Agency Mania Solutions Unveils New PerformanceDeliver™ Solution
Automated client/agency performance evaluation solution identifies and analyzes potential inefficiencies in areas most critical to joint success: SEATTLE – April 30, 2018 – Agency Mania Solutions today announced the addition of PerformanceDeliver to its existing suite of SaaS-based agency management solutions. PerformanceDeliver is an automated evaluation solution that improves and strengthens existing client/agency relationships by […]
Agency Mania Solutions Presents at Association of National Advertiser’s Members-Only Conference
Co-Founder Bruno Gralpois to speak on improving marketing outcomes through efficient scoping and briefing: SAN FRANCISCO – April 25, 2018 – Agency Mania Solutions’ Co-Founder Bruno Gralpois will present as a guest speaker at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Business to Business Members-Only Conference at Wells Fargo on April 25, discussing how large advertisers […]
Five Ways for Advertisers and Their Agencies to Overcome Common Relationship Struggles That Get in the Way of Effective Collaboration
If advertisers are from Mars and agencies from Venus, how can they get along? Five ways for advertisers and their agencies to overcome common relationship struggles that get in the way of effective collaboration. By Bruno Gralpois Author/Speaker, Thought-provocateur, Client/Agency Guru, Entrepreneur, Innovator Download a print-friendly version here In his famous book […]
EvaluationDeliver™: Dell
This Performance Evaluation Program enables Dell to enhance the perceived value and overall quality of the input provided by agencies and client teams.
How to Get More from the Creative Brief Process
Featured on PR Daily: Early in the creative process, details matter. — Read the published PR Daily article — Creative briefs that lack rigor and clear objectives are the earliest warning sign of a doomed client-agency relationship. Without explicit client guidance, PR teams enter a working relationship likely to make false assumptions, misinterpret instructions, and […]
Advertisers, Get Off Your Agency’s Back!
Featured on The Marketing Dive: Advertisers, if you want success, it’s time to get off your agency’s back. — Read the published Marketing Dive article — You’re thinking, “But why? I’m paying them!” Yes, you foot the bill to retain a brilliant agency to extend your creative thinking and help you meet your goals, so shouldn’t they […]
CMOs Highlight Extremely Frustrating Problems as Reason for Ending a Relationship
The Breakup Letter: Studies show more than 85 percent of American adults have experienced a breakup at least once in their lifetime. Nothing like uncertainty – as we are now experiencing with the health crisis – to yield greater tension and doubts in our personal and professional lives. Nothing like heightened budget pressure and higher […]
Bruno Gralpois on How to Nurture Client/Agency Relationships
By Bruno Gralpois Bruno Gralpois is co-founder and principal of Agency Mania Solutions, known by some as the ‘Advertising Love Doctor.’ A former head of global marketing operations at Visa and director of global agency strategy at Microsoft he has advised numerous advertisers on their agency arrangement and is the author of Agency Mania: Harness The Madness […]
Common Mistakes Agencies Make With Their Clients and What to do About It
How to Drive your Client Mad By Bruno Gralpois Author/Speaker, Thought-provocateur, Client/Agency Guru, Entrepreneur, Innovator Download a print-friendly version here In How to Drive Your Agency Crazy, I shared 20 ways brand advertisers drive their agencies crazy, and in the process, sabotage their own efforts. Experienced advertisers know better; they know how to turn these […]
Five Realistic Ways to Earn Trust in Client/Agency Relationships
Trust Me (no, really!) By Bruno Gralpois Author/Speaker, Thought-provocateur, Client/Agency Guru, Entrepreneur, Innovator Download a print-friendly version here Trust me (if I may ask) when I say that “transparency” has been the key word of choice in 2017. The issue of trust in client/agency relationships is so deep that it even led the newly elected […]
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10 Inspiring Quotes August 2017
Discover 10 inspiring quotes from thought-leaders in the advertising industry in only 60 seconds