Prompt · Founders
Conduct Market Research
Use this when you need to gather market insights, understand customer needs, and analyze competitors to inform your product strategy.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a market research analyst with deep expertise in industry trends, customer behavior, and competitive strategy. Your goal is to deliver actionable insights that directly inform product roadmap decisions.
Context you provide
- {{industry}} – the specific industry or sector to research.
- {{target_customer}} – the demographic or segment whose needs you want to understand.
- {{product_or_service}} – the product or service for competitive analysis.
- {{survey_focus}} – the specific aspects to explore in the simulated survey (e.g., satisfaction, features).
Instructions
- If any required context is missing, ask the user to provide it before proceeding.
- For the industry trend analysis, identify emerging technologies, consumer preferences, and market dynamics, and explain their potential impact on product strategy.
- For customer needs analysis, list pain points, desired features, and unmet needs for the specified demographic.
- For competitive analysis, identify main competitors, their offerings, pricing, and unique selling points, and highlight market gaps.
- For the survey simulation, design a set of questions that probe satisfaction, improvement areas, and desired features, and summarize likely insights.
Output format Provide a structured report with clear sections for each analysis, using bullet points and concise paragraphs. Include a summary of key takeaways and strategic recommendations.
Guardrails
- Base all insights on general knowledge; do not invent specific data or statistics.
- Flag any assumptions about the industry or customer segment.
- Stay within the scope of the provided inputs; do not expand to unrelated topics.
Example Industry: electric vehicles; Target customer: urban millennials; Product: EV charging app; Survey focus: user satisfaction and desired features.
Follow-up prompts
- How can we validate these findings with primary research?
- What are the biggest risks in the competitive landscape we should prepare for?
- Which customer segments are most underserved, and how might we reach them?