market research on jack

[marketingtom]

Hey guys,



First I will introduce myself, I am conducting market research on a new car cleaning product. I have been tasked with conducting online surveys to gain the opinions of the potential target market. The product claims to do a lot, and even though we have several `experts` claiming the same, I always know the best feedback is from industry forums. I have had great success from previous forum posts where I learn a lot about the industry and the products themselves.

Enough marketing talk, I am really here to find out whether this product has any validity to it.



I got a bottle of the product and I am not experienced in cleaning my car (to be honest I wash it once every 2 months with soap - so please don`t judge :) ). Luckily the product seems to be a spray and wipe, so I got several micro fiber cloths, and hopefully that will get the job done



I will post pictures of my own use on the product and would like your feedback. I have also been given a promotional code for orders, since it is against forum rules I won`t be posting it on the forum, but if you are interested in further helping please send me a pm.



This is my maxima, it has 350k on the body so don`t be harsh. I just used it on the passenger door and the backside of the car.

Pictures here,



Before

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6945/img1389wb.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/img1389wb.jpg/)

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6245/img1185pa.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/img1185pa.jpg/)





After



http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/5696/img1394t.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/190/img1394t.jpg/)



http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/5633/img1393u.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/img1393u.jpg/)



http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/6576/img1392aa.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/img1392aa.jpg/)



http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/2537/img1209ah.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/img1209ah.jpg/)



The goals of this product is that:

- It will clean your cars exterior

- Leave a protective low energy surface energy that will resist dust, dirt, and grime for up 2 months (depending where you drive, average is 1month) It says that all I have to do is take a dry micro-fiber cloth and wipe it down each day. It should remove everything and leave a similar shine as the first time I cleaned it.

- The shine after should rival that of professional waxing or polishing.





The results:

- Seems to have cleaned the surface to me.

- Will be testing over the next month.

- Need your input.



Your feedback on the results would be appreciated, let me know anything you guys require!



p.s. I most likely will post on several forums, so you might see me in different places.

Also, I don`t want to break any forum rules, so if this post is breaking any rules let me know and I will edit it.



Thanks

[Bill D]

Hi marketingtom,



I`m familiar with the field. You might want to check in with the admins and mods about your plans and be sure everything`s kosher here lest it be considered a type of spam. Otherwise, welcome and hope the study goes well.

[C. Charles Hahn]

This is clearly spam.... there was another thread recently started by a marketing bot for this same product.

[Bill D]

Uh oh, I didn`t know that. Good call, Charlie.

[marketingtom]

Hey Shiny and Bill,



My post isn`t spam, and to my knowledge they haven`t begun spamming yet :)



I am an independent sales consultant that is doing research on this product. Like I said I am not including any links or anything to the product on the forum. I am not here promoting it, I am in the product review section hoping to get honest opinions of this product.



I do apologize if my post came off as spam, or if there were any previous posts containing spam.



Tom

[marketingtom]

Also Charles,



I just checked out your website and it seems that you have a lot experience in detailing. I come to forums to mainly ask individuals like yourself the opinion of a new product, and I hold your opinions very high since I know that it is unbiased.



I would definitely appreciate your feedback, and since you do car detailing for a living providing your opinion on what you look for in a cleaner, etc, will help me weed out the bad products. I provide honest feedback to large marketing firms that look for long-term products, and it is my job to make sure they don`t waste time and money on `crappy` products that do not appeal to the target market.



P.S. Let me know if I am breaking any forum rules for I will fix them.



Tom