I think consumer segmentation is a great tool. I admire marketers who have the discipline and focus to build brands around segments. But segmentation has a dark side. It causes us to dehumanize people. And when we dehumanize our consumers, our brands suffer. Brands that connect with their consumers on a deeply human level, on the other hand, are more likely to…
As a former journalist, I always try not to bury the lead. So here it is. Ninety percent of what is reported in most market research studies is already known. Real value comes from reporting the 10% your audience doesn’t know. Never is this more important than when you’re reporting to your senior leadership team. […]
Jim White is the co-founder of qualitative market research firm RealityCheck. Jim has more than 20 years of experience in consumer insights, marketing and strategy working for Fortune 500 brands. As an advocate of online qualitative research and analysis, he has been instrumental in the design and development of online research platforms and analytical approaches for RealityCheck.
Based on conducting hundreds of online qual studies, this is his take on using insights technology for both consumer and B2B market research studies.
There’s some pretty exciting stuff happening in the world of journalism these days and we in the consumer insights business should take note. A lot has changed in journalism since I worked as a newspaper reporter in the ‘90s. The industry still struggles to remake itself for the digital age. It faces challenges in […]
These days, insights professionals have unprecedented access to data about their customers. Most major brand marketers have communities, work with social media listening partners, monitor CX and subscribe to syndicated research on their categories. This is all in addition to the tracking studies and custom research that gets done. All of this means a […]
It’s been well-established that much of human decision making is quick, nonconscious and driven by emotion.
Influential books like Malcolm Gladwell’s “Blink” and Daniel Kahneman’s “Thinking Fast and Slow” have popularized this understanding of how humans think.
For consumer insights folks, researching this process is challenging. Some methods attempt to tap what Kahneman calls the “System 1 mode of thinking,” but it is questionable whether these methods actually measure nonconscious processes. And what’s more, these methods fall short of providing the kind of rich, human insights that inspire brand teams.
Whether you need a deep understanding of your consumer to inspire innovation, get your strategy or positioning right, or test advertising or new product concepts, how do you uncover the 10% you need to know, explain why it matters and what to do about it? Using the 90/10 rule, Jim White, Co-founder and Insights Strategist […]
Insights on what market researchers can learn from the 2020 Election Polls and how to apply these lessons to consumer research projects.
Jim White, Co-Founder and Insights Strategist of RealityCheck Consulting, is joined by Paula Kramer, VP at Aha! Insights Technology, and Ilana Borzak, Senior Strategist at RealityCheck, to share best practices for qualitative Agile Research for consumer insights.
Jim White, Human Insights Strategist at RealityCheck (link to home page), on what market research projects make the most sense to do in the Covid moment and which projects you might want to put a hold on.
