Sat, 29 August 2015
In this podcast I am joined by Gerard Tannam from Islandbridge Brand Direction and Ross Good from Pubble.co We explore the branding challenges for a SME Pubble.co who provide a website based messaging service. Gerard offers his insights into how the company can build a brand in the challenging context of scaling up a tech business. |
Thu, 27 August 2015
In the run in to Dublin hosting the ESOMAR Congress, this podcast an interview with founder of Catalyst Market Research Dan Mc Guinness. In our discussion we touch on many issue relating to the modern market research sector.Re-positioning of MR - more contemporary discussion on Insights - what is meant by this? Is there a trend for companies to do more in-house analysis using the new tools available --- threat or opportunity? Qual and Quant - differences, how they complement each other |
Sat, 15 August 2015
An extended interview with Homestay.com CEO, Alan Clarke dscussing a recently commissioned Phocuswright report on the Shared Space /Homestay accomodation sector. The report covers an 8 country, 8,000 person survey in December 2014. The survey found that anywhere from 10% - 20% of travellers are choosing the shared space / homestay option of accommodation. Some of the key findings are below |
Sat, 8 August 2015
In this podcast an extended interview with Finian Murphy from Agility. We discuss the marketing implementations from the recent Same Sex Marriage referendum in Ireland. The Agility team put together the Stand Up For Equality campaign as part of the wider Yes movement. |
Thu, 6 August 2015
Fionnán Nestor, Domestic Campaigns Manager of Fáilte Ireland talks to guest presenter Adam Baker about the Discover Ireland activity including the current 'This is Living' campaign. Fionnán also woked on the highly successful campaign for The Gathering in 2013. Fionnán talks about the role of Fáilte Ireland with particular emphasis on how marketing functions in encouraging domestic tourism stays. He reviews the history of how Discover Ireland campaigns have evolved over the years, to emphasise how Irish holidays were positioned as a young, exciting option for locals to experience - with activity tourism being a big contributor. |