Customer Research

Customer Research

Under­standing people today – for the customer-centric solution of tomorrow

Whether for the empirical analysis of product ideas, marketing effec­tiveness or customer needs – customer-centric digital business requires good user research and in-depth market research. We help you choose the right method, design the content and execute the research. For deep insights and true customer centricity.

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Our promise

Under­stand your customers. Sounds simple, but getting it right is complex. We provide maximum validity and relia­bility. We do this by combining customer research and exper­i­mental methods.

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Trust is good — systematic trust building is better!

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Customer project

Brand tracker for a digital insurance

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Customer project

Data-driven segmen­tation and personas for a broker

Deep Dive

Our services in detail

Empirical personas: Really under­standing customers

Under­stand what your target group really needs and wants. Our team of psychol­o­gists and research profes­sionals method­i­cally decodes the needs behind your customers’ behavior. Whether with in-depth inter­views, online surveys, obser­va­tions or exper­i­ments: We identify patterns in complex customer behavior and develop empirical personas that don’t end up in a drawer, but become the strategic linchpin of all customer contact points.

Experience labs: Better websites, stores and appli­ca­tions

Today, every major digital project must be method­i­cally accom­panied in a user-centered manner. In the MVP, pilot and roll-out phases, we consult the people who will later work with the digital interface. In our experience labs, we evaluate how well a product or appli­cation satisfies user needs based on tasks. Interview, obser­vation and neuro­science methods are used to good effect. The result of an Experience Lab is a struc­tured evalu­ation of the existing stumbling blocks, from which we derive specific measures.

Brand tracker: Keeping an eye on brand and market

It is a real challenge to keep an eye on your own brand perception and the compe­tition in the fast-moving digital market. With the help of the Brand Tracker, you receive a precise monthly or quarterly assessment of the devel­opment of your brand and your competitors. This allows you to react quickly and manage your brand more effec­tively — including in inter­na­tional setups, of course.

Trust tracker: Trust as the basis for long-term customer relation­ships

Trust is a prereq­uisite for any inter­action. But trust is difficult to measure. With the elaboratum Trust Tracker, we identify the factors that are respon­sible for a lack of trust — globally, or point of contact by point of contact. With these findings, we develop effective measures to system­at­i­cally increase the trust of your customers.

ImpliX: Under­standing customers’ implicit decisions

We often decide uncon­sciously in the first few seconds whether we like something or not. This is why it is often difficult for customers to describe moments of enthu­siasm and frustration after­wards. With ImpliX, we measure uncon­scious percep­tions and decision-making aspects and can thus generate additional insights into the emotional experience in the customer journey in order to eliminate conversion killers and emotionally charge products.

Our aspiration

We don’t like to talk about ourselves.
But our customers do.

Josephine Chamoulad

“The brand tracker provides us with a very effective monthly insight into our position in the market.”

Josephiné Chamoulaud
CMO, Smile Versicherung
Reinhard Janning

“Using data-based segments, elaboratum clearly identified the target groups in B2C and B2B and designed the concept to fit very precisely.”

Reinhard Janning
Chief Platform Officer, XEMPUS AG
Helena Esau

“With the periodic marriage survey, elaboratum has optimally helped us to gain insights into our brand and customer behavior and to prepare them for the C‑level.”

Helena Esau
Director Marketing TOM TAILOR

Let’s get down to business

Rainer, what really matters?

The real success factors in digital business: scalable technologies, a signif­icant database and behav­ioral insights for real customer under­standing. Whoever masters this wins the game.
Rainer Volland

Rainer Volland

Managing Partner

rainer.volland@elaboratum.de