Road Cycling - Help me with my project!

Hey guys, I need your help for my marketing class at school. I need to do a market research study of athletes water drinking habits. If you could help me out by answering these quick questions below that would be great, thanks!

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?

2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?

3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?

4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster?

5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?

6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?

7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?

8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?
None.

2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?
I dont. I drink tapwater. Its free and tastes just fine. I have great brand loyalty and ask for it by name at all restaurants and establisments.

3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?
no.

4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster?
Don't pay now, but would pay no more than $0

5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?
dont buy now

6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?
dont buy

7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?

Marketing does not "work" on me. I avoid their lies and try to expose marketers for the bloodsucking parasites they are.

8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?
None.

Hope that helps,

Jester

1) whatevers on sale.
2) price
3)no, that scares me. God made water just fine for me.
4) no more.
5) machine or convenience store
6) singles.
7) Magazine
8) none

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?

None

2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?

Don't

3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?

???? Is this a new science? H2O is H2O. It is not water if it has additives, IMHO. It is something else.

4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster?

Wouldn't drink anything but water??

Most confusing!!

5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?

Don't

6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?

Don't

7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?

Nope. I only buy if I want to buy, and I research first.

8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?

I ride my bicycle for "self-help"

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?
Usually the cheap one

2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?
Thirsty

3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?
It wouldn't be water then, but a Gatorade clone.
4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster?
Depends on how well it works, but prob not more than Gatorade,Powerade,etc
5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?
Store

6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?
Singles
7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?
Yeah, right. Tivo zaps my TV commercials, my paper is the Wall Street Journal (no water ads there!) and I ignore most ads in my magazines.

8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?
I take a lot of junk. Vitamins, anti-oxidants, bran

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?

TimB'sHome bottled tap water


2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?
Taste?? You're kidding right?? I check for certification marks and thirst


3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?
No, Water hydrates you at the rate your body determines. It's called matabolism. If you're refering to whether I would buy water with metabolism enhancers the answer is still No. those chemicals are bad for you man. They create metabolic dependancy. You bad bad person. Pedling drugs should be outlawed.


4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster?

You'll have to pay me


5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?

Dee Valley water


6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?

By the unit


7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?

Marketing does'nt work for, advertising does and thats usually in magazines with pictures of pretty girls in almost nothing laying on a beach with a pinacolada nearby....


8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?

I don't need Penis enhancers but I do use Multi vitamins, usually Centrum

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?

Kirkland Signature, from Costco. :D

2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?

Cheap, only $4.35 for a case of 36.

3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?

Not really.

4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster?

Same, I'm cheap like that.

5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?

Costco.

6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?

Case, wholesale only.

7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?

eBay, word of mouth.

8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?

I eat whatever food I want. I bike to burn it off.

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?

Tap water


2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?

I have a filtered tap for drinking, as we have a hard water area, so it tastes nicer


3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?

Not really, i like Blue powerade though


5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?

Home


6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?

Bottled, so single


7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?

None


8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?

I take Glucosamine Sulphate, because i have bad knees (not anymore:D )

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?


Whatever has the cheapest price tag. Sam's Water from wally world is what I'll usually buy.



2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?


Price. If I can't get water from my tap then I'll buy the cheapest I can find.



3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?


Probably not.



4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster?


I wouldn't pay extra for this feature.



5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?


Sam's Club or Wally World.



6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?


Case



7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?


TV or magazine.



8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?

I take a mult-vitamin - Centrum brand.

Zack

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink? Filtered tap

2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand? Filter out contaminates. Water has no taste. If you taste something, it isn't water.

3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster? That is an oxymoron.

4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster? How much is a tap filter?

5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?

6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?

7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper? TV, internet and magazines

8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?

1
http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/
2
It doesn't weigh anything
3
Yes
4
1 groat / gallon
5
Local shop
6
Single
7
Internet forum polls
8
No

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink? None, use filtered tap water.

2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand? Price (free), convenience (door of my fridge)

3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster? No.

4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster? No.

5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym? If I run out of water during a ride and no other water is available I will puy bottled water (whatever is cheapest).

6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases? Singles

7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper? None.

8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones? Multivitamins

Originally posted by Phlavorman
Hey guys, I need your help for my marketing class at school. I need to do a market research study of athletes water drinking habits. If you could help me out by answering these quick questions below that would be great, thanks!

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink? I only drink bottled water if regular tap water is not available.

2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand? n/a

3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster? Yes

4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster? It would depend on just how well it worked and how well it sat in my stomach.

5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym? Convenience store if necessary.

6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases? Singles.

7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper? I don't watch T.V. and seldom read the newspaper. Magazines work well and web news is also very good. Word of mouth is the best marketing for me. I want to know first hand what people think.

8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones? I take a regular multi-vitamin and otherwise eat well.

Originally posted by Phlavorman
Hey guys, I need your help for my marketing class at school. I need to do a market research study of athletes water drinking habits. If you could help me out by answering these quick questions below that would be great, thanks!

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?
The stuff from the reverse osmosis machine at the local grocery store.

2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?
We have well water running into our house that isn't potable.

3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?
No, that's why I buy Gatorade. Unless you count that as being water that hydrates faster.

4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster?
Whatever I pay for Gatorade, but I wouldn't buy water that claimed to hydrate faster, as it wouldn't be water anymore.

5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?
The reverse osmosis machine at the store.

6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?
One gallon at a time. Usually fill up three or four three gallon containers at a time.

7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?
TV or magazine

8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?
Self help enhancements? What, like taking Anthony Robbins books orally?

I take a multi vitamin daily. Otherwise, I eat a balanced diet and sleep enough.

Originally posted by Phlavorman
Hey guys, I need your help for my marketing class at school. I need to do a market research study of athletes water drinking habits. If you could help me out by answering these quick questions below that would be great, thanks!

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?
Tap.
2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?
It's free and bottled water is a waste of money when you have good tap water available.
3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?
Not bloody likely. The human body has adapted to use good old H2O over millions of years. There are no shortcuts.
4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster?
I wouldn't let that crap into my system
5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?
See Q.4
6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?
See Q.4
7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?
I have 8.5 years experience as a chemist specializing in water chemistry. You can't fool me with pseudo-scientific claims.
8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?
One multi-vitamin per day.

Note: I do consume bottled water (from a water cooler thingy) at work only because our only tap here is in the bathroom and that's not the most sanitary place to be filling up a water bottle.

Hey guys, I need your help for my marketing class at school. I need to do a market research study of athletes water drinking habits. If you could help me out by answering these quick questions below that would be great, thanks!

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?

Free


2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?

Because I am thirsty and beer doesn't quench thirst

3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?

No, regular water works just fine

4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster?

See above

5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?

The local water utility

6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?

By the gallon - out of my faucet

7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?

Naked women

8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?
Nothing

Thanks for all the responses, but....

I did not ask if you "believed" that it would hydrate you faster.....I asked if you would try it if it hydrated you faster. Assume there are no additves...

Just a note- does anyone else notice that evian spelled backward is naive?

Originally posted by Phlavorman
Hey guys, I need your help for my marketing class at school. I need to do a market research study of athletes water drinking habits. If you could help me out by answering these quick questions below that would be great, thanks!

1.What brand of bottled water do you drink?

Arrowhead, Costco

2.Why do you drink that water? Price? Taste? Brand?

Arrowhead is home delivery, otherwise whatever is on sale

3.Would you be interested in trying a water that will hydrate you faster?
no

4.How much more would you pay for a water that hydrates you faster?
none

5.Where do you purchase your bottled water? Convenience Store? Wholeseller? Gym?
Costco, home delivery as needed

6.Do you purchase it in singles, 6 packs, or cases?
5 gallon bottle, case

7.What type of marketing works best for you? TV? Magazine? Newspaper?

Probably TV

8.Do you take any self help enhancements? Ginko? Vitamins? and if so which ones?
none

Originally posted by Phlavorman
Thanks for all the responses, but....

I did not ask if you "believed" that it would hydrate you faster.....I asked if you would try it if it hydrated you faster. Assume there are no additves...

In order to try the 'New Water' to test it's improved adsorptive properties I would first have to 'BELIEVE' that it does what it says.

A word of advise. If you want to pull the wool over peoples eyes and make them believe that good old H2O will be adsorbed faster than good old regular H2O then I suggest you come up with a 'Reason to Believe' and while you're at it, subliminal messages via your chosen advertising media that say something like "Water is not water till you've had (insert name) Water" would help too. Since you're going to have to re-educate the vast majority of the planets population....

Expect my bill in your mail box. I charge €200/hr and minimum billing is 5 hrs of work.
You know concept research, target market, coming up with a consumer value proposition and all that. i even did your advertising for you, so thats another job at 3hrs minimum contracting time.
Oh I love consulting..

I buy a 1.75 liter to fill up my Camelback (99cents). I also take one H20 bottle along which I fill with seltzer water. My tap water tastes funny and sometimes it's brown in color, so I only drink bottled water for the most part. All of this lasts for 50 miles (a typical ride length for me.) I've never had a problem with not being able to hydrate "fast" enough. If you could come out with a type of water that would keep cars at least six feet from me every time they pass, I'd buy it in a second. :D lol

Steve

If you could come out with a type of water that would keep cars at least six feet from me every time they pass, I'd buy it in a second. lol

If ind that a bottle of dirty dish water in an ould water bottle helps to re-educate cerain motorists. They hate seeing chunks of veggies and fat on their wind screen....:-)

My water comes right from the tap. Bottled water is the biggest ripoff of the 21st century, not to mention alot of people who drink it seem to have no problem littering the country side with empty plastic bottles! The only way to may water hydrate faster is to add ice, which I do already. If you put chemicals in it, its city water(mine comes from a well) or worse. Heck, they should pay you to drink that stuff.


Jim

1. Filtered tap water

2. B/c it's good

3. No. Water is just fine

4. $0.00

5. see #1

6. see #1

7. Word of mouth from people I trust

8. Multi, essential fatty acids, glucosamine sulfate w/MSM