Scopen's fourth edition of its Agency Scope study in Chile has shown an important change in terms of the remuneration model, with a significant decrease in the number of advertisers who declare they remunerate their creative agencies by Project (7% in 2023 vs. 22% in 2019). A figure that makes sense considering that most relationships are continuous over time.
The most used remuneration model continues to be an Annual Fee (80% in 2023 vs. 87% in 2019) set at the beginning of the year.
Followed by remuneration by Commission on media investment (online/offline) (9% in 2023 vs. 15% in 2019). In general, in this edition, we find fewer mixed models than in 2019.
In the case of media agencies, the percentage of remuneration through an Annual Fee is lower (64%), however payment by Commission rises (38%).
Remuneration by Project is 5.5%.
The ‘ideal’ agencies: Data increases its importance
The main characteristics that interviewees mention when defining their 'ideal' creative agency are, firstly, Creativity / Innovative Ideas (39%), followed by Digital Capacity (29%) and Knowledge of the market, customer, brand (28%).
Amongst media agencies, in the top five positions, Data / Research / Tools / Measurement / Modeling, the Team of Professionals and Knowledge (media, market, client, brand) stand out - dropping considerably compared to the previous edition - Strategic Planning and Proactivity / Initiative.
Less pitches in selection processes, but still above the global average
Marketing managers in Chile mostly use Pitches (78% - seven percentual points above the global average), as their main method when selecting both creative and media agencies.
Followed by International Decision (14%) and Selection by credentials (12%).
At an international level, China is the leading country in the selection of creative agencies by Pitches, with 95% of the processes carried out through this system.
On average, marketers in Chile, summon a total of five agencies, which seems like a high figure, as it is considered ideal to include only three.
Among the vital criteria during the selection process, we see differences, whether we are talking about a long list, a short list or the ones to finally win the account, but, generally, in the case of creative agencies, Creativity and Strategic Planning would lead the ranking.
In the case of media agencies, Digital Capacity, Negotiation and Purchase are the three that are most mentioned.
When it comes to the selection of creative agencies, the Creativity of the ideas presented has increased 15 points in the last four years as a decisive factor, already reaching 68% of cases.
Even so, the winner of a pitch is usually chosen for its Strategic Capacity (81%).
In all the indicators, marketers seem much more committed to creativity and innovation, even acknowledging that, until now, they had been quite conservative.
More than half of the marketers interviewed (65%) affirm that their company's procurement department is involved in the selection processes, doubling 2019´s figure (33%).
Some advertisers still recognise that their procurement departments only get involved at the end, during the negotiation phase, which is a problem as they are unaware of the briefing and the agencies performance throughout the entire process.
Satisfaction levels improve in comparison to the previous edition
Marketers in Chile are satisfied with their agencies, but recommendation rates are the lowest in the region.
Therefore agencies have the challenge of further demonstrating their value and their contribution to the growth of their clients' businesses.
In the opinion of Chilean marketers, the creative agencies they work with contribute 35% to the growth of their businesses (in 2019 it was 23%).
In the case of media agencies, they speak of a contribution to the growth of their businesses of 38%, a much higher percentage than what clients declared in 2019 (24%).
Regarding the quality of the service provided, both the level of recommendation (The NPS -percentage of prescribers minus that of detractors- goes from -22 to -10) and the level of satisfaction increased from 64% in 2019 to 71% in this edition.
For media agencies, clients´ referral rate to other colleagues and friends is 7.2 (on a scale of 0-10), the same they declared in 2019.
The NPS of all agencies is -6.8, being one of the markets analysed where there is a lower NPS (although improved in comparison to 2019, when its value was -17.4). 68.5% of marketers in Chile state that they are satisfied with the service they receive from their media agencies, thus recovering several percentage points that they had lost in 2019 (62%) compared to previous editions. Only 6% declared dissatisfaction.
Companies, campaigns, festivals and professionals that stand out in the industry
Coca-Cola, WOM and Apple occupy the top three positions as the most admired companies for their marketing and communication in the last two years (they were also the most admired in the previous edition of the study, in a different order).
Regarding the festivals and awards in the sector that are most valued by marketers in Chile, Effie Awards (58%), Cannes Lions (21.8%) and Festival ACHAP (7.3%) are those that appear in the three first positions.
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