Changing Trends in the Conversations Surrounding Earth Day and the Environment
by Hephzibah Dutt on April 29, 2022
From postponed weddings to the cancellation of international sporting events, the onset of the pandemic derailed events, movements, and agendas across the globe. For some, (like Tokyo’s ghost-town version of the Olympics) there are no redos. Others, like BTS and numerous entertainers, …
The Beginner’s Guide to Spotting Consumer Trends Early
by Derek Franks on November 16, 2021
Avocado toast. The Instagram Aesthetic. Milk Crate Challenge. You know them. They exploded onto the cultural landscape with hardly any warning and became mainstream seemingly overnight. Some are still around. Some, thankfully, are not. In 2021 and beyond, consumer trends don’t wait …
5 Key Factors for Social Media Audience Segmentation
by Derek Franks on October 18, 2021
If identifying or analyzing online audience segments is part of your day-to-day, whether it be for a brand, business, or agency, you need to use more than your typical online analytics. You need accurate data - not assumptions. And you also need actionable data. The number of Twitte …
Super Bowl Commercials 2021: Interactive Report Card
by Infegy Research Team on February 8, 2021
How did global audiences react to this year’s Super Bowl commercials? Did the ads resonate with viewers enough for them to chime in online? The answers are below. Not just any answers. Data-driven answers. These aren’t hot takes from some blogger who thinks they’re in the know. This …
Consumer Experiences in a Pandemic World: What Brands Need to Know
by Derek Franks on October 26, 2020
Like it or not, 2020 changed consumers. Possibly for good. The sooner you accept it and adapt, the better. The pandemic upended normal life and crushed supply chains, presenting new and often unwelcome obstacles for businesses everywhere. No where else was this more felt than in ret …
How to Find CPG Insights with Social Listening
by Nicole Yancy on July 29, 2020
The ultimate challenge for CPG brands: understanding why people choose one product over the other. Is it the packaging? The ingredients? The flavors? Or does it have to do with something more profound?
How Key Social Listening Metrics Can Drive Your Brand
by Derek Franks on July 16, 2020
Our friends at Interbrand just launched their powerful new research report, Breakthrough Brands. The report highlights the next generation of world-changing brands—the startups, upstarts, challengers, problem solvers, innovators, and category creators. The Interbrand Breakthrough Br …
Streaming Trends 2020: 4 Key Questions Answered by Social Listening
by Derek Franks on June 24, 2020
Netflix transformed the way we are entertained. You can now stream any show or movie you want to any device as long as you have a decent wifi signal. New innovators are cashing in. Disney+, AppleTV+, HBO Max recently joined Hulu and Amazon Prime Video as competitors to take on Netflix …
Build Brilliant Reports Using Social Listening (+ Free Templates)
by Derek Franks on May 11, 2020
Your task: find insights on your brand, brand’s campaign, customers, competitors, sales projections, or other key measurements using social data, then use that data in reports. You might already be familiar with how powerful social listening insights can be for your reporting, and t …
5 Tips for Analyzing Coronavirus Conversations on Social Media
by Infegy Research Team on April 7, 2020
Even with the best crystal ball on the market, no one could have predicted a pandemic would completely upend the way of life for people everywhere. The Coronavirus, and the disease COVID-19 have rapidly changed people’s experiences- how they consume, feel, buy and live their lives. …
Quarantine Life
by Infegy Research Team on March 30, 2020
How Consumers Talk About Their Lives While Social Distancing The Coronavirus has moved many people inside their homes transforming how they live, behave, interact, consume and buy. With one-third of the global population under lockdown, this is a strange time for people that all compa …
What Brands Need To Know About Coronavirus
by Infegy Research Team on March 24, 2020
Part I: Conversation Overview + Trends It’s an uncertain time. Understanding consumer conversation and how people feel is more important than ever. The coronavirus and the illness COVID-19 has moved into our world and swiftly changed how consumers and brands think, feel and act.
Analyze Influencers and Influencer Campaigns with These Social Metrics
by Derek Franks on March 10, 2020
You might be asking: How can you analyze influencers better? What analysis can be done to better prove the success of influencer campaigns? In 2020, influencer marketing will cost $1000 to $1 million per post. And too often influencer success measurement relies solely on short term va …
Social Insights Reveal How Gen Z Shops, Buys and Talks Online
by Derek Franks on February 24, 2020
Gen Z has an estimated $143 billion in buying power in the US alone. Unpredictable as they may seem, this generation talks online more than any other generation before them. If you listen to what they say about themselves, you can position your brand to compete for their coveted bu …
Super Bowl Commercials 2020: Audience Reactions and Analysis (Clone)
by Infegy Research Team on February 3, 2020
The day after… Super Bowl 54 is in the books. And we’re partying like it’s 1970 here in Kansas City! Many reputable publications out there released their “Super Bowl Commercials reviews” today. Each of these articles are full of “analysis” from some know-it-all who thinks they’re t …
Year in Review: A look back at our favorite social insights of 2019
by Kristin Haynes on January 27, 2020
Welcome to the 2020s! It’s officially the future.
Social Insights Reveal Dramatic Shifts in Automotive Consumer Trends
by Derek Franks on January 20, 2020
The way people think about cars and the process of buying cars has changed. From electric vehicles to online car buying (and car delivery!) there has been a drastic shift in the car buying experience-- including the question of whether people will buy cars at all.
How to Build Powerful Audience Segments with Better Insights
by Derek Franks on December 9, 2019
Accurate audience segmentation requires a ton of work and often involves unreliable methods. Brands frequently miss the correct data on audiences, and that leads to a mountain of problems: bad audience segmentation can doom everything from customer targeting, advertising, product inno …
Social Insights Reveal Latest Consumer Tech Trends
by Connor Doolan on November 12, 2019
The Internet of Things revolution is transforming industries everywhere - from transportation and manufacturing to healthcare and retail. But it’s consumer electronics that has totally upended everyone’s lives -- voice assistants, smart TVs, thermostats, robot vacuums-- even smart li …
The Ultimate Report on Beauty and Cosmetics Consumer Trends in 2019
by Derek Franks on August 26, 2019
Natural. Organic. Healthy. These terms now drive buying habits in all types of consumer goods markets. Nowhere is this more evident than in the beauty, cosmetics, and hygiene industries. The data is clear: natural beauty is the best beauty in 2019 and beyond. Our social insights …
Why Instagram Analytics on Audiences Are So Crucial
by Derek Franks on July 22, 2019
Is your team finding the right insights on the right channels for your marketing and customer experience strategies? 60% of U.S. adults are on Instagram. That means there is more than enough important information and insight to glean from analyzing the platform’s 1 billion+ users. …
How We Use Social Listening Insights to Build Our Reports in 10 Steps
by Kristin Haynes on July 10, 2019
One important task for your team is reporting. Your life might look like a lot of this: 📊📉📈 Whether it’s conducting market research, tracking campaigns, researching audience segments, analyzing brand health, improving products or other types of data-driven analysis, building report …
Learn How Barefoot Proximity Uses Social Listening for Key Insights
by Derek Franks on June 12, 2019
Consumer experience strategy agency Barefoot Proximity knows a thing or two about using technology to help brands win big with data. Their Strategy and Channel Integration teams use over 380 different tools to find those all-important insights to lead brands to accurate data-driven st …
CBD Insights: The Rise of CBD and What to Know About Consumers
by Infegy Research Team on May 8, 2019
CBD has already built a $2 billion dollar industry. You may have noticed the influx of CBD stores on virtually every street corner. Someone may have sent you an article about how it’s the new way to treat almost every condition. But what is its impact on your market? If you’re working …
Who is Gen Z? Exclusive New Data Reveals 7 Personas & How To Connect
by Derek Franks on April 11, 2019
Years ago, you read an article that showed up in your email inbox that told you that it’s time to stop worrying so much about millennials. “Gen Z is the new millennials!” it exclaimed. Since then, you and your team have been trying -- often unsuccessfully -- to dig in and understand t …