Persuade

Science Story™


Where your research meets creative. The story your brand should tell with its science.

What It Is

By the time we get to Science Story™, the research is done and the claims are written. Now the creative work starts. A Science Story™ is a campaign idea built from your science: a headline, a story told in your brand’s voice, and the claims that hold it up.

It isn’t a script, and it isn’t an ad that goes live. It’s the story your brand should tell with its science, the idea your ads, product pages, creators and sales teams all take their cue from.

Where research meets creative

This is where the science starts to sound like your brand. Less lab, more campaign. Everything still rests on the claims, so it stays approvable.

A campaign you can picture

Read one and you can see the commercial, the product page and the creator’s post. It gives every team and agency the same idea to build from.

Tested before you spend

Real consumers tell you which story, which headline and which claims move them. You launch an idea that’s been proven, not one somebody guessed at.


How It Works

How a Science Story™ comes together.

The claims matter, but less than you’d think at this point. This stage is ideation: finding the angle that makes your science feel new, and writing it like a campaign.

01Start from the science

The claims and angles from Science Intelligence™. The raw material, not the answer.

02Find the angles

Our strategists and creatives look for the ideas in it. Each concept is built around a different part of your formula, for a different shopper.

03Write three concepts

Each one gets a headline, a full Science Story™ in your brand’s voice, and the claims that hold it up.

04Test with consumers

We find out which concept, which headline and which claims move people, and which don’t.

05Lock the winner

One story, sharpened with your feedback and the results, ready to brief from.


What It Looks Like

Three concepts. One formula.

Every project ends up with three concepts, each built around a different part of what the science found. Same product, same evidence, three very different stories. Here’s what that looks like for a sleep supplement.

Three concepts. Click each one to read it.

Built aroundMagnesium glycinate, and how well it’s absorbed
Who it’s forPeople who already take magnesium and don’t feel a difference
ToneKnowing, on the shopper’s side
The claims behind it
  • Not every form of magnesium is absorbed the same way.
  • In studies, glycinate was absorbed 2.7× better than oxide at the same dose.
  • Supports muscle relaxation and a calm wind-down.*
Headline

It’s not how much magnesium. It’s how much gets in.

Science Story™

It’s 10:40. You took your magnesium an hour ago, just like the bottle said. You’re still awake, and you’re starting to wonder if it does anything at all.

Here’s what the bottle never mentions. The milligrams on the label tell you how much magnesium is in the capsule. They don’t tell you how much of it your body takes in. And not every form of magnesium is absorbed the same way.

Most magnesium on the shelf is magnesium oxide. Lullwell is built on magnesium glycinate, a form that in studies was absorbed 2.7 times better than oxide at the same dose. More of what you take, actually put to work, supporting relaxed muscles and a calm wind-down.*

Same milligrams. Not the same magnesium. Lullwell™ Magnesium Night.

1 of 3

Illustrative · Lullwell™ is a fictional product · *Structure/function statements


Consumer Testing

Three concepts go in. Consumers pick one.

We put all three concepts in front of real shoppers through our research partner, Persuadable Research. Each story is judged on its own first, then claim by claim, then against the others.

Step 1The right people~100 per story

A national online sample, screened to the shopper you sell to. Each person sees one concept only, so nothing is judged against the others yet.

Step 2The story aloneHeadline + Science Story

No claims yet. Purchase intent, how new and different it feels, how believable it is, and how well the headline grabs attention. Then they highlight the words they like and the words they don’t.

Step 3Every claim, one by oneClaim by claim

Each claim is rated on two things: do they believe it, and would it change whether they buy. That is how the lead claim gets picked.

Step 4Head to headAll three stories

Everything together, side by side. Which one would most get them to buy, and why, read across age, gender and the brands they use today.

What comes backIllustrative · fictional product, invented scores
Consumers’ pickConcept AIt’s not how much magnesium. It’s how much gets in.
Purchase intent74%
Believability79%
Picked head to head46%
Concept BYour body’s tired. Your mind didn’t get the memo.
Purchase intent58%
Believability71%
Picked head to head31%
Concept CWind down the way nature does.
Purchase intent55%
Believability66%
Picked head to head23%

Purchase intent is the main read. With about 100 people per story, a gap of roughly 14 points is what it takes to call a real winner, so we tell you when a lead is a lead and when it is a tie. You also get the line-by-line heat map, every claim ranked by believability and purchase impact, the groups each story wins with, and a recommendation: which story, which headline, and which claim to lead with.


After The Test

The winner, locked and ready to brief.

The winning concept comes back sharpened with your feedback and what consumers told us. One Science Story™, the claims it uses, and how each one has to run. It’s what every team and partner works from.

The approved Science Story™

It’s not how much magnesium. It’s how much gets in.

It’s 10:40. You took your magnesium an hour ago, just like the bottle said. You’re still awake, and you’re starting to wonder if it does anything at all.

Here’s what the bottle never mentions. The milligrams on the label tell you how much magnesium is in the capsule. They don’t tell you how much of it your body actually takes in. And not every form of magnesium is absorbed the same way.

Most magnesium on the shelf is magnesium oxide. Lullwell is built on magnesium glycinate, a form that in studies was absorbed 2.7 times better than oxide at the same dose. So more of what you take gets put to work, supporting relaxed muscles and a calm wind-down.*

Two capsules, thirty minutes before bed. No dyes, no fillers, nothing it doesn’t need.

Same milligrams. Not the same magnesium. Lullwell™ Magnesium Night.

The claims behind itHow each one has to run
The milligrams on the label don’t tell you how much you absorb.About the category. Never names a competitor.
Not every form of magnesium is absorbed the same way.Credited to the published research, not to a test of this product.
In studies, glycinate was absorbed 2.7× better than oxide at the same dose.“At the same dose” always stays with it.
Supports muscle relaxation and a calm wind-down.Structure/function, with the FDA disclaimer.

Illustrative · Lullwell™ is a fictional product


Bringing It To Life

Then it goes to work.

Once the story is locked, we’d love to meet your brand team and partners to talk through how it comes to life. A good Science Story™ refreshes the whole brand and gives everyone something new to say, instead of the same lines on repeat.

Advertising and videoProduct pages and AmazonMechanism-of-action one-pagersInfluencer and creator briefsYour brand story and websiteRetailer and sales decksPackagingPharmacist and HCP materials

When you’re ready to make it, Science Studio™ can help.

What You Get

Three concepts built on your science

A headline, a full Science Story™ and the claims behind each one, in your brand’s voice.

Consumer testing results

Which concept, which headline and which claims moved people, and who they moved.

One locked Science Story™

Sharpened with your feedback and the results, with every claim it uses, ready to brief your teams and partners.


FAQ

Common questions

What is a Science Story™?

A campaign idea built from your science: a headline, a story told in your brand’s voice, and the claims that hold it up. It’s the story your brand should tell with its science.

Is it a script, or an ad?

Neither. It reads a little like one, but it isn’t meant to go live as written. It’s the idea your advertising, product pages, creators and sales teams take their cue from.

Where does it come from?

The research and claims from Science Intelligence™. That’s what keeps it approvable. The creative work is finding the angle that makes the science feel new.

How do you know it will work?

We write three concepts and test them with real consumers before you commit. You see which one wins, which headline and claims carry it, and who it works best with.

What happens after?

We’d love to meet your brand team and partners to talk through how it comes to life. If you want us to make it, Science Studio™ can.


What's your Science Story™?

Every consumer health brand has a compelling Science Story™ waiting to be told.

Let's Find It