We’re gearing up to launch an experiential research project on a spirits brand for which we’ve researched for the past couple of years. One of the areas we emphasize...
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Using Event Marketing Field Reports to Develop Actionable Insights
We just finished reviewing a recap report internally that will go to our agency client, and then the brand team, in the next couple of days. We really dug...
Making the Stretch With Survey Data Collection
You can only find out so much about a consumer within a single survey. It is simply a matter of time available. If you are asking someone a 25...
How to Deal With Limited Demographics in Your Sample
Dealing with a limited demographic focus is to be expected when you conduct research. After all, no one is interested in everyone’s opinion on a product. Generally, you have...
Surveying the Target Consumer: How Many is Enough?
The PortMA team recently presented a comprehensive experiential marketing program recap to a spirits industry client. The objective that caught the most attention was surveying the right targeting consumer....
The Ultimate Event Recap Template
Reporting on event recaps is a storytelling process. You need to guide your reading audience through an experience that helps them relive the activation and understand the impact and...
Defining Language to Find Actionable Insights
Defining language can be surprisingly difficult. We all have our own vocabulary and can clearly communicate with one another, but if you look deeper, you might realize that sometimes...
How Post-Event Surveys Inform Marketing Strategy
Recently, we recapped survey results for a mobile tour we measured last summer into the fall. The measurement strategy utilized independent ethnographers surveying event attendees who visited the organization’s...
Consumer Purchase Cycles and Event Marketing Return-on-Investment
There are many theories of consumer purchase cycles and event marketing ROI. Some are overly complicated and others overly simple. As a team of market researchers specializing in the...
Pilot Study – Luxury or Necessity?
We recently conducted a pilot study for a national program involving 12 brands. We worked with one of those brands for our pilot phase, to determine the data collection...