Tampa-based HCP Associates Celebrates 35 Years in Business

TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 22, 2021) HCP Associates’ Managing Partners Sean Coniglio and Eric Polins announced today that the firm will be celebrating its 35th anniversary throughout 2021. For the past 35 years, HCP has provided professional consulting and planning focused on three core disciplines: research, strategy, and marketing.

Coniglio and Polins have been partners at the firm since 2000 after launching a successful interactive agency in Ybor City in the early dot-com era. R. Patrick Hill was the founder and President of the foundational firm, Hill & Associates. Hill was a former Proctor & Gamble executive who traveled the globe building a successful boutique firm specializing in research and marketing.

The three joined forces and merged an interactive agency with a research-based marketing consulting firm to form HCP Associates. This business model integrated technology, management consulting, and strategic communications to advise a swathe of global clients on how best to market and communicate brand equity positions based on research-driven market data and cutting-edge digital tactics. HCP filled an industry gap by applying traditional research practices with strategic planning and advising clients on implementing best practices to build brands and support messaging and communications for clients worldwide.

“We have really enjoyed the past few decades doing what we love. Getting up each day and knowing that what you are doing for your clients is making a difference to them, their clients, and their employees. It’s very rewarding to work so hard and gain such knowledge in so many different vertical markets that give us a chance to bring unique strategies to help our clients reach their goals,” Coniglio said.

HCP traditionally serves both B2B and B2C clients, consulting C-Suite leadership utilizing extensive business consulting experience and applying strategic insights based on quantitative and qualitative research data to devise compelling marking and communications tactics. The firm’s philosophy is that marketing cannot be successful without proactive, strategic planning that includes measurable objectives, grounded in research, and evaluated to ensure KPIs are achieved. This mantra has been the foundation on which the firm has stood across three decades and nearly 500 clients worldwide. Some of HCP’s clients and their affiliated sectors may be viewed at hcpassociates.com/industries.

According to Polins, how a marketing firm adapts and changes during unstable conditions speaks volumes to senior management. “Our value-added propositions that work so well with our public and private agency clients are decades of research studies that serve as a radar screen preceding creative marketing and communication initiatives. This provides trusted indicators of how well they are doing with target audiences, competitors, and technology gaps. For our clients, this is a critical differentiator, especially during turbulent times like those we experienced in 2020,” Polins said.

During the firm’s long history in the community, the firm’s three original partners have supported and been part of several major economic development projects such as Raymond James Stadium, the creation of MOSI, and community development on Harbor Island, Tampa Palms, and Hunters Green. HCP was involved with Centro Magazine’s conception, forged a partnership with Rain Publishing to create Blu Magazine, and launched the capital campaign Revolution in Heartcare to build the Pepin Heart Institute and Dr. Kiran C Patel Institute. HCP’s partners were involved in creating the Tampa Film Institute and its flagship annual event, known as the Gasparilla International Film Festival (GIFF). The firm resurrected and established the new Tampa/Hillsborough Film & Digital Media Commission, created the Military Learning Center of Tampa Bay, successfully helped the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association (HCTA) pass a $1 billion tax referendum with the Strengthen our Schools (SOS) Campaign, and worked with the entire Tampa Bay Community to Keep the Rays in Tampa Bay with the Tampa Bay Rays 2020 campaign.

The firm remains deeply involved in the community, and the partners and associates have graduated from programs like Leadership Tampa, Leadership Tampa Bay, and Leadership Florida. We wholeheartedly support numerous nonprofits by providing pro bono services and donations to multiple organizations, including The Tampa Bay Defense Alliance, 21 & Change, Florida Aquarium, Team Godwin Foundation, Tampa Theatre, Gasparilla International Film Festival, Veterans Memorial Park & Museum Committee, and many more.

While the firm’s impressive portfolio and notable industry awards reflect a very positive business reputation, HCP’s active involvement for the past 35 years in local foundations, public/private partnerships, and public sector community sentiment initiatives, at the heart of the company’s mission is reflection of how it puts its customers first. With native Tampa residents among HCP’s team’s leadership, the deep commitment to the community and history of involvement will only continue to grow and expand for years to come. To review some of the firm’s case studies, please view hcpassociates.com/case-studies

“As we enter a fresh New Year, we are thankful for all our loyal clients, vendors, associates, and friends that worked tirelessly with us side-by-side through a turbulent 2020. We have survived recessions, depressions, housing bubbles, oil spills, and global pandemics — and we are still standing and expanding into a new era of hope…not only for us, but for the world,” Polins said.

For more information on HCP Associates, visit www.hcpassociates.com or contact:

Eric Polins
HCP Associates, Inc.
Phone:  813-318-0565 Ext. 104
E-Mail: epolins@hcpassociates.com