SBP 095: AI-Powered Synthetic Market Research. With Peter Weinberg.

Welcome to another episode of the Sleeping Barber Podcast! Join Marc and Vassilis as they dive into the fascinating world of marketing strategy and innovation with a special guest, Peter Weinberg. AI is the biggest topic of the past two years. When you combine that with the science behind evidence-based marketing principles and the discipline of Market Research you get Evidenza. Our Guest: Peter Weinberg Co-Founder, Evidenza https://www.linkedin.com/in/weinbergpeter/ Enjoy the show! Follow our updates here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sleeping-barber/ Get in touch with our hosts: Marc Binkley: ⁠⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcbinkley/ Vassilis Douros: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/vassilisdouros/ TimeStamps 0:56 - Introduction to Peter Weinberg 1:59 - What is synthetic research? 3:45 - Three phases of Peter’s career 7:03 - Leading on cutting edge thinking & technology 9:30 - 5/95 Rule 10:50 - Segmenting the market for AI-based research 13:04 - Thinking about Category Entry Points for Evidenza 15:38 - How to create synthetic personas 17:58 - A word from our sponsor - Quatical 19:19 - The speed and flexibility advantage of Synthetic-research 22:00 - Augmenting traditional market research 23:35 - Building CFO ready marketing strategy 25:48 - Using AI to solve TAM, SAM and SOM 27:23 - Correcting for hallucinations 30:24 - Error in AI v. traditional surveys 32:01 - Improving accuracy of synthetic research 33:51 - The opportunity and limitations of synthetic research 35:42 - Product Market Fit for Evidenza 37:38 - AI can be used for much more than copywriting 39:03 - How a background in marketing influences business operations 43:29 - Most growth comes from new customers 45:25 - Opportunity to financialize marketing plans 46:57 - Why marketers need to learn financial language 47:58 - Learn more about Evidenza 48:37 - Post pod with V and Marc