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Brands’ Greatest Mobile Challenges

It’s always interesting to hear what brands perceptions are about a certain trend or new technology or method in web design. In this case: MOBILE.

An article today on Digiday show’s how some of the top brands in the country are thinking about mobile. I’ve personally uttered some of the same comments that these CMO’s and CEO’s are saying here so it’s nice to hear that some of the  conversation is making it’s way up the ranks.

Since I currently do not work at a “brand” but instead for an agency that handles many brands I would like to add my two cents. I think the greatest mobile challenge for brands is finding people, either in house or at an agency, that truly get mobile and have the brands best interest at heart. It’s been a struggle to get older traditional creatives and account people to think mobile first, which is the proper way to think about mobile if you’re going to venture into it.

Brands’ Greatest Mobile Challenges | Digiday.

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Confessions of a Midsize Agency CEO | Digiday

Great “confessions” article. I thought this was an interesting take on things:

Do traditional agencies fake it with digital?

Yeah, definitely. We find that there’s a major name, and they’ve got an outpost in a major city. They say, meet the head of our digital team. It’s one person scared shitless that if they get a lot of digital work he’s got no team. He’s got to pretend he’s got a team, and if he wins it he’s got to use a vendor behind the scenes to get it done and build a transition plan to migrate the work to his team if he builds it.

Why still?

It’s hard. When it comes to digital work, you’ve got some serious competition when it comes to hiring those people. It can be tough to find the right people, the people who can do the strategic thinking, deal with clients and constantly shift their focus among different brands — that’s not an easy mindset. Digital is far more complicated. We have to deal with the messaging, creativity, interaction, platforms. A big part of the job is just keeping up with technology.

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