A Guide to Agency Management in 2020
Featured on ANA Marketing Maestros — Read the ANA’s published article — Advertising has evolved into a complex, multi-faceted discipline requiring skills borrowed from business strategy, finance, information technology, human resources and almost every other corporate function. So, it’s no surprise that the list of activities on marketers’ desks increasingly runs long and deep. Too […]
Transactional Relationships Are Out
Featured on ANA Maestros — Read the published ANA article — We’ve heard it before: Don’t treat your agencies as mere vendors, unless, of course, a commodity is what you are seeking. But the label “vendors” shouldn’t be such a dirty word. In principle, “vendors” are delivering services that have reasonable commercial value and getting […]
Agency Mania Solutions is a Sponsor of ANA Advertising Financial Management Virtual Conference
Agency management platform and professional services firm supports conference mission to drive greater efficiencies, cost savings and ROI in advertising. SEATTLE – April 23, 2019 – Agency Mania Solutions announced today its sponsorship and support of the 2019 ANA Advertising Financial Management Conference held April 28-May 1, in Phoenix. The advertising industry’s gathering of top […]
What to Expect in Agency Financial Management in 2019
What to Expect in Agency Financial Management This Year: The advertising industry has always been a resourceful community where its many participants share best practices and openly discuss challenges that get in the way of prosperity and effective collaboration. I’ve been privileged to attend many events over the years while on the client side, and […]
Improving Work Quality, Efficiency, and Transparency, Without Falling Into Common Scope of Work Traps That Undermine Marketing Efforts
Avoiding Deadly Scope of Work Traps: The importance of having a robust scope of work (SOW) management system that improves how a brand advertiser manages the allocation of its internal and agency resources– human and financial–no longer needs to be established. The years of having advertisers trade scope documents and agency financials via email or […]
5 Considerations to Keep in Mind When Choosing Between Retainer and Deliverable-First
5 Considerations to Keep in Mind When Choosing Between Retainer and Deliverable-First By Bruno Gralpois, Co-founder and Principal at Agency Mania Solutions There’s a lot to weigh to find the best fit for your agency A deliverable-first model could prove more efficient. Thinking hard about those agency retainers? Sure, many brand and […]
10 Inspiring Quotes August 2017
Discover 10 inspiring quotes from thought-leaders in the advertising industry in only 60 seconds
Five Principles to Make the Most Effective Use of Agency Talent
Download a print-friendly version here Who killed the timesheet? Before we start joyfully pointing the finger at anyone, we must ask ourselves the question: “Why did time sheets exist in the first place?” As advertisers moved swiftly from commission-based agreements in the late 1990s and early 2000s to labor-based agreements and agency retainers, time sheets […]
Your Agency Fees Are Burning Too Fast. Now What?
How brand advertisers can make effective use of retainer fees without getting burned.
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.
How Brand Advertisers Can Make Effective Use of Retainer Fees Without Getting Burned
Download a print-friendly version here Your Agency Fees Are Burning Too Fast. Now What? There are at least three million burn cases every year in the United States. Yet burns are highly preventable. In the advertising world, “burn” has a vastly different meaning, and a controlled burn is more the focus. The large majority of […]
