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 […]
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 […]
Cutting Agency Fees is Not the Answer to Your Marketing Budget Challenges
Featured on ANA Marketing Maestros — Read the published ANA article — The threat of corporate restructuring, zero-based budgeting, and other cost-cutting initiatives can keep CMOs up at night. With the constant pressure to reduce marketing budgets, cutting agency fees is without a doubt very tempting. However, asking agencies to cut their fees without careful […]
The Primary Drivers Behind the Move to Deliverable-First Pricing with Agencies
The Rise of Deliverable-first Models: What are deliverable-first models, and why are they on the rise? It’s dinner time. You sit down and look at the menu. You place our order. The dishes you ordered are specialties of that restaurant. After you enjoy your meal, you ask for the check. You get an itemized list […]
Adopting Healthy Client/Agency Practices and Relations to Stay Budget Fit
The Marketing Diet: Dieting is not foreign to most of us. Per a food & health survey released by the International Food Information Council Foundation, the number of people on diets to lose weight or to be healthier is up 22 percent from last year, at 36%. That’s right: one out of three individuals are […]
Your Agency Fees Are Burning Too Fast. Now What?
How brand advertisers can make effective use of retainer fees without getting burned.
Ready to Jump? How to Swim Through Effective BRs Without Drowning
How to Swim Through Highly Effective Agency QBRs Without Drowning. A step-by-step approach to conducting Agency Quarterly Business Reviews that strengthen the work and improve collaboration.
Make the Logo Bigger!
20 effective ways brand advertisers can master the art form of providing thoughtful, productive feedback to their agency partners during creative reviews.
Working Your Non-Working Too Hard
Evolving how marketing executives think about managing their marketing budgets and driving fiscal accountability. Brought to you by Bruno Gralpois of Agency Mania Solutions.
