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Are you being understood the way you intend?

See what your company is expressing, what the world is hearing and where the two diverge.

What you intend

Connect Objectives, priority audiences, lead Messages, proof and desired associations.

What you express

See the Messages carried through campaigns, launches, executives, Product announcements and owned channels.

What the world understands

Compare media framing, audience sentiment, Message pull-through, search language, AI answers, questions and objections.

See the tradeoffs.

A Message can increase attention while reducing trust. It can work for one audience and confuse another. Shadow shows the whole response, including the effects you did not intend.

Intended · ObjectiveEstablish “first in production” with logistics buyers
Active
Expressed · Launch announcementLead Message on 3 channels, consistent wording
Aligned
Received · MediaRepeated by The Verge, reframed by Reuters as “early”
Reframed
Received · Audiencer/robotics asks for deployment proof
Objection
Unintended“Untested at scale” now attached to the claim
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How the Message is landingPull-through 2 of 3 outlets

Questions

  • What are we currently known for?

  • Did the audience receive the Message we intended?

  • Which Messages are being repeated or reframed?

  • How does Perception differ by audience?

  • Which unintended associations are appearing?

See your company from the outside.

Understand your Perception