The odds are against you.

Sooth changes them with Predictive Intelligence.

Most marketing still learns by spending — on ads no one sees, messages that miss and data you can't trust. Sooth's Emotional Logic Interface (ELI) predicts how your customers will respond before you spend, so your marketing works from Day 1.

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"Sooth's human-centered approach to prediction is helping marketers finally see what's next"
Adweek,  Nov 2025

Predictive Intelligence.

Everyone else learns by spending.‍
‍Sooth predicts first.

Strategy assumes. Research asks. Testing pays and waits. Programmatic spends while it learns. Sooth predicts what your customers will choose and why — from what real people do — so you skip the costly learning curve.

Competitive Analysis
The full picture
Understand the decision-level signals driving customers toward competitors. Counter with precision, not guesswork.
Campaign Strategy
You decide earlier
Predict how people will react to avoid wasting time and money on testing and research.
Budget Optimization
Less wasted spend
Identify the spend that isn’t working and redirect it to channels and messages with verified emotional alignment.
Prospecting Growth
New audiences
Map the emotional and situational drivers to find growth competitors can’t see.
300M+
real people studied, not guessed at
100M+
real-world signals of what people do
91%
accuracy in predicting choices

Our Emotional Logic Interface.

Surveys ask people what they think. ELI reads what 300M+ people actually do — and predicts what they will do next. Nothing is made up. Every finding comes from verified behavior.

Patent-pending
91% accurate
Zero data hallucinations

The 10 things that drive brand decisions

Every choice in your market comes back to one of these 10. We tell you which ones matter most, in order.

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Care
2
Well-being
3
Security
4
Expression
5
Belonging
6
Purpose
7
Confidence
8
Thrill
9
Achievement
10
Freedom

Source: Sooth proprietary data; “The New Science of Customer Emotions,” Harvard Business Review

Two steps from insight to action.

Most platforms optimize after your money is already spent. Sooth starts earlier. EmotionalOS finds the people who will act and maps how they decide — the DecisionArc. ActivationOS puts that map to work across everything you do.

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EmotionalOS™

We group people by what they feel and find the audiences that drive results, ranked by what motivates them.

Precision Profiles
Groups based on what people do
New audiences
What drives each group, in order
Audience Emotional Blueprint
People lookalike models miss
Signal Portrait
A map of what drives your market
The result
DecisionArc™

A map of how each audience decides. We turn 100M+ signals into 75,000 decision points, ranked by strength — including which messages to lead with and which to drop.

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ActivationOS™

Every marketing decision starts with a prediction — not trial and error.

Messaging Architecture
What to say, in what order
ELI Briefs™
Campaign and tactical briefs
SoothScore™
Creative scoring
MediaLine Heatmaps
Where and when media works
WIP Optimization
Sharpen work in progress
RISE™
Signal waste elimination
SoothTracker™
Competitive intel
Lossless Studios™
Creative powered by ELI
Fractional CMO
Senior leadership, on call
Implementation
We put it to work

Before, during and after you spend.

Most tools show up after launch, once the money is spent. Sooth works at every stage, so you never learn on your own budget.

Pre-investment

Plan with the answer in hand.

  • Find the audiences most likely to act
  • Pick the messages to lead with — and the ones to drop
  • Score creative before you make it (SoothScore™)
  • Set your media mix before you spend

Mid-investment

Keep every dollar working.

  • Cut wasted impressions and signals (RISE™)
  • See competitor moves as they happen (SoothTracker™)
  • Move budget to what is working
  • Refresh signals as your market shifts

Post-investment

Make the next plan smarter.

  • See what drove results — and why
  • Carry what you learned into the next plan
  • Sharpen work in progress for the next round
  • Show the board where every dollar went
Industries we serve
Finance & Insurance
Consumer & Retail
Healthcare & Pharma
Technology & SaaS
Media & Entertainment
‍Travel & Hospitality

Trusted by brands and causes that move people.

“Partnering with Sooth is like counting cards at the casino… an unfair competitive advantage.”

Steve Hershberger · CEO, Legacy Maker Farms

Your Signal Snapshot. Free, on us.

A short report on what drives choices in your market — and where your best chance to grow is.

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What you’ll see
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The feelings that drive choices in your market
2
The practical needs and moments around them
3
Where your best chance to grow is

Our mission: Help every brand understand what people will do next and why — so their marketing works more effectively.

Sooth brings together behavioral science, social science, data and strategy.

Ian Baer

Founder & CEO
Developed the Sooth Method and built ELI.
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David Jenkins

Principal & Managing Partner
Grows the business and its partnerships.
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Melissa McGuire

Head of Communications
Makes our findings clear and easy to understand.
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Justin M. Shames

Strategy Director
Turns data into clear next steps.
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