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What is Brand Tracking?

What is Brand Tracking?

What is brand tracking? Dr. Henk Pretorius, co-founder of Timelaps, explains that it helps companies understand whether their marketing is working and how they're performing against competitors, all based on real perceptions out in the market.

The key is the second half of the name: tracking. That means it needs to be continuous. Unfortunately, most brand tracking today happens just once or twice a year, only because continuous tracking hasn't been affordable for most companies. That's the problem Timelaps solves. Learn more at our website.

Henk spent 20+ years in market research and built and sold the largest digital research agency in Africa.

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Henk Pretorius

Co-founder

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Timelaps

Henk Pretorius is the co-founder of Timelaps. He has spent over 20 years in market research and holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Cape Town. Henk bootstrapped Columinate into the largest digital research agency in South Africa and sold it to Insites Consulting (now Human8), where he then served as Managing Partner at one of the world's leading consumer insights firms. Henk is also the author of Rational Defiance. He lives between South Africa and the United States with his wife and two daughters.

Henk Pretorius

Co-founder

,

Timelaps

Henk Pretorius is the co-founder of Timelaps. He has spent over 20 years in market research and holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Cape Town. Henk bootstrapped Columinate into the largest digital research agency in South Africa and sold it to Insites Consulting (now Human8), where he then served as Managing Partner at one of the world's leading consumer insights firms. Henk is also the author of Rational Defiance. He lives between South Africa and the United States with his wife and two daughters.

Henk Pretorius

Co-founder

,

Timelaps

Henk Pretorius is the co-founder of Timelaps. He has spent over 20 years in market research and holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Cape Town. Henk bootstrapped Columinate into the largest digital research agency in South Africa and sold it to Insites Consulting (now Human8), where he then served as Managing Partner at one of the world's leading consumer insights firms. Henk is also the author of Rational Defiance. He lives between South Africa and the United States with his wife and two daughters.

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Is your brand strategy working?

Let's find out together!

Timelaps is AI-native brand intelligence that helps B2C companies know if their brand marketing is working.

© Timelaps 2026, All rights reserved

Is your brand strategy working?

Let's find out together!

Timelaps is AI-native brand intelligence that helps B2C companies know if their brand marketing is working.

© Timelaps 2026, All rights reserved