Sapio has been a wonderful partner to work with. They listened closely to our business goals and objectives and created a research design that best fit our needs.
The brief
Foxtrot Papa, an automotive content and experience agency wanted to raise their visibility among Comms Directors and Brand Directors in the Automotive sector. Foxtrot Papa needed to create their own thought leadership that demonstrated their understanding in their target market’s customer base and collect insights that would enable them to offer better counsel. So, Foxtrot Papa set out to potentially explore a number of topical issues but didn’t have direct access to their clients’ customer base.
Creating their own thought leadership that demonstrated their understanding in their target market’s customer base
Workshops and interviews with insights used as a basis for a launch event
What we did
After leading a number of workshops we focused on a topic that was both future facing and would generate information to overcome sales objections. We got around the lack of direct access to their clients’ customer base by selecting a topic that was relevant to the whole of the UK adult population, and using our specially selected panel partners. Once we had an agreed questionnaire, we completed over 1,000 interviews with UK consumers in less than a week. Outputs were reported in several stages, initially via Excel data tables with an annotated presentation highlighting significant differences and story lines, followed by additional data cuts. Sapio met again with Foxtrot Papa to run through the results and brainstorm on the storyline for the report, written by Sapio, which Foxtrot Papa typeset and used as a basis for a launch event with supporting social content.
The outcome
The event drew a packed house for a panel discussion formed off the back of the insights. The event was a lever to invite both current and potential clients not only to attend but participate in the panel too. The Electric is Now report received coverage in both the automotive and marketing press. It also resulted in a direct lead at the event itself.
