Marketing Procurement

Flock Associates is recognised by the Irish Institute of Advertising Practitioners as an accredited Pitch Consultant.

Flock Associates is proud to have been recognised this morning by the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI). The IAPI along with the AAI makes sure that not everybody.

Media Pitch and Media Consolidation Timing and Management

Is there a ‘right time’ to pitch your media? Over the past year there have been some pretty big media pitches and media consolidations announced – Vodafone, Heinz, Microsoft and.

The Client Agency Relationship – Making Integrated Marketing Love Blossom

The quality of the relationship between marketing and procurement clients and their agencies, determines the quality of the work the clients will receive. But it is not only down to.

Dixons agency pitch resolves in new appointment

In September 2013 it was revealed that Dixons Retail plc had decided to review their UK, lead advertising communications agency and had called a pitch. As one of the largest.

Flock’s Integrated Pitches delight Marketing, Procurement and Agencies

To drive marketing integration it is sometimes necessary to press “restart” on an agency relationship or to find a new agency resource. A pitch is an imperfect process but they.

Automotive Category Integrated Marketing Insights & Implications for Marketing and Procurement

The Automotive category spent about $3.6billion on advertising in the US across the period April-June 2013. For a full marketing spend you could comfortably double that figure. It is the.

Why do clients use consultants to help them search for and select their agencies?

In these days of fiscal restraint why do clients use their hard won marketing budgets to pay a consultant to help them source and select the right agency for them?.

What is the role of Holding Companies in driving marketing integration and effectiveness?

Flock Associates Survey Reveals Industry Skepticism over Publicis Omnicom Merger And The Role Of Holding Companies In Driving Marketing Integration Flock Associates has been running a survey on its website,.

What CEOs want from their Agencies but are not getting

In a recent article posted on WARC (for article click here), with research data sourced from The Fournaise Marketing Group, it appears CEOs believe advertising and media agencies are too.

Pareto and the Agency Pitch

We recently attended an evening event at the Cambridge Judge Business School where different organisations were asked to speak to the MBA students about “effective integration”. Amongst the talks was.

Have Media Agencies lost their Cannes creativity and does it matter?

Have Media Agencies lost their Cannes creativity and does it matter? Some shocking stats from Cannes this week: It was not a media agency that won the Cannes Media Grand.

Integrated Marketing Procurement

The first phase of marketing procurement was to apply basic practise: NEGOTIATION. Just affecting smarter structured negotiations with marketing suppliers brought benefits to the client organisations that brought procurement alongside.