Comments on: Agencies could do better http://itsopen.co.uk/agencies-could-do-better Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:32:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: rob http://itsopen.co.uk/agencies-could-do-better/comment-page-1#comment-7641 rob Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:44:52 +0000 http://itsopen.co.uk/?p=1069#comment-7641 Yes, funny how it's always easier to give good advice than follow it oneself! But it's a bit of a mystery why agencies don't practice what they preach. If they are too busy, then perhaps they already have enough clients. Or perhaps, knowing how slow their clients are to take advantage of networking sites and blogs for themselves, they realise that they aren't going to pick up any new business that way. It's interesting to speculate. As it happens I'm getting one or two invites to Christmas parties from marketing agencies I write about, so I might take the opportunity to ask them! Yes, funny how it’s always easier to give good advice than follow it oneself!

But it’s a bit of a mystery why agencies don’t practice what they preach. If they are too busy, then perhaps they already have enough clients. Or perhaps, knowing how slow their clients are to take advantage of networking sites and blogs for themselves, they realise that they aren’t going to pick up any new business that way.

It’s interesting to speculate. As it happens I’m getting one or two invites to Christmas parties from marketing agencies I write about, so I might take the opportunity to ask them!

]]> By: Tom Cooledge http://itsopen.co.uk/agencies-could-do-better/comment-page-1#comment-7602 Tom Cooledge Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:25:05 +0000 http://itsopen.co.uk/?p=1069#comment-7602 Do you think it might be because they see how tricky it can be to get the balance right for their clients? Maybe it's more like the accepted truth that a plumber will always have a leaky tap at home...the agencies are too busy offering their trade up to others that it's difficult to keep on top of their own social media sites? Do you think it might be because they see how tricky it can be to get the balance right for their clients? Maybe it’s more like the accepted truth that a plumber will always have a leaky tap at home…the agencies are too busy offering their trade up to others that it’s difficult to keep on top of their own social media sites?

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