In early 1999 Cathy McGovern marked the days down to escape from banking by chalking “x”s on “bricks” drawn on the desk screen – as any prisoner would do. Keen to start a marketing consultancy business but lacking a name or brand identity, she realised that what she really needed was a little inspiration. Thus the agency was born and by June of that year the business commenced trading.
In the early days Inspiration managed direct marketing campaigns for a variety of clients and within 18 months customers included the Golden Pages, Dell, Compaq, Allianz, Enterprise Ireland and more.
Mary O’Rourke, then Minister for Public Enterprise, launched our email marketing service in 2000 and the business soon switched to focus on internet technologies.
Today many of our active clients include companies who are exporting between Ireland, the UK and worldwide. We also work with Trade Bodies in the UK and Ireland, as well as with a number of multi-nationals, including Allianz, Atlantic Industries (Coke) and many more.