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Why do clients end agency relationships?

We ask this every year in the Setup Marketing Relationship Survey and the answer has changed over time, but the data points to a larger theme: clients rarely leave simply because of circumstances outside an agency’s control. The agency plays more of a part with the departure than they may realize.

Thanks to AI, marketers are creating more content, more quickly, and with fewer resources. A single brief can become a blog, email, social post, video script, and dozens of personalized variations in a fraction of the time it once required.

But producing more content does not necessarily make a brand more distinctive, credible, or visible…or the quality of that content good. This article explores how marketers can determine when to utilize AI and also how to get noticed by consumers.

Setup CEO + Founder, Joe Koufman, sat down with Monica Lopez Gonzalez, the Chief Marketing Officer for Feeding America, to talk about curiosity, action, trust, purpose, and what it takes to lead marketing in a mission-driven organization.

Setup CEO + Founder, Joe Koufman, sat down with R. Ethan Braden, the Vice President, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Texas A&M University, to talk about courageous leadership, brand clarity, and what it takes to connect an institution’s essence to the people it serves.

In this episode, Madeline Evans, the Marketing Manager at Setup, interviews JD Jacobs, Manager of Franchise Marketing at Chicken Salad Chick, to talk about career growth, service, brand storytelling, consumer trends, and the small but meaningful ways marketers can make an impact every day.

Sometimes the best creative is born through limitations, red tape, and censorship. This blog explores how different brands like Levi’s and Coor’s Light navigate structure and rise to the occasion.