Why Some Agencies Are Dying
Agencies are being forced to work together as CMOs demand best of breed across the marketing functions.
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The Quality Boom
Content publishers realize the need to produce complete stories with multiple types of media assets. That means quality producers will be in demand.
How CMOs Integrate Marketing Agencies and Consultants
Consider how companies integrate agencies and consultants into the modern, multichannel marketing environment.
Contrary to today’s blogosphere conversation, CMOs, other C-level business executives, and their marketing lieutenants still drive marketing strategy in organizations. Agencies and consultants vary in role from strategic partner to tactical provisioning.
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Why “The Pitch” Will Perpetuate Bad Practices
Perhaps you have seen the preview episode of The Pitch, AMC’s newest show about the advertising industry, which debuts on April 30. In this first episode WDCW competes against McKinney Advertising for a Subway breakfast ad campaign. While dramatic and entertaining, the episode also perpetuates several bad practices that plague the entire marketing sector.
This “reality” TV approach focuses on the tension of competitive pitching for major accounts. It assumes that winning depends on the creative that resonates most with the decision committee. In this case a Mac Lethal video-inspired campaign from McKinney out duels WDCW’s zAMbie campaign for Subway’s breakfast line.
But nowhere in the episode do we see serious conversations about the following:
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The PR Industry Can’t Help Itself
Of all the professional skill groups that can be included in the marketing toolkit, public relations is the most ridiculous (PR is also used for public affairs and other non-marketing activities). Filled with backwards unethical and untrained professionals that consistently spam people and promote attention metrics instead of actual outcomes, the PR profession can’t help its poor image.
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The El Show Episode 26: Will Big Agencies Go the Way of the Do-Do Bird?
Episode 26 of the El Show revolved around Forrester’s call-out of big agencies. From the post: “Agencies continually reinvent themselves to serve their clients — they have to quickly adapt to changes in marketing strategy, media, technology, and society. And… Read More »The El Show Episode 26: Will Big Agencies Go the Way of the Do-Do Bird?