Category: Video Blog

  • Drivers of Brand Preference: The RDE Framework

    Drivers of Brand Preference: The RDE Framework

    If you want to grow brand preference, you need to know what moves it. There are three forces that reliably drive Brand Preference: โžก๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: How well your brand fits the consumerโ€™s needs, occasions, and emotions at the moment of choice โžก๏ธ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Meaningful distinctiveness that sets your brand apart โžก๏ธ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†: A sense…

  • The Marketing Model: Equity and the Short-Term Gap

    The Marketing Model: Equity and the Short-Term Gap

    What if your brand tracker could explain both short-term bumps and long-term brand value? ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ integrates longโ€‘term equity with the shortโ€‘term marketing gap. Equity reflects the durable preference structure built by product truth and cumulative communication. The marketing gap captures immediate factors like price, promotions, availability, and competitive noise that can suppress or amplify…

  • Cadence: Fewer Reads, More Signal

    Cadence: Fewer Reads, More Signal

    More tracking doesnโ€™t mean better insight. Always-on measurement implies value proportional to frequency. In practice, it amplifies noise. The smarter approach is to time measurements to the consumer buying cycle and to known inflection moments like major campaigns, product changes, retail resets, and competitive launches. Sampling can then be sized to detect changes that matter,…

  • Communication & Creative ROI

    Communication & Creative ROI

    Creativity separates brands from commodities. But creativity alone isnโ€™t enough because todayโ€™s brands run ecosystems: Instagram stories, influencer clips, connected TV spots, and more. Each touchpoint shapes how consumers experience the brand. If those pieces arenโ€™t coordinated, the result isnโ€™t synergy. ๐˜๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค. Thatโ€™s where measurement comes in. Not to reduce creativity to a scorecard.…

  • Targeting & Audience Design

    Targeting & Audience Design

    Not every consumer has equal value to your brand. So why treat them all the same? Some are heavy users. Others barely engage. Some are loyal to your competition. Others are ready to be persuaded. Thatโ€™s why tracking has to do more than report averages. It must reveal how each audience segment behaves, what they…

  • Introducing Unlimited Creative Testing

    Introducing Unlimited Creative Testing

    Creative testing has been broken for years. Itโ€™s time to fix it. Most creative testing is too slow, too expensive, or too disconnected to help shape the actual work. So testing gets skipped, and campaigns go live without enough proof theyโ€™ll perform. ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ gives teams a better way. Unlimited testing. One price. Any…

  • The New Creative Development Workflow

    The New Creative Development Workflow

    Testing shouldnโ€™t be a checkpoint. It should be part of the creative process. Too often, testing happens too late, after creative decisions are made and budgets are spent. With ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ, that workflow shifts. Now you can test ideas early, at storyboard or animatic, and see what connects within minutes. Then refine, retest, and…

  • Communication and Creative ROI

    Communication and Creative ROI

    The best creative does more than stand out. It moves the brand forward. Creative is the dividing line between brands and commodities. Creativity needs measurement that respects craft without reducing it to vanity metrics. ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ assesses communication at two levels: 1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น (does this ad, idea, or execution move the right driver…

  • Governance & the Operating Rhythm

    Governance & the Operating Rhythm

    Great systems fail when decision rights are ambiguous. A pragmatic governance model assigns ownership for three loops: 1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ (fielding, quality, and technical stewardship) 2๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ (diagnosis, synthesis, and narrative building) 3๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ (action ownership, budget routing, and accountability) โžค Quarterly reviews focus on a small set of movements…

  • Premiumization

    Premiumization

    The premiumization gap is growing. And itโ€™s about more than price… New analysis of global CPG companies reveals a striking pattern. While most are increasing prices, only some are growing volume. European companies are managing to expand while U.S. firms are stuck in a pricing-only lane. Whatโ€™s working? Successful brands are moving beyond functional value.…