Darren is considered a thought leader on all aspects of marketing management. A Problem Solver, Negotiator, Founder & Global CEO of TrinityP3 - Marketing Management Consultants, founding member of the Marketing FIRST Forum and Author. He is also a Past-Chair of the Australian Marketing Institute, Ex-Medical Scientist and Ex-Creative Director. And in his spare time he sleeps. Darren's Bio Here Email: darren@trinityp3.com
If you are an agency discussing remuneration with your client, define exactly what you are being paid for and if you do more don’t assume you will get paid.
At the ANA Marketing Financial Management conference in April this year, I was struck by the fact that the Americans' were referring to Agency Compensation and not Agency Remuneration.
The fact is that with agencies often using industry salary rates, a few agencies have found a way to increase their revenue without increasing their costs.
Issue: Government Department responsible for developing community communications campaigns to improve health and decrease illness is increasingly exporting campaigns into overseas markets.
Nigel Marsh, bestselling author of "Fat, Forty and Fired" and "Overworked and Underlaid" spoke at the TEDxSydney event recently on the Work/Life balance.
I was at a function for the New Zealand Marketing Association in Auckland last Thursday, where they were talking about agency / client relationships...
How do you know who worked on the new business pitch for your business? There is a better way to select agencies - creative, media, digital, PR, promotion, etc.
TrinityP3 methodology is to negotiate price and quantity at the same time as you are evaluating quality, because as this video demonstrates, you should never just negotiate on price.
In the past 12 months, agencies of all types, (media, digital, creative, promotion, experiential etc) have been competing heavily for business with huge discounting, especially on retainers.
We asked 3 agencies to submit a proposal during a pitch for a clients business. They came back with proposals that varied in the number of resources but all were within $125,000 or within 3% variance.