What is the new business hit and run? Well, I can’t take credit for the term, one of our clients threw that out in a conversation. The hit and run is one project and you’re done. Good that you got the project, but your team busted their butts on it with the hopes that it […]
Blasphemy! You don’t want to be the AOR? Explain. And so I will. In a normal day, I talk to multiple agencies, and a little while back, I had a conversation with an agency principal that stuck with me. He described a client they had: a Fortune 500 company they’d worked with for 3 years […]
Agency new business often comes in the form of an initial project, and that’s not a bad thing, but agencies don’t often think long-term about avoiding the new business hit and run. What is this new business hit and run you speak of? I can’t take credit for the term, one of our clients threw […]
The RSW/US 60 second agency new business video series, specifically, talking Project Work. It’s been a hot topic from our 2017 New Year Outlook Report and with multiple agency principals I’ve talked to. Many agencies are embracing this ongoing trend (no, it’s not new) but just as many marketing services firms are still AOR-centric, and […]
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 […]
