FEATURE3 July 2018

Voicing your preferences

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Concept testing has been done the same way for years, but now GfK is using voice analytics to gauge the emotional response to new ideas, writes Jane Bainbridge.

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Attracting consumers to a new concept is no mean feat, especially in our highly competitive markets. Those that work appeal to people rationally and emotionally – and, while traditional concept testing has been good at identifying the rational, it was to tap into the emotional side that GfK developed MarketBuilder Voice.

Aimed at early and late-stage screening for consumer goods, it combines quant-size panels with qual insight, and uses technology combined with classification and consumer behaviour expertise.

Miriam Comber, GfK’s strategic innovation director, market opportunity and innovation, says: “We were looking for something that would describe more discrimination. When going back to a client, you want to know if there is a winning option – particularly when screening ideas. You don’t want fuzzy results, with three or four that all look the same. 

“The problem is that what we’re often asking in concept testing ...