Just had the opportunity to sit through a final pitch presentation for a hospital in Florida and experienced first-hand where hospital marketing & advertising needs to go. Consumers are grabbing greater and greater control of the decision making process in healthcare and no longer is it good enough to simply talk about features when trying […]
Miranda Warren and Adam Arriola founded their agency VIA in March 2014. Shortly after, Miranda wrote a post about what the experience of starting your own agency from scratch entails. I’d met Miranda the prior October at the BOLO 2013 conference and after I read her post, I wanted to share it on our blog. Many […]
Had the good fortune to speak at Magnet’s Global meeting in St. Andrews on the topic of “Agency of the Future”. An excellent group of agencies who appear to fully utilize the value of being in a global network. Not only do they seem to get along and enjoy the company of each other, but […]
I’ve been running the RSW/US business for the past 9 years and while we’ve certainly met with our share of successes, we had a couple of firsts this year that we look at with mixed emotions. We’ve had a lot of clients win a lot of business, but never before have we had a client […]
“The whole CMO musical chairs thing is finally starting to fade.” A quote from an agency principal I spoke with recently. It came from a discussion point around finding the right person, the decision maker, when prospecting. In our conversation, he discussed the pain they’d experienced in prospecting the wrong contacts, and specifically CMO’s more […]
Agency new business is tough. This statement is a surprise to no one. But agency principals often forget this when dealing with everything else that goes on while running the show. Whether you have a team or a single new business director, take the time to inspire them. A piece appeared on Inc. titled Fire […]
I was in a recent kickoff with a new client in NYC and at one point during the meeting, the agency principal remarked that he used to be more concerned about the fact that his shop was no longer a hot, new shop. He said he came to peace with that fact when one of […]
Long agency review lists might sound like a great thing to many marketers… But in reality, they have just the opposite effect: they harm review processes. My desire when shopping is to want to look at as many options as possible before making a decision. I know that in the end, there is a diminishing […]
The annual Mirren Agency is always a great event. Hundreds of agencies, lots of great insights, and a great way to stay current on what’s happening in the marketing agency world. Each year, they invite other search consultants in to speak about the world of agencies and what it takes to win in an agency-client […]
Brent Hodgins gave an insight-filled presentation at the Mirren Conference this week titled Getting the Most Out of Your New Business Director. Of the myriad takeaways was a focus on setting expectations for your new business director, as well as setting expectations for yourself, around your new business director. In particular, Brent pointed out the […]
