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Should I Outsource When I Have a Great In-House Team?
March 14, 2022
To outsource, or not to outsource? It’s a question many in-house agencies (IHAs) ask themselves. After all, there are many plus points to keeping creative production in-house. Your team lives and breathes the brand. They have unique knowledge and they are also more invested in the business. Right? …
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Tips for Better Presentations: A Q&A with VerdanaBold
March 07, 2022
The trouble with searching for answers to questions about presentations is that the response is pretty much always the same: “it depends.” That’s because every presentation has unique factors: the audience, the presenter, when and where it’s delivered, who helps create it, and so on.
So when we …
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In-House Trends for 2022
January 03, 2022
Can in-house agencies break their own records in 2022? Industry reports reveal they made fresh gains in team size, popularity, skills and efficiency last year. While it’s a tough act to follow, here’s how IHAF sees the in-house model advancing in 2022.
Insourcing more digital and media functions …
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Brands Take the Field with Student Athletes
December 13, 2021
The landscape of college sports and the sports industry at large changed forever this year. For the first time in history, student athletes across all major divisions can now monetize their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) following the elimination of decades-long rules that prevented them from …
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These In-House Agencies Came Out on Top
December 08, 2021
The results are in and it was our closest In-House Agency of the Year competition to date. This year favored the teams that overcame the challenges of the pandemic—from keeping the creative spark alive at home and through screens, to shooting and editing industry-leading videos with DIY production …
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Risks and Safeguards Every In-House Media Buyer Should Know
November 29, 2021
One benefit to moving media buying in house is greater control over your media spend. But the digital-media supply chain can be complex, confusing and opaque. Consequently, marketers risk wasting a portion of their spend on ads that get served to bots instead of humans.
It’s important to …
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Finding Common Ground with Procurement
November 22, 2021
For more than a decade, marketing has been driven by its ability to engage consumers via digital and social platforms, encourage consideration, elicit responses and measure success. This heightened focus on metrics combined with the explosion of channels and content needs has dramatically changed …
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Bridging the Creative and Media Divide
October 18, 2021
In the digital advertising business, media’s relationship with technology has been an evolving, decades-long affair. Always rocky, never settled, but very productive for all the offspring (e.g., ad tech vendors) it has produced. With the rise of digital advertising, media buying utilizing …
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Fostering Inspiration & Connection at Capital One
August 30, 2021
Perhaps more than other disciplines, creative teams feed off the connections they have and inspiration they get from others. The practice of learning from and being inspired by each other is key to keeping teams motivated, pushing work forward and building world-class creative. This can be a …
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5 Inefficiencies in Your Email Creation Process
August 23, 2021
Email creation is plagued by manual processes, disconnected, single-purpose tools, and convoluted approval steps.
There is an evolution underway in how brands approach email creation. At its center is the Email Creation Platform, a system that connects everyone involved in the creation process. It …
