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The Sweet Spot Process

If you need to know what is really driving demand now, and what to do with that insight.
I can help.

Over the past 10 years, I’ve built frameworks from live client briefs that turn social listening, search behaviour and market signals into commercially useful consumer insight. I’ve now built those frameworks into a proprietary AI tool, making the first read faster while keeping the thinking strategic.

The Sweet Spot Demand-to-Growth Method

THE CHALLENGES

Category shifts
Unknown tensions
Conflicting signals
Weak narrative
Declining sales
Assumption-led decisions

1
Define the commercial question
  • Why is growth slowing?
     
  • Where is the next audience?
     
  • What should we own?
     
  • What gives us confidence to invest?

OUTPUT:
Decision Brief

2
Map the demand signals
  • Social listening
     
  • Search behaviours
     
  • AI queries
     
  • Sync with market reports

OUTPUT: Demand Signal Map

3
Cultural Strategy
Build
  • What is really shifting?
     
  • Why now?
     
  • What does this reveal about our role?
     
  • What should the focus be?

OUTPUT: Cultural Strategy Playbook

Cultural Capital
Rollout
  • Brand positioning
     
  • Campaign strategy & messaging
     
  • Innovation & NPD
     
  • Category & range conversations
     
  • Internal team alignment

OUTPUT: Action Plan + AI framework

4
4
COMMERCIAL MOMENTUM

Clear relatable narrative
Stronger conversations
Validated decisions
Clear opportunities
Consumer-led growth
Growing cultural capital

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My Sweet Spot Process

What I deliver.

Cultural Demand Intelligence

In-depth analysis of cultural, category and demand signals to reveal what is changing, why it matters and where growth could come from.

  • Cultural Insights
  • Category Sense-Check
  • Usage & Occasion Mapping
  • Ritual Analysis
  • Demand Signal Mapping
  • Demand Forecasting
Commercial Strategy

Turning demand signals into commercial assets that sharpen positioning, strengthen retailer conversations, guide innovation choices, and shape brand, campaign and content strategies for growth.

  • Brand Positioning & Growth Territories

  • Retailer Narrative & Buyer Decks

  • Campaign & Messaging Strategy

  • Demand-Led Content & Social Strategy

  • Innovation & NPD Prioritisation

Activation & Growth Systems

Bringing insight to life through workshops, campaign strategy, innovation direction and repeatable growth systems that internal teams can use, refresh and build into their planning rhythm.

  • Creative & Innovation Workshops

  • Campaign & Content Strategy

  • Cultural Demand Updates

  • Internal Planning Frameworks

  • AI Context & Workflow Systems

Sense Check Session

Not sure if I can help with your challenge or if social listening is the way forward? Let's find out. This is a focused 15-minute session to get under the skin of your brief, before any commitment.

We’ll look at your challenge; whether that’s an unexpected shift in your category or how to attract more customers, and if I’m the right fit, I’ll put together a clear summary and research framework to explore next steps.

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