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10 Tips for building a strong partnership with your agency

Johanna McDowell 27 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen's research shows that the latest global trends signal a growing reliance on AI, a strong push toward integrated agency solutions and a strategic re-evaluation of in-house marketing structures

Marketing & Media

EXCLUSIVE: Scopen research - Be integrated, AI-powered and strategic, or be left behind

20 Mar 2025

Scopen has unveiled key trends from its first media agencies’ New Business Report in South Africa, which shows that South African media agencies participated in an average of 45 pitches last year (Image supplied)

Media

South African media agencies compete for new business in 45 pitches annually

14 Mar 2025

Promise’s 2024: A year of growth and consolidation in equal measure

Advertising

Promise’s 2024: A year of growth and consolidation in equal measure

Issued by Promise 12 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen unveils key trends from its first creative agencies’ New Business Report in South Africa, which shows that South African creative agencies participated in an average of 47 pitches last year

Marketing & Media

Exclusive: South African creative agencies compete for new business in 47 pitches a year

11 Mar 2025

Source: © Sitges Luxury Rentals Scopen has completed the 24th edition of Agency Scope in Spain. It found that Barcelona's agencies have longer relationships than other cities in the country

Marketing

Agency Scope Spain Part 2: Satisfaction with agencies as marketers adapt to changing times

20 Feb 2025

Source: © DFlat Madrid https://blog.dflatmadrid.com/ DFlat Mardid]] Scopen's Agency Scope has found that among the marketing professionals interviewed, 65% work in Madrid.

Marketing

Scopen's Agency Scope Spain Part 1: Marketers prefer specialist agencies across different disciplines

18 Feb 2025

Advertising

Space advertising faces strong opposition as scientists sound alarm

Karabo Ledwaba 30 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen South Africa has launched its New Business Report, a no-charge resource designed to enhance industry knowledge around new business activity in the advertising and communications sectors

Marketing

Scopen South Africa unveils creative and media agencies new business report

30 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf Panoramic view of Santiago de Chile with the Andes mountain range in the back. Scopen's latest report analyses the new business practices of creative companies and advertisers' practices in Chile

Marketing

Scopen research finds Chilean creative companies invest an average of R500,000 per year in New Business

28 Jan 2025

President and CEO of Scopen, Cesar Vacchiano examines the trends shaping marketing in 2025 (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BizTrends2025: Scopen's Cesar Vacchiano - The trends shaping marketing in 2025

Cesar Vacchiano 13 Jan 2025

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Marketing & Media

Part 1: Agency Scope Brazil 2024/25 study: Brazilian advertiser companies revenue reaches R$ 3.6bn

13 Dec 2024

All the AdFocus Awards winners (Image: Danette Breitenbach)

Advertising

All the 2024 FM AdFocus Awards winners, Halo wins Agency of the Year

28 Nov 2024

Ogilvy scoops IAS Agency Credentials Award for the second year running, closely followed by Boomtown

Advertising

Ogilvy scoops IAS Agency Credentials Award for the second year running, closely followed by Boomtown

Issued by DMASA 21 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf The sixth wave of the Agency Scope study in South Africa will begin in May 2025

Research

Agency Scope 2025 to include more marketing and agency professionals

14 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf Scopen’s Sustainability Study in Latin America has found that a focus of communication practices in the region is to promote equality

Marketing

Part 2: Scopen 4th Latam Sustainability Study: Communications promote gender equality

1 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf Involving employees in sustainability strategies is key to future success says Scopen’s 4th edition Sustainability Study in Latin America report

Marketing

Part 1: Scopen 4th Latam Sustainability Study: 6 key findings

29 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf There is evidence of a strong trend of strategic creativity being the magic ingredient

Marketing

Today’s Holy Grail: Strategic creativity

8 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf Finding the right fit between marketer and agency is not just a matter of swiping right or left, but more like an old-fashioned tinderbox - which could light your fire or burst into flames, writes Johanna McDowell, founder & CEO of Independent Agency Selection (IAS) and managing partner Scopen Africa

Marketing

Agency selection: Forget everything you know about Tinder…

Johanna McDowell 30 Sep 2024

IProspect: Empowering brands with integrated solutions and unmatched expertise

Branding

IProspect: Empowering brands with integrated solutions and unmatched expertise

Issued by Dentsu 5 Sep 2024

Judges of the IAS Agency Credentials Award announced

Advertising

Judges of the IAS Agency Credentials Award announced

Issued by DMASA 16 Aug 2024

Part 3: Agency Scope China - Chinese market complexity and competitiveness raise client expectations

Marketing

Part 3: Agency Scope China - Chinese market complexity and competitiveness raise client expectations

14 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf In China the average length of relationships that marketers have with their current creative agencies has shortened to 2.7 years

Marketing

Part 2 – Agency Scope China: Short term performance prevents development of deep relationships

13 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf Zhujiang River and modern building of financial district at night in Guangzhou China

Marketing

Part 1: Agency Scope China: A greater value on strategy

12 Aug 2024

Well-structured agency credentials continue to attract the attention of marketers

Marketing

Well-structured agency credentials continue to attract the attention of marketers

Johanna McDowell, Issued by DMASA 31 Jul 2024

Source: © 123rf Scopen 2023-2024 shows that the number of marketers seeking integrated agencies is set to rise in South Africa

Marketing & Media

Finding that integration Unicorn: Is it media agencies?

22 Jul 2024

Source: © 123rf Scopen research shows how media fragmentation means creative agencies and media partners need to have closer connections.

Marketing & Media

Scopen: Marketers seek close collaboration between creative and media agencies

10 Jul 2024

Source: © Loeries South Africa’s top four awards according to Scopen are The Loerie Awards, Cannes Lions, Effie Awards and Bookmarks.

Marketing & Media

Scopen: Chemistry between agency and marketer becomes more important

24 Jun 2024

IAS Agency Credentials Award 2024: Guidance for a shot at the prize

Marketing

IAS Agency Credentials Award 2024: Guidance for a shot at the prize

Issued by DMASA 3 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf Social Media continues to claim a large share of digital spend in SA according to Scopen's Agency Scope SA

Marketing & Media

Digital spend, digital return – and digital snake oil salesmen

4 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf The latest Scopen study shows that the percentage of clients not concerned by competitive conflict in their sector within an agency has grown from 21,3% in 2019 to 40% now

Marketing

Trust and wanting a specific agency overcomes competitive conflict for clients

15 May 2024

Johanna McDowell

Marketing

SA represented at 2024 AdForum Summit in New York City

8 May 2024

EssenceMediacom impresses with 2023/2024 Scopen results

Media

EssenceMediacom impresses with 2023/2024 Scopen results

Issued by EssenceMediacom 6 May 2024

Source: © 123rf As marketing agencies continue to seek ways to deliver the goods, we are seeing ‘old agency’ bumping up against ‘slick martech’, writes Johanna McDowell, CEO of the Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) and Scopen partner

Branding

Creating a “magic middle”, not a “them and us” of brand vs performance

Johanna McDowell 29 Apr 2024

Source: © 123rf In 2021, the average contribution made by creative agencies to clients’ business growth was 26%. This is up by 4% in 2023, while media agencies have maintained their 34% contribution from 2021 to 2023 says Agency Scope SA

Marketing & Media

Agency Scope: Creative agencies contribute to clients' growth increases in 2023

10 Apr 2024

Joe Public voted SA’s Best Agency To Work For

Advertising

Joe Public voted SA’s Best Agency To Work For

Issued by Joe Public 5 Apr 2024

Source: © Bizcommunity Joe Public has achieved the top position, the position it achieved in the last edition, as the most attractive agency to work for among creative agency professionals in Scopen's Best Agency to work for Study on creative and media agencies in South Africa

Marketing & Media

Scopen study: Joe Public and Mindshare the top choices for South African agency professionals

5 Apr 2024

Marketing

Scopen study finds Nedbank, Nando's and Absa top three brands for professionals to work with

4 Apr 2024

Marketing

Penquin Celebrates Sweeping Victory with Five Scopen's 2023/24 Agency Scope Awards

Issued by Penquin 22 Jan 2024

3rd Annual New Gen Awards Conference: Learn from the best in the business

Marketing

3rd Annual New Gen Awards Conference: Learn from the best in the business

19 Mar 2024

Roanna Williams reflects on her term as the first female Creative Circle chairperson

Advertising

Roanna Williams reflects on her term as the first female Creative Circle chairperson

Danette Breitenbach 14 Mar 2024

Brave Group secures top position in client satisfaction

Marketing

Brave Group secures top position in client satisfaction

Issued by Brave Group 4 Mar 2024

Advertising

Exclusive: In-house agencies see 16% rise since 2020, according to WFA study

4 Mar 2024

Source: © Melpomen 123rf Ogilvy, Joe Public and TBWA as well as Carat, OMD and TheMediaShop are all standouts in the Agency Scope as rated by marketers

Marketing & Media

Agency Scope: Top creative and media agencies according to marketers

27 Feb 2024

Source: © Anne Spratt Agecny Scope 2023 has found that the trend of in-house marketing operations is starting to wan, as marketers start to respond to the post-Covid world

Marketing & Media

Scopen 2023 trend: In-house agency heading for the out house?

21 Feb 2024

Wavemaker South Africa’s CEO, Merissa Himraj voted as Most Admired Professional by Scopen Awards

Media

Wavemaker South Africa’s CEO, Merissa Himraj voted as Most Admired Professional by Scopen Awards

Issued by Wavemaker 16 Feb 2024

Image supplied. Agency Scope’s Top 10 most admired media agency professions is headed up by Wavemaker's Merissa Himraj and half of the top 10, are women

Media

Wavemaker's Merissa Himraj tops Agency Scope's Top 10 media professionals rankings

16 Feb 2024

Image supplied. The Agency Scope 2023 – 2024’s Top 10 top creative agency professionals have been revealed

Marketing

Joe Public United's Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana lead Agency Scope's top creative professionals

14 Feb 2024

Source: © Shopright Holdings The perception some clients have of agency environments is often ‘creativity coupled with chaos, overseen by someone called traffic’, writes Johanna McDowell, CEO of the Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) and Scopen partner

Marketing

Unlocking agency methodologies: Why understanding operations is crucial for clients

Johanna McDowell 14 Feb 2024