What you need to know about Master Service Agreements

Blog post by AIIP member Ellen Naylor

Have you ever had to negotiate your way through a Master Service Agreement (MSA)? AIIP member Ellen Naylor avoided that process until a couple of years ago. In this post she shares what she has learned from her experiences with MSAs.

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Using a kill fee clause

Amelia Kassel, President, MarketingBase, shares some tips on when to use a kill fee clause

Historically, I have not used a kill fee clause. More recently I have on occasion.

Without a kill fee clause, there is no protection if a client wants to stop the project before you have completed the research. This was the case with a recent project – until I explained why using limited and inconclusive information for an important business decision was a very bad idea.

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