February 5, 2012
When you pay top dollar, you expect the highest quality. In television production, the delivery of quality is a subjective and often nebulous concept and one that is often used to drive up the cost of production with negligible improvement in value. There have been numerous examples of where… read more
February 2, 2012
Many people in the media still use media billings to indicate the size of the account or the size of the agency. Check out Mumbrella, or AdNews, B&T or even The Australian and The Financial Review. Even overseas, Advertising Age in the USA and Campaign in the UK use media billings. Yet t… read more
January 31, 2012
The use, application and output of the myriad of software tools and technological aids to better media strategy and implementation has become an essential aspect of the media agency’s armoury. In new business pitches, touting these well developed and attractively presented pieces of so… read more
January 29, 2012
In the 12 years we have been assessing and reviewing television productions there have emerged three common ways advertisers drive up the cost of their television productions. Unfortunately, in almost every case, the advertisers concerned were unaware of the impact their processes and behavi… read more
January 26, 2012
I had an interesting conversation with a client in early December last year as they had contacted me to discuss their media and creative requirements to meet their business growth objectives in the coming year. What made it interesting was the fact that the client thought of themselves as re… read more