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The Campaign Essay: A Pitch Paradigm.

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Richard Morris argues that agencies waste too many man hours, ideas and cash taking part in pitches. It is time for the industry to offer a more realistic way for clients to come up with a winner.

While no-one loves a good pitch more than I do, I can't help but wonder if the whole thing hasn't got hopelessly out of hand.

Research published by the AAR indicated that agencies claim to spend up to pounds 15,000 on a pitch and do an average of ten a year. If we accept those figures (ie. pretend that we don't all go barmy twice a year and spend six-figure sums trying to recreate the set of EastEnders in a meeting room), that means the top 50 agencies spend ...

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