4 Steps To Becoming A Lean Agency
The tenure of the agency-client relationship is on the decline. Agencies are awash in an overwhelming amount of data and technology, and clients are calling for greater transparency. At the same time, agencies are being tasked to do more with less, and do it faster. With all the complexities in the agency world today, wasted […]
15 Intriguing Facts About Today’s Generation Z and Millennials
How well do you know the difference between tech savvy millennials, and social media captivated Generation Z? Do you know if your targeting strategies are differentiating the two effectively? As marketers, we are constantly searching for intriguing insights on consumers to drive campaigns, but most do not look farther than simple demographics. To ensure you […]
How Deep Consumer Insights Will Help Your Agency Win New Business
Agencies are in the midst of tumultuous change. They’ve been confronted with some major challenges like unexpected competition from consultants, brands ditching outside agencies and moving their ad operations in-house, and the major loss of trust and growing demand for transparency. Those issues among others have left the agency business in need of a serious […]
[Infographic] Baby Boomers: The Twinsies Generation
As marketers, we’ve developed a really bad habit—speaking to whole generations as though every person in that segment is the same. But we know that not all baby boomers are created equal. While baby boomers have the most commonalities of all the generations, there are important nuances to consider in your marketing plans. Let’s look […]
[Infographic] Millennials: A Tale of Two Consumers
How well do you understand today’s consumers beyond gender, age and other demographics? As marketers, we often try to reach entire generations with the same message. But do you think all millennials shop the same? Do they all have the same decision drivers? We compared younger millennials to older millennials and found some stark differences […]
Have a Plan for Adding New Services? We’ve Got One For You
There’s been a steady drumbeat of technology IPOs this year, with staggering valuations of software stocks. Recent IPOs are up an average of 28% in the last month alone versus the entire software market that’s up 13% in the same period, according to Investor’s Business Daily. If you’re an advertising agency, you’ve contributed to the […]
Life After Facebook Partner Categories: How to Achieve Efficient, Effective Targeting
There’s no doubt that the current privacy-sensitive environment is creating enormous challenges for marketers universally. Threatening, bad players, have caused increased scrutiny of all third-party data providers and marketers are reeling from round after round of changes from Google, YouTube and Facebook. The recently announced removal of Facebook’s Partner Categories, the social platform’s third-party data […]
Is it time for an agency uprising?
The answer is yes. Advertising and media agencies have been taking a beating. Ad Age and AdWeek are filled with stories about competition from completely new players, outdated agency models, a lack of talent and creativity and big firms losing their sway to smaller players. Sounds like it’s time for agencies to wake up and […]
On-Demand Webinar: Marketing Leaders’ Customer Strategies are Failing
Better customer experiences equal higher revenue growth. As this reality has set in, companies are looking to their marketing and customer insights leaders to step-up and guide their teams in driving customer-obsessed strategies. And while the majority of marketing leaders may think they already are, the reality is most still prioritize internal rubrics over solving […]
Unwrapping the 2017 Holiday Shopper
Black Friday weekend is upon us, and with it, hordes of holiday shoppers. But who are they and what motivates their purchases? We decided to dig into our US consumer survey data and take a look. With Thanksgiving just days away, the hustle to fulfill that gift list is officially on! This year those holiday […]
