Salience+ About Us

Mental Availability Specialists

Salience+ helps brands modernise their strategy and brand tracking using the power of Category Entry Points. Together with their sister offering, Distinctive BAT, which specialises in Distinctive Brand Asset research, they bring extensive expertise in research and tracking across two critical areas of mental availability. It works with brands globally across all categories, helping leading organisations such as Spotify, Mars Food, Canva, Unilever, Lotus Bakeries, Wells Enterprises, and Nestlé, among others, improve their understanding and application of Category Entry Points.

Salience+ was founded by Matthew Ovington (LinkedIn) and Cathal Gillen (LinkedIn), who met while working together client-side. They saw the ability of Category Entry Points to help brands create more pointed marketing strategies, as well as a better approach to measuring brand health. Building on the great thinking from the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, and thought leadership from Jenni Romaniuk, they developed a custom methodology that allowed brands to pick apart their most important Category Entry Points.

Through a deep specialism, Salience+ provides its clients with the research tools, clarity and expertise to improve levels of Mental Availability.

Consumer-Centric Category Entry Point Analysis

At Salience+ (Salience Plus), we specialise in research and consultancy with ‘mental availability’ at its core. Building on the work of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, we’ve developed an objective method for identifying Category Entry Points (CEPs) and tracking brand salience within these over time.

Mental Availability

Category Entry Points Brand & Competitors CEP Funnels

Differentiation

Brand Imagery Brand Attitude Barriers To Purchase

Physical Availability

Barriers To Purchase Physical Availability Perception Scores

Consumer Profiling

Brand Buyer Profiling Category Light Buyer Profiling Indexes Non Brand Buyer Profiling

Custom Brand Funnel

Brand Health Synopsis (Custom to Brand & Customer)

Tracking Migration

We have direct, extensive experience migrating research projects from one provider to another; we understand it can be a daunting task and a decision not taken lightly. However, with most brand health trackers not fit for purpose, it’s a necessary undertaking.

Identify Your CEPs

Get in touch to find out how we can help you modernise and reimagine your brand health tracking. We can also provide insights that drive a more focused brand plan with targeted marketing activity through Category Entry Points.

Salience Plus Locations

Ireland

5 Harcourt Rd, Saint Kevin’s, Dublin 2, D02 FW64, Ireland

United Kingdom

The Smith, 145 London Rd, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 6SR, United Kingdom

United States

1178 Broadway, 3rd Floor #3263, New York, NY 10001, United States

Learn More About CEP Research

Contact us to discover how we can assist you and enhance your brand.

IDENTIFY PRIORITY CATEGORY ENTRY POINTS
BUILD A PROFILE OF KEY CEPS
MEASURE MENTAL AVAILABILITY IN CONTEXT