Tell us a little about your agency.
IDHL is the UK’s leading digital marketing, web and commerce specialist. For more than 25 years, we’ve helped ambitious brands navigate change, uncover new growth opportunities, and create lasting commercial value.
Focused on what matters, we combine experience, insight and AI-driven innovation to help brands grow, compete, and stay ahead in an increasingly complex digital landscape. Backed by more than 500 specialists across the UK and US, we bring together strategy,
digital marketing, web and commerce, data intelligence and creative expertise to solve challenges, unlock opportunities and deliver meaningful outcomes.
Growth opportunities often start in the gaps. We help brands find them, then turn insight into action and action into measurable results.
What made you decide to sponsor or exhibit at brightonSEO?
With more than 25 years of experience helping clients adapt to digital change, brightonSEO is a natural fit for IDHL. Search and digital marketing continue to evolve rapidly, shaped by AI, changing customer behaviours and new ways of discovering brands, and the event brings together the people driving those conversations forward.
We were particularly attracted by the calibre of the audience, with a mix of senior decision-makers, digital leaders, and specialists from a diverse range of sectors. Bringing together that breadth of experience creates valuable opportunities to exchange ideas,
explore emerging opportunities and discuss the challenges businesses are facing as they look to grow. We also wanted to share our perspective on how search, content, commerce and data are becoming increasingly interconnected, and the role they play in driving meaningful commercial outcomes.
Just as importantly, it gave us the opportunity to spend time with clients, meet new people, and demonstrate how bringing together the right expertise, technology and insight can drive stronger commercial outcomes.
What stood out most about the event?
What stands out most about brightonSEO is the strength of its community. We've sponsored the event more than once, and there's genuine energy and enthusiasm each time. Despite its scale, it still feels accessible, collaborative, and centered around sharing knowledge.
Our talk experience was particularly rewarding. The audience was highly engaged, people visited our stand after to ask thoughtful questions and overall, they brought plenty of energy to the session, which made for valuable discussions.
Did sponsoring brightonSEO help you meet the right people?
Absolutely. The event gave us the opportunity to strengthen relationships with existing clients, reconnect with contacts, and meet new people whose growth ambitions align with the work we do.
Industry conversations remain incredibly valuable, and having those discussions in person helps to build stronger relationships and a deeper understanding of the challenges businesses are trying to solve.
It was also a great opportunity to connect with partners and talented professionals. As a business that continues to invest in specialist expertise and innovation, engaging with the wider digital community is an important part of how we continue to grow and evolve.
How does brightonSEO compare with other events you've sponsored or attended?
What makes brightonSEO stand out is its influence and credibility within the digital marketing community. It has become much more than an event; it's a recognised meeting point for people who are actively shaping the future of search and digital growth.
While many conferences offer networking opportunities and thought leadership content, brightonSEO combines scale with a highly engaged audience. Attendees are there to learn, share experiences and understand how emerging trends can be applied in the real world.
The strongest conversations weren't about channels in isolation. They were about how to bring together strategy, marketing, technology and data to drive growth. That makes discussions more relevant, more commercially focused and ultimately more valuable for everyone involved.
Has sponsoring brightonSEO changed the way people see your brand?
Brand perception is shaped through multiple touchpoints, but brightonSEO provided a valuable opportunity to reinforce who we are and what we stand for.
Through our event presence, speaking sessions and conversations with attendees, we were able to showcase the depth of expertise across IDHL and demonstrate how we help clients navigate change, embrace innovation and achieve meaningful commercial outcomes.
Would you sponsor brightonSEO again? Why?
We are - come and see our talk at the next event. The event helped highlight that IDHL is more than a specialist service provider. We help businesses connect
strategy, marketing, technology and data to uncover opportunities, solve challenges and accelerate growth. For brands that may know us through a single capability, events like brightonSEO provide an opportunity to demonstrate the breadth of integrated expertise available across the wider business.
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