by Odette van der Haar. A lack of knowledge, experience and understanding of the business of advertising and communications, as well as how agency partners function complicates tender and pitch processes and has created the need for assistance from “independent consultants”.
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#CoronavirusSA: Pitching & chemistry in the time of covid-19
by Johanna McDowell. Since the pandemic outbreak, everyone seems to have become more adept at video-conferencing. How is this working in the agency pitch space?
Who really wins the pitch?
by Mike Beukes. I believe, without a whisper of doubt, doing away with pitches will be good for agencies, clients, brands and even pitch consultants.
#AgencyLeaders2019: Most-rated pitch consultant
by MarkLives. For 2019, IAS has been voted most-recommended pitch consultant in SA, with Yardstick as runner-up, by SA ad agency execs.
#AdForumSummit Day 1: Pitches now happen in-house at DDB
by Johanna McDowell. DDB was first up and it’s fascinating to see how a leadership change in the past 18 months has changed the way that this agency presents itself.
Liberty pitch to conclude this November
by Herman Manson. The RFI for the advertising account of financial services group, Liberty, has been out since May 2016.
AdForum Worldwide Summit: The agency that doesn’t pitch or do govt work
Johanna McDowell attends the 2014 AdForum Worldwide Summit, a “by-invitation-only” programme for agency search and management consultants and global agency CEOs.
Pitch consultant and proud of it!
by John Little. I write this in response to an article published on January 8, under the hand of Odette van der Haar, ACA CEO: “The rise of ‘independent pitch consultants’ and how to deal with them”.
#AdForumSummit2020: No more mergers, nor office as usual — WPP
by Johanna McDowell. Ninety-seven pitch consultants from all over the world attended the first online session with WPP on Monday, 29 June 2020, which was structured as an open conversation in five parts.
#AdForumSummit LA: Film, branded content growth now exponential
by Johanna McDowell. We pitch consultants met with Spark44, 180 LA and Deutsch on Day 5 of the AdForum Worldwide Summit Los Angeles, Friday, 12 April 2019.