A research panel consists of a group of people selected to take part in your study. Typically, panel groups represent a sample of your target population. Panel research studies are...
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Psychographic Targeting in Event Marketing – PortMA Example
A few summers ago, the PortMA team measured a mobile tour promoting dog treats. Oftentimes, we talk about target consumers in terms of a demographic profile. However, the goal...
Industry Trends: Event ROI Measurement 2013 vs 2014
I recently spoke with an executive team at an event marketing agency about how to measure events. We’re preparing for a conference at which PortMA was hired to provide a workshop...
A Couple of Thoughts on Dashboards
This year I have had a couple of clients implement dashboards into their programs. Dashboards are amazing! They can be expensive, but when you think about the time they...
Setting Up For Success: Creating Professional Goals that Matter
I recently came across the following quote by Aristotle and I was struck by the timelessness of his wisdom. “First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an...
Time is a Factor in Event Marketing
We’re in the midst of recapping a national event marketing campaign for a spirits brand. The measurement strategy is fairly standard: increase brand awareness, reach the target consumer, generate...
The Weighting is the Hardest Part: How to Make Sure Your Event Sampling is Accurately Measured
Recently, we wrote a recap report at the mid-point of a program. One of the things we noticed was that the survey responses were significantly disproportionate to the engagements...
Quality Versus Quantity in Event Marketing
I recently reviewed two recap reports in two very different industries. Each had a quality versus quantity issue related to event marketing. And this painted a rich story of...
What Venue Type is Best for your Sampling Program?
We’ve had the pleasure of working on several well-executed, high-impact sampling programs for a couple of national food brands (if I were allowed to name drop, I bet you...
Ensuring Data Integrity (Part 1)
Panel research is a wonderful asset to event marketing. It can give you a baseline for your research, or help you to establish what aspects of a project you...