Unlocking Efficiency: 4 Steps to Powerful Agency Management and How to Handle Roadblocks
Advertiser relationships are under greater scrutiny to do more with less. Brands must implement a step-by-step approach to a more automated, streamlined, and smarter way to engage with agencies and deliver organizational value. “Do more with less” has become a corporate mantra for most brand advertisers and the agency ecosystem that brands rely on […]
Rethinking ‘AI’ in a Partnership World: Advice for Advertisers and Agencies
What if “AI” meant something more than artificial intelligence? Discover 6 surprising and effective ways this popular abbreviation can improve agency partnerships. Members of the Association of National Advertisers selected AI as the Marketing Word of the Year for 2023. No surprise there. The AI phenomenon is indisputable: The abbreviation appears to be in every agency presentation, […]
A CMO’s Wake-up Call: not Who but How
Why CMOs must shift their mindset and focus from “Which agencies should I hire?” to “How can I operate to embolden agencies to succeed?” —no matter whom a brand partners with. A recent article by Ad Age predicts an increase in account reviews as a result of agency layoffs, corporate restructuring, leadership changes, and […]
Getting Stuff Done – Better, Faster, Smarter
Improving the output of client–agency collaboration to drive cost efficiencies and bulletproof your business in turbulent times. In the cacophony of business life and a new year full of promises, when the demands of work, team commitments, and the ever-present allure of conflicting priorities create a symphony of chaos, the quest to get things […]
Run, Forrest, Run.
How fast or far you can run only matters if you run in the right direction: Discover how brand advertisers can ensure the effective use of budgets and talent with an integrated approach to managing agency partnerships. By Bruno Gralpois Author/Speaker, Thought-provocateur, Client/Agency Guru, Entrepreneur, Innovator In the 1994 American film Forrest Gump, based […]
An Integrated Approach to Managing Agency Partnerships
Request a white paper on the case for an integrated vs. siloed approach to agency management activities: The agency management discipline has garnered significant interest among brand advertisers who aim to automate and optimize their numerous agency management workflow processes, essential for fostering effective collaboration with agency partners. This surge of interest has led to […]
How Brand Advertisers Enable Agency Partners to Drive Business and Brand Growth Through Process Automation
Turning Agencies Into Growth Agents: GROWTH. If there is one word that best describes the imperative nature of marketing and the priority shared by all CMOs in these unprecedented times, this is it. Growth has never been a greater priority than it is today. This is not a new idea of course. The industry and […]
An Integrated Model of Agency Management Activities
Our visual: shows how an integrated mix of agency management tools enables top advertisers to improve data sharing and decision-making. This integrated approach enables agency-facing teams to gather more effective agency insights, action plans, work output, relationships and overall more streamlined, efficient use of resources. When advertisers are integrating multiple activities, they can consume data […]
System Integration
Request a white paper on how we integrate our solutions with internal or third-party systems: The concept of connecting applications for more effective data sharing has grown in popularity. Data is effective only when it is shared in a timely manner with other systems that can benefit from it. Most of the organizations we work […]
2018 Advertiser/Agency Predictions and Major Trends
What should advertisers and their agencies expect from each other in 2018? Discover major trends that will inevitably rock your world. By Bruno Gralpois Author/Speaker, Thought-provocateur, Client/Agency Guru, Entrepreneur, Innovator Download a print-friendly version here Wouldn’t it be great if we could predict the future accurately? Think about all the decisions you would make differently, […]
A Step-by-Step Approach to Conducting Agency Quarterly Business Reviews That Strengthen the Work and Improve Collaboration
Download a print-friendly version here How to Swim Through Highly Effective Agency QBRs Without Drowning Anyone on the client or the agency side will remember their first QBR (Quarterly Business Review). Unless you are adequately prepared, it feels a bit like getting ready to jump in a pool without knowing how deep the water is […]
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 […]
