Osmoz offers a coherent portfolio of marketing and social research services. All solutions are modular, allowing us to configure programmes that match your strategy, budget and timelines.

Marketing research services

Brand strategy and guidance

We support brand leaders throughout the brand lifecycle.

  • Brand positioning and architecture
    Quantitative and qualitative studies clarify brand promise, personality and competitive whitespace. We use segmentation, perceptual mapping and driver analysis to identify compelling positioning territories.
  • Brand health tracking
    We continuously measure key metrics – awareness, familiarity, consideration, preference, usage, advocacy and equity – using robust tracking designs. We provide clear read‑outs of brand performance versus competitors and category benchmarks.
  • Brand equity diagnostics
    Structural models explain how functional, emotional and experiential associations translate into equity and behavioural outcomes (e.g., purchase intent, share of wallet). This equips you to prioritise the levers that truly shift equity.

Research strategy, consulting & bespoke studies

Not every business question fits neatly into a standard brand or CX study

Osmoz AI provides a flexible research consulting layer that executives and marketing teams can draw on as needed. We act as an on-call research partner, supporting you to:

Scope and design bespoke studies

From feasibility, tracer and longitudinal studies to programme evaluations, market opportunity assessments and due diligence insight packs, we help define hypotheses, select the right methodology, and design robust samples and research tools.

Stress-test and strengthen existing research

We conduct independent reviews of questionnaires, trackers, segmentations and brand models. We also advise on sampling, weighting, panels and fieldwork quality, recommending practical improvements to increase reliability and comparability over time.

Build leadership-ready measurement frameworks

We design KPI architectures, scorecards and dashboards that connect research metrics to commercial and operational outcomes, enabling leadership teams to manage performance with confidence.

Provide a second opinion on external work

We offer objective assessments of third-party studies, reviewing methodologies, analysis, and conclusions so major decisions are based on sound evidence.

Upskill internal teams

Through targeted coaching and working sessions, we help brand, CX and insights teams interpret findings more effectively, ask better questions of their data, and embed evidence into everyday decision-making.

This service is designed to make your research ecosystem more robust, efficient and decision-ready, whether we run studies end-to-end or work alongside your existing partners as a senior, independent sounding board.This service is designed to make your research ecosystem more robust, efficient and decision-ready, whether we run studies end-to-end or work alongside your existing partners as a senior, independent sounding board.

Innovation and product development

We improve innovation by embedding the voice of the customer throughout the funnel.

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  • Opportunity and white‑space identification
  • Demand assessment
  • Concept screening and optimisation
  • Pricing and value perception research
  • Product, feature and packaging tests
  • In‑market performance evaluation

We draw on methods such as qualitative co‑creation, monadic and paired concept tests and, where appropriate, choice‑based conjoint analysis to model market responses.

“We conduct structured literature reviews and in-depth desktop research to support strategic decision-making.”

Desk research & strategic literature review

This service synthesises the most relevant and credible sources available: industry studies, institutional reports, public data, academic research, competitive analyses, and global trends, to provide a clear, reliable, and immediately usable understanding of your operating environment.

Our approach highlights established facts, areas of uncertainty, emerging opportunities and potential risks, enabling leadership teams to make evidence-based decisions rather than relying on assumptions. Deliverables are designed to integrate seamlessly into your brand, CX, innovation or ESG programmes and can serve as a robust foundation for new studies or requests for proposals (RFPs).

Marketing analytics and decision science

Our analytics team turns complex data into clear direction through:

Advanced quantitative analysis
  • Multivariate techniques such as factor analysis, cluster analysis and driver analysis
  • Structural equation modelling (SEM) and path modelling
  • Segmentation and profiling
  • Predictive modelling and propensity scoring
Advanced qualitative and text analytics
  • Thematic coding at scale
  • Sentiment analysis of open‑ended responses and social media data
  • Topic modelling and keyword extraction
Dashboards and data visualisation
  • Executive dashboards that consolidate key metrics and trends in an intuitive, stakeholder‑friendly way

Our goal is to deliver analytics that are technically sound, explainable at executive level, and directly linked to commercial decisions.

Osmoz impact™ model

Service quality and customer experience are central to growth, revenue and long‑term sustainability. Many organisations assess these elements in isolation, focusing on low‑scoring areas without understanding their real impact on satisfaction or loyalty. This fragmented approach has two major drawbacks:

1.

It overlooks the critical connections between these elements

Treating service quality, CX, satisfaction and loyalty as separate metrics fails to show how they influence one another, resulting in an incomplete and often misleading view of performance.

2.

Not all weaknesses matter equally

Not every low score warrants the same level of attention. A weak rating does not automatically mean it affects satisfaction or loyalty. Some improvements have little impact on customer behaviour, yet organisations frequently invest significant time and resources in addressing them.

The Osmoz Impact™ Model addresses these two limitations. It integrates two complementary frameworks: the Osmoz CX & Loyalty Architecture™ and the Osmoz Service Quality Diagnostic™.

Customer experience insight (Osmoz CX & loyalty architecture™)

The end-to-end customer journey across key touchpoints, including digital, contact centre, branch, field and retail.

The relative impact of each touchpoint on satisfaction, ease, trust and loyalty.

The specific service quality and experience levers that drive NPS, retention, cross-sell and advocacy.

We use mixed method designs that combine journey mapping, CX surveys, advanced driver analysis and text analytics. This approach produces a prioritised CX improvement roadmap for each customer segment.

Typical deliverables include

  • CX scorecards and dashboards by segment and channel
  • Key driver models linking CX to loyalty outcomes
  • Segment-specific playbooks with clear, actionable CX interventions

Osmoz service quality diagnostic™

Service Quality Evaluation

This framework evaluates the operational quality of service delivery across core dimensions, including reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, and tangibles, calibrated to your specific context.

Key features include

A customised service quality measurement instrument aligned with your service model.

Benchmarked indices at branch, regional and channel levels.

Clear red, amber and green diagnostics to identify underperforming processes and service nodes.

Explicit linking of service quality metrics to satisfaction, complaints and churn behaviours.

This framework is particularly well suited to banks, insurers, telecommunications providers, utilities and retail networks seeking to improve service delivery in a structured, evidence-based way.

What Osmoz impact™ delivers

Scientifically robust, commercially focused

Grounded in well-established CX and service quality theory and validated through rigorous analysis, our approach is translated into clear, practical business language that boards and executives can act on.

Integration of the full CX stack

We measure service quality, CX, satisfaction and loyalty in a single, coherent model rather than as disconnected indicators. This provides a comprehensive view of how each element affects the others.

Clear priorities by segment, product and region

Results are presented at the levels that matter to management. Executives can prioritise CX drivers for each segment, product and region.

Configurable to your context

The framework is customised to your industry, business model and operating structure, whether branches, call centres, digital platforms, retail outlets or a hybrid network.

Decision‑ready outputs

Intuitive visuals, impact rankings and “do first / do next” recommendations make it easy for leadership teams to align on priorities and make confident trade‑offs.

Blended qualitative and quantitative insight

Survey data and contextual qualitative insights are combined, ensuring recommendations are statistically sound and grounded in how customers actually experience your organisation.

Proprietary frameworks for CX and service quality.

Our flagship models – the Osmoz CX & Loyalty Architecture™ and the Osmoz Service Performance Diagnostic™ – provide structured and accurate perspectives of the levers that drive experience, satisfaction and retention across segments.

Who Osmoz impact™ is for

This model goes beyond CX scorecards; it is valuable for:

  • Public entities seeking to improve service delivery and citizen experience
  • Business owners and CEOs who wish to unlock growth and strengthen customer loyalty.
  • Marketing and CX leaders who need sharper insight to prioritise investment, and
  • Insights managers who require credible analytics for senior stakeholders.

This model goes beyond CX scorecards

Business outcomes

Osmoz Impact™ helps you allocate budgets effectively, improve decision‑making, increase customer loyalty, reduce churn and support sustainable, long‑term growth.

Enquire how Osmoz Impact™can be configured for your organisation.

Social impact & behaviour change research

We partner with corporates, public‑sector institutions and NGOs to design, measure and optimise programmes that drive meaningful social outcomes and behaviour change.

Social Impact & CSI Evaluation

We design and conduct baseline, midline, and endline studies to assess whether corporate social investment (CSI) and social programmes are achieving their intended outcomes. Our work separates outputs, outcomes and impact, giving boards and funders a clear view of what is working, for whom and at what scale.

Behaviour Change & Campaign Effectiveness Research

We evaluate public education and social marketing campaigns across various domains, including health, safety, the environment, and financial literacy, to understand reach, message recall, attitude shifts, and behaviour change. Findings inform creative optimisation, media strategy and future campaign design.

Needs Assessments & Programme Design Studies

We conduct structured needs assessments to identify priority needs, service gaps and opportunities in target populations. These studies inform the design of new interventions, sharpen funding priorities and de‑risk programme design before significant resources are committed.

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Advisory

We build or refine monitoring and evaluation frameworks, indicators, and data systems so organisations can track performance over time, learn what works, and report credibly to boards, donors, and regulators. This includes Theory of Change development, indicator design and practical MEL guidance for teams.

ESG & Sustainability Perception Insight

We run focused studies on how employees, customers and communities perceive an organisation’s environmental and social performance. These insights support ESG risk management and reporting, ensuring sustainability narratives are grounded in stakeholder reality—without positioning ESG as the core of our practice.