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Like in past New Year Outlook survey reports, we asked for marketer comments about what they felt was most troubling trend they were seeing as it related to agencies. These will just give you a flavor for where marketers’ heads are at – which hopefully can help you better manage how you deal with your […]

Our latest infographic is available to download now and ideally it does serve as a little new business cold water wake up. Our latest report actually provides many reasons for you to be optimistic about this year, but it also highlights some of those areas where marketers and agencies don’t see eye to eye. Specifically, in […]

Agency pitch miss

In the final phases of an agency search for one of the nation’s largest credit unions and once again, I found it amazing. I had an opportunity last week to sit through three pitch presentations from three agencies that all met the criteria of what we were looking for to support his client’s business. The […]

A stat I’ve spoken to previously that bears repeating: 63% of agencies told us it was harder to break through to prospects in 2016 than the previous year. The reason: where there used to be the traditional gatekeeper you had to get through to reach the decision maker, now you’re surrounded by gatekeepers. (Thanks technology!) […]

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 […]

Consistency

The 3C’s to Successful Pipeline Building. Too many agencies prospect in fits and spurts. Too many agencies are terrible at marketing themselves. Too many agencies don’t take the time to build an organized new business process. Winning new business starts with building a solid pipeline of potential opportunities. Building a solid pipeline starts with developing […]