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Why Does Traditional Brand Tracking Fail?

Why Does Traditional Brand Tracking Fail?

Why does traditional brand tracking fail? Because it was built for a completely different era, says Dr. Henk Pretorius, co-founder of Timelaps.

It was built when the only way to track a brand was through slow, expensive agencies. You waited months for reports. There was no way to speed up the process, and it was only accessible to enterprise brands. Timelaps fits this moment because the technology has finally caught up. It delivers far more efficiently and uses AI not just to speed up the process but to help people understand the insights, like having an analyst built in. Traditional brand tracking, as powerful as it was for its era, isn't the way forward. Timelaps is the bridge into the future. Learn more on 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