2020 Agency New Business Report - Part 3 Optimism & A Few Reasons To Have It

We’re continuing with our third and final episode, Optimism & A Few Reasons To Have It , based on our 2020 Agency New Business Report, which you can download below.   In our first two episodes, we had some sobering stats around new business so far in 2020, but there are reasons for optimism looking forward.  For today’s […]

2020 Agency New Business Report - Part 2 Small Agencies Have Work To Do

2020 Agency New Business Report – Part 2: Small Agencies Have Work To Do We’re continuing from our last episode based on our 2020 Agency New Business Report, which you can download at no cost at the URL at the end of this post.  In that episode we talked new business success and opportunities, what that looked like, and in this episode, we get […]

COVID-19 Disrupted New Business Efforts But Small and Mid-Sized Agencies See Key Advantages Over Larger Firms

While COVID-19 initially disrupted new business efforts this year, small and mid-sized agencies see some key advantages over larger firms, as taken from our annual RSW 2020 Agency New Business Report: Perspective On The Agency New Business Environment, 2020 and Beyond. This is the 10th year of the survey and we present comparable data available […]

Everyone’s a Salesperson When New Business Slows 

For this post, I want to give a shout-out-to all of you in the new business trenches, every mighty salesperson, whether you’re a new business director or a partner at your firm.  It’s no newsflash to point out that this business is hard.  A short, entertaining story to illustrate my point (at my expense):  When […]