Whatever a client spends in media to deliver an advertising message, only a small fraction is spent with an agency to create, produce and place that advertising. Nevertheless, the impact of the entire budget is largely dependent on the quality of the agency’s work. That’s why, MISK believes we should be compensated at a level sufficient to provide the most talented people and the best resources so that a client’s media budget is fully leveraged by the effectiveness of the message. We think it is shortsighted for clients to reduce agency compensation and/or production budgets with the possible result of reducing the impact of their advertising.