Who wouldn’t like to have a crystal ball to see what the future will bring? When it comes to experiential marketing, taking a closer look at the latest consumer...
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Measuring Sales and Longtail Brands Pt. 1 (S1-E012-01)
Measuring sales means more than counting how many customers have bought x number of products this month. But that’s exactly how it used to be done; comparing figures with...
Mega vs. Micro-Influencers with Brad Wirz Pt. 2 (S1-E009-02)
In the previous blog, we discussed the role influencers play in experiential marketing campaigns, which type of influencer works best, and how that has changed over the years. In...
Mega vs. Micro-Influencers with Brad Wirz Pt. 1 (S1-E009-01)
We continue our discussion with Brad Wirz, cofounder of Encore Worldwide, about the rise of social media in event marketing. With a quantifiable social reach, mega and micro-influencers play...
Building A Marketing Strategy with Brad Wirz Pt. 1 (S1-E008-01)
With a great product and some exciting ideas for promotion, you’re unstoppable, right? We beg to differ. Successful event marketing and business building begin with having a marketing strategy....
How Consumer Survey Data Can Help Inform Sampling Strategy To Improve Program Impact
We are currently working on a nationwide sampling program that focuses on different liquors. Our recent round of reporting focused on one brand. We looked for differences in consumer...
What's in a Word? A Single Word Can Make or Break Your Campaign
What’s in a word? During my work on a recent PortMA project, the word “sustainable” came up a number of times. I have thought about the word ever since....
In Marketing Is There Such a Thing as too Much Data?
Is there such a thing as too much data? Generally speaking, no. The more results you have, the better, right? In an ideal world, we would be doing a...
How To Prove The Importance of Incorporating Research
Last week I delivered a recap for a popular consumer foods company. It was a pilot program that could potentially be much bigger in the future. My Client wanted...
Examining a Smaller Scope: Market Analysis for the Smaller Events
Typically, analysis for experiential marketing programs happens in one of two different ways, by overall date or by individual market. Overall is clearly an evaluation of all available data. Market Analysis looks...