Madison Avenue Manslaughter: An Inside View of Fee-Cutting Clients, Profit-Hungry Owners and Declining Ad Agencies

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Author: Michael Farmer

Pages: 200

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Publication Date: September 15,2015

Category: Advertising



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Advertising companies are captured between fee-cutting customers and profit-hungry owners. For the time being, their innovative workloads are growing, powered by increased Television, digital and social marketing.’ Firms are disinvesting in features at the same time when their customers’ marketing challenges haven’t been better. Through downsizing, income freezes and ‘juniorizing. Just how do agencies generate income under these situations? No wonder their customers are beefing up their inner capabilities and changing organizations at an accelerated price!
That is Madison Avenue Manslaughter, documented at length by Michael Farmer, who provides been employed in the market for days gone by 25 years.
This book is an initial of its kind – an in depth examination of ad firms as businesses: their cultures, organizations, administration philosophies and strategic options – offering an unforgettable inside consider the Mad Men’s declining globe.


Champion of the Gold Medal for Advertising books, 2016 Axiom Awards

Farmer, who was simply formerly a Director of Bain & Company, offers a gripping evaluation of advertising companies and their deteriorating circumstance. He describes the main element trends which have weakened companies during modern times – the change from commissions to charges, brand globalization, the rise of keeping companies, customer obsession with shareholder worth, the digital and Internet revolutions – and outlines the steps that senior company executives need to try restore health with their companies and improved leads to their clients.


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