Rob Lane my colleague recently wrote a first draft of a new proposal for a client brand and I was delighted that he chose to insert a new section header, “Your responsibilities”. Imagine an agency telling a prospective client – not one we’re working with already – that they had to actively participate in delivering [...]
The news this week has been crazy about Disney’s apparent flop in their recent release of the movie John Carter. It’s rare for a class act like Disney to get a project like this so badly wrong. We spoke to low budget movie blogger and Client of Creative Agency Secrets, Julian Darley about why he [...]
The local business incubator here in Auckland is called The Icehouse. It’s an impressive place buzzing with activity. Creative Agency Secrets was asked to prove its salt by giving some free consulting to a new organisation, DirtyMan.co.nz Perversely, it is all about keeping men clean! Avoiding costly product launches The team is a start-up and [...]
Nick Burcher is a super star… but I didn’t know that when I first met him. We had coffee together and he gave me very early advice on setting up this blog and since then I’ve followed his work. Nick’s latest views are about the integration of advertising, marketing and social media in the context [...]
There was a once a time when global brands selected their marketing and advertising departments on their creative ability and trained them in the philosophy of business. The most successful staff members were the ones with the most unique ideas which would push their brand to success. This last sentence is still true these days, [...]
A guest post by Stephen Greensted. Cynicism, Duplicity and Institutional Incompetence In my last post, I looked at thirty reasons for advertising agencies not winning an account when they thought they were ahead. I could easily have added another seventy reasons. But it’s not always the agency’s fault. Clients are just as likely to mess up [...]
How much do marketers and their agencies need to know about technology. Code is now on a par with content. Allison Mooney, head of trends and Insights, Marketing Google Ben Malbon, Director of Strategy, Creative Lab Google Matt Galligan, SimpleGeo Rob Rasmussen, Tribal DDB Rick Webb, The Barbarian Group #agileagency How much do marketers and [...]
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