What do you do when your agency partner keeps missing deadlines? Even though you’ve extended already.

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Its usually a resourcing issue, speak to your business director and get them to be up front with whats going on in the agency - if they dont have an answer then go to the MD. It takes a call to the right person to get your resourcing to the top of the pile. Also it could be financil if your over budget on a project then your work wont get the priority. One call to the right person usually does the job!

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Chat to the MD, give them a timeframe to get the right resources in place, the more transparent they are at least you can solve it. Also, most agencies have a core strength and they will sell anything on top of the “get the money and we will work it out”, so try and work out if they’re outside of this comfort zone. If you have a trusted partner in your back pocket, have that lined up.

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