The Importance of Good Communication in Strategic Scientific Marketing

An important aspect of strategic marketing is good communication, concerning your products and services but also your lab and/or company. It is necessary to see communication not simply as advertising and to anticipate a “communication mix” or plan to take advantage of all existing tools Read More

10 Basic Principles of Scientific and Technological Marketing

The application of marketing to very innovative technology and products is difficult and especially if your resources are limited. Here is a list of 10 “principles” that you should keep in mind, as an entrepreneur, in order to succeed in marketing and market research Read More

Seven Time Management Tips to Combine Life with Working in a Lab

One of the reasons why working in a lab can be really difficult is the time management issue. Most scientists have difficulties combining efficiently their life in and outside the lab, because the tasks performed by a scientist vary greatly from Read More

How to Prepare the Tables and Figures of a Scientific Paper

Once you have analyzed your data, you should arrange them in illustrations – tables and figures – to accompany the text of your scientific paper. Note that not all results should automatically be presented in graphics. If you have few results, maybe it’s better to simply present them in the text. Read More

What is Guerrilla Marketing and What is it For?

Marketing is important for business viability but conventional marketing can sometimes be really expensive. This is why alternative approaches have been developed, such as the so-called “Guerrilla Marketing”, which addresses marketing more efficiently, with creative solutions that are less costly Read More

What does a Scientist or Scientific Entrepreneur Need to Know about Marketing?

If you are considering selling services or products from your lab, or even creating a spin-off company, you have to familiarize yourself with marketing and the marketing functions. So where should you start and what are the principal issues you should get familiar with?

Here is the list of key points that you need to know:

  • What is marketing? Know what marketing means and what do people refer to when they talk about the marketing functions.
  • What are the marketing functions? Understand that marketing isn’t just about advertising.
  • What is it for? Know what role does marketing play in a company and understand why it is so important for the future of biotech and scientific companies.
  • When does marketing starts? Understand that marketing is important since the earliest phases of a product’s development.
  • How to satisfy needs? Understand the difference between “laboratory-pushed” products (technology push) vs. “market-induced” products (market pull).
  • What are the different kinds of marketing? Understand the difference between “Corporative Marketing” and “Product Marketing”, their specific and complementary roles within the company.
  • What is the so-called “guerrilla marketing?” Familiarize yourself with this concept that is useful for small companies with low resources to invest in marketing.

Which are the Principal Scientific Marketing Activities and Tasks?

The set of activities included in the marketing functions is quite large and can range from identifying potential clients to establish prices for your services. In general, the marketing activities can be divided in two major functions Read More

Tasks Plan for Marketing an Innovative Scientific Product

Here is a list of the different tasks that you should undertake in designing or implementing commercial action for selling your technology Read More

What You Should Know about the Marketing Plan in 8 Key Points

If you have any idea for a business you could start from your lab research, the first thing you should do is to write a business plan. You will then present it to possible investors like banks, angel investors, friends, etc… that can help you rise funding for your project Read More

Scientific Marketing Plan: What you Should Know about Market Research

In your marketing plan, as part of your business plan, you’ll have to do some market research and the result of this research should be analyzed statistically and integrated in your plan Read More

 
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