Why does one advertiser select an agency that another has just fired? Most agencies have about the same capabilities. Maybe some differences in resources but not enough to cause one agency to fail while another succeeds. So what is it that creates a review for one and a satisfactory, if not laudatory, grade for another? Talent certainly is critical. But many of the same people shift back and forth from one agency to another all the time. Indications are that it comes down to relationships. Real...

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Why does one advertiser select an agency that another has just fired? Most agencies have about the same capabilities. Maybe some differences in resources but not enough to cause one agency to fail while another succeeds. So what is it that creates a review for one and a satisfactory, if not laudatory, grade for another? Talent certainly ... more

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In the media and advertising business, Inertia in the face of change is a powerful force. With all the chaos, conflict and competition in the media business today is it any wonder that both advertiser and agency executives revert ...

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