mat clayton & chris thorpe

What's right and wrong with working with agencies

What’s right andwrong with workingwith agencies

Chris Thorpetwitter:jaggeree

Mat Clayton*twitter:matclayton


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not eyeballs


analytics


lost in translation


overpromising


meme hijacking


prevented from going “viral”


viral is a myth

“If you behave like a disease, people develop an immune system”>Kevin Marks, Google


Agency massmedius


1977 : 28 million viewers



What's happened in the 20th century was the anomaly, I think. We're actually seeing a reversion to a very common and deep human pattern of doing things because we care for each other...>Clay Shirky


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disintermediation

In economics, disintermediation is the removal of intermediaries in a supply chain: "cutting out the middleman". Instead of going through traditional distribution channels, which had some type of intermediate (such as a distributor, wholesaler, broker, or agent), companies may now deal with every customer directly, for example via the Internet. One important factor is a drop in the cost of servicing customers directly.

Disintermediation initiated by consumers is often the result of high market transparency, in that buyers are aware of supply prices direct from the manufacturer. Buyers bypass the middlemen (wholesalers and retailers) in order to buy directly from the manufacturer and thereby pay less.


disintermediation


intermediaries in recessions


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What do they do for clients?

> Reduce burden of managing lots of relationships

> Understand long term strategy

> Safe pair of hands

> Media buying power


What do they do for us?

> Reduce risk?

> New clients

> Business development

> Ability to weave cross media campaigns

> Foot in the door

> Reputation


What must we do? Agencies

> No more free pitches to agencies

> Being more involved in the pitch where possible

> Overpromising does not mean repeat business


What must we do? Clients

> Plain English not geekspeak

> Educate clients as part of all we do

> Make events more client friendly

> More client handling skills


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Questions?

Mat [email protected]: matclayton

Chris [email protected]: jaggeree

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