Monthly Archives: February 2012

Strategic business alignment requires closing the gaps between the CXOs

Our Business Director in Melbourne sent me this article from CFO.com with the headline: Finance vs. Marketing - Why they still don’t see eye to eye on measures of return. I have always been interested in the perception of misalignment between the CFO … Continue reading

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How to use the TrinityP3 resource rate calculators iPhone Business App to get a pay rise

I was having a coffee with a friend who was a recently-redundant creative director at one of the larger agencies around town. He had decided to now go out on his own, funded by the redundancy package from the agency. … Continue reading

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If you are pitching your business, how to pitch it right

It is constantly amazing the industry media frenzy that is associated with an advertiser reviewing their business. I am sure many marketers wish that their new product launch or their campaign results attracted the same level of media interest that … Continue reading

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How to save your advertising production costs by defining your requirements up front

No matter if it is TV, cinema, radio, online, print or digital, we invariably notice that budget over-runs, blowouts and increases are caused by changes in the specification of the task during or after the production process rather than in … Continue reading

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Paying peanuts? – It is not the smartest advertising agency remuneration strategy

No one wants to be paying too much for their advertising. But likewise, there are downsides to paying too little. We see it all the time, advertisers call us in because they are unhappy with the performance and service levels provided … Continue reading

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Save time and money by improving your advertising approval process

Sitting with a client and their agency, I was talking about the cost in time, resources and dollars being consumed by their convoluted approval processes. You see, we had identified that for most projects there were eight people involved in … Continue reading

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Case studies on how production assessments can add value to television advertising costs

Since 2000 we have been providing our clients with an advertising production cost assessment, cost estimates and management services. It is often a part of our business not popular with many of the agencies (as evidenced in this video introduction … Continue reading

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Things to consider when selecting a new advertising agency

Choosing a new agency, be that creative, media, digital, experiential or any one of the many other types of service providers is not something to be taken lightly. The cost and time involved and the impact on the business is … Continue reading

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How to make the most of your media negotiation to increase value

As consumer confidence remains sluggish, advertisers are increasingly interested in understanding how effective their media agency is negotiating. This raises two main concerns: 1. What are the issues affecting negotiation effectiveness? 2. How effective are the advertiser and agency in … Continue reading

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Social media clearly explained via #donuts and promoted on social media

There is a photograph doing the rounds of social media today (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, FourSquare, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Last FM and Google + etc) and it was done by @threeshipsmedia They posted a blog For those who don’t know @threeshipsmedia is … Continue reading

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