Waldo

Waldo is a sophisticated AI-powered research assistant specifically engineered for the demanding needs of marketing agencies and brand strategists. It serves as a centralized platform to automate and accelerate the entire research process, from initial discovery to final presentation. By eliminating the need for complex prompting and manual data aggregation, Waldo allows teams to focus on higher-value strategic thinking. The platform integrates data from a wide array of real-time sources, including social media conversations, digital ad libraries, and other premium data providers, to deliver comprehensive and up-to-the-minute market intelligence. It is designed with privacy at its core, ensuring all client and project data remains confidential and is never used to train AI models.

How to use Waldo

Using Waldo is an intuitive process designed to fit seamlessly into an agency's existing workflow. Here’s a typical user journey:

1. Sign Up & Onboarding: Users can easily create an account using Google, Microsoft, Okta, or a standard email signup. Every subscription includes live onboarding and training sessions to get the team up to speed quickly.
2. Define Your Research Project: Start by selecting a pre-built, expert-crafted workflow like a “Four C’s” analysis or a “Get Smart” brief, or build a custom workflow from scratch using the no-code editor to match your team's specific methodology.
3. Set Research Parameters: Specify the brand, competitors, or market vertical you want to investigate. You can narrow the focus by selecting specific geographic regions, languages, or top-level domains (TLDs) for regional market analysis.
4. Select Data Sources: Choose from a variety of integrated sources, including real-time social media, ad libraries, and premium data. You can also upload your own files or integrate with pay-walled data providers.
5. Run the Analysis: With a single click, Waldo's AI begins its work, running multiple queries in parallel to gather, synthesize, and analyze information, delivering actionable insights in minutes.
6. Collaborate and Refine: The platform features a collaborative workspace where team members can highlight key findings, leave comments, and work together in real-time to refine the narrative.
7. Export and Present: Once the research is complete, export the findings effortlessly into professional-looking documents, including PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Google Docs, or Google Slides, ready for client presentation.

Core Features of Waldo

• Automated Strategic Workflows: Access pre-built research frameworks designed by top strategists or create your own custom, no-code automations.
• Differentiated Data Integration: Pulls insights from real-time social media, competitor ad libraries, premium data providers, and user-uploaded files.
• Regional Market Research: Conduct research in multiple languages and filter by specific geographic areas or TLDs to understand local contexts.
• Full Transparency and Citations: Meticulously cites all data sources, providing full transparency into publishers and publication dates for verifiable insights.
• Live Collaboration Tools: Enables teams to work together within the platform, highlight key data points, and align on strategic direction.
• Scheduled & Recurring Research: Automate reports to run on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis to keep track of trends and competitive movements.
• Unlimited Seats: All plans include unlimited seats, encouraging full team participation and knowledge sharing without extra cost.
• Enterprise-Grade Privacy: All research is confidential to your organization, and no user inputs are ever used for AI model training.

Use Cases for Waldo

Waldo is versatile and can be applied to numerous strategic tasks within an agency or brand team:

• Rapid Pitch Preparation: Quickly get up to speed on a new client's industry, competitors, and audience to build a compelling, data-backed pitch in minutes instead of hours.
• In-Depth Brand Strategy: Conduct comprehensive brand audits, SWOT analyses, and positioning studies using structured workflows.
• Competitive Intelligence: Monitor competitor activities, ad campaigns, social media strategies, and market positioning on an ongoing basis.
• Audience Segmentation and Insights: Uncover deep insights about target audiences, including their behaviors, preferences, and pain points, to inform creative and media strategies.
• Content Strategy Development: Identify trending topics, content gaps, and engagement drivers within a specific vertical to create more effective content.

Advantages of Waldo

Waldo offers a significant competitive edge by transforming the research process. Key advantages include a massive boost in efficiency, with users reporting savings of 10-15 hours per week on reporting tasks. The platform provides access to deeper, more differentiated insights than traditional manual research. Its collaborative nature, with unlimited seats, fosters better team alignment and higher-quality ideas. Furthermore, the ability to customize workflows ensures the tool adapts to your team's unique processes, not the other way around. Finally, dedicated support from former agency strategists provides expert guidance to maximize the platform's value.

Pricing and Plans

Waldo offers a tiered pricing structure to suit different team sizes and needs:

• Free Trial: $0/month. Includes access to 3 example brands, unlimited collaborators, and 100 exploratory credits for testing purposes.
• Essential: $999/month (billed annually). Designed for smaller teams, this plan includes 5 active brands, 1,000 exploratory credits per month, access to social media and ad library data, data privacy, and live support.
• Pro: $2,499/month (billed annually). For growing teams, this includes 15 active brands, 10,000 exploratory credits per month, customized workflows, priority support, and team workshops.
• Enterprise: Custom pricing. For large organizations with extensive needs, this plan includes a minimum of 50 brands, all Pro features, plus custom integrations, a custom MSA, SSO, and API access.