Our Second Episode of Season Two of the BSuite is an excerpt from a talk Anne gave to graduate students at Clark University’s School of Professional Studies. Students in the course titled, “Strategic Marketing Tools and Applications” were discovering how to create integrated marketing plans through experiential learning. Anne jumped
One of the most powerful tools that digital media buyers have at our disposal since the onset of internet advertising has been the ability to serve ads to targeted online audiences. The foundation for this targeted ad delivery is the cookie, a tiny snippet of code that is housed within
All signs pointed me towards entrepreneurism back in 2014, but I managed to avoid them, at least at first. Instead of embracing change, I found myself caught in a web of reasons NOT to start my own company. On the surface my life was stable and relatively uneventful. I enjoyed
In our final episode of Season One, we’re flipping the script and interviewing none other than Anne Richardson, Principal and Media Director of Richardson Media Group. In this peek behind the curtain, we’ll hear from Anne about RMG’s origin story, why she founded Richardson Media Group almost 7 years ago,
The first question media planners and buyers always should ask new customers is why they have decided to invest in a paid media strategy. While it may seem like a throw-away question, it tells us a lot up front about how well our clients understand the mechanics of advertising. By
Our agency places ads across a multitude of digital and traditional advertising platforms. For quite some time, we’ve been aware of Facebook’s failing report card in regards to the perpetuation of hate speech and harassment. In recent months, this situation has taken on a new sense of urgency and forced
One of the most important questions we ask new clients is, “What are you hoping to achieve by running this media campaign?”
Typically, clients answer this question in one of three ways:
Regardless of whether you call this third type of media campaign a hybrid, a combo, or a mix, the majority of our clients seek to generate a blend of awareness and conversion outcomes. As media planners, we have a range of tactics at the ready to help our clients achieve their desired objectives.
We are a very small agency, with just two full-time employees on-site and the rest of our team virtual, so in many ways, remote work is easier for us than it may be for larger organizations trying to manage the behaviors and routines of numerous employees. As a business owner, my goal is to maintain open communication channels between my staff and clients. Offering kindness, patience and compassion is so important, especially during this enormously stressful time.
Instead of writing another “Tips on How to Work from Home” article, I’d like to use this post to give a shout-out to the software companies we utilize every day to keep our agency processes moving forward efficiently and accurately. I’ll start with our media planning and buying software, move into a few of our production/organizational tools and finish with our data and reporting dashboard. I’m excited to share these great products with you and encourage you to check out the links I’ve included to each service for more details
I read an article the other day claiming that the service of media planning is “up for grabs” in today’s advertising marketplace. The author’s premise was that the comprehensive media planning model must compete with a growing list of alternatives offered to clients who may not know how to differentiate between these options. Publishers and other media companies package media planning and buying into their capabilities and many digital agencies who build websites have started to help their clients promote them, too. Let’s not forget the big tech giants that have made self-service advertising appear far easier than it really is.
Measuring media planning and buying success for our clients and ourselves.
A new year is a natural jumping-off point, a time to think about future goals and set our sights on what’s up ahead. It’s a busy time for a media planning and buying agency as we prepare to launch new campaigns in the new year. It’s also the season when we look back over the past year, acknowledging (and celebrating) successes and finding meaning in the challenges we may have encountered.
In addition to her role as owner and media director here at RMG, Anne authors the majority of our blog posts and hosts our BSuite podcast. Favorite topics for both platforms include the entrepreneurial journey, sustainability + social responsibility, media planning, media buying, and forming productive agency partnerships.
