Analytics from my Fall 2019 semester as the Agency Director of the Texas AMA Agency Group. The 25 students that I led worked with 5 local Austin clients and helped them achieve their marketing goals! Here is my analysis of the feedback I received from my students.
4. CLIENTS
Fall 2019
CARE2ROCK INLIEUSEEKR THOYEN GARDENIO
NON-PROFIT
ORG. THAT SELLS
MUSIC LESSONS
ONLINE. FOR
EACH ONE
BOUGHT, THEY
DONATE TO KIDS
IN FOSTER CARE.
STARTUP AIMING
TO CREATE
COMMUNITY IN
AUSTIN
THROUGH
SELLING EVENT
PACKAGES AT
APARTMENTS.
A “SOCIAL
NETWORK FOR
GOOD” APP
THAT MAKES THE
PROCESS OF
CHARITABLE
DONATIONS
EASIER.
A ONE-STOP APP
THAT CONNECTS
STUDENTS IN
NEED OF
SERVICES FROM
CLEANING TO
MOVING TO ART
AND BEYOND.
STARTUP
HELPING PEOPLE
GROW THEIR
OWN PLANTS &
FOOD FROM
ANYWHERE BY
DELIVERING
“GROWBOXES.”
6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Response: “My team has been
great [and] I’ve really enjoyed
the workshops that we’ve gotten
to do. I’ve really enjoyed being
an account manager .”
EXPERIENCE
Overall
95%SATISFACTION
*RANK 7 OR ABOVE
*
8% INCREASE IN
SATISFACTION RATE
FROM SPRING 2019; 32%
FROM FALL 2018
95% Response: “[Our client was]
not considerate of our time
as students. They’ve been
generally unclear with
what they want from us.”
EXPERIENCE RANKED ON SCALE OF 1-10
7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Response: “Client
seemed to be
unprepared [and]
not so enthusiastic
about plans.”
Response: “I really like
working with them, but
they have really high
expectations for us
and haven’t given us
much direction on
how to meet those
goals.”
SEEKR 78%
CARE2ROCK
THOYEN
INLIEU
GARDENIO
62%
68%
90%
5/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
5/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
3/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
4/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
3/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK77%
.2% INCREASE IN OVERALL SATISFACTION
RATE WITH CLIENT FROM SPRING 2019
EXPERIENCE
Client
EXPERIENCE RANKED ON SCALE OF 1-10
8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Response: “We ended
up having to do
everything they told us
to instead of going in
and making changes
that would benefit
their company.”
Response: “Most of the tasks
were conceptual rather
than implemented by us.”
SEEKR 78%
CARE2ROCK
THOYEN
INLIEU
GARDENIO
56%
75%
80%
5/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
5/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
3/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
4/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
3/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK83%
EXPERIENCE
Project
EXPERIENCE RANKED ON SCALE OF 1-10
EXACT SAME OVERALL SATISFACTION
RATE WITH PROJECT FROM SPRING 2019;
21% INCREASE FROM FALL 2018
9. SEEKR 96%
CARE2ROCK
THOYEN
INLIEU
GARDENIO
94%
100%
85%
5/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
5/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
3/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
4/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK
3/5 TEAM
FEEDBACK100%
EXPERIENCE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Response: “Everyone is
busy, so communication
was an issue sometimes
with people’s different
schedules.”
Response: “We needed
more organization from
the beginning.”
Response: “My team
ROCKED. They are
amazing people and
always did their work.
They were also proactive
and always came with
great ideas.”
Team
EXPERIENCE RANKED ON SCALE OF 1-10
10% INCREASE IN OVERALL SATISFACTION
RATE WITH TEAM FROM SPRING 2019;
26% INCREASE FROM FALL 2018
10. SEEKR 100%
CARE2ROCK
THOYEN
INLIEU
GARDENIO
85%
97%
95%
4/4 TEAM
FEEDBACK
4/4 TEAM
FEEDBACK
2/4 TEAM
FEEDBACK
3/4 TEAM
FEEDBACK
2/4 TEAM
FEEDBACK95%
EXPERIENCE
Account Manager
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Response: “[She just
needed to] be more
assertive and confident
in [her] decisions. We
should please our client
but also stand up for
ourselves.”
Response: “She was
amazing! She was very
understanding and willing
to work around
everyone’s schedules.
She also sent out weekly
task sheets, which were
really helpful.”
EXPERIENCE RANKED ON SCALE OF 1-10
2.2% INCREASE IN OVERALL
SATISFACTION RATE WITH AM FROM
SPRING 2019 & FALL 2018
11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Response: “The Agency Director is
understanding, caring, and a
general positive presence in the
room. I feel as though she brings
the entire agency together.”
EXPERIENCE
100%SATISFACTION
100%
Response: “Maybe
weekly/biweekly meetings
with individual teams too?”
Agency Director
Response: “Amazing director! She was so
bubbly and bright [and] was also very
well informed on the subjects she taught
during our meetings. [I had a] great first
Agency experience under her.”
*
*RANK 7 OR ABOVE
EXPERIENCE RANKED ON SCALE OF 1-10
5% INCREASE IN
SATISFACTION RATE
FROM SPRING 2019 &
FALL 2018
12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
EXPERIENCE
92%SATISFACTION
*RANK 7 OR ABOVE
*
FAVORITE WORKSHOP:
SOCIAL MEDIA: IIII III
INFLUENCER MARKETING: III
GRAPHIC DESIGN: IIII II
92%
Response: “Less
icebreakers.”
Workshop
EXPERIENCE RANKED ON SCALE OF 1-10
Response: “I really liked
the meetings! I learned
a lot and I definitely like
the variety in topics.”
Response: “They have been
beneficial in teaching overall. If
we could do more specific
things that could help us in our
own groups, that would be
more helpful.”
13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Response: “I liked Slack for
communication, although
it was a bit hard to get
used to at first.”
EXPERIENCE
93%SATISFACTION
*RANK 7 OR ABOVE
*
93%
Response: “I feel like I was
only close to my group
rather than the entire
agency.”
Communication & Connectedness
EXPERIENCE RANKED ON SCALE OF 1-10
MULTI-SEMESTER
AGENCY MEMBERS
NOTED IMPROVEMENTS
IN CONNECTEDNESS
Response: “Beautiful. Always
connected and informed
about events.”
17. FEEDBACK
Overall
-CLIENTS SHOULD PREPARE BETTER FOR
TEAM PROJECTS
-MORE ENGAGING PROJECTS &
IMPLEMENTED IDEAS
-MORE CROSS-TEAM INTEGRATION &
RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING
-AMs MORE ASSERTIVE
-WORKSHOP TOPICS/ACTIVITIES MORE
APPLICABLE TO CLIENT PROJECTS
-SLACK DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE
FEEDBACK: IDEAS:
-MAP OUT MORE EXCITING PROJECTS
DURING CLIENT ACQUISTION
-ENCOURAGE IMPLEMENTATION
-CREATE CONSISTENT “MEETING
TEAMS” TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS
-EMPOWER AMs FROM BEGINNING
-LEAVE TIME IN WORKSHOPS FOR
DIRECT APPLICATION
-TEACH & IMPLEMENT SLACK BETTER
EARLY ON