Insights in Marketing – ‘I’m Your Connection’ Campaign
Ask the team at Insights in Marketing what sets them apart, and you’ll get no shortage of answers.
From their individual personalities to their collective expertise, they know what makes them stand outs in market research. Prospective and quiet clients, on the other hand, needed a little reminder. It was up to us to craft an integrated campaign that not only reached their target, but also touched on everything that makes working with Insights in Marketing a successful (and entertaining) process.
SERVICES: CAMPAIGN THEME / CAMPAIGN MESSAGING / PRINT CAMPAIGN / DIGITAL CAMPAIGN / VIDEO PRODUCTION / WEBSITE
Insights in Marketing knew their exact pain points: meeting revenue goals, not working at capacity and not always being the top of mind option for brands in need of market research. They also knew their strengths: the value of their services, their unmatched expertise and the infectious personalities of their individual consultants. Our discovery meeting prepped us to tackle both in equal measure.
Riffing off their tagline, Connecting People to Brands, the chosen campaign theme, I’m Your Connection, serves as an invitation to get to know the people behind the insights that power IIM’s clients’ brands. The dual meaning expands on everything that makes Insights in Marketing unique to their field: their powerful consumer insights, quality client relationships and the authenticity and candor of their consultants. Hand-picked consultants also receive spotlights in the campaign, rolling out across two integrated channels, print and digital, with video to back up our angle.
The campaign features top dogs in their two primary avenues, VP of Qualitative Research Brian Fletcher and Director of Quantitative Research Caroline Roe, as well as owner and consultant Ron Raskin.
Before applying the campaign to specific marketing tactics, we set out to capture the characteristics of IIM’s consultants on a full-day photo and video shoot. We interviewed our key team members, not only about their strategic expertise, but everything that makes them interesting as individuals as well.
Our campaign centerpieces are two 12-page direct mail magazines talking up the experience, love of the field and quirks of IIM’s consultants (like Caroline’s collection of Tiki mugs). Each brochure included a call to action to not only get familiar with their variety of services, but also encourage clients to watch our video interviews.
To further drive the campaign home, we rolled out a series of emails that played off the direct mail pieces and catch client eyes on more than one channel, more than one time. Email tracking and analytics allowed us to update the campaign for maximum results in real time.
The cherry on top was the update to Insights in Marketing’s website, where we pulled the campaign through to individual consultants’ biography pages.
“By highlighting both our expertise and our personality, BatesMeron created a campaign that opened the doors to clients new and old—we even had previous clients reach out to tell us it reminded them of just how much they’ve enjoyed working with us. The reinforcement across digital and print was seamless, helping us gain even more recognition.”