Killed in Concept Ep. 1: Our Biggest Client Ghosted Us After 5 Years (A Creative True Crime Story)

Killed In Concept by Joshua Hays

Episode notes

This wasnโ€™t a sudden death. This was a ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

In this episode of ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜, we investigate one of the most unsettling cases yet: a long-term retainer client, a trusted marketing director, and a relationship that evaporated overnight โ€” followed by a five-minute phone call that ended everything.

From flying out for in-person strategy sessions to being embedded in Slack, this story explores what happens when agencies ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€โ€ฆ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

Marketing directors cry. Slack channels disappear. Contracts die quietly. And sometimes, no one ever tells you why.

If youโ€™re an ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒย ...ย 

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