Deeper Insights. Smarter Strategies.
Custom Research Powered By Consumer Psychology
We deliver psychology-based consumer research that reveals the beliefs, emotions, and mental models driving behavior. Our qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method services yield actionable insights. We incorporate secondary research to add context for data-driven decisions.
Gain clarity on audience motivations and behaviors.
Support strategies with robust data and insights.
Build campaigns that resonate emotionally and deliver results.
Understand Your Audience:
AUDIENCE & MINDSET ANALYSIS
We explore psychographics, emotional drivers, and behavior patterns to uncover what motivates your audience. These insights can help you develop messaging that resonates with their core values and needs.
Methods: In-depth interviews, surveys, projective techniques, and validated scales.
Deliverables: Report of the research findings, key insights, recommendations. Supporting materials such as detailed psychographic and behavioral profiles, audience personas, and customer journey maps.
Applications: Targeting, segmentation, positioning, and messaging.
Psychographic Profiling: Attitudes, values, interests, lifestyles, personality, beliefs.
Behavioral Profiling: Purchasing habits, media use, product interactions, loyalty patterns.
Market Segmentation: Defined and differentiated audience groups.
Customer Journey Mapping: Needs, pain points, and emotional drivers.
Understanding your audience helps you connect effectively and inspire action.
Higher engagement with psychographic-based campaigns
Industry research shows psychographic-based campaigns achieve up to 30% higher engagement rates compared to demographic-only approaches (Experian, 2022).
See Through Their Lens:
BRAND & PERCEPTION MAPPING
We examine perceptions of your brand, initiative, or category, uncovering trust and sentiment. Knowing how you are seen reveals gaps and opportunities to strengthen reputation and impact.
Methods: Focus groups, brand perception surveys, implicit testing, and cultural narrative analysis.
Deliverables: Report of the research findings, including key insights and recommendations. Supporting materials such as perception maps, sentiment reports, and strategic positioning insights.
Applications: Brand health assessment, campaign evaluation, message refinement.
Brand Perception: Assess brand positioning and consumer views.
Value & Belief Alignment: Evaluate alignment with audience values.
Public Opinion & Issue Sentiment: Measure perceptions of issues or initiatives.
Consumer Satisfaction & Loyalty: Analyze affinity and retention drivers.
Assessing and addressing perception gaps significantly improves positioning.
Consumers trust aligned messaging
A 2022 Harris Poll found 68% of people are more likely to trust brands that align messaging with audience perceptions.
Uncover What Drives Them:
BEHAVIOR & DECISION ANALYSIS
We investigate how and why people make decisions by identifying influencing factors and barriers to action. Uncovering decision drivers and behavior patterns helps you shape actions and achieve meaningful outcomes.
Methods: Behavioral tracking, decision-making analysis, and motivation modeling.
Deliverables: Report of the research findings, including key insights and recommendations. Supporting materials such as behavior flowcharts, influence factor reports, and change strategy playbooks.
Applications: Behavior change, conversion strategy, audience engagement, persuasive narratives.
Cognitive Framing Analysis: Explore thoughts shaping purchasing behavior.
Behavior Analysis: Examine habitual behavior and decision-making patterns.
Motivation & Barriers Analysis: Identify factors driving or blocking action.
Behavior Change Modeling: Map psychological and contextual decision shifts.
Targeting specific psychological barriers enhances participation and engagement.
Addressing barriers (e.g., mistrust) boosts conversion.
A 2021 Qualtrics study found that targeting psychological barriers, such as fear of commitment or mistrust) increased conversion by up to 25% over generic messaging.
Find What Truly Resonates:
CREATIVE TESTING & OPTIMIZATION
We evaluate creative ideas and messages to ensure they resonate with the right audience and deliver results. Testing upfront ensures your concepts, products, and words land with clarity and emotional impact.
Methods: Concept feedback sessions, emotional response mapping, A/B testing, and statistical analysis.
Deliverables: Report of the research findings, including key insights and recommendations. Supporting materials such as impact scorecards and optimized messaging frameworks.
Applications: Creative direction, product development, campaign planning.
Concept & Message Testing: Optimize creative assets pre-launch.
Product Testing & Feedback: Refine offerings based on consumer reactions.
Advertising Effectiveness: Test ad recall, emotional impact, and clarity.
Upfront testing cuts costs and boosts campaign success.
Higher ROI with pre-launch testing
Pre-launch testing and customer feedback loops drive 15-25% higher ROI on marketing campaigns (Forrester, 2023).
Research Methods
We offer tailored qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and secondary research to meet your goals. Our in-person and digital approaches ensure flexibility and precision.
Qualitative
Interviews & Focus Groups
Ethnography & Observational Research
Digital Diaries & Mobile Ethnography
Projective Techniques
Thematic Analysis
Text & Visual Analysis
Quantitative
Surveys & Polls
Behavioral Tracking
Experimental & A/B Testing
Implicit Testing
Statistical Analysis & Data Modeling
Mixed-Method
Concurrent Designs
Sequential Designs
Integrated Analysis
Secondary Research
Topic Research & Literature Reviews
Key Statistics Compilation
Data-Driven Decision Support
What to Expect
When you work with us, you can expect a detailed and systematic process, clear communication, data-driven findings, key insights, and strategic recommendations.
Below are the general steps involved in working with us.
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Objective: Understand your goals, challenges, and target audience.
Process: There will be an initial meeting or consultation to discuss your needs. This might include understanding the product or service, marketing challenges, and the specific consumer behaviors or segments you wish to explore. We will also gather information about your industry, competitors, and current marketing strategies.
Outcome: The project scope, objectives, and deliverables, including timeline and budget.
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Objective: Develop a tailored research plan that will address your questions.
Process: Based on your needs, we will design a customized research plan. This could involve qualitative or quantitative methods or a combination of both, depending on the type of information required. The research design will outline how data will be collected (e.g., surveys, focus groups, ethnographic studies, or secondary research).
Outcome: A comprehensive research proposal, including the methods, tools, sample size, timeline, and costs.
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Objective: Conduct the agreed-upon, pre-approved research.
Process: The process may involve quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods. Secondary research may be included, depending on the objectives.
Outcome: Raw data or findings that reflect consumer preferences, attitudes, behaviors, and decision-making patterns.
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Objective: Derive actionable insights from the collected data.
Process: After the data is collected, we may employ statistical analysis, consumer behavior modeling, and grounded theory for thematic analysis. This could involve looking for patterns or correlations that provide a deeper understanding of consumer needs, motivations, and pain points.
Outcome: Clear insights and conclusions based on the data, such as consumer preferences, brand perceptions, or market opportunities.
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Objective: Summarize the entire research process and results.
Process: We will deliver a comprehensive final report that reviews the process, summarizes findings, highlights the key insights, and includes strategic recommendations. This report will also include data visualizations.
Outcome: A clear, structured report that you can reference for decision-making and strategy adjustments.
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Objective: Provide actionable recommendations based on the research findings.
Process: Based on the data analysis, we will offer tailored recommendations for improving your marketing strategy. Depending on the objectives of the study, feedback could involve product positioning, messaging, consumer engagement, branding, campaign design, customer segmentation, or communication channels.
Outcome: An outline of recommendations included in the Final Report, which may include examples of how to apply the insights within practical marketing initiatives.
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Objective: Monitor the effectiveness of implemented strategies.
Process: We might conduct follow-up studies, consumer feedback sessions, or track key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure that the strategies continue to yield the desired outcomes. This can help you adjust your approach over time.
Outcome: Continuous improvement of marketing strategies based on ongoing consumer feedback
FAQs
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Unlike traditional studies that focus on surface-level data like demographics or sales trends, we dive into the psychology behind decisions—unearthing emotions, motivations, and beliefs that drive behavior. This gives you deeper, more actionable insights to connect with your audience.
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We partner with brands, organizations, and agencies of all sizes—startups looking to define their audience, established companies refining their strategy, or nonprofits aiming to boost impact. If you want to understand and motivate people, we can help.
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At the end of the research project, you’ll receive a detailed report of the research findings, including key insights and recommendations. Depending on the project, deliverables will include:
Key findings on audience mindsets, perceptions, decision-making, behavioral profiles, and/or the testing of marketing assets.
Visual frameworks and data visualizations that make the insights easy to interpret.
Strategic recommendations tailored to your objectives.
Supporting materials such as customer journey maps, personality and emotion-based profiles, or message optimization strategies.
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Most projects take 4-8 weeks, depending on the scope and whether it's a focused "gut-check" study or a broader analysis with targeted groups and specifications. We'll set a clear timeline during the initial consultation to match your goals and deadlines.
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Not at all! Some clients come with a clear objective, while others just know they need better insights. Our discovery process helps define what you need, so we can deliver results that matter.