Insider Edition with Yin Woon Rani: How to Adopt a Student for Life Mindset
The road to continuous learning is not easy, especially when you can’t find the time. It’s possible that you might have a full-time job, young children to care for, a family to attend to, or you may struggle with motivation and confidence. You might also find yourself uncertain about how to get started and the…
Read MoreFive Tricks to Integrate Marketing Teams
The art to integrating marketing teams perfectly, can in many ways, be likened to card shuffling. You may ask how so let’s observe the similarities. Before a magician starts a trick or a croupier begins a new game, they will shuffle the deck. One of the most recognised card shuffle is the Overhand Shuffle, where…
Read MoreAre you planning to in-house or in-source your advertising or media?
One of the big trends amongst advertisers continues to be “in-housing” – the process of bringing in-house some functions or skills previously managed by out-sourced suppliers; predominantly agencies. The recent WFA study reported the following: Growth in digital opportunities has led to a rise in in-house agencies, with 74% being established in the last five years. In just the…
Read MoreFemale Leaders To Celebrate in 2021
2020 saw the issue of leadership styles come squarely into frame as the world looked to PMs, MPs, and to a wider extent, CEOs and business leaders, to guide us all through crisis. Many articles picked up the question of gender in-country leadership, and asked if the Covid-19 crisis was managed better by female leaders like New…
Read MoreAre You Marketing Fit for 2021? Take Our Test And Find Out
2020 hit marketers hard, and according to the recent survey of our readers, many are concerned about their marketing fitness for 2021. Never fear! For a limited time Flock is offering a full “Marketing Fitness Check” to ensure 2021 is on track. Complete our confidential diagnostic test to understand your level Marketing Fitness, and we’ll…
Read MoreHow to Build a Marketing Data Strategy in Seven Sprints
At Flock we are sometimes asked to do a Marketing Data Audit or build a Marketing Data Warehouse or “Lake”. In many instances what the advertiser really wants is fully comprehensive Marketing Data Strategy, but perhaps does not know that is what they want, or how to build one. It is not surprising that many…
Read MoreAsia is the key for Global Companies Covid-19 rebound plans
100 days that have changed the world! It was on Thursday 23rd January – immediately before the Lunar new year break when millions of Chinese citizens embark on a week long holiday across that vast country to visit relatives – that Chinese officials announced the lockdown in Wuhan in response to increasing concerns about human…
Read MoreFlock’s Top Tips for Marketing Operations
Flock recently partnered with the WFA to conduct a piece of research on the evolution of the Marketing Operations function. View a sample of the study here; Watch our webinar on the findings here. From this research Flock have developed six top tips for marketing operations: 1 Processes Understand your existing processes, structures, tools and…
Read MoreI run Agency Reviews for a living, but I just told a Client to wait on looking for a new Agency. For now.
At Flock Associates we have managed many of the largest and most complicated reviews in the US over the past several years: Ford, McDonald’s, J&J, and others have all gone through our agency review process in order to adjust their existing agency relationships. This may surprise you, but more often than not we advise clients to NOT put their current agency in…
Read MoreTop 5 key themes from Creative Operations Conference London
Flock recently had the privilege to partner with The Creative Operations Conference in London. We hosted a panel of experts discussing “In-housing, out-sourcing, freelancing and more…” and attended many of the speeches, panels, and demonstrations.At Flock Associates we have managed many of the largest and most complicated reviews in the US over the past several years:…
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