Original research for B2B companies

Become the source your buyers quote.

We interview the exact people you sell to, then turn what they tell us into a complete research report, an abridged slide version and a press-ready kit. It takes about six weeks. Your buyers get evidence they can use, and you get their trust and the meetings that come with it.

30-minute call Reply within 2 business days Limited studies each quarter
Signal Index · Benchmark Illustrative sample
The Cloud Cost Accountability Benchmark
n = 25 VPs of Engineering · Confidential interviews
Fig. 04 — Biggest blocker to cost accountability
Spend not attributed to teams64%
Too many overlapping tools48%
No executive owner36%
Finance and engineering misaligned28%

“We cut three tools this year and I still can’t tell finance what a feature costs.”VP Engineering · Series C SaaS

15–25

Verified decision-makers per study, all in your buyer’s exact role

3 assets

Full report, abridged slides and a press-ready kit

4–6 wks

From kickoff to a finished study in market

3 calls

All we need from your team. We do everything else.

The problem

Content is free now. Trust isn’t.

AI can write a thousand blog posts before lunch. Your buyers know it, and they’ve stopped reading. What still gets through is evidence: numbers and candid answers from people in their own role, dealing with their own problems.

Opinion content
A Signal Index study
Where it comes from
Recycled stats and vendor opinion
15–25 people in your buyer’s exact role
What the buyer gets
Another pitch to filter out
A benchmark they can take to their boss
What sales does with it
Won’t send it to a real prospect
Opens every first conversation with it
How long it lasts
Forgotten by Friday
Quoted and reused for a year
Who owns it
Anyone can copy it
Data nobody else has. It’s yours.
What you get

One study. Three assets that sell.

You don’t get a spreadsheet and a good-luck email. Every engagement ships three finished assets, built on the same data and ready to use the day it launches.

01 / Flagship

The complete research report

The full study your buyers will save, forward and quote. Every finding, peer benchmark and verbatim quote, designed so a busy executive can get the point fast and go deeper when they want to.

  • Full findings
  • Gated or ungated
  • Designed in-house
02 / Executive cut

The abridged slide version

The headline findings in five to eight slides. Built for executives who won’t read the full report, and easy for your team to present on calls, in webinars and at roundtables.

  • 5–8 slides
  • Key findings
  • Ready to present
03 / Reach

The press-ready kit

A findings release, chart graphics and thought-leadership angles for your executives. Journalists want fresh data, and now you have some.

  • Press release
  • Chart graphics
  • Executive angles
One study also powers Keynotes & webinars Trade press coverage LinkedIn content Sales conversations Backlinks & search
Why it converts

Stop asking for 15 minutes. Give them a reason to reply.

Here is the same rep emailing the same prospect. The first email asks for something. The second gives the prospect something first.

01 · Trust

You help them do their job.

Executives use peer data to set budgets, justify investments and prepare for the board. If your report answers their hardest question, your brand becomes the one they trust.

02 · Reciprocity

Giving first opens doors.

Useful research with no hard sell is remembered. When it’s time to evaluate vendors, you’re already the expert in the room.

03 · Compounding

The asset keeps working.

Competitors’ blog posts disappear in a week. Your benchmark gets cited in press, quoted in podcasts and saved for the next RFP.

Try it

Sketch your study in twenty seconds.

Pick who you sell to and what keeps them up at night. We’ll show you the kind of study we’d build, then bring it to your scoping call.

1 · Who do you sell to?

2 · What are they wrestling with?

How it works

Kickoff to market in six weeks.

We run the whole thing: question design, recruiting, interviews, analysis, writing and design. You show up for three calls.

Week 1

Find the question

We pin down your buyer and the high-stakes question they’re debating behind closed doors.

Weeks 2–4

Talk to your buyers

We recruit 15–25 verified decision-makers with your buyer’s exact title and interview each one in confidence.

Weeks 4–5

Find the story

We isolate the surprising findings, calculate peer benchmarks and write and design the report.

Week 6

Launch it

You get the full report, the slide version and the press kit, ready to put into market.

Your team’s total commitment: three calls.

A 60-minute kickoff, a midpoint review of early findings, and a final sign-off. We handle everything in between.

See the full method →
Our one hard rule

The report never pitches your product. That’s exactly why it sells.

As soon as a report says the sponsor’s product is the answer, buyers file it as marketing and discount everything in it. It can’t be cited in a board meeting or forwarded to a peer, so it goes no further than the first reader.

When the research stays objective, buyers treat it as an industry reference. They read it, cite it and pass it on, and your brand gets the credit for understanding their world well enough to ask the right questions. That credit is what wins enterprise deals.

Read our eight research standards →

Questions

Before you book a call.

Something else on your mind? Email hello@signalindex.site

How do you find and verify participants?

We recruit only verified practitioners who hold the exact titles you sell to, such as enterprise CISOs, hospital CFOs or VPs of Supply Chain. Every participant is screened for company size and budget authority before they’re included. We never use consumer survey farms or generic panels.

Will our product be featured in the report?

No, and that’s deliberate. The report stays objective so buyers trust it and pass it around. Your brand owns the study and gets the credit for it, and that credibility is what opens doors.

How does our sales team actually use it?

Reps share the findings as a reason to talk. The abridged slide version works on calls and at roundtables, and individual findings make strong email and LinkedIn openers. They lead with something the prospect wants to see, instead of an unwanted pitch.

How long does it take?

Four to six weeks from kickoff to launch. That covers question design, recruiting, confidential interviews, analysis, writing, design and the press-ready kit.

How much of our team’s time does it need?

Three calls: a 60-minute kickoff to map your buyer and the question, a midpoint review of early findings, and a final sign-off. We do all the fieldwork, analysis, writing and design.

Who owns the research?

You do. The data and every asset built from it belong to your brand. It’s research no competitor can copy.

Now booking studies

Your buyers have a question nobody has answered yet.

Let’s find it. In 30 minutes we’ll map who you sell to, pin down the question they care about most, and outline the study that answers it.

We take on a limited number of studies each quarter to protect the quality of the research.