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Q. When is perception better than the reality?

A. The Campaign Top 15 New-Media Buying Points.

We were delighted to have made the top 15 new-media buying points survey (Campaign, 22 February), particularly as we are the only direct response media buying point to do so, but question the validity of the rankings and, therefore, the methodology of its composition.

The purpose of these surveys, aside from some ego massaging, is to help clients' objectivity when assessing existing or new suppliers. Therefore, to publish a survey based on agency-submitted, unverified data is inadmissible. Clients use many measures to assess an agency's worth/value. Billings is an obvious one and then, perhaps, the number of clients and staff as another.

However, histrionics in media ...


    
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