We don’t need to give you the typical introduction to the situation at hand. You all know it’s not the time for business as usual. From top to bottom, across all verticals, even brands or industries that had thought of...

Now is the time for your agency to make a difference in your world. In a recent Adweek article, the author discusses the things brands need to be thinking about and doing now, given the situation we are in. It...

Welcome to the second episode of RSW/AgencySearch’s “A Look Under the Agency Hood,” a video series in which we bring perspective unmatched in the industry to help YOU find better marketing agency partners. In this episode, founder/principal Mark Sneider discusses...

You don’t need us to tell you that in-house agencies are on the rise. As a marketer, you’ve either seen this trend all around your industry, or you’ve become part of it. Whatever your vantage point, it won’t surprise you...

Clear historical trends indicate a movement to consolidate the number of agencies a marketer uses (on a regular basis), which is very different than it has been in the past. Pre-2017, marketers were on more of a path of expansion...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of RSW/AgencySearch’s “A Look Under the Agency Hood,” a video series in which we bring perspective unmatched in the industry to help YOU find better marketing agency partners. In this episode, founder/principal Mark Sneider recounts...

If you’ve been in the marketing world for more than a few years, as I’m sure most of you have, you know that our world of advertising is almost entirely cyclical. This year’s trends are wholly different than last year’s,...

Just finished up a search for a client in the entertainment/hospitality space. It always amazes me that when you put the same ask in front of 3-4 agencies, you get very different approaches to how they address the challenge document...

The New Year is upon us, and with the holiday, of course, comes the resolutions that many of you have made (and hopefully none of you have broken yet!). Whether it’s shedding a few pounds, reading a few more books,...

Too often, marketers or traditional search consultants, don’t take the time to ask agencies the tough questions upfront in a search. There’s a tendency to focus on the functional elements associated with an agency versus diving into the degree to...