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Advertising has changed a lot. From jingles and magazine spreads to…. short films and well, what isn’t an ad, today? Once the internet came along, attention started to get fractured — and so did client’s budgets. And while agencies stretched themselves thin, once-loyal clients got frustrated with fat margins, a lack of innovation, and insufficient proof their dollars were getting results. And now… they’re ready to take their business elsewhere. And now, agencies who’ve struggled to adapt to a landscape dominated by Google and Facebook, are witnessing consulting firms — with their Big Data, digital expertise, and cozy relationships with the c-suite… become serious competitors in our field.Wait… Did I pick the wrong time to start an agency? How exactly did advertisers lose the plot, here? Host Ron Tite takes a critical look at the industry, and his place in it, to find out what and who is overthrowing agencies, and how the work is changing, because of it.
At the beginning of this season, we looked at the advertising industry’s coup from my perspective. To bring it full circle, today I’m looking at it from a different angle: Yours. Content — editorial, entertainment, what have you — and advertising have been unified to the point — where often —...
Published 11/26/19
If you live in Canada, it’s likely that you bank with one of the ‘Big 5’… and it’s also likely you inherited that financial relationship from your parents. And whether you liked banking with them or not… how different were the other 4, really? For decades, there weren’t any other meaningful...
Published 11/19/19