
Testing the health of a brand / product compared to the competition
Why and when?
- When investigating brand health, when a brand lacks life
- In the brand repositioning process, when looking for new positioning areas
- While looking for new concepts
- When new directions are needed for communication
- Pre-tests for adverts when content is controversial
What do you get?
- Detailed analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of a brand / product
- New positioning ideas
- Recommendations addressed to winning over consumers of competitor products, halting negative trends
How?
- A type of focus group based on conflict: 9 respondents split into 3 groups of opposing attitudes
- Respondents have to be assertive and have very firmly-held views on the subject we are interested in; brand users must be its "ambassadors"
- Two moderators, "confiding room" (allowing the individual questioning of a respondent, additional stimulation when necessary)
- The conflict situation provokes the disclosure of real attitudes free of stereotypes