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In-House Data: Fact or Fiction?
October 16, 2023
I’m going to be honest with you, which I always am but this time it’s scary honesty. There are a lot of in-house agency research reports out there. And not all of them contain data that are close to the integrity of the studies IHAF publishes—the next of which drops at the IHAF conference on …
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Boldly Forward to a New Org (Not a Re-org)
September 11, 2023
We are having and hearing a lot of similar discussions as we enter the fourth quarter of the calendar year.
In talking to CMOs about insourcing, we are increasingly hearing about the need for not only a reorg but a new org. There is a clear feeling that internal structures, processes, templates, …
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Building for the Future of Work
August 28, 2023
The future of work is here. From technology’s impact (notably generative AI) to experimentation with new, flexible work models and the increasingly strategic role of an on-demand workforce, teams face dizzying changes.
In this interview with Ashley Schnider, director of Georgia Pacific’s in-house …
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Overcoming the Challenges of Going In House
June 05, 2023
You might think that standing up an in-house agency would be an exciting moment for any brand. It signals the evolution of marketing and the migration of new talent and capabilities. An invigorated group comes to the table from diverse backgrounds with fresh perspectives and disruptive ways of …
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How Mature is Your Marketing Work Management Model?
January 23, 2023
What’s the status of your in-house agency tech stack? How are your people, processes, and technologies performing? How intentional and customer-focused is your organization?
Whether you’re mired in manual minutia, contemplating Adobe Workfront, or have a work management solution in place, a long- …
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Escape the Commodity Trap—Become a Trusted Advisor
December 07, 2022
When the marketing organization and key stakeholders view the in-house agency as task-oriented order takers, it creates the commodity trap–a cycle where uninspired assignments create uninspired results. When people are treated like a commodity, they often begin to think like one. As a result, in- …
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Great Briefs Lead to Great Work
October 24, 2022
A solid creative brief is essential for an agency to deliver excellent work. Whether your campaign connects with the audience and drives results or misses the mark, largely depends on the creative brief. At The Studio, which is the in-house agency for the brands of Anywhere Real Estate, we’ve found …
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If Your WX Is Broken, Your CX Is Too
October 17, 2022
For many in-house agencies, the intent is to support the brand’s goal. This means, doing everything possible to enable personalized customer experiences at scale. To do this, teams count on applications like Adobe Workfront® and others to help them organize their work and bring it to market most …
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Trends in Offshore Creative Production
August 15, 2022
The so-called Great Resignation and current talent shortages across the US and Europe have accelerated changes already underway industrywide as brands look toward new models of creative production.
We Are Amnet’s 2022 Benchmark Report for Offshore Creative Production sheds intriguing light on the …
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How to Find the Right Production Capability
August 01, 2022
2022 has been the perfect storm for marketers. There’s been a collision of new expectations and requirements within the industry. Inflation is reducing available budgets. Economic pressures are making markets nervous. Sustainability is top-of-mind in every boardroom. And frugality has moved up the …
