# Research Tree

> Narrative intelligence, cultural insights, and predictive insights across social media, online news, and commentary. Research and strategy consulting since 2008.

## About
Research Tree is an independent narrative intelligence firm covering social media discussion, online news coverage, blogs, and online comment sources to deliver cultural insights and predictive insights to help organizations understand and act on the dynamic and evolving online stakeholder ecosystem.
- Research Tree brings deep experience to clients who need sophisticated intelligence without costly enterprise-scale pricing.
- Research Tree is committed to accessible, ethically grounded research work.
- Research Tree's work is oriented towards organizations that seek to understand and engage the world constructively by fostering mutual understanding and clear, constructive communication.

## Who We Serve
Research Tree works with brands, corporations, non-profits, think tanks, buying cooperatives — including pharmacist cooperatives, grocer cooperatives, and hardware cooperatives — and independent organizations of all sizes that need professional narrative and cultural research intelligence. Research Tree welcomes smaller organizations that are underserved by large, expensive research firms.

## Services
- Social media monitoring and listening
- Narrative intelligence and stakeholder analysis
- Brand & Reputation Research: Deep tracking of organizational perception across social channels, news media, forums, and blogs using nuanced cultural fluency.
- Crisis & Risk Awareness: Early warning detection of shifting sentiment, emerging signals, key opinion leader discourse, and friction to enable proactive, clarity-driven responses in rapidly evolving information environments.
- Communications & Market Strategy: Aligning external messaging, awareness, and strategy with emerging cultural conversations and audience aspirations.
- Cultural insights and trend research
- Audience Insight for Product & Services Development: Uncovering raw, unfiltered user needs, frustrations, and goals from spontaneous online discussions.
- Confidential Contracting and Subcontracting: Providing background analytics, research, and expertise quietly for PR, advertising, and strategy firms to support client projects.
- Predictive insights across social media and online news
- Strategy consulting and advisory services

## Why Research Tree
- Independent and boutique — no large agency overhead
- Over 15 years of experience in narrative and cultural intelligence
- Accessible pricing for organizations of all sizes
- Ethical practice — people and planet centered
- Serves clients traditional research firms overlook
- Confidential services when performing in a subcontracting capacity

## Key Topics and Expertise
Narrative intelligence, cultural intelligence, predictive insights, social media intelligence, media monitoring, competitor intelligence, stakeholder intelligence, crisis monitoring, defensive branding, brand risk, public discourse, analysis, trend research, cooperative organizations, non-profit strategy, cultural trends.

## Contact and More Information
https://research-tree.net