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Empirical

Posted in Marketing Insight by Steve Sammartino on November 13th, 2006

By the time an insight is empirical, measured and proven, it is no longer an insight. Here’s how I define the term Insight as it pertains to marketing:

A revelation of consumer understanding, which is not currently being leveraged for profit.

It needs to be a revelation to be an insight. If you are leveraging… “The insight of…”  you’ll just be swimming in competitive soup.