
It’s time for research agencies to step up
Chris Merrington assesses recent worrying findings for advertising agencies and the relevance of these findings for research agencies. Early in 2015
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Clients turn up the pressure
Marketing Week announced that Unilever has introduced ‘zero-based budgeting’ – who will be next? What is zero based budgeting? Marketeers will
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The most expensive sales and negotiation mistakes that companies make
Chris Merrington of Spring 80:20 shares his advice on how you can avoid the most expensive negotiation mistakes. A new client
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If you want your campaigns to win awards……
I was honoured to be asked by the Drum magazine to judge the entries for the Drum Network awards. judge the
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Are your briefs embarrassing?
Why do we accept poor briefs? We assume the client knows what they want. In reality clients know their business (hopefully)
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