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This is Part 1 of a 17 chapter eBook, “Agency New Business: Put On That Damn Sales Hat,” which you can download at no cost here. The eBook covers everything from pre-prospecting preparation to working opportunities to close.  The majority of the eBook focuses on elements that agencies either often overlook, are too busy to consider, […]

Blogging 2

I occasionally like to get back to blogging basics and this post does just that.  Michael Gass, on his Fuel Lines blog, mentioned in his post 10 Tips for Writing for the Web for Ad Agency New Businesss a social media study by King Fish Media, HubSpot and Junta42, pointing out this stat: “Businesses (agencies) that […]

Let's talk about stats

A few quick stats related to agency new business from around the web, and internally here at RSW/US,  you might find interesting. First, a big-picture stat that, quite frankly, is not really apropos of the post’s theme but interesting nonetheless: What percent of American internet users use Twitter?  Answer: 8%. (Per  Pew Research Center’s Internet & […]

eel slap

I’ve been reading Adam Singer’s blog the future buzz lately and one of his recent posts, Most Marketing And PR Agency Blogs Are Unreadable was a fairly stirring indictment of the state of ad agency and PR blogging. While I think there’s a bit of blanket generalization in the post, for the most part, it’s right-on. The […]

It goes to 11

I couldn’t resist the oft-used Spinal Tap reference to refer to ad agency new business, and the inspiration came from this Copyblogger post: How to Find Thousands More Prospects for Your Business. While the post is directed more towards online product selling, it fits nicely into the agency new business world as well. A summary […]