Businesses are constantly seeking deeper insights into the (ever changing) minds of their customers. What do they need today? What will they need tomorrow? How do they feel about my brand and my products? What does their decision path look like?
To answer these questions, marketing professionals frequently turn to software tools and dashboards. All too often, however, these tools fail to provide the depth of information they need. It’s one thing to have easy access to data like basic social media metrics and brand mentions in a given time period, but having the insights and ability to truly understand why customers make decisions – and to have this information on a global scale – is another. Software tools can neither solve this problem nor recommend action; they are limited by the constructs of their code. But Feedback can do these things, and does so everyday for its clients.
We are a human company. We are not a software company.
Feedback specializes in developing contextual voice-of-the-consumer research through digital channels for mid-size and large global brands. We help marketing professionals deeply understand their customers in ways that tools and automated technologies simply cannot. Using our unique HumanFilter system to conduct ethnographic research into very specific audiences, our hand-trained data scientists (from fields such as psychology, sociology, and anthropology) observe behaviors, identify preferences and channels, and analyze findings. We then provide clients with action plans based on this research, which frequently lead to higher levels of brand awareness, increased customer engagement and greater sales.
This system also differs from other common research methods because our data is compiled through careful online observation – without audience engagement – which provides a very authentic, uninterrupted picture of the discussions, actions and sentiment of these groups. This complete data set – which we share with our clients – provides rich analysis and informs detailed recommendations based on actual findings.
Jeff Thompson
Principal
Jeff Thompson has guided Feedback as its President and CEO since its founding…
READ MORE
… in 2009.
Over the course of his 35 years in the advertising industry, Jeff has delivered significant revenues for brands like Seiko, Microsoft, Timberland, Saab USA, Gerber, The Coca-Cola Company, The University of Texas, MeadWestvaco, CamelBak, Kindred, The Wall Street Journal, BF Goodrich, Motorola and Rubbermaid Commercial Products. He’s worked with top agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather and The Martin Agency, where he led their interactive division – developing innovative marketing strategies and using unique tactics to drive sales results and build market share.
A graduate of Texas Tech University’s design portfolio program, Jeff worked for 10 years creating award-winning marketing campaigns for higher education, healthcare and technology clients in Houston, Texas, before moving to Austin to help companies like Dell, Compaq and Microsoft launch technology products worldwide.
Jeff founded Feedback with Dean Browell and Anna Faux in September 2009 to provide more effective research, strategy, monitoring and emerging media solutions to leading brands and their PR and advertising agencies around the world.
Dean Browell
Principal
As one of the three founders of Feedback, Dean Browell’s experience…
READ MORE
… and long history with behavior and tech in communication makes him a valuable ally in the pursuit of audience research, effective strategies and intelligent implementation.
Dean Browell has led Feedback’s research as resident PhD and Principal with a passion for how generations interact online. His work can be seen across many industries including tourism, automotive, retail, healthcare, education and more with clients that have ranged from Mini Cooper to CamelBak. He is a Board Member of the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD), the Poe Museum, and University of Richmond’s Institute on Philanthropy where he has taught for over 10 years. He also teaches a graduate course in Digital Ethnography at Virginia Commonwealth University\’s School of Business and is one of the three founders of the cultural VR project Hidden In Plain Site.
Anna Faux
Principal
Supervising many of Feedback’s largest client programs…
READ MORE
… Anna has researched and implemented digital marketing campaigns for many national brands, such as: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, RDI University, Virginia Gift Brands, The Vision Council, MeadWestvaco, Kindred Healthcare, CATO Fashions, BF Goodrich and CamelBak.
An honors graduate of Radford University, Anna has helped brands and organizations better understand digital media and get the most out of their online presence, developing and implementing highly effective programs that consistently deliver results above the industry average. Clients trust her to provide innovative solutions that will move the sales and engagement needle quickly.
Anna helps lead the management of Feedback services in the U.S, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. She lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband Brandon and son Lucas.
Brittany Heare
Director, Client Services
Feedbacks’ newest Partner, Brittany Heare leads Feedback’s client activities…
READ MORE
… helping them leverage the power of the HumanFilter system and ensuring that Feedback insights inform our clients’ marketing and outreach programs – whether they target business or consumer audiences.
One of Feedback’s earliest analysts, Brittany is a marketing graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a minor in psychology. She always knew she had a keen sense for reading people and finding out “what made them tick,” but her focused studies further deepened her passion for research and marketing. Before joining Feedback in 2011, Brittany worked at a large Washington, D.C.-based research and advisory firm where she focused on providing actionable insights and best practices to senior executives and their management teams.
Brittany currently works with Feedback’s key clients, providing them with the research, monitoring and implementation services they need to remain competitive in the digital space. In her spare time, you can find her spending time with her toddler, husband and 11-year-old pug, Henry, popping down to the Outer Banks for some downtime at the beach, or helping organize and execute weddings with a local event planner.
In 2009, Feedback introduced a smarter way to leverage ethnographic research for greater results. This unique HumanFilterSM system – a proprietary process used to uncover online conversations of all types, which are then analyzed by social scientists for the development of superior marketing programs – has since become the standard for many of the world’s leading brands.
Originally founded in Richmond, Virginia, Feedback rapidly expanded to support its international clients – establishing offices in London, Paris and New York, and more recently Austin and San Diego. To date, Feedback has conducted its unique style of research in over 50 countries, and the firm offers its services in all major languages. Rather than using U.S.-based translators and technologies, Feedback partners with local researchers in the countries where the HumanFilter insights are being gathered – leading to a far better understanding of individual cultures, customs, audiences and the real vocabularies used to discuss products, trends and brands.