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Category: Ad Agency New Business Trends

aug 17

Can we call it something else besides “Adding Value?”

I came upon a post from Dosh Dosh about adding value. It’s something we espouse here at RSW/US, but I cringe at the phrase-it’s just become so trite. So I liked going back to the tried and true: Because some people still don’t get it. What’s the underlying principle for successful online marketing, selling or [...]

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aug 13

Social Media. Inherently Active or Passive?

In a recent exchange between me and Michael Gass on the RSW/US blog, two different points of view emerge relative to the active (or passive) nature of Social Media used by agencies for the benefit of driving their own new business.  I agree with Michael that Social Media is a must for any good agency [...]

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aug 10

Ad Agency New Business Darwinism

One of our New Business Managers passed an article around this morning from the Miami Herald site entitled PR and Advertising are at a Crossroads. I doubt anyone that reads this blog or is a part of the agency world needs to be reminded of this “crossroads,” but the article has a few interesting points. [...]

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oct 23

Know Your Agency Brand Potency

Getting a feel for how you view your world relative to other agency principals is essential to effectively positioning yourself, essential to effectively running your agency, and essential to effectively managing your existing clients. Attend conferences, participate in agency forums. A good network is Second Wind Network (http://www.secondwindonline.com/). This is a group that helps over [...]

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