Demystifying Data
PortMA’s president publishes a weekly podcast called Demystifying Data where he deconstructs the tools and techniques marketers need to make data more actionable.
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Counting Experiential ImpressionsIntermixed with tutorials and case studies, Chris interviews a variety of industry professionals who share their secrets on how they use data to be better at what they do.
You can listen to the podcasts below or subscribe anywhere you listen to podcasts.
Build A Marketing Strategy with Brad Wirz Pt. 2 (S1-E008-02)
Picking up where our previous blog post left off, we continue our discussion with Brad Wirz, cofounder of Encore Worldwide. We take a deep dive into how data has...
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....
Calculating Accurate Mobile Impressions (S1-E000-01)
Collecting impression data cleanly and consistently for many experiential marketers is almost impossible. How can multiple teams gather something as abstract as “onsite impressions” reliably? Calculating accurate mobile impressions...
Calculating the Dollar Value of Experiential Marketing Impressions (S1-E000-04)
How do I translate impression counts into a legitimate dollar value of experiential marketing impressions? All of those impression categories (i.e., Mobile, Onsite, and Word-of-Mouth) counted methodically and reliably...
Case Study: How Retail Sampling Grew ROI (S1-E015-01)
What are your dinner plans for today? If you think that this is an odd question for a blog about experiential marketing, you could be right. However, this time...
Case Study: Measuring On-Premise Experiential (S1-E031-01)
Our last two blogs swerved away from data a little, but this time, we’re back to the numbers. Specifically, we want to take a look at experiential marketing campaigns...
Case Study: Measuring On-Premise Experiential (S1-E031-02)
Part One of this blog focused on working with brand ambassadors to reach consumers for adult beverage marketing. In Part Two, we’ll look at a few more examples of...
CES 2020 with David Paull (S1-E027-01)
How do you make the most of a convention? Sometimes, the secret is to arrive early and take advantage of so-called trade days or – in the case of...
CES 2020 with David Paull (S1-E027-02)
Part One of this blog highlighted some of the most exciting consumer technologies being developed right now. In Part Two, we examine what it all means for experiential marketers...
CES 2020 with David Paull (S1-E028-01)
If you’ve followed our blog for a little while, you may have noticed that the last few installments looked at consumer technology and what it means for experiential marketing...
CES 2020 with David Paull (S1-E028-02)
Consumer technology sets trends beyond buying patterns. As market researchers and experiential marketers, we can gain unparalleled insights from these shows. That is why any professional in the field...
Discover What You Didn’t Know with Data (S1-E024-02)
In our previous post, we discussed the different types of data that are integral to data analytics as well as developing better insights for your business. Whether you’re a...
Discovering What You Didn’t Know with Data (S1-E024-01)
Data is now an integral part of making sure you stay on top of how your business is performing. Despite being a fairly new area of study in the...
Experiential Measurement Pt. 1 (S1-E006-01)
I’d like to share with you something that really gets to the heart of PortMA’s methodology when tasked with the challenge of measuring experiential marketing. There is a core...
Experiential Measurement Pt. 2 (S1-E006-02)
Last time, we introduced the idea that there were three questions that are fundamental to measuring experiential marketing. The first question is, “How often am I reaching the right...
Experiential Measurement Pt. 3 (S1-E006-03)
In our last two posts, we talked about two of three questions that we believe are the foundations of measuring experiential marketing. First, we make sure we are reaching...
Fixing Common Field Staff Performance Issues (S1-E034-01)
When you’re analyzing experiential marketing field data, it’s common to break down the information you receive into different metrics to gain the best possible insights. Dividing different categories of...
Fixing Common Field Staff Performance Issues (S1-E034-02)
In Part One of this blog, we showed the importance of breaking experiential marketing data down into day-to-day detail. Doing this helps identify problem areas as well as best...
How To Craft A Customer Loyalty ROI Model (S1-E019-01)
How does your brand make money from marketing? It’s impossible to overstate the importance of connecting return-on-investment (ROI) to your marketing strategy. In fact, we could go as far...
How To Craft A Customer Loyalty ROI Model (S1-E019-02)
Building and encouraging customer loyalty are undoubtedly important to the health of your brand. But how do you measure whether your loyalty marketing campaigns have the desired effect? In...