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We respond from hello@elevatedsignal.com within one business day during US Pacific business hours. The first response is a short discovery call (30 minutes) where we confirm the scope of the question, the competitors or markets in play, the data sources that will reasonably answer it, and the format that fits your team's workflow.

After the call, you receive a written proposal with three things: the exact deliverable, the price, and the calendar timeline. The price is fixed before any work begins. There is no hourly billing, no scope creep, no surprise invoices. If the question turns out to be larger than the proposal scope, we tell you up front and either expand the scope with your approval or deliver what was scoped first and discuss the next phase separately.

Common first-engagement scopes

• Quick Scan ($500-$1,000, 2-4 hours) for a focused brand-sentiment or competitor-positioning question
• Standard Report ($2K-$5K, 1-2 days) for a multi-competitor analysis or market trend deep-dive
• In-Depth Report ($5K-$15K, 3-5 days) combining SEC filings, USPTO patent activity, hiring signals, and consumer-discussion analysis into a single strategic brief
• Custom Research for M&A due diligence, market entry, or product-market fit validation

If you would rather start by reading our work, every commissioned report category is documented at our reports page and we publish original research at our insights index covering competitive intelligence consulting costs, brand reputation monitoring tools, win/loss analysis methodology, and competitive pricing analysis frameworks. The published material is the same depth as the commissioned work.

Confidentiality from the first email

Every engagement is covered by a mutual non-disclosure agreement before any sensitive material changes hands. Commissioned reports are exclusive to the client. We never share, resell, or repackage the work. The data infrastructure that produces the reports is 100% US-based with no offshore subcontractors.