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Should creative pitches be banned?
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Total votes 447

Should the creative pitching process continue as is or is it doing too much damage to the industry? According to a recent article by Thendo Ratshitanga, exec chair of Tshirundu Communications, "Sadly, times have changed for the worse. Nowadays, there would appear to be scant regard and respect for the professional status of the marketing communications industry, especially within State-funded departments and enterprises." Bizcommunity.com's Chris Moerdyk believes that "[t]he tougher the times, the more ad agencies and PR companies will prostitute themselves to get that extra little piece of business."

[5 May 2008 12:01]


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• Creative Pitches - Shaolin
• Pitches are a smokescreen fullstop - Genoeg!
    • Car accounts - Ripped off
• Use common sense - Debbie
• my penny
• Don't blame clients!
• Credentials provide a better indicator of future success - Celine
• To pitch or not to pitch - Neo
• Ban this poll! - fusion01
• lastly... - fusion01
• Not banned but paid for... - Luise
• Advertising is fun anyway! - Copythish
• Ag please people ... - Main konyn
    • It's exactly this attitude that is the problem... - pitch bitch
• There are good clients and bad clients - Im gonna go anonymous
• They shouldn't. They showcase the stretch in the world of ideas - Christian
• slave labour - katty

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