COVID-19 Consumer Behavior Trends & Predictions
Hitting some top lines of consumer behavior and near-term predictions Given the projects we’ve been working on across the country, we wanted to share some top trends in consumer behavior and near-term predictions: Not So Fast Willing a reopen hasn’t necessarily brought back confidence. An incredibly suspicious public has now become default cautious. What was […]
Key Consumer Insights for Reopening
Research identifies important reopening topic Note: This post was originally written in early May of 2020 and instantly became prescient for the road ahead. We revisit it here to show the implications of listening to your audiences carefully. Our audiences (internal and external) are in flux but they are acutely aware that we are too. […]
How is COVID-19 Impacting Food Purchasing Behaviors?
Our current crisis provides unique challenges for Grocery and CPG brands Grocery shopping and food purchasing habits are significantly changing due to the pandemic. What will the short-term and long-term effects be? How should brands pivot? Let’s consider what we can learn about consumer behavior through advanced digital ethnography: Families/ Shopping: – How anxiety and […]
Keeping an Eye on Banking Behaviors During the Crisis
Our current crisis provides unique challenges for the financial service industry Looking at consumer finance and banking, let’s explore how audiences may pivot in nuanced ways during and after this crisis. All of this could be seen by applying digital ethnography and listening to the voice of the consumer as they talk to peers right […]
How is COVID-19 Impacting Packaging Habits?
Our current crisis provides unique challenges for packaging brands and those that rely on them How could packaging pivot during and after the pandemic? Let’s consider what we can learn about consumer habits during this unusual time through social listening and digital ethnography: The Opening– Package opening processes: How are habits in opening mail and […]
Keeping an Eye on Healthcare Behaviors During the Crisis
We’ve conducted several weeks of healthcare research within multiple states across the country, so we thought we’d share some thoughts around what we’re seeing and what you really, really need to be watching for in the nuance of all of this. And there certainly is nuance. Our research (qualitative online behavior – “digital ethnography”) is […]
3 Emerging Consumer Personas Outdoor Brands Should Listen To
Our current crisis provides unique opportunities and challenges for brands of the great outdoors Outdoor Industry audience personas are changing quickly and marketing strategies have to adapt. We’ve prepared an exercise to help brands look at how they can/should pivot, even slightly, to look at their customers and their nuanced phases in a new light […]
3 New Consumer Personas Retailers Should Listen To
Our current crisis provides unique challenges for brands that rely on physical retail For retailers, online presence and ecommerce sales are more important than ever, which means understanding audiences and listening to the voice of the customer are too. This is especially important for brands that are / were massive brick and mortar brands with […]
EFM and Feedback
A round of applause for Experiences For Mankind! 2019 marks the tenth anniversary of Feedback and to celebrate we will be sharing memories from the last ten years. From multiple-cross-country trips to multi-country ones, from Keyboard Cat to Bonnaroo, and from three determined founders to a family of friends and colleagues all over… we’ve been […]
How Feedback Could Have Saved Investors: The Meerkat Story
On March 26th, Meerkat announced a $14M acquisition from Venture Capitalists. The app, which allows users to stream video in real-time, had been gaining traction both through press coverage and recent involvement at SXSW. Meerkat, which reportedly had made $12M prior to investments, was given a $40M valuation, according to Business Insider. Naturally, investors had high […]