Thanks to our work on agency searches, we hear a wide variety of questions asking us for tips on how to fine-tune the process. For all the companies looking to make the search easier and more painless, a surprising number...

I’ve been helping marketers look for best-in-class marketing agencies since the start of 2010 when we helped Citrix look for a new digital media planning & buying firm (they’re still working with them today). Not unlike Citrix, the 35+ marketers...

Being too “agency-like” is no longer an advantage for marketing agencies. But being agile and nimble is an advantage for marketing firms. With more marketers moving work in-house and more marketers using project work to “sample” agencies, no longer are...

It’s often said that the only constant is change, and this certainly applies to our world of agencies and marketers. The value of an agency and of a client, for that matter, can now be measured more in its ability...

Just read an article about traditional agency search firms and how they are being squeezed because they haven’t adjusted and changed with the times. You, the marketer are changing, your needs are changing in how your managing your business and...

Just spent two days at the Mirren marketing agency conference in New York.  Great conference for us as it gives us the opportunity to meet, and get re-acquainted with 100’s of agencies from across the country. The conference also provides...

In 2015, we published an Infographic called “The 8 Animal Traits You Need to Future Proof Your Agency”. Little did we know that only two years later, the world of advertising and marketing would be turned upside down and many...

Ever been involved in a final pitch presentation where the agency doesn’t bring in the agency team that is going to work on your business? How do you feel? Important because they’re all the high flyers from the agency?  Or...

In a recent AdWeek article, Wunderman reveals their newest way to circumvent the growing movement for marketers to bring agency services in-house: Create an agency that can work inside the four walls of their client’s business. Here’s what I see...

Category experience is something that every marketer we have worked with seems to want in a new agency. Jack-in-the-Box wanted fast food experience. Roundy’s wanted grocery experience. Mercy Health wanted hospital experience. Motorola wanted durable goods/B2B experience. Name your category...