Ten years ago, Intense was a social media management agency; calendars, captions, community replies, and the occasional 2 a.m. crisis. We measured engagement, learned fast, and realized something important: brands weren't asking for more posts; they were asking for growth.

That shift from feeds to business outcomes has shaped everything since. We kept a simple promise: drive outcomes that grow businesses. Start with truth (the customer and the data), design for speed (tight feedback loops), and compound value (systems that get better over time). What began as a social shop became a group built for modern marketing: Intense Digital for growth, Purple Stardust for creative and creator marketing that moves people and numbers, Intense UK for to cater to the European market, and Palet for tech that makes sharper decisions and faster teams.

The landscape changed; privacy, platforms, AI, so we adapted without chasing every trend. We moved from vanity metrics to value metrics, from one-off campaigns to repeatable playbooks. The result we're proudest of isn't a headline number; it's clients who stayed, teams that leveled up, and work that still performs long after launch day.

Where we're headed: the next decade is about intelligent growth; AI-native, creatively ambitious, and accountable to the numbers. We'll raise the bar on craft, publish more of what we learn, mentor more talent, develop more solutions, and widen access so growth creates opportunity, not just charts.

We'll stay small where it matters; expert teams, clear ownership, and big where it helps; platforms, partnerships, impact. We'll build what matters, measure what counts, and keep our focus on outcomes over outputs.

To our clients, collaborators, and the team that carries this spirit every day, thank you. You trusted us with real problems and the room to solve them well. If you're building something that should matter, this is your invitation.

Let's make the next ten years count!

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