Of the eleven categories new business tools rated by 200 agency executives nationwide in the Mirren – RSW/US 2016 New Business Tools Report, only one exhibited growth over 2015: Prospect Contact/List Building Software. Seeing growth in this category is both encouraging and puzzling. It’s encouraging, as it suggests agencies are increasingly cognizant of […]
Archive for month: May, 2016
I had the privilege of moderating a panel at the Mirren 2016 New Business Conference in NYC titled New Business Tools & Productivity Hacks, with Matt Chollett from AgencySquared, Ryan Barry from ZappiStore and Dave Currie from Winmo. The structure of the panel came from our report, RSW/US-Mirren Agency New Business Tools-2016 and we focused […]
Seasonal habits die hard. It just feels like agency new business planning should be in the air! Years ago, as a Consumer Marketing Manager for top household cleaning products, spring brought flowers, birds returning from winter homes, and the hatching of the business planning process for the upcoming calendar year. It’s highly likely that the […]
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there – Lewis Carroll Developing an agency new business plan can seem an overwhelming task. Like the quote above, it really doesn’t matter which way you go, if you don’t know where you want to go. So where do you want to take […]
In a recent email exchange with an agency principal, client types came up, and this agency partner wrote: I’ve always said our company has two kinds of clients: The Desperate. Something has gone very wrong and they need a fix and pretty fast. Visionary. They know there is much more to be gained, but aren’t […]
The Ad Agency of the Future: Predictions from PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Publicis and More
Ad Agency New Business, Ad Agency New Business Challenges, Agency of the Future, New Business Development Challenges, New Business Development Reports, New Business Development Tools, New Business Development Webinars, Strategy, Thought Leaders, UncategorizedThe Advertising Age article, The Ad Agency of the Future Is Coming. Are You Ready?, is one that you may have seen. If you haven’t, set aside some time to read it. As industry leaders from Procter & Gamble, Wunderman, PepsiCo, Omincom and others describe their views of the “Ad Agency of the Future”… how […]