
Embrace the Marketing Mess
Blair shares what stuck in his mind about marketing success from listening to a recent podcast interview with Rory Sutherland on Liam Curley's Undisputed Authority. Links "Embrace the Marketing Mess...
17 Kesä 24min

Firms Most at Risk
Which segments of our field will thrive in the near future and which ones will slowly lose relevance, and why? David wants creative entrepreneurs to continue being resilient and reinventing themselves...
3 Kesä 26min

Pricing Resentment
Blair sees creative entrepreneurs opening themselves up to pricing resentment from their clients when the value of their contributions diminishes over time, especially when they've created significant...
20 Touko 20min

People vs. Profits
Prompted by a recent trip to Europe, David considers how the differences between worker protection laws in Europe compared to North America affect starting and running an agency in this fast-changing ...
6 Touko 21min

Why Clients Come, Stay, and Leave
David sees a lot of creative agencies making bad assumptions about their client relationships by not making the distinction between the reasons why clients come to them in the first place, why they ch...
8 Huhti 19min

Is AI Going to Kill Labor-based Pricing?
Blair is stunned that he still encounters so many advisory businesses like ad agencies, consulting firms, legal and accounting practices — large and small — that are still selling time. So he and Davi...
25 Maalis 27min

If I Were Starting a New Firm
Blair interviews David about a recent article he's been receiving a lot of feedback on, in which he lists all of the things he would try to incorporate into a brand new creative agency, based on what ...
11 Maalis 34min



















