The In-house Conversation – Minus The Glitz Most of the conversation around marketing trends centers on the “flashier” parts of the industry: let’s be honest, big-budget Super Bowl ads with all their glitz are going to draw a couple more...
Having played in the Agency-Client Relationship space now for the past 16 years, I’ve seen it all. We work with 50+ different agencies across the nation and talk to 1000’s every month. I’ve seen agency principals sing the praises of...
Drop clevelandguardians into your favorite browser and here is what see what you’ll find: While the Cleveland Indians baseball team would have liked for you to find their new logo when completing a clevelandguardians search…no such luck. It’s not the...
If you’re thinking about looking for a new, best-in-class agency, be careful, as it can be a daunting task. Marketers struggle with the task of finding a new marketing agency for a few reasons: They simply don’t have the time...
We recently completed a survey among marketers and agencies which, in part, evaluated the technology needs of marketers. We wanted to understand what challenges were most pressing and then juxtaposition marketer needs to agencies’ use of similar technologies to meet...
Why is your agency, your agency? Or, in the case of larger rosters, what role does each agency play in your larger plan? If you have a readily available answer, then more power to you. But many times, the answer...
In February we invited a number of marketing clients who had used RSW/AgencySearch (to find better agencies), to a virtual conference to talk about their experience working with our firm. We also explored a variety of other topics relative to...
As brands shifted, adapted, and sometimes stumbled their way through the last 12 months, another trend reinforced the need for new thinking in the marketing wing: CMOs are on the move like never before. A recent article in AdAge pegs...
What’s next marketers? What’s left to say about the last 12 months? As marketers readjust to the latest readjustments (which themselves were adjusting to previous adjustments), our New Year Outlook report hopefully proved a valuable tool for sifting through surface-level...
In 2015, 50% of marketers stated in our New Year Outlook survey report that they used 2 or fewer marketing agency partners to support the needs of their business. In our most recent New Year Outlook survey report, that number...