Officially, we use NetBase to provide social media reports to several clients. However, we are in the process of rolling it out to our entire organization to use as a market research tool (audience insights, affinities, etc), as well as a media planning tool. It’s a pretty standard practice to build a target profile using survey response data from Simmons. But when you’re trying to understand a group of PEOPLE, scientific data can only go so far. It’s missing natural, honest opinions expressed in real consumer language, and it’s limited by it’s very definition - if a question wasn’t asked, the data won’t provide the answer. NetBase enables us to humanize our Simmons target (or our media plan, or our measurement strategy, or our creative/content) with real-time, unsolicited conversations between people that express emotion, imply (or directly state) a preference, surface unexpected associations, and reveal new insight into people and culture. When you understand what your customers care about and the reasons behind their actions and attitudes you can translate these insights into hyper relevant strategic opportunities.