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 […]
Agency Management Software Explained
Industry leader offering custom agency management software. Helping the world’s largest brands deploy customizable software that enables more effective management of their global strategic supplier partnerships. Our solutions give clients the tools they need to choose the right agency, accurately brief the agency, create actionable scopes of work, conduct end-to-end performance evaluations, effectively manage resources […]
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 […]
ScopeDeliver™ SOW Survey
Request more information on the SOW Survey module within our agency scoping solution ScopeDeliver™, which offers agile, real-time feedback to be collected and reported on, structured as shorter, more frequent, pulse-like surveys: In a typical agency/client workflow, Scope of Work (SOW) requirements are defined, agency resources are secured, and budgets are aligned. Then throughout the […]
ScopeDeliver™ capabilities explained
ScopeDeliver™ is an end-to-end agency scoping tool designed to streamline annual staffing/financial planning and ongoing management of deliverables, and agency and supplier resources. SOW software solutions done right! Learn more at https://agencymania.com/solutions/scopedeliver/
ScopeDeliver™ Scope Swapping
Request more information on the module within our agency scoping solution, ScopeDeliver™, that allows clients to continually adjust and refine their scopes of work (SOW) and list of deliverables or projects based on an agreed-upon, set budget: Once SOWs are finalized along with agency retainers or project fees, the planning process ends and the work […]
ScopeDeliver™ Negotiation Tracker
Request more information on our module within ScopeDeliver™ to improve your agency negotiation process: The process of getting alignment on scope of work (SOW) expectations and agency financials is a common planning activity for brand advertisers. Once the client has articulated the scope requirements, the agency submits their proposal based on the agreed-upon compensation model […]
Why Advertisers Must Pay it Forward to Systematically and Effectively Reduce Costs and Eliminate Inefficiencies
The Investment Dilemma: It often costs a penny to save $100 dollars. That’s right. By cost, I mean “investment.” As with any investment, you expect the return to be far greater than the costs. Therefore, even in a time of economic uncertainty, brand advertisers must invest in solutions like scope management to better manage agency […]
How Much Risk Brand Advertisers Are Willing to Take With Their Agency Partners, and What Impact It Has on Their Overall Performance
What’s Your Risk Profile? From choosing what stock or bond to purchase to deciding whether you should travel or shake hands during the Coronavirus epidemic, the everyday decisions we make are based on our individual risk profiles, or what is often referred to as risk tolerance. Financial institutions have mastered the artform of asking customers […]
