To project or not to project? That is the question. Turn the clock back to 2005 when I started RSW/US and agencies could be much more discriminating. They didn’t have to accept project work, they could be more selective relative to their client base, and if you were a big networked agency, you could dismiss […]

Our 2016 Thought Leader Survey presented questions from six industry Thought Leaders about current developments and trends in the industry.  Each panelist also offered a piece of agency new business advice. Blair Enns, founder of Win Without Pitching is one of the Thought Leader panelists.   Win Without Pitching is a sales and marketing training […]

I’m delighted to introduce a guest post from Mark O’Brien, the CEO of Newfangled. Newfangled empowers agencies to generate ideal new business opportunities through creating and nurturing digital marketing systems and habits that have a measurable impact on their bottom line. Mark is the author of “A Website That Works: How Marketing Agencies Can Create […]

My favorite part of our annual survey reports are the addendums. We get unvarnished, raw feedback from agencies and marketers that you don’t typically get to read or hear. I highly recommend you take a look at the addendum in our 2016 New Year Outlook Survey Report. It features unedited answers to a question we […]

It’s inevitable-in sales you have peaks and valleys, it’s not for the weak of will. The successful salesperson knows what to do to get out of the valley, but I hear of and see people that are responsible for driving agency new business who wallow in that valley. Why? Two reasons. 1) You’re waiting  For […]