Welcome to Colourtext

Profound consumer insights have a daring simplicity. They invade our thoughts quickly and stay there longer.

Everything else is just data.

What We Do

Colourtext delivers consumer insight and audience research projects that help companies create a vision of their customer that is arresting, often beautiful and above all, true.

Our aim is to combine a deep technical knowledge of research methodologies, survey design and data analysis with a distinctive storytelling and visual aesthetic that lights a fire in people’s minds and brings insights to life.

Technology and innovation are important to us. We develop advanced segmentation, natural language and data analytics tools that are applied across a wide range of data types, including 1st party, CRM, social media and panel surveys. We are problem-solvers by nature, which drives our approach to innovation.

Quant Semiotics

Quant Semiotics mines insights from massive amounts of web and social content that no human lifetime will be long enough (or dull enough) to read though. When the word-count gets really big, words stop behaving like words and we have to begin treating them like numbers. This is when Quant Semiotics comes into its own, hence the name.

FECI Segmentation

FECI Segmentation and the Fan Map is a powerful way to explain any market by segmenting consumers into Fans, Enthusiasts, Casuals and Indifferents (hence the FECI acronym). Originally developed in 2003 for the music and media industry FECI Segmentation and the Fan Map underpins the world’s biggest and longest running market segmentation of music fans.

Who We Work With
Amnesty logo
Bauer
Sony Music logo
Netquest logo
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Adalyser logo
Twitter logo
Innocent Drinks logo
Nuchido Time+
RadioCentre logo
Kantar logo
Advertising Effectiveness

Colourtext specialises in advertising research across all media platforms, in particular TV, radio and digital. We build global-scale advertising tracking studies, brand tracker projects and innovative web attribution methodologies.

Music & Audio

We have a long heritage in music & audio research that covers everything from FM radio to the latest music streaming platforms and sonic brand testing. Colourtext knows how to connect your brand with music fans.

Generation X

Some believe Generation X will be regarded as the greatest generation of all time - we think it's certainly the coolest. Learn more about a pivotal generation that is far more influential on both sides of the Atlantic than its relative demographic size would suggest.

Market Segmentation

Market segmentation is a super power. Colourtext uses it to create vivid customer personas and market narratives that people intuitvely recognise and believe. We can build the best segmentation for your target audience and open up new customer groups for your brand.

Data Analytics

Colourtext are experts in data analytics . We collect , analyse and dashboard huge volumes of data from a range of sources including social media, CRM, market research and 1st party behavioural data. We specialise in the use of the Microsoft Power BI platform and associated DAX and M Power Query languages.

About us

Based in the famous English Lake District, Colourtext is a leader in the design and delivery of global-scale market segmentation, advertising research and data analytics projects. The company was founded in 2008 by Jason Brownlee, who has a corporate and start-up background in the media, market research and biotech sectors.

Mark Uttley
Group Strategy Director, AKQA, San Francisco, US

"Colourtext always take a fresh approach to discovering hidden patterns in data. Whether you want to conduct segmentation or mine your CRM for deep insights, they will help you see your customers , and what they are seeing , in new ways."

Joaquim Bretcha
International Director of Netquest and President of ESOMAR, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

"Colourtext and Netquest have partnered on different occasions to showcase the power of the digital behavioural data extracted from Netquest’s consumer panel. Colourtext has not only the expertise of dealing with big datasets but also has brilliant creativity to make the most sense out of them. Working with Colourtext is a rich, agreeable and easy going experience"

Mark Barber MBE
Planning Director, RadioCentre, London, UK

"More than a decade of success for Radiog auge across the world is a testament to Colourtext’s experience and perseverance. There are many obstacles to creating a global currency for measuring radio advertising effectiveness - Colourtext has managed to tackle all of them."

"It’s rare to find research companies that really understand the unique radio / listener relationship and what makes radio advertising work. With experience of researching the medium on both sides of the fence, Colourtext is one of those rare companies."

Simone Lawrence
Director of Insights, Canadian Broadcast Sales, Toronto, Canada

Colourtext has an agile approach to research that ensures a successful outcome to every challenge CBS gives them. The depth of experience and understanding the Colourtext team brings to each study demonstrates their value in the audio space. We have a very positive nine year working relationship behind us that has created significant value for CBS and our clients. We remain committed to working with Colourtext in the coming years.

Jon Puleston
Vice President of Innovation, Kantar Profiles, London, UK

It's rare to find a partner with the mix of analytical, technological and creative skills offered by Colourtext. Jason and his team seem to roam around freely in data, find the stories that matter and bring a distinctive aesthetic vision to the presentation of information.