What Client-Side Marketers Want (and Don’t Want) from their Marketing Agency Partners

In the last 10 years, Setup has conducted five Marketing Relationship Surveys, connected over 800 Brands and Agencies, conversed with well over 1000 Brand-sides marketers, and enacted 50+ Agency Assessments for Agency partners. Here’s the secret: Clients just want to have good chemistry! But how do you develop it?

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6 Questions for Inspirational Women in Marketing Series | Part 13

To celebrate women in the marketing profession and to continue highlighting them throughout Women’s History Month, we asked women marketing leaders to contribute to our Women in Marketing Series detailing their personal triumphs, tribulations, and advice about working in the marketing industry. Part 13 features leaders from Nationwide, NAPA, Neogen Corporation, and Pratt Industries, Inc.

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Why Clients End Their Agency Relationships + Why Agencies Think They Do

After surveying over 300 marketers on both the Agency and Client side, we were able to determine that there is a disconnect between why Clients fire Agencies, and why Agencies think they are fired. By pointing out this misunderstanding, both parties may be able to communicate better to salvage relationships or grow from the feedback. 

Dissatisfaction with an Agency’s value is the number one reason why a Client ends an Agency relationship. But do Agencies know this? 

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The Personal Touch of Technology in 2024

In this industry blog featuring the Technology sector, we have insights from a Cyber Technology + Services company, as well as a Wireless Services company, giving us a wide perspective of the innovation and next steps for companies protecting and expanding our networks. 

The following responses are from Colleen Murphy-Gomez, Vice President of Marketing, iBwave Solutions Inc., and Noa Benari, the Vice President of Marketing at Sygnia.

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