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We help Marketers find the best long-term agency partner (of any type/size)
Our agency search process has helped Mercy Health, Jack-in-the-Box, Drees Homes, Mainstream Energy, Aspen Dental, GoToMeeting, Legrand, Nissan, Domain Chandon (among others) find better digital, full service, PR, and other specialty firms.  We have a robust national database of over 6,000 agencies.

We bring unique perspective and insight to every agency search
Our sister company serves agencies as an outsourced business development firm, so we have an insider’s view into the in’s and out’s of how agencies operate.  This helps us more easily differentiate a good agency from one that simply isn’t going to make the grade.

Our job is to make it as hard as possible for you (to make a decision)
We like to tell our marketing clients that our job is to make it as hard as possible for them to make a selection among finalist agencies because we’ve delivered smart, strategic, and creative firms well aligned with their business needs.

 

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Finding Better Agencies Blog

may 24

Agency Client Relationships: What Makes Them Work, From The Marketer’s Mouth

Ad Age’s Agency Issue came out recently with an interesting piece about Agency Client Relationships called “The Best Agency-Client Marriages.” Retention is that sacred cow for agencies and I don’t have to tell any of you reading, a lot can get in the way of that relationship from both the agency and client side. The ar […]

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may 08

How Not To Fail at an Agency-Client Relationship

Nothing worse than a failing agency-client relationship. Just like a good marriage, a good agency-client relationship requires time, hard work, and sacrifice. Here are 7 things you can do to insure that the once was great agency relationship stays that way well into your tenure as a marketer: 1. Communicate. Something’ […]

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may 06

Five Steps to a Better Ad Agency Search

If you decide it’s time to look for a new agency, and you decide you want to try it on your own (again), here are five steps to better ad agency search that can help make it easier, smoother, and more productive in the long-run: #1 Gain alignment from all members impacted by the ad agency […]

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