2022 Year in Review
2022 was a year of transition. For the Pile and Company team, our clients, and agencies. After two years of hunkering down, people moved, teams churned, and new partnerships formed.…
Location, Location…Location?
There was a time when an agency’s location really mattered. Chicago clients worked with Chicago agencies. New York clients worked with New York agencies and so on. But in the…
The Real Question of Consultancy vs. Agency
How’s your relationship? This is the question I would ask any agency worried, or wondering if they should start worrying, about the rise of consultancies as advertising partners.
Better Client-Agency Partnerships One Benchmark at a Time
Is my relationship with the agency strong? Am I getting what I paid for? At any point in a client/agency partnership, a client should be able to ask these two questions and quickly ascertain the state and health of their relationship.
Even the Best Client-Agency Relationships Need Evaluations
We are often asked by clients why they should conduct annual or biannual performance evaluations with their agencies. What's the benefit? What's the point?