8 Marketing Technology Stats To Help Ad Agencies Boost Client Retention [Data]

Organic growth and client retention are top of mind for ad agencies and they’re topics, along with marketing technology, we’ve discussed recently as well. Along those lines, we just released our latest survey report, which you can (and should) download here: RSW/US 2021 Marketing Technology & Agency New Business Tools.  As we point out in […]

In-House Agencies-Friend or Foe? We’ve talked about trends like increasing amounts of project work from our latest survey report, and another is the rise of in-house agencies. Nearly 80% of agencies predict their clients will move some marketing services in-house in 2017-that’s a 23% increase over 2016’s prediction. Now it’s only that-a prediction, but it’s […]

Over the past few weeks, our posts have presented the Agency of the Future, describing traits agencies will need to flourish in our rapidly evolving industry. Several traits we presented described how agencies can continuously grow in value as a partner to their clients.  Others centered on becoming a more effective competitor as marketers consolidate agency partners. […]

The Lexus Hoverboard: this is a product concept that grabs the imagination doesn’t it? From the Jetsons to Back to the Future, the concept may not be new, but Lexus has a prototype. Forbes quoted Lexus EVP, Mark Templin reflecting on the culture that underlies this commitment to innovate: “At Lexus, we constantly challenge ourselves […]

  If it feels like the industry is becoming more competitive — it’s not just you. In the RSW/US 2015 New Year Outlook Survey, 79% of agencies responding indicated seeing the industry as more competitive than it was three-four years ago. And, this is a considerable increase from 2013, when 68% of responders observed increasing […]