A decade ago many “digital agencies” were primarily production shops sub-contracting out to the big agencies in big cities. It was a profitable business for several years, but many clients were not fully satisfied. Something was missing. According to Joe Olsen, CEO of Rova, that something was the strategy that would wed digital production to their business goals. This unmet need introduced consultants into the …
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Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners is one of the few ad agenices in America worthy of admiration. The reasons are many, and now we have a new one. Forced to defend the account once again, BSSP is walking away from BMW Mini after 11 years. https://youtu.be/X9p1JAy9GWs According to Campaign, agency CEO , Greg Stern said: There has been very aggressive cost-cutting on their part in terms of a mandated …
Nay Say All Day To Keep Ad People At Bay
Do you get tired of reading about how the ad agency business sucks, and how no one wants to work in advertising any longer due to the long hours, low pay and lack of prestige? Personally, I see many of these sour takes on the industry as little more than ill-informed attempts to fill space. Digiday is running one of these "bitch and moan" sessions right now. Managing Editor, Shareen Pathak, posits: All …
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Can Agencies In Blue States Relate To Shoppers In Trump’s America?
Do the coastal elites who work in Manhattan and L.A. ad agencies truly understand what motivates the people in the middle of the nation to buy hamburgers, life insurance policies, and pickup trucks? Clearly, the best of them do. So, is there anything to the claim that agency staffers need an education in Red State America? Patrick Coffee, senior editor for Adweek, travelled to Nashville recently to meet Paul …
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Laura Fegley Moves To Minneapolis
Laura Fegley recently left her role as executive creative director of BBH NY to take up the same position at Minneapolis agency Colle + McVoy. The Drum asked her a few questions about the move. One question in particular is worthy of further exploration. What’s the most exciting trend you’re seeing in advertising right now? Honestly, the most exciting thing to me right now is that advertising doesn’t know what …
Better Agency/Client Relationships Rely On Open And Honest Dialogue
Ad people, like most people, love to bitch and moan. I can hear the collective groan now: Whoa is me, I have another dumbass client with another idiotic demand that subtracts value from 'the work.' Maybe there are many good reasons for this sour-faced condition. Or maybe ad people are choking on self-importance. Ask yourself what a lobby full of trophies truly says about your agency? Does it say you're …
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