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A Slice Of... Why You Shouldn't Ask Your Agency To Free Pitch (No. 36)

A Slice Of... Why You Shouldn't Ask Your Agency To Free Pitch (No. 36)2 Oct 20256 min

<p>Why brands should never ask their packaging design agency to pitch for free.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>If you ask a design agency to pitch creative ideas for free, are you approaching the project in the right way and are you going to get the best agency work back?</strong></p><p><br /></p><p>To free pitch or not, is something each design agency needs to decide based on the return for their initial creative investment.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the win for the agency is a continued relationship and more paid work with a client over a bigger portfolio of products, then obviously the initial free pitch may be well worth it. The same may not be true, however, for a free pitch on a ‘one-off’ project.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can find our contact details below:</p><p>Alan Gilbody on Linkedin:</p><p><a href="⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alangilbody/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alangilbody/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>Slice Design Company website <a href="⁠⁠https://slicedesign.co.uk⁠" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://slicedesign.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p>#packagingdesign #packdesign #packaging #branddesign #branding #design #agency #designagency #drink #food #advice #freepitch #freepitching</p>