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Here’s My Beef With Ad Agencies

Adweek

If you caught my LinkedIn post, you know I've got some serious beef with the current ad agency model. I mean, let's call a spade a spade--it's broken. And in desperate need of a shake-up. Apparently, I struck a nerve because that post blew up. We're talking over 800,000 impressions, 5,000 reactions and a.

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Black-Owned Advertising Agencies Need Their Buying Power Back

Adweek

In the recent wake of widespread--and exceedingly public--declarations of progress on the diversity, equity and inclusion front, there are people in the media ecosystem questioning if Black-owned advertising agencies are still needed in 2022.

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The 10 Most Significant Agency Account Changes in 2023

Adweek

For most marketers and advertisers, 2023 was a strangely challenging year. Advertising spend continued to decelerate, and even decline, in some depressed categories like linear TV. Spooked, and fearful of marketers tightening their purse strings yet again, a lot of agencies resorted to layoffs. It's been a tragic year.

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How Agencies Cut Climate Impact in Ad Production

Adweek

Using virtual tools and curbing flights can cut emissions in ad production by up to 95%, according to agency AMV BBDO, which uses AdGreen's carbon calculator. AdGreen offers free training and tools to help reduce the emissions generated by advertising production.

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Keeping the Spark Alive in Long-Term Agency Relationships

Adweek

Advertising's traditional agency of record model isn't quite dead yet but the divorce rate is high, with the average appointment lasting just three years. agency AMV BBDO, who know it doesn't have.

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ANA and 4A’s Explain How Brands and Agencies Can Switch Compensation Models

Adweek

Every agency wants to be paid its worth for its services, and there are many compensation models that agencies and brands use for payment, but finding the right one that is equitable for both sides, and is easy to implement, is sometimes as clear as mud. A new paper--a collaboration between the American Association of.

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Security Cameras for Fish Owners and Headphones for Golfers: How Media Agencies Find New Customers for Clients

Adweek

Media agencies sometimes stumble upon audience data significant enough to impact product strategy. To advertise its HomeHawk security camera, Panasonic was working with Robert Douglas and Boris Litvinov, two former Dentsu Media leaders who together founded the full-service agency Left Off Madison.

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