In our 2018 RSW/AgencySearch New Year Outlook Report, we unearthed changes and shifts in the market that might have bigger, full service shops a bit concerned. Today, more so than years past, marketers are looking to fill voids left by...
In our recently released, 2018 Marketer-Agency New Year Outlook Report, marketers and agencies are not aligned when it comes to the importance of measuring ROI. Marketers expect and want to be able to justify all of their spending. 77% of...
Over the past 5-7 years digital firms, mobile firms, SEO firms, and social firms have been springing up like the weeds in my beds during Spring. There are two classes of these agencies that are being birthed every day. The...
In our most recent 2013 survey (click here to download:Â RSW/AgencySearch survey), the marketer and agency outlook for 2013 is somewhat of a mixed bag. Here is a topline of some of the key findings from the survey: “Uncertainty about the...
It amazes me. Over the past 5-6 searches we managed (helping marketers find better marketing agencies at no cost to them) the marketers have all said the same thing: The one thing they don’t want is a marketing agency with...
While the numbers are increasing, Marketers are still not convinced that using a digital-only firm is the best way to go. In our most recent RSW/AgencySearch survey, only 27%of Marketers state that they use a digital-only firm. While an increase...
It was so much simpler when I was growing up. Three TV Networks, no cell phones, 15% media commissions, agencies driving the client relationships. And it was so much simpler…even just six or seven years ago. There was the internet...
At this year’s Mirren Agency New Business Development Conference, I learned that many mid-to-small agencies aren’t getting the attention of the “traditional/old school” search consultants. It appears that most of these agency search consultants tend to only focus on bigger agencies...
Social media is all the rage. Marketers want to be in it. Agencies say they can do it. Nobody knows exactly how to charge for it. And it’s harder than heck to keep up with. Many agencies talk about their...