Unlike a blog, this is not a collection of musings or things that caught our attention today.
Instead, it is a collection of the important insights, trends and issues we have encountered in our work with our clients and the solutions we have developed.
This why we call it our Knowledge Centre. It is where we share the collective knowledge of TrinityP3. We add to this regularly. We update it when and where needed. We recommend bookmarking this page and be sure to visit regularly when looking for inspiration, insight and knowledge on the world of marketing management.
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Five ways to manage a better pitch process for selecting agencies
When the advertising industry refers to a pitch being broken, it typically means one of the two most common tender processes used in advertising today. The Standard Agency Pitch Management Process. The Standard Procurement Managed Tender Process. An outline of ...
How output pricing supports an agency subscription fee model
While input models, such as hourly rates, retainers and project fees, continue to dominate agency fees, there is an increasing interest in output-based pricing models, driven primarily by the impact of AI technology on agency productivity. However, several issues affecting ...
What are the real considerations and impacts of AI on agency fees?
An increasing number of agencies are including promises of AI benefits in their pitches. Typically, these are framed in the context of improved productivity through automation, allowing the agency to provide more for less. A.K.A. - savings. This is a ...
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What is the definition of Marketing?
I was the guest lecturer for the EMBA course at the Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong for several years. The topic title was marketing today, and I was interested to know how this group of business executives and tomorrow’s ...
The Top 10 Ethical Issues for Marketers in 2024
Stay ahead of the curve in ethical marketing practice with this comprehensive guide from TrinityP3 to the top ethical issues facing the industry and how to navigate them with integrity. What is ethical marketing and why does it matter? Here ...
Agency selection criteria – seven things to consider when choosing an advertising agency
Choosing a new advertising agency, be that creative, media, digital, experiential, shopper, pr 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 difference Between Scope of Work (SoW) and Scope of Services (SoS), and why that matters
We have talked and written many times about the importance of the scope of work in regard to setting or benchmarking agency remuneration based on productivity and not simply the cost of resources. But there is often confusion in regard ...
What are the biggest issues facing the media industry?
Media advertising continues to be the most significant single component of most advertisers' marketing budgets. Paid media is a substantial investment across traditional media and, increasingly, into digital channels, which are eclipsing traditional broadcast media channels. However, with this change ...
Top ways to make agencies more effective in presenting their credentials
For the past 20 years, I have literally sat through more than a thousand agency credentials presentations. Some were part of a pitch or tender credentials presentation, and others were when I was engaged in providing feedback to help agencies ...
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Why marketers focus more on creative rather than media challenges
While some may disagree with this proposition ….let’s consider what’s going on. Are there more brand challenges that need solving by finding that creative ‘big idea’ versus media planning/buying to target better with greater efficiency? There’s no doubt that ideally ...
Why business needs to radically rethink marketing structures
In 2015, retired US Army General, Stanley McChrystal published a book about the operational challenges he faced when, in 2003, he took command of the Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq. Called Team of Teams. New rules of engagement ...
Better collaboration does not mean collaboration meetings
This is the next in a series of one-minute videos that address one of the many complex challenges facing marketing, media and advertising today. The Golden Minute series is an attempt to prove Albert Einstein right when he said “The definition of genius ...
Book Review: Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal
Okay, so the full title is actually Team of Teams – New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal U.S. Army Retired with Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell. But do not let this put ...
The truth about Agile Marketing is it is not simply faster
This is the next in a series of one-minute videos that address one of the many complex challenges facing marketing, media and advertising today. The Golden Minute series is an attempt to prove Albert Einstein right when he said “The definition of genius ...
Important questions before taking media in-house
This is the next in a series of one-minute videos that address one of the many complex challenges facing marketing, media and advertising today. The Golden Minute series is an attempt to prove Albert Einstein right when he said “The definition of genius ...
Does your marketing structure support your marketing strategy anymore?
Strategy is a fundamental driver of business success, yet it is one of the most misunderstood terms thrown around the halls of business. Often mistaken for a goal or tactic, a strategy is how a company chooses to reach its ...
The difference Between Scope of Work (SoW) and Scope of Services (SoS), and why that matters
We have talked and written many times about the importance of the scope of work in regard to setting or benchmarking agency remuneration based on productivity and not simply the cost of resources. But there is often confusion in regard ...
Practical advice on navigating the media supply chain (An interview with David Angell)
Recently I was interviewed, in my role as Head of Media and General Manager at TrinityP3, by Tracey Porter for an article in Marketing Magazine, the Trust Issue June / July 2018. The interview is provided in full here because ...
Can brands behave more ethically?
The world of ethical business is a hornets’ nest of acronyms and jargon. ESG; Corporate Purpose; Triple Bottom Lines; Brand Purpose; greenwashing. Where acronyms and jargon lurk, the heavy hand of the management consultant is often found. And, sure enough, ...
Is the structure of your marketing team hindering its success?
On a day to day basis how many times do you stop and think about the structure of your marketing team and the impact it’s having on how well you are going to market? Honestly? Yet, with the current situation ...
The biggest challenges you will face when rationalising your agency roster
At some point most marketers managing a significant sized budget will question if they really do need all of the agencies and suppliers they have collected on their roster. It is only natural. In fact a common question we often ...
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Managing Marketing: The Benefit And Challenges Of Owning Your Own Agency
Jacquie Alley is the Chief Operating Officer of Mediastore and the Chair of Independent Media Agencies Australia (IMAA). Margie Reid is the Chief Executive Officer of possibly the most talked-about agency in the market, Thinkerbell. Together, they represent two distinct paths to owning and managing an independent agency business. Jacquie ...