Case Study Part 3: How to Structure your Case Study

Case studies and white papers are very effective marketing tools if you want to promote the benefits of your product or services. Case studies are the first most popular device used to promote the business. If you plan to write a case study, this article will give you a better understanding  about this type  of business writing.

What is a Case Study?

Case studies demonstrate how a business condition was identified, how you identified the main issues, and the summarized your  results.

Case Study template

How to write a Case Study

Case studies tend to be short - between 500-1000 words.

In general, aim for three to five pages, and use one image per page at most. Case studies adopt a soft-sell approach.

How to Structure your Case Study

There are three sections to a case study.

1. Problem
2. Implementation
3. Results

The 'problem' section has to have a punch. In other words, it has to signify something to the person who reads it, something that they are able to relate to.
Focus on how the topic impacts the reader.

Demonstrate how your product resolved the business problem. The more explicit the case study, the more successful it will be.

Highlight the Benefits

Answer: how the solution, or service, addresses an issue.

Be careful here, as the whole case study is built in the region of this single issue.

Don't dilute the case study by addressing more than the single issue - stick to one area and show how you can resolve the issue in measurable and proven terms.

Reduce Barriers

Case study writers need to demonstrate how their solution improves the situation. For example, how does it improve a business process?

This is an excellent area to state how your product integrates into other applications. You must use your conclusion when compile the last case study document. Avoid make it too technical or using too much statistics.

Case Study template

Case Study - Sample Templates

Compose the statistics set out so that the person who reads be able to easily grasp them and then memorize them later on.

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PayPal - UK Online spending to hit $40 Billion by 2011

PayPal’s UK Online Retail Report expects that online shopping with double to almost $40 (£22 STG) billion by the end of 2011.

Experian, who performed that research, believe that online shopping will be a key driver in getting UK retail out of the recession.

Looking at the numbers:

1. 137% growth in online spending

2. UK web shoppers in 2011 will spend £430 each, double the current figure.

3. 24% of UK consumers believe online shopping will overtake the high street

The research highlights that the rise in internet shopping is partly due to shoppers’ sense of empowerment, for example, reading up on items before making a purchase and interacting with others online before buying big ticket items.

Carl Scheible, managing director of PayPal UK, said: “As we all try to make our budgets work harder during the recession it is hardly surprising many of us have headed online to seek a better deal. In fact almost nine million of us now shop online at least once a week.

Other stats show that:

40% of online shoppers find it easier to budget by purchasing items online rather offline

47% believe their money goes further online.

By 2012m one in every 14 pounds spent shopping will be online.


Ivan Walsh