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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks for the tip HTH - Coscoop]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the tip HTH - Coscooper!&nbsp; I will defintely look into that.&nbsp; Great info for benchmarking.&nbsp; That will work for some of my products, as there are other products in the market that are similiar.
The product I am working on ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Brian - not sure if this helps, ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Brian - not sure if this helps, but another aspect you may want to consider is do some research on you industry and find out what the "Industry" standard is for your product or similar product.I`ve done that for my startup and I`ve then scaled back]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks for the&nbsp;comments guy]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the&nbsp;comments guys!
I always wonder if there are things I may be missing that would give a more accurate picture of the market numbers.&nbsp; I guess short of hiring a market research firm theres only so much you can do!&nbsp; It ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi Brian,I have been doing a s]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi Brian,I have been doing a similar thing in Australia. We used sample products to test the market, try a few different channels before commiting to the big spend.Maybe we should swap IM`s and learn from each othe]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Brian,Indeed creating reasonable]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Brian,Indeed creating reasonable and reliable forecasts is tough, but much of business planning depends on it. Step 1 is you need to size the total market. This should be the size of the total market that you]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I am just starting new research ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I am just starting new research for a distribution proposal.&nbsp; For a new product.&nbsp; Sales Forecasts or Projections are really just a guestimate.
I am interested to hear some comments or suggestions on;
How to effectively forecast]]></description>
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