Service · Market Research & Positioning

Read the signal before you write the strategy.

The Opportunity

Why this matters now

Most positioning decisions get made in a room full of people who already agree. What's missing is the market itself: what customers say when they describe the problem in their own words, and where competitors are actually positioned versus how they think they are.

Research closes that gap before a campaign gets built on top of it. It's the evidence layer under brand strategy and go-to-market planning, the thing that turns an opinion into a decision backed by signal.

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By the Numbers

1 in 4

Australian positioning statements tested actually differ from a direct competitor's

SRC · Ad Astra research audits, 2026

68%

of purchase decisions shaped more by category perception than by price

SRC · McKinsey, 2026

4 to 6 wk

typical research cycle before a defensible position emerges

SRC · Ad Astra, 2026

Our Approach

How we work

01
We pull from several sources, not one: customer interviews and review language, competitor messaging audits, and search demand signal, since positioning built on a single source is usually built on somebody's favourite anecdote.
02
We look specifically for the gap between stated and revealed preference: what customers say matters in a survey versus what they actually pay for.
03
The research ends in a positioning recommendation specific enough to brief a campaign directly, with the evidence attached so it can be defended in the room, not just asserted.

In Practice