Category Archives: Outsourcing

Keeping it Clean: How Sports Expertise is Helping Media Buying Agencies Discover Brand-Safe Digital Content

Greg BoboloAugust 10, 2015 Online video media buyers are facing a problem: in the world of online video, there’s quantity, but not much quality. Much of the video content one will find on YouTube is poorly produced, meaningless, tasteless and sometimes even offensive. With all the not-safe-for-work video content floating around, premium brand advertisers need … Continue reading Keeping it Clean: How Sports Expertise is Helping Media Buying Agencies Discover Brand-Safe Digital Content

Why Staffing Supplier Brands Should Be Important To MSP’s

Len AprilJuly 31, 2015 Branding is still all the rage We’ve written before about the importance of both consumer and employment brands in the digital age. Today’s consumers, for instance, place more emphasis on peer reviews in social media than a critic’s opinion in a paper of record. And according to LinkedIn studies, employment brand … Continue reading Why Staffing Supplier Brands Should Be Important To MSP’s

Five Steps For Improving Agency Relationships With Service Providers

Isaac LeungJuly 8, 2015 It’s increasingly important for advertising agencies to foster closer partnerships with suppliers, beyond simple transactional arrangements centred on Service Level Agreements. According to Grant Morrell of Leo Burnett Sydney, agencies, through procurement, are being put under the microscope. Building strong relationships with suppliers will be crucial for agencies hoping to improve … Continue reading Five Steps For Improving Agency Relationships With Service Providers

Look to an Agency: 3 Reasons Why Your Business Should Outsource Social

Lee ClearyJune 29, 2015 While a social media presence is vital to the marketing strategy of any business nowadays, there is quite a bit of debate around the best way to navigate the vast landscape of platforms, hashtags, 140 characters, etc. Most small to mid-sized businesses don’t have the time to manage their social channels … Continue reading Look to an Agency: 3 Reasons Why Your Business Should Outsource Social

To Get the Most Value From Your Agency Partners, Align on Goals, Not Solutions

Pete SenaJune 3, 2015 I love that companies come to my creative agency with big ideas about how to solve their business problem. But if you think of a brand-agency partnership like a marriage, sometimes these relationships are skipping over the messiness of getting to know each other first. Starting a relationship with a request … Continue reading To Get the Most Value From Your Agency Partners, Align on Goals, Not Solutions