When we think about what this year will hold, we must look back at the impact of our ‘annus horribilis’, 2020. The challenges we faced have set us in good stead for this year, and have formed the basis of our 2021 lessons. From a communications perspective one thing stood out to us very early on last year. Those companies that didn’t have their digital marketing machine up and running were going to struggle. Those who so far had relied
Read MoreI don’t think any of us expected an international MRX event of the scale of the Insights Festival to be pulled off this year. But ESOMAR has proved that major conferences can still go ahead, albeit digital and totally different, and be a roaring success. As a newbie in the industry and having never attended the ESOMAR Congress in previous years, I had nothing to compare the Festival to, so I was pleased to feel a sense of community and
Read MoreOften clients come to us saying they want to feature in all the big titles. “I want my research to be published in the FT, The Economist, The Guardian, Forbes!”. But is it what you need? While featuring in national publications is definitely rewarding for your business and will raise awareness, we recommend clients think hard about their objectives first. Let’s take The Guardian for example. Their newspaper print circulation is approximately 100,000 while online they gather over 23 million
Read MoreWe have witnessed a proliferation of webinars, podcast interviews, training, video chats and online conferences that keep our calendars busy during these rather empty days. Online events are lockdown friendly and mostly hassle-free; you don’t have to worry about finding a venue, picking endless food options to please each attendee and offering a consistent amount of drink to make everyone feel like the journey was worthwhile. Yet again, digitalisation comes to the rescue. But does it? While lots of event
Read MoreA few short weeks and another lifetime ago I was in Amsterdam at IIEX EU. Talking to a friend one night we discussed Coronavirus. At the time there were either no, or very few, publicised cases in the Netherlands and only a handful in the UK. Yet a few weeks later I’m sitting in my London flat, having not seen another person for three days, except for video calls, while a virus tears through most of the world. However, I
Read More31st of December 2019 11:59pm, do you remember? You were probably about to start the hopeful countdown to welcome the New Year. The new decade. Little did you know, a global pandemic was about to overtake us. We are all in the same boat. “I’ll go to the gym everyday”, “I’ll walk to work more often”, “This is the year I’ll travel to French Polynesia” …we all had to put our New Year’s resolutions on hold to face this crisis
Read MoreWith over 1300 attendees, the sold-out event that took place in New York felt like a success to everyone that took part. The friendly atmosphere and interesting sessions made Quirk’s Brooklyn a “must-return” event for anyone wanting to dive deep into market research’s latest developments and trends. As a new member of the market research industry, attending a content rich event like this was an invaluable learning opportunity. Walking into a room filled with people that you’ve never seen before
Read MoreAfter a successful London debut in 2019, Quirk’s headed back across the pond this month for their second UK event. It’s well known that ‘seconds’ are notoriously difficult – bands with triumphantly successful first albums often struggle with ‘bad second album syndrome’ and second time novelists with best-selling works of fiction struggle to put pen to paper for their second book. Was London 2020 going to be the Quirk’s UK team’s difficult second conference? In terms of pure numbers, the
Read MoreAt the end of January, we hosted the third Insights Marketing Day (IMD) London, in partnership with our friends at GreenBook and Little Bird Marketing. This year over 65 attendees from insights agencies and suppliers across the UK joined us to hear practical marketing advice to help their businesses grow. The agenda of clients and experts from insights and beyond, including topics such as company messaging, personas, marketing automation, and mastering your presentation skills, was specifically designed to provide tangible
Read MoreIn August 2019, we welcomed PR, media relations and social media expert Iosetta Santini as our new junior account manager. After starting her career as a reporter in her home country of Italy, Iosetta now has four years B2B PR experience in London and has worked on successful international PR campaigns with brands in finance, healthcare and technology. Iosetta enjoys the variety and challenges of B2B PR and has already thrown herself into the world of data, research and insights,
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