• Pearlfinders Global Coverage

    Outside the UK and US, our geographical coverage Top 10: -

    1. Netherlands
    2. Germany
    3. France
    4. Italy
    5. Canada
    6. Switzerland
    7. Sweden
    8. Spain
    9. Singapore
    10. China

  • The Pearlfinders Index: Q2

    The Pearlfinders Index allows us to monitor the most hotly discussed areas of marketing on a quarterly basis. Speaking with a large sample group of over 5,000 brand decision-makers per year, Pearlfinders is able to aggregate their opinions by trend and topic for each area of marketing.

    View the Index

How we do it

Our team spends many hours every day carefully filtering the press, identifying the relevant decision-makers, and then contacting them to ask the questions you need answered to inform your activity in response.

Our impartial stance and our experience and technique, means we obtain unrivalled access to UK and international brand decision-makers (5000+ interviews a year). Our knowledge of best practice with proactive new business means we guide you in the right direction to exploit each opportunity.

Look at other products in this market and you’ll see ‘interviews’ with company spokespersons passed off as ‘new business intelligence’. However, as any experienced business developer will tell you, it’s only access to the real decision-makers - and knowing what to ask them, and how - that drives effective new business prospecting.


In conversation with decision-makers we find out:

  • Who else is involved with the decision-making process and for which brands/divisions?
  • What pressures or challenges prompt them to change or add to agency arrangements?
  • What kind of budget is available for marketing services and how will this evolve?
  • What do they look for personally in an agency - including tone of approach, case studies, reputation in the marketplace, style of collateral/DM, awards etc.?
  • Whether the company is receptive to hearing from smaller agencies, traditionalists, innovators, specialists, generalists or those outside the geographical region?
  • What are the company’s strategic priorities – i.e. to increase brand awareness in a particular demographic, launching new products, expansion into a new territory, to acquire, retain, up-sell or cross-sell? 

And when a new decision-maker comes on board: 

  • If the person's appointment/promotion will have any immediate or long-term effect on agency arrangements?
  • The business objectives ahead – what their particular focus will be and what channels are likely to be most relevant.
  • The best way for agencies to get in touch.

In short, all the information you need to pick up the phone or write an email – and proactively begin winning the business.

 

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