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Issue #59 of The Agency Advisory. Expect Issue #60 to drop 08.00 Monday morning despite it being a UK public holiday

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✅ Three-quarters of corporate communicators use AI, but do they really?
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Issue #46 of The Agency Advisory.

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Covering:

➡ CFOs with a human touch
➡ navigating the future with your client
➡ three self-defeating behaviours
➡ agency AI adoption
➡ WEF Global Risk Report
➡ operational resolutions
➡ Folgate Advisors
➡ Take Five newsletter
➡ CIPR Big London Quiz

A particular shout out to my former business partner @arunsudhaman.bsky.social

Obligatory joke about returning to the darkside notwithstanding, he will be a great addition to what is a sterlla lineup of veteran counseling talent.

As promised, issue #44 of The Agency Advisory.

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Lots to get stuck into:

👉 Return to work
👉 Agency threats
👉 Leadership
👉 Measurement
👉 Listening
👉 Networking

Plus global PR round up & a 2024 agency review podcast

#PR #Comms #Management #Agency

Happy New Year! Issue #44 drops tomorrow - 08.00. Topics to include:

➡️ return to office debate
➡️ the biggest threat to agencies
➡️ why great managers show, not just tell
➡️ ABM Measurement
➡️ how to be an expert listener
➡️ networking strategies

@gwr.com hey - signal outage 16.12.34. On lines to Bristol. Perhaps suggest to Network Rail they buy a UPS as back up for when power fails??

It's dropped. The final issue for 2024 of The Agency Advisory. Thank you to everyone who has supported the newsletter by subscribing, commenting and sharing. Most of all, thank you to the many authors of content that make my life as 'editor' possible.

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A little teaser to say the final issue of The Agency Advisory in 2024 will drop tomorrow at 08.00 GMT. Quite the round up - it covers:
🎄 Difficult conversations
🎄 #Leadership
🎄M&A ramblings reflecting on 2024
🎄#AI & procurement
🎄#AI to super charge your agency

And more!

A little thought piece just flagging to brands that asking agencies to pitch in the run-up to Christmas is counter productive and in no-one's real interest.
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Written before the rumours of the IPG Omnicom merger hit yesterday although there is an analysis of the Big Four included in the content of this week's theagencyadvisory.substack.com

Bumper issue #42 of The Agency Advisory dropping Monday, 08.00.

➡ how culture beats salary
➡ vagaries of the big 4
➡ thriving under pressure
➡ the long tail of services
➡ comfort zones
➡ the DNA of success
➡ whiplash in PR agency jobs
➡ 200+ trend reports

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Issue #41 of The Agency Advisory is now here. Read about:

➡ PISCES
➡ agency-client relationships
➡ a fruity post on strategy!
➡ what really sets an agency apart
➡ community weaving
➡ share options

And more. Check it out here 👇👇

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Issue #41 of The Agency is all t'eed up and ready to publish at 08.00 on Monday morning. The 1st issue of December. No festive mentions I promise. Contents include:

➡️ PISCES
➡️ agency-client stuff
➡️ fruity strategy
➡️ share options
➡️ community weaving

Intrigued? Do sign up via Substack or LinkedIn

The European Communications Monitor 2024/25 has just been published and contains valuable insight that PR agencies should be considering for the year ahead. A summary is here: www.linkedin.com/posts/andyjh...

Interested in all things Comms Agency Management? Then take a peek at Issue 40 of The Agency Advisory.

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Every week on a Monday, I publish The Agency Advisory - a curation of LI posts from agency leaders and consultants in various disciplines which is intended to be 'thought food' for those in the agency world. Pls check it out here:
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Right, last post wanging on about Starter Packs - 5 more spots left in Part 2 then that's your fill. Who wants in that isn't yet in either?

300 cool PRy people to get you started on here. Reposts appreciated.

Part 1: go.bsky.app/ApcbKjA

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