There’s a new trend in vogue for some of marketing’s biggest brands – the bespoke agency. Just within the last few weeks, both Mercedes-Benz and Planet Fitness have moved to handcrafted agencies built by marketing networks Omnicom and Publicis, respectively....
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...
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...
Even before the days of the personal computer, marketers have been looking for “magic bullet” solutions. In today’s tech-driven world, that idyllic concept looks like a technology platform that handles all the analytics you could ever want, streamlines the reporting...
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...
Not the A, B, C’s, but the X, Y, Z’s of conducting a great search. Meaning the things you should avoid when trying to manage a search on your own. Falling in love during your search Don’t fall in love...
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...
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...
Good news is only 32% of marketers expect to see a decline in their marketing spending levels in 2021 (according to our 2021 New Year Outlook Survey Report). The not-so-good news (for agencies and the marketing community as a whole)...