The problem
Why great comms are harder than ever
Customers are avoiding unwelcome news, trust in organisations has eroded, and AI is flooding every inbox. A comm that’s merely ‘good enough’ risks being ignored or misread, adding calls and damaging your brand.
Our answer
Comms tested with the customers who’ll receive them
We don’t rely on best practice alone. We mock up your emails, letters and texts, send different versions to carefully matched customers, and see how they really react: whether they’d even open it, what they take away, and how they’d feel. Then we give you a clear framework for optimising every comm, plus a tone of voice guide for the future.
What’s changed
Four forces working against your comms
Cost of living
The cost-of-living crisis has become an embedded new normal. Customers go to real lengths to avoid unwelcome comms like bills and overdue notices, and it’s easier than ever for the wrong word or phrase to trigger anxiety.
Eroded trust
Trust in many organisations, from utility companies to banks, has eroded. That means less patience with jargon, and more scepticism and cynicism, especially around price rises and unwelcome news.
AI-driven volume
AI is letting companies of every kind bombard consumers, raising the bar for what it takes to earn attention, and making people more alert to anything that reads like corporate boilerplate or a scam.
Scarce attention
Attention is the twenty-first century’s most valuable resource; no organisation can take it for granted.
Put together, this means more chance of comms misfiring, adding cost and damaging brand reputation. Great (not just ‘good enough’) comms are essential.
The benefits
What our Customer Comms Research Programme delivers
How it works
Theory will only get you halfway to great comms. Testing guarantees it.
We use research to ensure your customer comms abide by our seven key rules.
- 01Never take customers’ attention for granted
- 02Use the right frame, so crucial updates aren’t read as a sales pitch
- 03Start from where the customer is, not from where the organisation is
- 04Stay relentlessly focused on one CTA or takeaway
- 05Recognise there’s no average reader and optimise for this
- 06Account for when, where and how people really read your comms
- 07Reassure vulnerable customers, so they engage rather than avoid

