ‘likert scale (1 - 5)’

Frequence of using the app per week

Skala likert: 1 = never, 2 = 1 - 5 times, 3 = 6 - 10 times, 4 11 - 15 times, 5= 15++ times

Content quality

Skala likert: 1 = very bad, 2 = bad, 3 = average, 4= good, 5= very good

Relevance content to preference

Skala likert: 1 = very bad, 2 = bad, 3 = average, 4= good, 5= very good

Registration process

Skala likert: 1 = very bad, 2 = bad, 3 = average, 4= good, 5= very good

Comparing to competitor�(other competitor has select preference, and follow # (trends) feature

Skala likert: 1 = very bad, 2 = bad, 3 = average, 4= good, 5= very good

Willing to recommend?

Yes/no questions

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Execution (FGD)

Execution

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Description

Questions (key points) about

FGD

Initiate group discussion of 3 - 7 participants. Discuss with the participants with open question & answer about the key topics

Personal:

Daily activities, interest, participant’s goals��Usability:

Registration, find the news, easiness of using the app��News:�News category, suit to preferences, velocity, news quality

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#3 REPORTS

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Reports (FGD, total participants: 5)

Report

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Participant 1

Participant 2

Participant 3

Participant 4

Participant 5

Personal�Daily activities, interest, participant’s goals

I don’t like gossip, find upcoming gaming agenda

Love travel, want recommendation of traveling destination

Likely to open app on lunch, get insights of latest business updates

Get tips about women, don;t like politics

Always refer to valid information when discuss with friends, find references for lecture assignment

Usability�Registration, find the news, easiness of using the app

It’s hard to find related news (follow up news)

Why want to get notification need registration?

Doesn’t satisfy me, because I can’t set my preferences

Want to know whats trending? Can I follow certain hashtags (#)

Takes long process registration

NewsNews category, suit to preferences, velocity, news quality

I love gaming, but doesn’t expect to read gossip

Sometimes I feel article is outdated

Can I follow one contributor only? I want to find valuable insights only from him

Please exclude politics news from me.

I love how the journalist present the information, it is neutral.

Table of insights

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Reports (survey, total participant = 383)

Report

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Q1. Frequence of using the app pera week

Q2. Content quality

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

5.

4.

3.

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1.

7%

13%

60%

16%

4%

6%

20%

39%

35%

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Reports (survey, total participant = 383)

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Q3. Relevance content to preference

Q4. Registration process

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

5%

43%

26%

10%

16%

26%

20%

8%

6%

30%

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Reports (survey, total participant = 383)

Report

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Q5. Comparing to competitor

Q6. Willing to recommend

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

21%

33%

15%

11%

20%

Q6. Willing to recommend?

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Conclusion

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Will be implemented

Follow up

  • Conduct next research about building ‘hashtag’ feature for user can follow, and to shows trending topics
  • Conduct next research to follow up other new feature related to user interaction, may be like user can hit ‘likes’ button, and ‘saved’ news to archive
  • Develop ‘preferences’ feature, it can drive the ‘page session’ and retention up
  • Make a seamless registration process, it can improve the conversion of activation rate

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THANK YOU

Fardil Khalidi

(Product Manager & Startup Enthusiast)

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