Archive for the ‘Best Practices’ Category

Canadian Sponsorship Forum

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Don Mayo, Managing Partner of IMI International, is again one of the leading conference speakers for the Canadian Sponsorship Forum.

Attendess will be the first to learn insights focused on actual in-market effectiveness, impact of brand activations and recent Vancouver 2010 Winter Games observations.

Shopper Marketing Forum

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

The Shopper Marketing Forum has invited Dan Hunter, Partner of IMI International, to moderate a morning session during its upcoming conference on March 11, 2010.

The panel topic, “What Will Appeal to Tomorrow’s Shopper: Learn from Representatives Across All Sectors of the Shopper Marketing Industry” is sure to create an active discussion regarding the future of shopper marketing.

Measuring & Optimizing Experiential

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Experiential Marketing Forum (EMF) members continue to learn with IMI International as part of the forum partnership to keep members abreast of the latest insights, research and methodologies in the industry.

This month’s topic is “How to Measure & Optimize Experiential Marketing” which is a three-step process.

Winning in an Economic Decline

Friday, January 15th, 2010

IMI International’s ConsumerTrack™ Insights Team recently completed its latest study, Winning in an Economic Decline.

This module provides a look into how consumers are thinking, what tactics will work the hardest for you and how brands have utilized these to their advantage.

New Experiential Marketing Insights

Friday, December 4th, 2009

As part of a continued commitment to sharing relevant insights with leading experiential marketers around the world, IMI International is regularly providing Experiential Marketing Forum (EMF) members with research articles.

The newest articles focus on experiential optimization and evaluation, including “Optimizing Experiential Interaction Time to Impact Purchases” and “Mass or Experiential – the Cost Per Impact is Equal”.

ConsumerTrack Library Launch

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

IMI International is pleased to announce that a large segment of its ConsumerTrack™ Library is now available for viewing online.

For less than the cost of a focus group, you can stay current on consumer trends plus leverage IMI International’s latest insights on brand activations.

Defining Sponsorship Success & ROI

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Many next generation sponsorship marketing practitioners attended the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada (SMCC) offices for a two-day Fundamentals of Sponsorships Marketing course that delivered an intensive primer on November 11 & 12.

This two-day seminar was a must-attend course for managers involved in sponsorship marketing as part of their integrated marketing communications programs. Attendees were exposed to an expert team of leading Canadian sponsorship marketing practitioners.

SMCC: Insights on the Economy

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

For the second time in as many years, the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada, a division of the Association of Canadian Advertisers, welcomed Dan Hunter, Partner, IMI International to the stage to share the latest in consumer insights.

Speaking to one of the largest groups to recently assemble for the bi-monthly meetings, Dan led the session to showcase how Canadian consumers have changed in these turbulent times.

Mobile Media World 2009

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Don Mayo, Managing Partner at IMI International, engaged attendees at Mobile Media World 2009 on their morning panel on the latest Canadian and global Mobile Consumer Insights & Trends.

Key topics of the September 14, 2009 session included understanding the impact of the global economy and the effects of these turbulent times on mobile consumer habits, the latest in mobile marketing trends including mobile apps and best practices for marketers using or considering mobile.

Experiential Forum Partnership Launch

Monday, August 24th, 2009

The largest global consumer research partnership ever launches this week between the Experiential Marketing Forum and IMI International.

IMI International will be highlighting the very latest experiential marketing ROI insights based on thousands of measured activations from around the world.