Riding a Bicycle Backwards
Marketers have been conditioned to accept some ideas that eventually threw us off balance. Ultimately, these false ideas get in the way of effective partnerships. As a former competitive cyclist, I understand the value of balance, especially at high speed and within a large group of riders. Balance, as with riding a bicycle, is something […]
Partnership in 2021 – An Inconvenient Truth
Raising awareness of the increased tension in client/agency relationships amid COVID – The case for why 2021 will be the year of renewed partnerships: — Read the published article on 4A’s — The 2006 Oscar-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” featuring former United States Vice President Al Gore reenergized the environmental movement after making a dire […]
Five Inconvenient Truths About Client-Agency Partnerships in 2021 and How to Fix Them
Featured on WARC: This article examines the increased tension in client–agency relationships amid the COVID-induced recession, and how to make 2021 an opportunity to renew and refresh these partnerships. — Read the published article on WARC — Read the quick summary: The agency industry has been shaken by the pandemic, with the associated budget cuts […]
Predictions for a New (Partnership) World Order
Featured on ANA Marketing Maestros: Additional disruption? Greater turmoil? Further transformation? What radical changes should advertisers expect in a post-COVID world? — Read the published article on ANA Maestros — Apparently, you cannot be late if you arrive early. This lapalissade, inspired by the French nobleman Jacques de La Palice (1470 – 1525) known for […]
Predictions for a New (Partnership) World Order
Additional disruption? Greater turmoil? Further transformation? What radical changes should advertisers expect in a post-COVID world? — Read the published article on ANA Maestros — Apparently, you cannot be late if you arrive early. This lapalissade, inspired by the French nobleman Jacques de La Palice (1470 – 1525) known for his truisms, captures our insatiable […]
Save Your Agency-Client Relationships from Drowning in the Pandemic Sea
Featured on 4A’s and ANA: How clients and agencies can avoid the heightened risk of relationships failing during the stormy pandemic crisis: — Read the published article on 4A’s — — Read the published article on ANA — The recent health crisis tested every business, every individual, and every relationship in some way. We will […]
Save Your Agency-Client Relationships from Drowning in the Pandemic Sea
How clients and agencies can avoid the heightened risk of relationships failing during the stormy pandemic crisis: — Read the published article on 4A’s — — Read the published article on ANA — The recent health crisis tested every business, every individual, and every relationship in some way. We will look back and, without a […]
ScopeDeliver™ Scope Swapping
Request more information on the module within our agency scoping solution, ScopeDeliver™, that allows clients to continually adjust and refine their scopes of work (SOW) and list of deliverables or projects based on an agreed-upon, set budget: Once SOWs are finalized along with agency retainers or project fees, the planning process ends and the work […]
SAP Ariba vs. Agency Mania Solutions
Request a white paper on how SAP Ariba compares to Agency Mania Solutions’ Platform. SAP Ariba is one of the leading supplier relationship management (SRM) platforms, so naturally brand advertisers often wonder how Agency Mania Solutions’ platform, especially a scope of work (SOW) tool like ScopeDeliver™, compares with it. They may ask […]
The Domino Effect
Featured on AdExchanger: Anticipating the cascading impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the advertising industry and client/agency relationships. — Read the published AdExchanger article — We are all too familiar with the chain reaction produced when one event sets off a series of inevitable events. Today’s economic crisis and COVID-19 pandemic has also set […]
Anticipating the Cascading Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis on the Advertising Industry and Client/Agency Relationships
The Domino Effect: Bracing for Impact In 2009, at the “The World in Domino – The Show with the Flow” event held in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 4,491,863 dominos toppled. This represented the highest ever documented number of consecutive falling domino stones, setting a new world record. The concept has encouraged many aficionados to break world records […]
Cost Benchmarking
Request a white paper on how to get the most value from cost benchmarking: Cost benchmarking has received much attention in recent years as brand advertisers look more carefully at their expenses, seek greater transparency from agency partners on cost assumptions, and, in the end, strive to drive better and more effective use of their […]
