Monthly Archives: May 2012

How to measure the cost of switching advertising agencies

This is a guest post by Dan Hestbaek - Co-founder and CEO of

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Global Marketing Insights: Putting the customer experience first

I recently attended the Contagious Magazine presentation in NYC on Frictionless Commerce as part of the ANA WFA Global Marketing Conference. The session was held at the Google Creative Labs down in the Meatpacking District and was attended by more … Continue reading

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Vestas’ CMO Morten Albaek urges Marketing Leaders to take a “Transparency Pledge”

On May 10 in New York, I attended The Internationalist 100 to celebrate the announcement of the annual list of 100 Marketing Leaders. The event, “Brand Growth in a Socially Transparent World,” had some excellent speakers including: My old colleague … Continue reading

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A simple test for your strategic marketing and business initiatives

This is a guest post by Shawn Callahan – Founder of

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The strategic opportunities of applying the Cynefin Framework to Marketing and Advertising

My friend and colleague Shawn Callahan @unorder was working at the Cynefin Centre at IBM until he started his own business called Anecdote a few years ago. One of the areas he focuses on is using story telling and listening … Continue reading

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A personal story that is not about advertising agency remuneration, but could be

I was reflecting on the recent conversations I have had in regards to media agency remuneration, both globally as a strategic partner of the WFA and locally with our strategic partnership with the AANA, and thought that there are many … Continue reading

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Tips on how to bridge the digital advertising divide

This is a guest post by Stephan Argent - a member of the TrinityP3 When it comes to digital and “traditional” media, clients and agencies seem to have come to a chasm that can best be described as a “Digital Divide”.  It’s … Continue reading

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The world’s worst advertising agency scope of work defined by a marketer

I know that no one except lawyers, and some procurement people enjoy reading contracts, but in fact contracts are interesting and important documents as they define the terms and conditions of a relationship between two parties. My legal friends tell … Continue reading

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ANA Marketing Financial Management Conference, Boca Raton, Florida – Final Day

The final day of the conference closed with a focus on the challenges shared by the CFO and the CMO, courtesy of IBM, the challenges of managing global marketing services and the on-going challenges of agency remuneration, or as the … Continue reading

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ANA Marketing Financial Management Conference, Boca Raton, Florida – Day 3

The focus is on profitability and margins not costs and price today with a view of the industry from Wall Street by Brian Wieser, Pivotal Research and a panel discussion on Media Trading Desks and a discussion on Media Audits … Continue reading

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