Youth Research Partners is proud to announce it’s latest partnership with the Taboo Group in Melbourne, Australia. The Taboo Group partnership becomes the first in Australia extending the YRP network into all 6 inhabitable continents. “Andrew and the young group at Taboo have perfected youthsourcing. Their outstanding work speaks for itself and delivers real results for their clients. We’re eager to have them onboard and to shine the spotlight on the south pacific.”– Graham Brown, Director of Youth Research Partners.
It seems these days you can’t have an agency without flashing strategic credentials. Taboo subscribes to the creed that any strategy worth it’s weight in budget will be a carefully designed plan to murder the competition.
We strive to develop for our clients an ingenious path to achieving their goals. One that never deviates from its purpose. Whatever form our strategies take, it will not be the straight forward application of a formula, but a creative plan based upon competitive assessments.
Driven by brand heritage and insights that reflect crying consumer needs, our strategies leverage sustainable competitive advantage to enforce a position impenetrable to imitators. Our craft is to recognize where your market is going, and stake your claim at the precise moment it occurs to everybody else the time has arrived.
“This is the first time that Taboo has opened its insights and findings to broader groups outside of our client base. Taboo is excited to be a member of the Youth Research Partnership and we look forward to working in collaboration with its agencies and contributing our insights about local youth culture to a global knowledge base.”
Andrew Mackinnon, Managing Director
With his natural entrepreneurial aptitude and flare for developing business, in 2000 Macca took a sip from the cup of fate, founded The Taboo Group, and hasn’t looked back since. He credits the success of Taboo campaigns to his ever-growing young team, who he is proud to develop and nurture. The unique work environment he has created within Taboo encourages accountable creativity, offering clients tailored and quantifiable solutions with tangible results.
Click here to contact Andrew and the Taboo Group





Taboo are a breath of fresh air in the social media space, experts at what they do and a pleasure to deal with.
Taboo, are experts in the social media space and really know how to market from inside the social networks rather than to it. Youth cool are their core market and a real pleasure to deal with.
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