Agency Consulting
Get more from your agency relationships or find better ones.
Overview
What this service covers
We help businesses evaluate, manage, and optimize their agency partnerships. Whether you are unsure if your current agency is performing or need help selecting a new one, we provide the frameworks and benchmarks to make confident decisions.
Agency consulting covers the full lifecycle of agency partnerships. We start by evaluating your current agency against industry performance benchmarks, reviewing contracts for misaligned incentives, and assessing whether deliverables match what was promised. For businesses without an agency, we manage the selection process: defining requirements, evaluating proposals, and negotiating terms that protect your interests. Ongoing, we provide agency management frameworks that establish clear KPIs, reporting cadences, and escalation paths so your agency relationship stays productive. We also advise on in-house versus outsourced decisions, helping you determine which capabilities belong on your team and which are better handled externally.
Outcomes
What you get
Tangible results from this engagement.
- Agency Performance Visibility
- Clear dashboards and scorecards that show exactly how your agency is performing against agreed KPIs and industry benchmarks.
- Optimized Agency Spend
- Restructured contracts and deliverables that eliminate waste and ensure every dollar of agency spend drives measurable results.
- Stronger Partnership Dynamics
- Established communication rhythms, escalation paths, and review cycles that keep the agency relationship healthy and productive.
- Average agency spend reduction
- 22%
- Client retention rate
- 94%
- Avg. improvement in agency deliverable quality
- 35%
“Working with Trent transformed our digital strategy. The depth of insight and speed of execution was exactly what we needed.”
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