rebecca on August 17th, 2010

Image via Wikipedia I am researching for a new blog post about how brands brief agencies when they want to run a pitch. Can you help me? Top 3 things for writing a good brief for an agency pitch Worst 3 things for writing a good brief for an agency pitch Add your answers to [...]

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There’s a great summary of the pro and anti arguments about the Belgian Agency strike over on e-consultancy’s site. The comments are helpful including ones from client and agency side folk. I particularly liked Neale Gilhooley’s comment My career path has been 90% Agency and 10% Client, but the 10% has radically changed my views [...]

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rebecca on January 27th, 2010

I found this on a LinkedIn group called London Communicators. How important is ‘likeability’ in winning new business? Looks like a meet-up will follow to discuss it further. Bookmark to: Hide Sites $$(‘div.d1051′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });

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rebecca on August 25th, 2009

You've probably all read about Lowe and Pepperami parting company and the project being listed on ideabounty.com for all and sundry to pitch. Image by treehouse1977 via Flickr Great opportunity or terrible waste of time? The debate rages on but here's my ha'pennysworth.  Go opensource.  Publicise as if your survival depended on it. If you [...]

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rebecca on June 22nd, 2009

Nicky O'Malley from recruiter InHouse has sent me their white paper about brands rationalising agency relationships .  She thinks that an internal "business development culture" is important She advocates building closer relationships with existing clients so they don't re-pitch their account Senior teams in agencies do not generally have a new business background  Business development [...]

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Image via Wikipedia Sean O'Halloran over on the Hoop blog has written a great post on how Design industry insiders can get involved in telling the Government (UK only so far, sorry!) how they thinkg Design and creative should be purchased. UK Government wants your views on how design & innovation can be bought and [...]

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rebecca on April 21st, 2009

An easy suggestion by Mark Earls from his blog about 'recycling briefs' to support a youth charity. Of course it's easy to justify re-using stuff if it's for 'charidee' but why not just publish and share? Bookmark to: Hide Sites $$(‘div.d573′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });

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rebecca on April 1st, 2009

I have returned from the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) conference in Austin, USA and, as last year, I attended some great sessions and met interesting people.  This year I was also speaking at the conference. With the recession beginning to affect agency businesses I sought out those sessions that might be useful learning and [...]

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rebecca on February 19th, 2009

Sam and I first met when he worked out of a converted garage in London W14…. how times change!  His new business  is called Tradewind , Sam and I first met when he worked out of a converted garage in London W14…. how times change!  Tradewind helps clients improve digital marketing spend, proving value and [...]

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rebecca on January 27th, 2009

 I have just had a proposal rejected by an agency  but I think it's such a good idea that I shouldn't let it go to waste. Business development for a digital agency into part of the real estate industry.  Can't say more here. My proposition would cost an agency £20k and would need to start [...]

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