Simon Locke is Founder and CEO of CommunicationsMatch. CommunicationsMatch offers communications & PR agency search, online RFP tools, and resources that help companies find, shortlist, and engage communications and digital marketing agencies and consultants that match needs. Prior to founding CommunicationsMatch, Locke held senior corporate communications roles at Prudential Financial, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank and founded communications consultancies.
Agencies | December 5, 2018
Simon Locke shares six key questions to consider, from an agency perspective, and for companies to keep in mind, when approaching RFPs.
Communication | May 4, 2017
Is tunnel vision impeding your view of the sales funnel? Knowing when you are in a tunnel is important, because you need to take time out and shift into funnel mode to gain perspective before re-focusing on the task at hand. Simon Erskine Locke explains
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