Volume 79 | November-December 2024
Executive Summary Geopolitical events, international hostilities, terrorism, public health crises, high and sustained inflation in countries that are our major markets, high interest rates, and labor and supply chain issues continue to cause economic uncertainty and volatility. That is how most holding companies start conversations about their earnings and financial performance. It’s not just a […]
Volume 78 | September-October 2024
Executive Summary We’ve been busy, and not just at Agency Mania Solutions—the entire global marketing industry is booming. It’s expected to reach $2.4 trillion in 2024, with US advertising estimated to grow by 11.4%, according to experts. New agencies are launching. Existing agencies are streamlining, reorganizing, and simplifying how they work and engage with clients. […]
Volume 77 | July-August 2024
Executive Summary An accelerated pace of change is inevitable as announcements related to AI partnerships and innovation overwhelm both the media and the marketers who are trying to make sense of the cacophony of news in the advertising industry. What’s real and what’s hype? OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, and now Apple are introducing AI solutions […]
EvaluationDeliver™ AI Sentiment Analysis
Request more information on the AI Sentiment Analysis feature within our agency performance solution, EvaluationDeliver™, that accelerates and enriches the assessment of client-agency relationships: Sentiment analysis is highly prized for its capacity to provide invaluable insights into the perceptions, preferences, and emotions of a group. Typically, this involves navigating extensive data sets to extract the […]
Volume 76 | May-June 2024
Executive Summary How do we navigate change in an uncertain world? How do we dissociate the buzz from substantive innovation in AI? How do we know which trends or company announcements truly indicate where the industry is heading? How do we know which research, survey, or article is worth our time? Such topics are something […]
Volume 75 | March-April 2024
Executive Summary The agency world has consolidated its talent to streamline operations and simplify how clients interact or leverage integrated offerings. WPP is a prime example: Last year, WPP merged its creative agencies Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R to form VML. Then WPP merged two of its largest communication agencies, Hill & Knowlton and BCW, to […]
Volume 74 | January-February 2024
Executive Summary January and February are often characterized by technological innovation as CES is followed by advertising brilliance during the Super Bowl. There is no better way to start 2024 than being inspired by these two epic events, which are stunning illustrations of where the advertising industry is heading. “The beginning of a beautiful relationship […]
Agency Mania Solutions launches new AMU creative feedback training course
New Agency Mania University (AMU) Course Released: How to Evaluate Creative Work BELLEVUE – AUGUST 12, 2021 – Agency Mania Solutions (AMS) today announced its new course addition within its online training program (Agency Mania University), How to Evaluate Creative Work. AMU is a self-serve training curriculum offering learners of any level – marketers, procurement professionals, agency management teams – on critical best practices and agency management competencies. This particular course is […]
Industry Update Volume 53
Executive Summary – Monthly Recap Are you tired of hearing about this “new normal”? I think we all are. Normal is not too exciting and it sets the bar quite low. Perhaps we crave a “new extraordinary”? It’s fair to say that life as we knew it has been overturned by this nasty global pandemic. […]
Industry Update Volume 52
Executive Summary – Monthly Recap “Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.” We sure had our fair share of problems in 2020. As we enthusiastically turn the corner and start a promising year, January still had plenty of unexpected surprises for us. It’s hard to choose, really. The insurrection in […]
RosterDeliver™ Agency Feedback Survey
Request more information on the module that enables the collection of client feedback right inside RosterDeliver™ to enhance the quality and relevancy of agency profiles: RosterDeliver™ is a powerful solution to track and serve detailed agency profiles from a company’s roster of agencies to their internal marketing community. The purpose is to match internal needs […]
EvaluationDeliver™ Participation Tool
Request more information on the Participation Tool feature within our agency performance solution, EvaluationDeliver™, that provides a more streamlined and simplified process to manage and update participation lists: Anyone who has ever set up and run a survey process like client/agency evaluations appreciates the inherent complexities and challenges associated with building and maintaining/updating a list […]
