Discover the Seven Secrets Behind the World’s Most Successful Client/Agency Relationships and What They Share in Common
Download a print-friendly version here Here’s to the crazy ones. The round pegs in the square holes. Transcript: “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status […]
Top 10 Best Practices Successful Companies and Their Marketing Organizations are Putting Into Practice
Download a print-friendly version here Successful companies and their marketing organizations are putting into practice Articulate strategy to strengthen the company’s agency model Do you have the right agency strategy/model in place to support your marketing goals? Is the agency model and entire roster aligned to your organizational requirements? Is it structured to take you […]
Ending the Mania of Endless Client/Agency Reviews and Increasingly Popular “Speed Relationships” That Undermine Great Work and Sustained Performance
Download a print-friendly version here Will you marry me for just one night? “Will you marry me for just one night?” is one of many popular pickup lines. But it’s a lot more than just humorous. If you work in the advertising industry, this line is more likely to make you cry your eyes out […]
Why I Ditched the Cannes Ad Fest and Headed West This Year
Featured on Forbes Magazine — Read the published Forbes article — Usually around this time of year, I would find myself on the Croisette at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Soaking up both sun and shortlists, attending a seminar or two, discussing where ad agencies get it all wrong and clients got it half right, […]
Managing (Agency) Mania
Featured on AdWeek: — Read AdWeek’s published article — If it’s news to you that the client/agency model has been in flames for years now, there’s also this new thing called the Internet that you might want to know about. Of course, there’s a big difference between just saying that the old setup is shot […]
Agency Partners Help Drive Strong Business Performance
Agency Partners Help Drive Strong Business Performance How many hats do you wear? If you are a CMO, you’re probably wearing at least half a dozen: brand strategist, marcom integrator, data tsar, growth officer, social master, mobile advocate—and the list goes on. Perhaps one of the most important roles played by today’s CMO is talent […]
How to Improve Client/Agency Evaluations and Achieve Greater Accountability
The 8 Critical Obstacles: Traditional ways of conducting agency evaluations are no longer working. Old-fashioned evaluations are no longer providing clients and agencies the insight needed to manage their partnership effectively. To move towards 100% mutual accountability, these partnerships demand better data, greater insight and more actionable information that can enhance their work relationship. Here’s […]
Top 5 Client Qualities That Contribute to Better Work and Long-Lasting, Productive Partnerships in the Era of Client/Agency Speed Dating and One-Night Stands
Download a print-friendly version here “L’amour est-il mort?” (“Is Love Dead?”) French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator Antoine de St-Exupéry once said: “Aimer, ce n’est pas se regarder l’un l’autre, c’est regarder ensemble dans la mêm direction.” (Translation: “Love doesn’t mean gazing at each other, but looking, together, in the same direction.”) Applied […]
4 Common Myths That Keep Even the Best Advertisers From Turning the Mania of Client/Agency Relationships Into Screaming Brilliance
Download a print-friendly version here Admit it: We are all Maniacs! Most of us are maniacs. If you read this, it probably means you are too. If you are in a leadership role in a Fortune 500 organization, or support one, chances are you are challenged to keep up with the rapid transformation of the […]
How Brand Advertisers Can Produce More Strategic Client/Agency Performance Evaluations by Making Them Truly Actionable
Download a print-friendly version here Sixty percent of the time, it works every time. “They’ve done studies, you know. Sixty percent of the ti me, it works every time.” This is the famous line by Brian Fantana, the anchorman with a dark mustache and coworker of Ron Burgundy. In the 2004 film “Anchorman: The […]
What We Learned From This Year’s State of Client/Agency Relationships and Five Easy Steps Towards Highly Productive Partnerships that Yield Greater Performance
Download a print-friendly version here The Day I Met Elvis the Pig I met Elvis the pig at the HQ offices of Tyson Foods/Hillshire Brands Company in Chicago. A sign next to the 500-pound bronze statue of a pig explained that it was named by Jimmy Dean, the legendary country singer and founder of the […]
Five Lifelong Lessons From Legendary Catalonia’s Human Tower Traditions That Clients and Agencies Can Apply to Ensure Highly Effective Engagements
Download a print-friendly version here Lessons in Collaboration from the Human Tower It’s the most amazing sight: a human tower of Castellers wearing white trousers, a black sash, a bandana and a colored shirt bearing the team’s emblem coming together into a multi-tiered structure of up to 10 people high from the ground up. You […]
