February 26, 2016 - No Comments!

When Will Agencies Get Mobile?

Quite honestly, I'm not one to quote Martin Sorrell but he really nailed it in his comments about the state of mobile and current traditional agencies.

"We haven't adapted," said Mr. Sorrell. "When people talk about creativity in our industry, they're talking about Don Draper. They're not talking about the new definitions. Believe it or not, people inside media agencies are creative. Software engineers are creative ... It's the definition of it -- we haven't contextualized it correctly yet."

I wonder if traditional agencies will ever get mobile... or the mobile revolution, or the people who use mobile (aka everyone). Consider that 60% of all YouTube videos are viewed on mobile. And the people watching those videos are young, don't have TVs, and live digital lifestyles. Any company that thinks trying to reach them with approaches developed 25 years ago or interrupting them with a "message" on the hope that it will spur an action is lost.

The world changed. It's time for "agencies" to change, too.

READ: Martin Sorrell on Mobile: 'We Haven't Adapted' | Digital - AdAge.

Published by: Dave Stubbs in AdTech, Marketing Culture, Provocative

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