While it’s tempting to devote resources to tracking what is being said in blogs, chat rooms and social media, this covers only a small minority of conversation. Until recently there has been no robust tracking method to measure offline, person-to-person conversations, such as telephone and face-to-face discussion – let alone understand accurately what is being said specifically in the UK. Based on TalkTrack®, we now know that more than 90% of UK word of mouth takes place offline, and that social media monitoring can produce incomplete signals about brand sentiment.
Interviewing a nationally representative sample of 26,000 UK consumers aged 16-69 each year, TalkTrack® measures over 250,000 conversations about brands annually, allowing for finely-grained time series tracking, plus detailed analyses for niche markets, across hundreds of brands in dozens of categories.
Feedback is collected on an open-ended basis and is linked to key quantitative metrics such as polarity (sentiment), recommendation, references to media and advertising information sources, credibility and anticipated actions. A further benefit of TalkTrack® is the ability to overlay these powerful metrics with precise talker characteristics – demographics, media consumption and influencer profiles.
All major consumer categories are covered in TalkTrack®: automotive; children’s products; drinks (alcoholic and non); financial services; food & dining; health & healthcare; home & home products; household products; media & entertainment; personal care & beauty; shopping, retail & fashion; sports, recreation & hobbies; technology; telecoms; travel; utilities.
TalkTrack® Britain is used by leading agencies, advertisers and media owners to enable them to fully harness the power of word of mouth.
