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growth playbook · Oct 23, 2026

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OLIVER growth playbook

Diagnosis

OLIVER is the largest in-housing specialist, with 300+ clients, 2,000+ awards and the backing of The Brandtech Group, and it has just relaunched as AI Inside on a new domain.

The relaunch is half done: the new site has 10 pages and no case studies or service pages, while 46 old oliver.agency pages, including 22 duplicate articles and the old lead magnets, still compete in search.

This playbook finishes the move and cleans the Model and Impact pages first, then builds the proof and paths a CMO and procurement need: case studies from announced clients, service pages for what the job board shows clients buy, a readiness assessment, a savings calculator and market pages. The bets are an annual in-housing benchmark, a fixed-scope Act 1 offer and client dashboards.

Growth Score

6/10

Biggest Opportunity

Turn twenty years of in-housing results, now scattered across an old domain, a blog subdomain and an awards list, into one site that proves AI Inside with named results.

Biggest Risk

Holding-company production units (WPP Production), consultancies and brands building their own teams compete for the same budgets, and a thin new site gives buyers little to compare.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    Finish the move from oliver.agency: 46 old pages still compete with the new site

    Export the 46 live oliver.agency URLs and pair each with its new destination.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  2. 2

    Fix the Model page: remove the working note and show one version of the model

    Delete the working note today.

    High impact First result in 1 week
  3. 3

    Tidy the Impact page: fix the misspellings and link each award to the work

    Correct the misspellings.

    Medium impact First result in 1 week

02

Your idea portfolio

21 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 6 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

Effort vs impactEach number is an idea. Select one to open it.
Impact →
Quick wins · 1Big bets · 9Fill-ins · 7Reconsider · 4
Effort →

Showing 21 of 21 ideas

This week 6

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    OLIVER relaunched as AI Inside on oliverinside.ai, a domain registered in March 2026, with only 10 pages. The old oliver.agency homepage redirects, but its sitemap still lists 71 URLs and 46 of them still load on the old site, each marked "index, follow" and canonical to itself. 22 are articles that now also appear on blog.oliverinside.ai, so search engines see two copies of the same thought leadership, and twenty years of links to oliver.agency point at old pages instead of the new brand.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Website and SEO lead

    First action

    Export the 46 live oliver.agency URLs and pair each with its new destination.

    How to measure it

    oliver.agency URLs still serving their own page

    Now
    –
    Target
    0
    By
    30 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Export

      All 71 URLs from the old sitemap with their status.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 day

    2. 2

      Map

      Each old URL to the matching blog post or closest page.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 2 days

    3. 3

      Decide on reports

      Retire, refresh or move each download page (see idea 4).

      Global marketing lead 1 day

    4. 4

      Redirect

      301 rules on oliver.agency, one to one, no blanket homepage redirect.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 2 days

    5. 5

      Retire the sitemap

      Remove the old sitemap and submit the new ones.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 hour

    6. 6

      Update links

      Email signatures, social profiles and directory listings that still point to oliver.agency.

      Global marketing lead 1 week

    7. 7

      Monitor

      Search Console on both domains for coverage and clicks.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) weekly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Website and SEO lead (HubSpot)

    Smallest test

    Redirect the 22 duplicate articles to their blog.oliverinside.ai copies this week.

    Why it works

    Map every old URL to its best new home and 301 it: articles to the same post on blog.oliverinside.ai, report and webinar pages to a current resource or the Insights hub, event pages to the closest current page. Then remove the old sitemap, keep the redirects permanently, and check Search Console on both domains until the old URLs drop out.

    Consolidating duplicate pages and old links on one domain is the fastest way to give a new domain the authority it needs to rank for "in-house agency" and "AI marketing transformation" searches. It also means a prospect who finds an old link lands on AI Inside, not on a 2022 event page.

    Ready to use

    Checklistoliver.agency redirect checklist

    [ ] 22 articles -> same post on blog.oliverinside.ai
    [ ] Report download pages -> refreshed report or Insights hub
    [ ] Webinar and podcast pages -> Insights hub
    [ ] The Inside Track pages -> current events or About
    [ ] Legal pages -> new privacy and policies pages
    [ ] Old sitemap removed
    [ ] Search Console: both domains verified, change of address considered
    [ ] Spot-check 20 old links from press coverage

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Losing old rankings

      Redirect one to one to the closest match, never all to the homepage.

    • Email still on oliver.agency

      Leave mail settings untouched; only change web pages.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteThe old domain: www.oliver.agency's homepage redirects to oliverinside.ai, but its own sitemap still lists 71 URLs. Checked one by one on October 22, 2026 (and a sample re-checked minutes later): 46 still load on oliver.agency with the old navigation ("Our Model, Our Work, Our People ... Podcast, The OLIVER webinar series"), each with a self-canonical tag and "index, follow"; 25 redirect to the new site. The 46 include 22 articles, from 2021 to March 2026.Source
    • Your websiteThe same articles are also published on blog.oliverinside.ai with their own canonical tags: for example "The AI Paradox: closing the trust gap" is live at oliver.agency/2026/03/13/... and at blog.oliverinside.ai/insights/the-ai-paradox-closing-the-trust-gap/, as are "Closing the AI Skills Gap" and "Beyond AI transformation".Source
    • Your websiteoliverinside.ai sitemap (read October 22, 2026): 10 URLs: home, about, model, impact, careers, candidate journey, job details, contact, privacy and policies. No case-study, service, industry or market pages; insights live on a separate subdomain, blog.oliverinside.ai. The domain was registered on March 3, 2026.Source
    • Your websiteLead-capture pages still live only on oliver.agency: report downloads ("Money left on the table", "Cookieless future", "Agility report", "B2B digital marketing strategies", "State of digitalization in the travel industry"), webinar registrations, a "Growth podcast" landing page and registration and speaker pages for "The Inside Track" event (2022).Source
  • 02

    The Model page explains the core offer, yet it shows the three layers twice (Talent, Training, Technology, then Humans, Agents, Brand code) with the note "BELOW GRAPHIC TO BE UPDATE" visible between them. A CMO evaluating an in-housing partner reads it as unfinished.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 week Global marketing lead

    First action

    Delete the working note today.

    How to measure it

    Model page visitors who reach Contact

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Choose the framing

      One three-layer model.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer 1 day

    2. 2

      Update the graphic

      Matching labels.

      Global Chief Creative Officer 2 days

    3. 3

      Remove duplicates

      One block, no note.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 hour

    4. 4

      Add a timeline

      Act 1 and Act 2 with typical durations.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer 2 days

    5. 5

      Proofread the site

      All 10 pages.

      Global marketing lead 1 day

    6. 6

      Add a check

      Placeholder text before publishing.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 hour

    First result
    1 week
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Global marketing lead

    Smallest test

    Remove the note and the duplicate block.

    Why it works

    Choose one framing (Humans, Agents, Brand code fits AI Inside), update the graphic, delete the duplicate block and the note, and add a short "how a programme runs" timeline for Act 1 and Act 2. Add a pre-publish check for placeholder text across the site.

    The Model page is where buyers decide whether the method is real; a clean, single model is more convincing.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Internal debate over the model

      Ship one now and revise later.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteModel page (/model): presents the three layers twice, first as "Talent, Training, Technology" and then as "Humans, Agents, Brand code", with the working note "BELOW GRAPHIC TO BE UPDATE" visible between them. It describes "Act 1" (efficiency and immediate savings) and "Act 2" (putting that value back into growth), and AI governance ("your IP, data, and models in your cloud").Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "OLIVER is the world's #1 in-housing expert. We design, build, and run AI-powered marketing organizations inside the world's biggest brands"; "Trusted by 8 of the world's top 10 advertisers and 66 of the top 100"; "300+ brands transformed", "2.4 x faster speed to value", "30% minimum value return". The only call to action is "Let's talk" to a contact page.Source
  • 03

    The Impact page is a long awards list shown twice, with "Philipines, Viatnam, Indonisia" and "Pet at home" misspelt. For a creative business, spelling errors next to award claims cost credibility.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 week Global marketing lead

    First action

    Correct the misspellings.

    How to measure it

    Impact page clicks to case pages

    Now
    –
    Target
    25% of visitors
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Correct

      Names and spelling.

      Global marketing lead 1 hour

    2. 2

      De-duplicate

      One list.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 hour

    3. 3

      Group

      By year and client.

      Global marketing lead 1 day

    4. 4

      Link

      To work or news.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 day

    5. 5

      Add a summary

      Top five wins first.

      Global marketing lead 1 hour

    6. 6

      Review

      Every quarter.

      Global marketing lead quarterly

    First result
    1 week
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Global marketing lead

    Smallest test

    Fix the spelling today.

    Why it works

    Correct the names, show the list once, group awards by year and client, and link each to the work or a short case page (see idea 7).

    A short, correct list with links reads as proof; a long repeated list reads as filler.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Client approval for links

      Link only public work.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteImpact page: "2,000+ awards", "Agency Of The Year 32 times"; wins listed include Campaign Global In-house Agency of the Year 2025 (U-Studio | Unilever), AdAge AI Ad of the Week (NetApp), One Show shortlists for Molson and WestJet, a Webby honour for Pets at Home and Awwwards for Pernod Ricard. It is a list of awards, with no case studies or results, and the list is shown twice; it misspells "Philipines, Viatnam, Indonisia" and "Pet at home".Source
  • 04

    The lead magnets ("Money left on the table", agility, cookieless future, travel and B2B reports) still sit on oliver.agency, outside the new HubSpot site. The new site has no download at all, only "Let's talk".

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Global marketing lead

    First action

    Pick the report to refresh.

    How to measure it

    Qualified report downloads

    Now
    –
    Target
    150 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick the report

      Strongest topic for AI Inside.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer 2 days

    2. 2

      Update the data

      New figures from current clients.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer 3 weeks

    3. 3

      Design

      Report and landing page.

      Global Chief Creative Officer 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Set up the form

      HubSpot with company and role.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 day

    5. 5

      Nurture

      Three emails and an invitation.

      Global marketing lead 1 week

    6. 6

      Hand to sales

      Target accounts that download.

      New business director ongoing

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Design time
    Owner
    Global marketing lead

    Smallest test

    Put the existing report behind a form on the new site.

    Why it works

    Refresh the strongest one ("Money left on the table") into an AI-era report on in-housing savings, host it on oliverinside.ai with a HubSpot form, and nurture downloaders with three emails and an invitation to an Act 1 conversation. Retire the rest with redirects.

    Not every CMO is ready to "talk"; a report captures earlier-stage buyers and tells sales who is researching.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Old data

      Use only current figures.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteLead-capture pages still live only on oliver.agency: report downloads ("Money left on the table", "Cookieless future", "Agility report", "B2B digital marketing strategies", "State of digitalization in the travel industry"), webinar registrations, a "Growth podcast" landing page and registration and speaker pages for "The Inside Track" event (2022).Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "OLIVER is the world's #1 in-housing expert. We design, build, and run AI-powered marketing organizations inside the world's biggest brands"; "Trusted by 8 of the world's top 10 advertisers and 66 of the top 100"; "300+ brands transformed", "2.4 x faster speed to value", "30% minimum value return". The only call to action is "Let's talk" to a contact page.Source
    • Your websiteThe old domain: www.oliver.agency's homepage redirects to oliverinside.ai, but its own sitemap still lists 71 URLs. Checked one by one on October 22, 2026 (and a sample re-checked minutes later): 46 still load on oliver.agency with the old navigation ("Our Model, Our Work, Our People ... Podcast, The OLIVER webinar series"), each with a self-canonical tag and "index, follow"; 25 redirect to the new site. The 46 include 22 articles, from 2021 to March 2026.Source
  • 05

    OLIVER has 37 roles open and sells itself on talent, but the careers page HTML shows "0 open positions" and job pages show "Loading job details..." until a script runs. Crawlers that do not run it see no jobs.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Global Talent Acquisition lead

    First action

    Add plain links to the Greenhouse roles on /careers.

    How to measure it

    Applications from organic search

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Check rendering

      What crawlers see today.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 day

    2. 2

      Render listings

      Server-side or static links.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 week

    3. 3

      Add markup

      JobPosting fields.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 2 days

    4. 4

      Test

      Rich results test.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 hour

    5. 5

      Track

      Source of applicants.

      Global Talent Acquisition lead monthly

    6. 6

      Keep fresh

      Remove closed roles daily.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) daily

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Developer time
    Owner
    Global Talent Acquisition lead

    Smallest test

    Link the roles in plain HTML.

    Why it works

    Render the listings server-side from Greenhouse (or link each role to its Greenhouse page in plain HTML) and add JobPosting structured data with location and employment type.

    Job search engines then list OLIVER's roles directly, and each indexed role carries the brand in front of the marketers who later become clients.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Expired jobs in search

      Sync with Greenhouse daily.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteCareers and job pages load the listings in the browser: the HTML served by /careers says "0 open positions" and /job-details says "Loading job details...", so search engines that do not run the script see no roles.Source
    • Job boardOLIVER's Greenhouse board (37 roles, October 22, 2026) is mostly teams placed inside clients, which shows what clients buy: a client's "Customer Communications Centre of Excellence" (Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield), Amazon Seller and Vendor Central content (Germany), product marketing "embedded within our client, a leading Private Banking and Wealth Management business", AI copy frameworks for "a B2B payments business", social studios for a "brand new" haircare client and a new FMCG client, creator partnerships, localisation and in-house studios in Dublin, Cape Town, Istanbul and Brussels.Source
  • 06

    Real visitors pass Core Web Vitals, but their loading time got 16% slower, and in Google's phone test the main image takes 10.7 s with 548 KB from Google Tag Manager. Executives often open the site on a phone from a link.

    Low impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Website and SEO lead

    First action

    List every tag and its owner.

    How to measure it

    Mobile PageSpeed score

    Now
    –
    Target
    75
    By
    1 month

    Steps

    1. 1

      List tags

      Owner and purpose.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 day

    2. 2

      Remove unused

      Old campaigns and pixels.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 day

    3. 3

      Delay the rest

      After load or interaction.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 2 days

    4. 4

      Cache

      Longer lifetimes for static files.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 day

    5. 5

      Retest

      PageSpeed and field data.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 hour

    6. 6

      Monitor

      Monthly.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Website and SEO lead (HubSpot)

    Smallest test

    Remove one unused tag.

    Why it works

    Audit the tags in Google Tag Manager, remove unused ones, delay non-essential tags until after load, and set longer cache lifetimes for static files.

    A lighter homepage keeps the real-visitor result passing as the site grows.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Breaking tracking

      Test in preview before publishing.

    Evidence

    • Google PageSpeedHomepage on mobile: performance 57/100 (desktop 79); in the lab the main image takes 10.7 s to appear, Google Tag Manager loads 548 KB, and cache lifetimes (about 1.1 s) and unused JavaScript (about 0.9 s) are the top fixes. Real Chrome visitors pass Core Web Vitals (LCP 1.7 s, INP 71 ms, CLS 0.03 at the 75th percentile), though LCP is 16% slower than in the previous period.Source

This quarter 9

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 07

    OLIVER claims "300+ brands transformed", "2.4 x faster speed to value" and a "30% minimum value return", but the new site has no case studies. The proof exists in pieces: Unilever's U-Studio (Global In-house Agency of the Year; "Unilever saves €500m"; "usage increases by 40%"), NetApp's AI Ad of the Week, Molson, WestJet, Pets at Home and Pernod Ricard.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Content and PR lead

    First action

    Get approval to update the U-Studio story.

    How to measure it

    Published case studies

    Now
    –
    Target
    8
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick eight

      Publicly announced clients with results.

      Content and PR lead 1 week

    2. 2

      Get approvals

      Client sign-off.

      Client leads 1 month

    3. 3

      Write

      Challenge, model, AI, results.

      Content and PR lead 1 month

    4. 4

      Design

      Template and video cut.

      Global Chief Creative Officer 1 month

    5. 5

      Publish

      /work with filters.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 week

    6. 6

      Use in pitches

      Matching story per prospect.

      New business director ongoing

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Writing and design time
    Owner
    Content and PR lead

    Smallest test

    Publish the U-Studio story first.

    Why it works

    Write eight case studies, starting with U-Studio: the in-house model built, the AI used, and results in speed, cost and effectiveness. Add a /work section with filters by industry and service, and link each from the Impact page and the homepage numbers.

    Big-brand buyers hire in-housing partners on peer results; named stories make the headline numbers believable.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Clients decline

      Write anonymised stories by industry.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: "OLIVER is the world's #1 in-housing expert. We design, build, and run AI-powered marketing organizations inside the world's biggest brands"; "Trusted by 8 of the world's top 10 advertisers and 66 of the top 100"; "300+ brands transformed", "2.4 x faster speed to value", "30% minimum value return". The only call to action is "Let's talk" to a contact page.Source
    • Your websiteImpact page: "2,000+ awards", "Agency Of The Year 32 times"; wins listed include Campaign Global In-house Agency of the Year 2025 (U-Studio | Unilever), AdAge AI Ad of the Week (NetApp), One Show shortlists for Molson and WestJet, a Webby honour for Pets at Home and Awwwards for Pernod Ricard. It is a list of awards, with no case studies or results, and the list is shown twice; it misspells "Philipines, Viatnam, Indonisia" and "Pet at home".Source
    • Your websiteOlder proof lives only as news posts on the Insights blog: "Unilever saves €500m as in-housing is more efficient than agencies" and "U-Studio usage increases by 40%"; a recent post is "Procurement powers AI transformation".Source
    • Your websiteoliverinside.ai sitemap (read October 22, 2026): 10 URLs: home, about, model, impact, careers, candidate journey, job details, contact, privacy and policies. No case-study, service, industry or market pages; insights live on a separate subdomain, blog.oliverinside.ai. The domain was registered on March 3, 2026.Source
  • 08

    The job board shows the services clients pay for: customer-communications centres, Amazon Seller and Vendor Central content, social studios, creator partnerships, localisation, B2B and financial-services product marketing. The new site has no service pages, so none of these searches can find OLIVER.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Chief Solutions & Sales Offic…

    First action

    Rank the six services by revenue.

    How to measure it

    Enquiries from service pages

    Now
    –
    Target
    20 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Rank services

      By revenue and growth.

      Chief Solutions & Sales Officer 1 week

    2. 2

      Write pages

      One per service.

      Content and PR lead 1 month

    3. 3

      Add proof

      One result each.

      Content and PR lead 1 month

    4. 4

      Route forms

      To practice leads.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 week

    5. 5

      Link

      From the homepage and Model.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 day

    6. 6

      Measure

      Enquiries by service.

      Chief Solutions & Sales Officer monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Chief Solutions & Sales Officer

    Smallest test

    Publish the Amazon content page first.

    Why it works

    Create a page for each of six services: what OLIVER builds inside the client, the AI used, the team shape, a result and a contact form routed to the right practice lead.

    Buyers search for the job to be done ("Amazon content agency", "social content studio"); service pages meet them there.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Looks like a generalist

      Lead every page with the in-house model.

    Evidence

    • Job boardOLIVER's Greenhouse board (37 roles, October 22, 2026) is mostly teams placed inside clients, which shows what clients buy: a client's "Customer Communications Centre of Excellence" (Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield), Amazon Seller and Vendor Central content (Germany), product marketing "embedded within our client, a leading Private Banking and Wealth Management business", AI copy frameworks for "a B2B payments business", social studios for a "brand new" haircare client and a new FMCG client, creator partnerships, localisation and in-house studios in Dublin, Cape Town, Istanbul and Brussels.Source
    • Your websiteoliverinside.ai sitemap (read October 22, 2026): 10 URLs: home, about, model, impact, careers, candidate journey, job details, contact, privacy and policies. No case-study, service, industry or market pages; insights live on a separate subdomain, blog.oliverinside.ai. The domain was registered on March 3, 2026.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "OLIVER is the world's #1 in-housing expert. We design, build, and run AI-powered marketing organizations inside the world's biggest brands"; "Trusted by 8 of the world's top 10 advertisers and 66 of the top 100"; "300+ brands transformed", "2.4 x faster speed to value", "30% minimum value return". The only call to action is "Let's talk" to a contact page.Source
  • 09

    The Model page says "No two brands start in the same place" and meets clients by "AI readiness". The site offers no way for a CMO to find out where they stand before calling.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Global Chief Strategy Officer

    First action

    Draft the twelve questions.

    How to measure it

    Assessments completed by target brands

    Now
    –
    Target
    100 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write questions

      Twelve, four areas.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer 1 week

    2. 2

      Set scoring

      Clear rules per answer.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer 1 week

    3. 3

      Build

      HubSpot form and report.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Test

      With five clients.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer 1 week

    5. 5

      Promote

      LinkedIn and events.

      Global marketing lead ongoing

    6. 6

      Follow up

      New business calls.

      New business director ongoing

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Build time
    Owner
    Global Chief Strategy Officer

    Smallest test

    Run the questions as a LinkedIn poll series.

    Why it works

    Build a 12-question assessment (talent, training, tech, governance, current agency spend) with a scored report by area and a suggested Act 1 starting point. Send results to the new business team.

    A useful score gives the prospect a reason to share their situation, and gives the pitch a starting point.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low completion

      Keep it under five minutes.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteModel page (/model): presents the three layers twice, first as "Talent, Training, Technology" and then as "Humans, Agents, Brand code", with the working note "BELOW GRAPHIC TO BE UPDATE" visible between them. It describes "Act 1" (efficiency and immediate savings) and "Act 2" (putting that value back into growth), and AI governance ("your IP, data, and models in your cloud").Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "OLIVER is the world's #1 in-housing expert. We design, build, and run AI-powered marketing organizations inside the world's biggest brands"; "Trusted by 8 of the world's top 10 advertisers and 66 of the top 100"; "300+ brands transformed", "2.4 x faster speed to value", "30% minimum value return". The only call to action is "Let's talk" to a contact page.Source
    • Your websiteAbout page: "300+ clients and 1,500+ brands across 50+ markets, with 5,000+ people inside the world's biggest brands"; OLIVER is part of The Brandtech Group, "the sole ANA Official AI & Data Partner 2026 and sole WFA Strategic AI & Technology Partner 2026"; "The first marketing group to publish an AI sustainability study", with a carbon calculator.Source
  • 10

    The homepage promises "30% minimum value return" and Act 1 promises "immediate savings". A CMO has to take it on trust.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Chief Solutions & Sales Offic…

    First action

    Write the formula from three client results.

    How to measure it

    Meetings booked from the calculator

    Now
    –
    Target
    15 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write the formula

      From client data.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Review

      Finance check.

      Global Chief Financial Officer 1 week

    3. 3

      Build

      Simple page.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Add disclaimers

      Estimates only.

      Chief Legal Counsel 1 day

    5. 5

      Promote

      Procurement and CMO audiences.

      Global marketing lead ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Meetings booked.

      Chief Solutions & Sales Officer monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Build time
    Owner
    Chief Solutions & Sales Officer

    Smallest test

    Put a worked example on the Model page.

    Why it works

    Build a calculator: current agency fees, asset volumes and production costs in, estimated Act 1 savings and redeployable budget out, with the assumptions shown. Offer a validated version in a call.

    Showing the method turns a claim into a business case the CMO can take to procurement.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Estimates questioned

      Show assumptions and ranges.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: "OLIVER is the world's #1 in-housing expert. We design, build, and run AI-powered marketing organizations inside the world's biggest brands"; "Trusted by 8 of the world's top 10 advertisers and 66 of the top 100"; "300+ brands transformed", "2.4 x faster speed to value", "30% minimum value return". The only call to action is "Let's talk" to a contact page.Source
    • Your websiteModel page (/model): presents the three layers twice, first as "Talent, Training, Technology" and then as "Humans, Agents, Brand code", with the working note "BELOW GRAPHIC TO BE UPDATE" visible between them. It describes "Act 1" (efficiency and immediate savings) and "Act 2" (putting that value back into growth), and AI governance ("your IP, data, and models in your cloud").Source
    • Your websiteOlder proof lives only as news posts on the Insights blog: "Unilever saves €500m as in-housing is more efficient than agencies" and "U-Studio usage increases by 40%"; a recent post is "Procurement powers AI transformation".Source
  • 11

    OLIVER lists offices from Buenos Aires to Kuala Lumpur and won APAC "Hottest Agencies" recognition, but the new site is English only and has no market pages; the old site had an Arabic version.

    Medium impactHigh effort First result in 2 quarters Global marketing lead

    First action

    Pick five regions by pipeline.

    How to measure it

    Enquiries outside the UK

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick regions

      By pipeline.

      Chief Solutions & Sales Officer 1 week

    2. 2

      Gather proof

      Local clients and awards.

      Content and PR lead 1 month

    3. 3

      Write pages

      One per region.

      Content and PR lead 1 month

    4. 4

      Translate

      Arabic and Spanish first.

      Global marketing lead 1 month

    5. 5

      Add hreflang

      Language tags.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 day

    6. 6

      Measure

      Enquiries by region.

      Global marketing lead monthly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Translation costs
    Owner
    Global marketing lead

    Smallest test

    Publish the Middle East page.

    Why it works

    Add market pages for five priority regions (UK and Ireland, DACH, Middle East, APAC, LATAM): local clients, awards, offices and a local contact. Translate the core pages for the Middle East and LATAM first.

    Regional CMOs search and buy locally; a local page with local proof converts better than a global homepage.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Thin pages

      Launch only where there is local proof.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteContact page: one "Let's talk" form for every enquiry, and offices listed in Barcelona, Bournemouth, Buenos Aires, Dubai, Dublin, Erlangen, Istanbul, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London, Mumbai and more. The new site is in English only; the old oliver.agency pages offered an Arabic version.Source
    • Your websiteImpact page: "2,000+ awards", "Agency Of The Year 32 times"; wins listed include Campaign Global In-house Agency of the Year 2025 (U-Studio | Unilever), AdAge AI Ad of the Week (NetApp), One Show shortlists for Molson and WestJet, a Webby honour for Pets at Home and Awwwards for Pernod Ricard. It is a list of awards, with no case studies or results, and the list is shown twice; it misspells "Philipines, Viatnam, Indonisia" and "Pet at home".Source
    • Job boardOLIVER's Greenhouse board (37 roles, October 22, 2026) is mostly teams placed inside clients, which shows what clients buy: a client's "Customer Communications Centre of Excellence" (Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield), Amazon Seller and Vendor Central content (Germany), product marketing "embedded within our client, a leading Private Banking and Wealth Management business", AI copy frameworks for "a B2B payments business", social studios for a "brand new" haircare client and a new FMCG client, creator partnerships, localisation and in-house studios in Dublin, Cape Town, Istanbul and Brussels.Source
  • 12

    Insights live on blog.oliverinside.ai, a separate subdomain, and many posts are the old oliver.agency articles copied across. Links earned by insights help the subdomain more than the main site.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Content and PR lead

    First action

    List posts older than two years.

    How to measure it

    Insights organic visits

    Now
    –
    Target
    +25%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Inventory

      All posts with traffic.

      Content and PR lead 1 week

    2. 2

      Prune

      Update, merge or retire.

      Content and PR lead 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Move

      To /insights.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Redirect

      Subdomain to new URLs.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 day

    5. 5

      Add authors

      Names and dates.

      Content and PR lead 1 week

    6. 6

      Monitor

      Search Console.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) weekly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Developer time
    Owner
    Content and PR lead

    Smallest test

    Retire five out-of-date posts.

    Why it works

    Move the blog to oliverinside.ai/insights, redirect the subdomain URLs, prune or update the 2021-2022 posts (NFTs, third-party cookies, lockdown), and add authors and dates.

    One domain collects all the authority, and a pruned blog makes the AI Inside message clearer.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Traffic dip

      Do it after the oliver.agency redirects settle.

    Builds on

    Evidence

    • Your websiteThe same articles are also published on blog.oliverinside.ai with their own canonical tags: for example "The AI Paradox: closing the trust gap" is live at oliver.agency/2026/03/13/... and at blog.oliverinside.ai/insights/the-ai-paradox-closing-the-trust-gap/, as are "Closing the AI Skills Gap" and "Beyond AI transformation".Source
    • Your websiteoliverinside.ai sitemap (read October 22, 2026): 10 URLs: home, about, model, impact, careers, candidate journey, job details, contact, privacy and policies. No case-study, service, industry or market pages; insights live on a separate subdomain, blog.oliverinside.ai. The domain was registered on March 3, 2026.Source
    • Your websiteThe old domain: www.oliver.agency's homepage redirects to oliverinside.ai, but its own sitemap still lists 71 URLs. Checked one by one on October 22, 2026 (and a sample re-checked minutes later): 46 still load on oliver.agency with the old navigation ("Our Model, Our Work, Our People ... Podcast, The OLIVER webinar series"), each with a self-canonical tag and "index, follow"; 25 redirect to the new site. The 46 include 22 articles, from 2021 to March 2026.Source
  • 13

    In-housing replaces agency rosters, so procurement is in every deal; OLIVER's own recent post is "Procurement powers AI transformation". The site speaks only to CMOs.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter New business director

    First action

    Interview two procurement leads at clients.

    How to measure it

    Opportunities started by procurement

    Now
    –
    Target
    5 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Interview

      Two client procurement leads.

      New business director 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write guides

      Two guides.

      Content and PR lead 1 month

    3. 3

      Build page

      For procurement.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 1 week

    4. 4

      Promote

      Associations and events.

      Global marketing lead ongoing

    5. 5

      Brief sales

      Use in pitches.

      New business director 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Opportunities by source.

      Chief Solutions & Sales Officer monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    New business director

    Smallest test

    Publish the procurement post as a guide.

    Why it works

    Create a procurement page and two guides: how to compare in-housing with an agency roster, and how to govern AI in production (IP, data, models in your cloud). Promote through procurement associations and events.

    Procurement often starts the review; content they can use puts OLIVER on the shortlist early.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Seen as cost-only

      Lead with effectiveness and speed as well.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteOlder proof lives only as news posts on the Insights blog: "Unilever saves €500m as in-housing is more efficient than agencies" and "U-Studio usage increases by 40%"; a recent post is "Procurement powers AI transformation".Source
    • Your websiteModel page (/model): presents the three layers twice, first as "Talent, Training, Technology" and then as "Humans, Agents, Brand code", with the working note "BELOW GRAPHIC TO BE UPDATE" visible between them. It describes "Act 1" (efficiency and immediate savings) and "Act 2" (putting that value back into growth), and AI governance ("your IP, data, and models in your cloud").Source
    • Competitor researchWPP Production (formerly Hogarth) describes itself as "Creative, commerce & media content experiences at scale"; consultancies such as Accenture Song and the brands' own in-house teams are the other options OLIVER's homepage argues against ("Stop outsourcing your advantage and build it inside").Source
  • 14

    OLIVER ran "The Inside Track" event, a podcast and a webinar series, all now orphaned on the old domain. The Brandtech Group is the ANA and WFA AI partner for 2026, which gives access to the audience.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Global marketing lead

    First action

    Book three client speakers.

    How to measure it

    Target brands at events

    Now
    –
    Target
    40 a year
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set format

      In person and virtual.

      Global marketing lead 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Book speakers

      Client leaders.

      Chief Solutions & Sales Officer 1 month

    3. 3

      Invite

      Target brands.

      New business director 1 month

    4. 4

      Run

      Event.

      Global marketing lead event

    5. 5

      Repurpose

      Clips and articles.

      Content and PR lead 2 weeks

    6. 6

      Follow up

      Meetings.

      New business director 2 weeks

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Event budget
    Owner
    Global marketing lead

    Smallest test

    Run one webinar with a client.

    Why it works

    Relaunch a yearly AI Inside event (in person in London, virtual elsewhere) with client speakers, plus a monthly webinar. Record sessions as content and invite target brands.

    Events put prospects in a room with happy clients, the strongest sales argument for in-housing.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low attendance

      Start with a small invite-only dinner.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteLead-capture pages still live only on oliver.agency: report downloads ("Money left on the table", "Cookieless future", "Agility report", "B2B digital marketing strategies", "State of digitalization in the travel industry"), webinar registrations, a "Growth podcast" landing page and registration and speaker pages for "The Inside Track" event (2022).Source
    • Your websiteAbout page: "300+ clients and 1,500+ brands across 50+ markets, with 5,000+ people inside the world's biggest brands"; OLIVER is part of The Brandtech Group, "the sole ANA Official AI & Data Partner 2026 and sole WFA Strategic AI & Technology Partner 2026"; "The first marketing group to publish an AI sustainability study", with a carbon calculator.Source
    • Your websiteImpact page: "2,000+ awards", "Agency Of The Year 32 times"; wins listed include Campaign Global In-house Agency of the Year 2025 (U-Studio | Unilever), AdAge AI Ad of the Week (NetApp), One Show shortlists for Molson and WestJet, a Webby honour for Pets at Home and Awwwards for Pernod Ricard. It is a list of awards, with no case studies or results, and the list is shown twice; it misspells "Philipines, Viatnam, Indonisia" and "Pet at home".Source
  • 15

    OLIVER has 5,000+ people inside the world's biggest brands and hires constantly on fixed-term contracts. Many alumni go on to lead marketing teams that could buy in-housing.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Global Talent Acquisition lead

    First action

    Invite the last year's leavers.

    How to measure it

    Leads introduced by alumni

    Now
    –
    Target
    5 a year
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set up

      Group and newsletter.

      Global Talent Acquisition lead 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Invite

      Recent leavers.

      Global Talent Acquisition lead 1 month

    3. 3

      Publish

      Quarterly newsletter.

      Content and PR lead quarterly

    4. 4

      Invite to events

      Idea 14.

      Global marketing lead ongoing

    5. 5

      Thank referrals

      Simple reward.

      Chief Solutions & Sales Officer ongoing

    6. 6

      Track

      Leads by source.

      Chief Solutions & Sales Officer quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Global Talent Acquisition lead

    Smallest test

    Invite 100 alumni.

    Why it works

    Start an opt-in OLIVER alumni network: a LinkedIn group, a quarterly newsletter, invitations to events and a referral thank-you for introductions that lead to new business.

    Former staff know the model works and know the buyers; a light network keeps them close.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low engagement

      Keep it useful: jobs and insights.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteAbout page: "300+ clients and 1,500+ brands across 50+ markets, with 5,000+ people inside the world's biggest brands"; OLIVER is part of The Brandtech Group, "the sole ANA Official AI & Data Partner 2026 and sole WFA Strategic AI & Technology Partner 2026"; "The first marketing group to publish an AI sustainability study", with a carbon calculator.Source
    • Job boardOLIVER's Greenhouse board (37 roles, October 22, 2026) is mostly teams placed inside clients, which shows what clients buy: a client's "Customer Communications Centre of Excellence" (Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield), Amazon Seller and Vendor Central content (Germany), product marketing "embedded within our client, a leading Private Banking and Wealth Management business", AI copy frameworks for "a B2B payments business", social studios for a "brand new" haircare client and a new FMCG client, creator partnerships, localisation and in-house studios in Dublin, Cape Town, Istanbul and Brussels.Source

Big bets 3

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 16

    OLIVER works with 300+ clients and measures speed to value and returns; the Brandtech Group partners the ANA and WFA. Nobody publishes a regular benchmark of in-house marketing teams and their AI use.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 4 quarters Global Chief Strategy Officer

    First action

    Draft the survey.

    How to measure it

    Press and analyst citations

    Now
    –
    Target
    30
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Design

      Survey and measures.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer 1 month

    2. 2

      Field

      Clients and non-clients.

      Global marketing lead 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Analyse

      Anonymised data.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer 1 month

    4. 4

      Write

      Report.

      Content and PR lead 1 month

    5. 5

      Design

      Charts and page.

      Global Chief Creative Officer 1 month

    6. 6

      Launch

      Event and press.

      Content and PR lead annual

    First result
    4 quarters
    Cost
    Research budget
    Owner
    Global Chief Strategy Officer

    Smallest test

    Publish five figures from existing client data.

    Why it works

    Survey client and non-client marketing leaders yearly and combine with anonymised OLIVER data: team shapes, AI use, cost per asset, speed. Launch it at the event and through the partner associations.

    An annual benchmark makes OLIVER the reference on in-housing and gives sales a reason to call every year.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Client data confidentiality

      Aggregate and anonymise.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: "OLIVER is the world's #1 in-housing expert. We design, build, and run AI-powered marketing organizations inside the world's biggest brands"; "Trusted by 8 of the world's top 10 advertisers and 66 of the top 100"; "300+ brands transformed", "2.4 x faster speed to value", "30% minimum value return". The only call to action is "Let's talk" to a contact page.Source
    • Your websiteAbout page: "300+ clients and 1,500+ brands across 50+ markets, with 5,000+ people inside the world's biggest brands"; OLIVER is part of The Brandtech Group, "the sole ANA Official AI & Data Partner 2026 and sole WFA Strategic AI & Technology Partner 2026"; "The first marketing group to publish an AI sustainability study", with a carbon calculator.Source
    • Your websiteOlder proof lives only as news posts on the Insights blog: "Unilever saves €500m as in-housing is more efficient than agencies" and "U-Studio usage increases by 40%"; a recent post is "Procurement powers AI transformation".Source
  • 17

    The model starts with Act 1 efficiency, but buying a full in-house agency is a big step. A fixed-scope first phase lowers the risk for a new client.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 2 quarters Global Chief Transformation a…

    First action

    Define the scope with two practice leads.

    How to measure it

    Act 1 programmes sold

    Now
    –
    Target
    6
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Scope

      Deliverables and fee.

      Global Chief Transformation and Operations Officer 1 month

    2. 2

      Price

      With finance.

      Global Chief Financial Officer 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Build materials

      Page and deck.

      Global marketing lead 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Pilot

      Two clients.

      Global Chief Transformation and Operations Officer 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Report

      Measured savings.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer 1 month

    6. 6

      Scale

      Offer to all prospects.

      Chief Solutions & Sales Officer ongoing

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Delivery time
    Owner
    Global Chief Transformation and Operations Officer

    Smallest test

    Offer it to one prospect.

    Why it works

    Package Act 1 as a 90-day programme with a fixed fee: audit, AI production pilot for one brand, governance setup and a measured savings report. Credit the fee against a full engagement.

    A clear first step shortens sales cycles and creates measured proof for the case-study library.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Undercuts full deals

      Credit the fee and cap the scope.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteModel page (/model): presents the three layers twice, first as "Talent, Training, Technology" and then as "Humans, Agents, Brand code", with the working note "BELOW GRAPHIC TO BE UPDATE" visible between them. It describes "Act 1" (efficiency and immediate savings) and "Act 2" (putting that value back into growth), and AI governance ("your IP, data, and models in your cloud").Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "OLIVER is the world's #1 in-housing expert. We design, build, and run AI-powered marketing organizations inside the world's biggest brands"; "Trusted by 8 of the world's top 10 advertisers and 66 of the top 100"; "300+ brands transformed", "2.4 x faster speed to value", "30% minimum value return". The only call to action is "Let's talk" to a contact page.Source
    • Job boardOLIVER's Greenhouse board (37 roles, October 22, 2026) is mostly teams placed inside clients, which shows what clients buy: a client's "Customer Communications Centre of Excellence" (Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield), Amazon Seller and Vendor Central content (Germany), product marketing "embedded within our client, a leading Private Banking and Wealth Management business", AI copy frameworks for "a B2B payments business", social studios for a "brand new" haircare client and a new FMCG client, creator partnerships, localisation and in-house studios in Dublin, Cape Town, Istanbul and Brussels.Source
  • 18

    OLIVER promises governance, speed and value "in your cloud", and the model compounds "intelligence, learning, value". Clients need a running view to keep renewing and expanding.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Global Chief Transformation a…

    First action

    Agree five measures with one client.

    How to measure it

    Clients using the dashboard

    Now
    –
    Target
    30
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick measures

      Five per client.

      Global Chief Transformation and Operations Officer 1 month

    2. 2

      Connect data

      Production systems.

      Data lead 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Build

      Dashboard.

      Data lead 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Pilot

      Three clients.

      Global Chief Transformation and Operations Officer 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Board summary

      Quarterly.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer quarterly

    6. 6

      Roll out

      All major clients.

      Global Chief Transformation and Operations Officer 2 quarters

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Data team time
    Owner
    Global Chief Transformation and Operations Officer

    Smallest test

    Build a one-page monthly report for one client.

    Why it works

    Give each client a dashboard: assets produced, cost and time per asset, AI share, and effectiveness where measured. Offer a quarterly board summary.

    Visible results protect renewals and give the client sponsor a story to tell their own leadership.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Data access

      Start with production data OLIVER already holds.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteModel page (/model): presents the three layers twice, first as "Talent, Training, Technology" and then as "Humans, Agents, Brand code", with the working note "BELOW GRAPHIC TO BE UPDATE" visible between them. It describes "Act 1" (efficiency and immediate savings) and "Act 2" (putting that value back into growth), and AI governance ("your IP, data, and models in your cloud").Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "OLIVER is the world's #1 in-housing expert. We design, build, and run AI-powered marketing organizations inside the world's biggest brands"; "Trusted by 8 of the world's top 10 advertisers and 66 of the top 100"; "300+ brands transformed", "2.4 x faster speed to value", "30% minimum value return". The only call to action is "Let's talk" to a contact page.Source

Wildcards 3

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 19

    OLIVER has 2,000+ awards and enters many more. Each entry already contains the challenge, idea and results, in an approved form.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Content and PR lead

    First action

    Take the last three entries and draft pages.

    How to measure it

    Case pages from award entries

    Now
    –
    Target
    12 a year
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Add the step

      In the awards process.

      Content and PR lead 1 week

    2. 2

      Template

      Entry to page.

      Content and PR lead 1 week

    3. 3

      Draft

      Last three entries.

      Content and PR lead 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Approve

      Client sign-off.

      Client leads 1 month

    5. 5

      Publish

      /work.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) ongoing

    6. 6

      Track

      Pages and visits.

      Global marketing lead quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Content and PR lead

    Smallest test

    Draft one page from an entry.

    Why it works

    Add a step to the awards process: when an entry is filed, a short case page is drafted from it and published once the client approves.

    The writing is already done and approved; the case library grows as a by-product of awards work.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Entry copy is too long

      Cut to 300 words.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteImpact page: "2,000+ awards", "Agency Of The Year 32 times"; wins listed include Campaign Global In-house Agency of the Year 2025 (U-Studio | Unilever), AdAge AI Ad of the Week (NetApp), One Show shortlists for Molson and WestJet, a Webby honour for Pets at Home and Awwwards for Pernod Ricard. It is a list of awards, with no case studies or results, and the list is shown twice; it misspells "Philipines, Viatnam, Indonisia" and "Pet at home".Source
    • Your websiteoliverinside.ai sitemap (read October 22, 2026): 10 URLs: home, about, model, impact, careers, candidate journey, job details, contact, privacy and policies. No case-study, service, industry or market pages; insights live on a separate subdomain, blog.oliverinside.ai. The domain was registered on March 3, 2026.Source
  • 20

    OLIVER's job posts mention a "brand new" haircare client and a new FMCG client, but the site has no news of wins. New wins show momentum to other brands.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Content and PR lead

    First action

    Ask one recent client for an announcement.

    How to measure it

    Client wins announced

    Now
    –
    Target
    6 a year
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set a template

      Announcement and quote.

      Content and PR lead 1 week

    2. 2

      Ask clients

      At contract signing.

      Chief Solutions & Sales Officer ongoing

    3. 3

      Publish

      Insights and LinkedIn.

      Content and PR lead ongoing

    4. 4

      Pitch press

      Trade titles.

      Content and PR lead ongoing

    5. 5

      Share internally

      Recruiting.

      Global Talent Acquisition lead ongoing

    6. 6

      Track

      Coverage.

      Content and PR lead quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Content and PR lead

    Smallest test

    Announce one win.

    Why it works

    Agree a standard announcement with each new client, publish it on Insights and LinkedIn, and pitch the trade press.

    Momentum attracts more briefs, and trade coverage reaches procurement and CMOs at once.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Clients want confidentiality

      Announce by sector without the name.

    Evidence

    • Job boardOLIVER's Greenhouse board (37 roles, October 22, 2026) is mostly teams placed inside clients, which shows what clients buy: a client's "Customer Communications Centre of Excellence" (Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield), Amazon Seller and Vendor Central content (Germany), product marketing "embedded within our client, a leading Private Banking and Wealth Management business", AI copy frameworks for "a B2B payments business", social studios for a "brand new" haircare client and a new FMCG client, creator partnerships, localisation and in-house studios in Dublin, Cape Town, Istanbul and Brussels.Source
    • Your websiteImpact page: "2,000+ awards", "Agency Of The Year 32 times"; wins listed include Campaign Global In-house Agency of the Year 2025 (U-Studio | Unilever), AdAge AI Ad of the Week (NetApp), One Show shortlists for Molson and WestJet, a Webby honour for Pets at Home and Awwwards for Pernod Ricard. It is a list of awards, with no case studies or results, and the list is shown twice; it misspells "Philipines, Viatnam, Indonisia" and "Pet at home".Source
  • 21

    OLIVER says it was the first marketing group to publish an AI sustainability study and has a carbon calculator, and it is an AdGreen Top 5 Superuser. Many large advertisers now ask suppliers about AI emissions.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Global marketing lead

    First action

    Put the calculator on its own page.

    How to measure it

    Calculator uses by target brands

    Now
    –
    Target
    50 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Publish the tool

      Own page.

      Website and SEO lead (HubSpot) 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write the guide

      Lower-carbon AI production.

      Content and PR lead 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Offer reviews

      One campaign free.

      Global Chief Strategy Officer ongoing

    4. 4

      Promote

      Sustainability audiences.

      Global marketing lead ongoing

    5. 5

      Follow up

      With sales.

      New business director ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Uses and meetings.

      Global marketing lead monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Global marketing lead

    Smallest test

    Publish the calculator page.

    Why it works

    Make the calculator a public tool on oliverinside.ai, write a short guide on lower-carbon AI production, and offer a free emissions review of one campaign.

    Sustainability teams are a second door into big brands, and the tool shows a strength competitors rarely have.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Greenwashing questions

      Publish the method.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteAbout page: "300+ clients and 1,500+ brands across 50+ markets, with 5,000+ people inside the world's biggest brands"; OLIVER is part of The Brandtech Group, "the sole ANA Official AI & Data Partner 2026 and sole WFA Strategic AI & Technology Partner 2026"; "The first marketing group to publish an AI sustainability study", with a carbon calculator.Source
    • Your websiteOlder proof lives only as news posts on the Insights blog: "Unilever saves €500m as in-housing is more efficient than agencies" and "U-Studio usage increases by 40%"; a recent post is "Procurement powers AI transformation".Source
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30/60/90 roadmap

What to focus on in each month, and the ideas that carry it.

  1. Days 1 to 306 ideas

    Finish the oliver.agency move, fix the Model and Impact pages, move the report, make jobs visible and trim tags.

  2. Days 31 to 6012 ideas

    Case studies, service pages, readiness assessment, savings calculator, market pages, Insights move, procurement track, events and alumni; award-entry cases, win announcements and the carbon calculator.

  3. Days 61 to 903 ideas

    Commit to the big bets: the in-housing benchmark, the Act 1 offer and client dashboards.

The research behind the plan

2 research areas, each summarised in a few lines. Open any of them for the full detail.

Customers

What customers say

Customers value teams that sit close to the brand and move fast. The most cited problem: agency fees and slow briefs.

  • Lower cost than agency rosters
  • Uneven AI skills in marketing teams
  • In their words: “in-housing”

Market

Competitive landscape

3 competitors compared: WPP Production (formerly Hogarth), Accenture Song and Brands' own in-house teams.

  • Gap to exploit: Public benchmarks for in-house marketing teams
  • WPP Production (formerly Hogarth): Not built inside the client
  • Accenture Song: Consulting cost structure

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