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NRG Energy + UserTesting

See how NRG Home and Reliant used human insight to refine their company mascot and revise ad campaigns before publishing them

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  • 19%
    Higher performance of the Agent Hugo ad than the ad from Reliant’s competition
  • Key insights discovered for Reliant’s marketing and advertising programs
  • Refinement of the Hugo mascot, who customers and the public now associate with Reliant
I'll actually never forget the first time I was able to participate in a customer interview with UserTesting. It really illuminated what customers feel, what their needs are, what their pain points are.
Elizabeth Killinger - President, Reliant and NRG Home
Elizabeth Killinger President, Reliant and NRG Home
Analyzing human Insight helps us understand what's important to our customers and what resonates with them in our advertising and marketing materials.
Suzie Dieth - Chief Experience Officer, NRG Home
Suzie Dieth Chief Experience Officer, NRG Home
Testing often and testing early with UserTesting helps us avoid big and costly mistakes.
Karen Harvie - Director, Consumer Insights, NRG Home
Karen Harvie Director of Consumer Insights, NRG Home
Our work with UserTesting gives a voice to the consumer so that people can hear directly from them what they are saying about the ad or the product or service. Oftentimes in meetings, people cite video clips from a year or two earlier where they still remember what people said.
Pam Roper - Senior Manager, Consumer Insights at NRG Home
Pam Roper Senior Manager, Consumer Insights at NRG Home