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innovation intelligence inspiration SPA Future Thinking conducted research to identify key brand influencers, known as Connectors, across a range of categories including automotive, financial services, mobile handsets and retail in September 2014. If you would like to find out more about identifying your fmcg brand Connectors please contact a member of our FMCG team. E: [email protected] T: +44(0)20 7843 9777 Data courtesy of SPA Future Thinking www.spafuturethinking.com CONNECT WITH THE CORE AUDIENCE OF INFLUENCERS WHO REALLY MATTER We’ve identified and researched 4,981 taste setters Let us tell you a bit about them... Taste Setters create the initial momentum that builds sales of new product launches Taste Setters are important in the food and drink industry because they are... buy a new food or drink product 2.5 times more likely to recommend a new food or drink product 8 times more likely to 5 times more likely to rate products online 3 times more likely to use Twitter 20% more likely to use facebook Spend 5.7 hrs on social media each in a typical week 25% longer than non-taste setters 3 times more likely to look for product ratings or reviews 4 times more likely to take part in online discussions 5 times more likely to add comments to a website 6 times more likely to agree online blogs strongly influence their opinions Taste Setters are highly engaged with social media They love technology... 7 times more likely to think it’s important to have the latest mobile handset 8 times more likely to agree they love buying new gadgets and appliances 4 times more likely to agree that having internet access on the move is very important 6 times more likely to be asked for advice on technology They aren’t geeks though! Go to the gym Be health conscious Play sport Taste Setters are more likely than non-taste setters to... Go clubbing Brands and advertising are key influencers for them They are 3 times more likely to consider themselves risk-takers and workaholics 3 times more likely to notice products or brands they have seen advertised 6 times more likely to agree that advertising strongly influences the brands they buy 5 times more likely to pay much more attention to adverts on websites they trust 13 times more likely to buy new products before their friends Taste Setters are key influencers for your brand. Do you know what they are saying about it? They represent around 25% of the UK adult population

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innovation intelligence inspiration

SPA Future Thinking conducted research to identify key brand influencers, known as Connectors, across a range of categories including automotive, financial services, mobile handsets and retail in September 2014.

If you would like to find out more about identifying your fmcg brand Connectors please contact a member of our FMCG team.

E: [email protected] T: +44(0)20 7843 9777

Data courtesy of SPA Future Thinking

www.spafuturethinking.com

CONNECT WITH THE CORE AUDIENCE OF INFLUENCERS WHO REALLY MATTER

We’ve identifiedand researched

4,981 taste setters Let us tell you a bit

about them...

Taste Setters create the initial momentum that builds sales of new product

launches

Taste Setters are important in

the food and drink industry because

they are...

buy a new food or drink product

2.5 times more

likely to

recommend a new food or drink product

8 times more

likely to

5 times more likely to rate

productsonline

3 times more likely to use

Twitter

20% more likely to use

facebook

Spend 5.7 hrs on social media each in a typical week

25% longer than non-taste setters

3 times more likely to look for product ratings

or reviews

4 times more likely to take part in online discussions5 times more

likely to add comments to a

website

6 times more likely to agree online blogs strongly influence their

opinions

Taste Setters are highly

engaged with social media

They love technology...

7 times more likely to think it’s important to

have the latest mobile handset

8 times more likely to agree

they love buying new gadgets and

appliances

4 times more likely to agree that

having internet access on the move is very

important

6 times more likely to be asked

for advice on technology

They aren’t geeks though!

Go to the gym

Be health conscious

Play sport

Taste Setters are more likely than non-taste

setters to...

Go clubbing

Brands and advertising are key influencers

for them

They are 3 times more

likely to consider themselves

risk-takers and workaholics

3 times more likely to

notice products or brands they

have seen advertised

6 times more likely to agree

that advertising strongly influences

the brands they buy 5 times more likely

to pay much more attention to adverts on websites they

trust

13 times more likely to buy new products before

their friends

Taste Setters are key influencers for

your brand. Do you know what

they are saying about it?

They represent around 25% of the UK adult population