Life360: Unlocking Global Growth

Life360: Unlocking Global Growth

Life360 offers location-based services that enable family members and friends to share their location, as well as track pets or valuable items via their Tile trackers’. The service offers tiered plans, including free plans as an entry into the platform and premium plans which offer advanced features and customisation. Life360 is available to consumers worldwide with Canada, Australia, and the UK, holding significant potential for growth.

The Business Problem

Life360 sought insight into several  international markets by identifying opportunities to inform and optimise future product and brand marketing. The need was to understand the triggers, drivers and barriers to location-based service adoption, perceptions of the Life360 brand as well as, unlock opportunities for future product development.

 

Research Objectives

Life360 wanted to understand; 

  • Overall perceptions of location-based sharing services and the level of knowledge in the market
  • Barriers to adopting location-based services at a technological and emotional level and in terms of location-based service functionality
  • Triggers and drivers to adoption, choice of provider/ service, and the role of decision-makers (parents vs. kids/teens)
  • The use of location services, including the benefits, pain points, and potential areas for improvement
  • Future product optimisation to drive acquisition as well as loyalty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Insights Exchange Approach

A 2-stage Qualitative approach was conducted via:

  • Digital Diary
  • Online Community 

 

The first phase involved a 7-day digital diary exercise conducted in each market. Parents documented key moments throughout the week, providing real-time feedback on times when children were out of the home without them. This exercise captured significant events and emotions, including fear, celebration, and peace of mind.

The second phase involved a 10-day online community with parents of children at different life stages across three markets: Australia, the UK, and Canada. These communities were run simultaneously, allowing our researchers to gain valuable insights into perceptions of the category, as well as the triggers, drivers, and ideal features and functionality.

 

Insights We Delivered

  • Comprehensive view of consumer behaviour, needs and preferences
  • Opportunities for driving greater growth by converting users from a free to a paid membership plan
  • Unique customer acquisition opportunities in each market 
  • Potential areas for future functionality development and optimisation
  • Synthesised insights across the markets to efficiently enhance marketing efforts whilst also highlighting important market nuances

"Insights Exchange executed this research project seamlessly. Using the online communities allowed us to conduct this three-market research really efficiently and without the need to organise traditional in-person focus groups, which was a game-changer for us. We received clear, actionable insights that helped us tweak our approach for each market, and we now have a much better understanding of what our customers want and need. Thank you very much - big kudos to the team on a very insightful piece of research!!”

William Lockie – Director of International Marketing at Life360