Qualitative Research
Uncover deeper motivations and gain a holistic understanding of your customer.
Great qualitative market research begins and ends with putting empathy to work. That’s why our experts focus on people over products, tapping into a diversity of viewpoints and candid conversations to find the hidden patterns that explain your customers’ motivations. We’ll gather influencers around a campfire or shop alongside rowdy groups of teens– whatever it takes to capture your audience in their element. Whether we’re in New York, Mexico City or Munich, we connect with people and tell their stories in a way that fosters empathy, fuels strategic plans, and inspires new ways of thinking.
We specialize in:
- Online Smart Communities
- Ethnographic Market Research
- Digital Diaries
- Focus Groups
- In Depth Interviews
- Co-Creation Sessions
Our Qualitative Research Case Studies
Learn more about how our work has energized strategy for global brands, disruptive startups and everything in between.
Global Brand Strategy for Uber
We helped Uber build and refine their international brand strategy and remain a category disruptor using global market research.
Global Brand Strategy for Facebook
From Manila to London, we helped Facebook with their most pressing Communications and global Brand Strategy challenges.
Consumer Insights and Customer Journey Mapping for TOMS
As TOMS has grown, we’ve been there to help them stay true to the brand, true to the customer and true to the mission.
Brand Positioning Strategy and Customer Segmentation Strategy for Target
An updated brand positioning strategy and customer segmentation strategy to re-establish Target as the leader of chic, affordable style.
How Qualitative Research Can Improve Your Customer Experience
Read on to discover five powerful qualitative research tools that will drive informed and strategic decision making for your brand.
Qualitative Consumer Insights
This is the stuff that really gets us out of bed in the morning – there are few tasks our staff enjoys more than helping clients identify, develop, and flesh out consumer ideas and turn them into new concepts, brand strategies, and innovations. It’s also an unparalleled way to help clients see the true value in working with us.
Correlation, Causation, and Qualitative Research
Arguments based on correlation are common, especially in the news, because they are easier to report, make arguments clearer, take up less space, and give power to quantitative data. At times, authors themselves are unaware of their error and of the difference between correlation and causation.
Co-Creation: Why Your Focus Groups with Collaging Don’t Count
This first installment in a three-part series from Kelton's Amy Snow explores the foundation of the co-creation technique, and how brands can use it to drive innovation.
10 Lessons from Journalism: How to Use Storytelling for Your Brand
Learn how to humanize your brand, build a unique brand narrative and use lessons from journalism to improve your brand storytelling.
How to Write a Great Market Research RFP
Whether you're writing a Branding RFP, Brand Research RFP, Marketing Consultant RFP, Strategy Firm RFP, etc., our template will save you time and help you evaluate and choose the best partner.
Our Approach
No two projects or needs are alike. Kelton understands this and treats every project as an objective, one-of-a-kind enterprise, choosing methodologies that best serve each client’s distinctive goals.
Online Smart Communities
Gather valuable insights from customers across all walks of life with our qualitative SmartCommunity platform.
Focus Groups
Foster authentic connections with a holistic understanding of your customer.
Ethnographic Market Research
Use ethnographic interviews to uncover insights that drive authentic consumer connections and future-focused strategy.
In Depth Interviews
Curious what your stakeholders and customers are really thinking? Our expert interviewers uncover insights that drive authentic connections and future-focused strategy.
Digital Diaries
Leverage the power of video to get a real-time glimpse of shoppers’ relationship with your brand.
Co-Creation Sessions
Inspire innovative new ideas and get closer to what your customers want by letting them play a role in the creative process.
Online Smart Communities
Gather valuable insights from customers across all walks of life with our qualitative SmartCommunity platform.
Focus Groups
Foster authentic connections with a holistic understanding of your customer.
Ethnographic Market Research
Use ethnographic interviews to uncover insights that drive authentic consumer connections and future-focused strategy.
In Depth Interviews
Curious what your stakeholders and customers are really thinking? Our expert interviewers uncover insights that drive authentic connections and future-focused strategy.
Digital Diaries
Leverage the power of video to get a real-time glimpse of shoppers’ relationship with your brand.
Co-Creation Sessions
Inspire innovative new ideas and get closer to what your customers want by letting them play a role in the creative process.
How We’re Different
The essence of the Kelton brand comes through best in the people who are on the front lines. We’re not just number crunchers; we are botanists and baseball fans, giggly animal lovers and homebrew geeks, and, yes– data heads, creatives and sociologists who choose the right tools, resources and experiences to meet each client challenge.
Inspiring Authentic Moments
The creative exercises we direct, the environments we choose, and the technologies we use are all designed to foster candid interactions. But in the end, it’s our researchers’ abilities that makes insights truly unfold.
All About Context
People are complicated. Cultures are highly variable. Different industries carry different nuances. We leverage all three frames of reference in our qualitative work because often, it’s the context surrounding the answer that delivers the true insight.
Equal Parts Creativity and Business Savvy
We’re able to ideate while keeping two feet firmly planted on the ground. Every member of our qualitative team is a hybrid researcher-strategist, trained to ensure that creative sparks always drive business results.
Multi Method Masters
Projects end well because they start well. After discussion with your team and ours, an Engagement Lead is assigned to each case as chief project strategist to ensure qualitative work blends seamlessly with data, brand development, and marketing strategy.
Inspiring Authentic Moments
The creative exercises we direct, the environments we choose, and the technologies we use are all designed to foster candid interactions. But in the end, it’s our researchers’ abilities that makes insights truly unfold.
All About Context
People are complicated. Cultures are highly variable. Different industries carry different nuances. We leverage all three frames of reference in our qualitative work because often, it’s the context surrounding the answer that delivers the true insight.
Equal Parts Creativity and Business Savvy
We’re able to ideate while keeping two feet firmly planted on the ground. Every member of our qualitative team is a hybrid researcher-strategist, trained to ensure that creative sparks always drive business results.
Multi Method Masters
Projects end well because they start well. After discussion with your team and ours, an Engagement Lead is assigned to each case as chief project strategist to ensure qualitative work blends seamlessly with data, brand development, and marketing strategy.