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Asking consumers to participate in a short set of questions after an amazing event can be a downer sometimes. Why can’t we just have a great time with our...

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...

Almost every brand has what our team calls a “consumer target.”  This is the type of man, woman, boy, or girl, that they want their marketing efforts to reach...

In a recent conversation with a client, the topic of the target consumer was raised. In general, brands have a target, or ideal, consumer in mind for their product....

Yesterday I had a quarterly recap review and year-to-year comparison with a client that I have been working with for over five years. I have worked with this client...

Conducting product trials is a great way to promote and measure brand awareness and perception. Product trials are more effective when followed up with a short survey to measure the...

A consumer event is great a place for any brand to participate. Where else can you engage consumers around your value proposition where they live, work, and play? Fairs...

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...

When we sign up to manage a qualitative project that involves focus groups, one of the first things we establish is screening criteria. In order to build a focus...

Here at PortMA we measure attitudes and apply proven models to predict consumer behavior for companies on a regular basis. It’s at the core of what we do. Inevitably,...