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The Three Ingredients For Ad Agency New Business Success And A Challenge

The three ingredients for ad agency new business success? Awareness, Consistency and Persistence. But prior to implementing these ingredients, you need to have your positioning tightly scripted. Not a literal script, mind you, but a concise overview that conveys who you are, what you do and why a potential client should work with you. So […]

Lee McKnight Jr

I’m the VP of Sales at RSW/US. We specialize in working with services firms to help drive and close new business-if you need help with that, email me at lee@rswus.com. What I actually do: drive sales efforts to bring ad agencies and services firms on board with RSW, create content around successful new business tactics and help drive RSW/US marketing objectives, including social media channels, blog content, webinars, video and speaking engagements. Dig it.

www.rswus.com

March 1, 2012/by Lee McKnight Jr

Don’t Hire An Agency New Business Dog And Then Do Your Own Barking!

Ad Agency New Business, Ad Agency New Business Tips, New Business Development Challenges, New Business Development Tools, RSW/US Agency New Business Resources, Uncategorized

Was meeting with a prospect here at RSW/US the other week and as we talked about the potential of a relationship together, he said that he’s been in relationships before with his own clients where they hired him (the dog) and then proceeded to do their own barking….and talked about how he did not want […]

Mark Sneider

Mark is a 30-year veteran of the consumer packaged goods, advertising, and marketing service industry. Mark started his career at DDB Needham in Chicago prior to earning his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Business School at Northwestern where he majored in Marketing and Economics. Prior to starting RSW/US in 2005, Mark was General Manager for AcuPOLL, a global research consultancy. Sneider worked in Marketing for S.C. Johnson and KAO Brands. Sneider has been invited to speak at numerous Agency events and network conferences domestically and internationally including the 4A’s, Magnet, NAMA, TAAN, and MCAN. Sneider has been featured in prominent industry publications including Adweek, Media Post, e-Marketer, and Forbes. When not working (which often seems like not often), Mark likes to run miles, go to church, and just chill with a hard copy issue of Fast Company.

September 15, 2011/by Mark Sneider

We Need To Talk About Your Boring Ad Agency New Business Emails

Ad Agency New Business, Ad Agency New Business Challenges, Ad Agency New Business Tips, New Business Development Challenges, New Business Development Prospecting, Social Media For New Business Development, Uncategorized

I was talking with several of our new business directors recently about email, its prospecting effectiveness and ways to consistently improve those ad agency new business efforts. One of our NBD’s mentioned the timeliness of our conversation, as a friend of hers had just remarked on the sheer amount of sales emails she gets and how […]

Lee McKnight Jr

I’m the VP of Sales at RSW/US. We specialize in working with services firms to help drive and close new business-if you need help with that, email me at lee@rswus.com. What I actually do: drive sales efforts to bring ad agencies and services firms on board with RSW, create content around successful new business tactics and help drive RSW/US marketing objectives, including social media channels, blog content, webinars, video and speaking engagements. Dig it.

www.rswus.com

June 2, 2011/by Lee McKnight Jr

Ad Agency New Business-Show a Little Bit of Emotion

Ad Agency New Business, Ad Agency New Business Challenges, Ad Agency New Business Tips, New Business Development Challenges, Uncategorized

The great Ray Davies, lead singer/songwriter of The Kinks said it well: Show a little bit of emotion, A little bit of real emotion I’ve discussed the questions at the end of our new business surveys in a previous post, but take a look at four of the answers to our question, If you had […]

Lee McKnight Jr

I’m the VP of Sales at RSW/US. We specialize in working with services firms to help drive and close new business-if you need help with that, email me at lee@rswus.com. What I actually do: drive sales efforts to bring ad agencies and services firms on board with RSW, create content around successful new business tactics and help drive RSW/US marketing objectives, including social media channels, blog content, webinars, video and speaking engagements. Dig it.

www.rswus.com

May 26, 2011/by Lee McKnight Jr

Ad Agency New Business: Talk About the Passion

Ad Agency New Business, Ad Agency New Business Challenges, New Business Development Challenges, New Business Development Directors, New Business Development Prospecting, Uncategorized

Get ready for a very unscientific post, but an important one for your new business program nevertheless. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at length, both on the phone and in person this week, with 2 of our agency clients. As Business Development Director at RSW/US, I talk to agency principals just about every working day, […]

Lee McKnight Jr

I’m the VP of Sales at RSW/US. We specialize in working with services firms to help drive and close new business-if you need help with that, email me at lee@rswus.com. What I actually do: drive sales efforts to bring ad agencies and services firms on board with RSW, create content around successful new business tactics and help drive RSW/US marketing objectives, including social media channels, blog content, webinars, video and speaking engagements. Dig it.

www.rswus.com

March 31, 2011/by Lee McKnight Jr

Ad Agency New Business: Forget the Selling, Remember The Engagement

Ad Agency New Business, New Business Development Prospecting, Uncategorized

We celebrated an agency new business success yesterday as a fairly new client got their first win through our efforts. Particularly satisfying is the fact it happened after roughly 3 ½ months of prospecting. It doesn’t always happen that quickly, but always nice when it does. Think about the emails, mail or social media messages […]

Lee McKnight Jr

I’m the VP of Sales at RSW/US. We specialize in working with services firms to help drive and close new business-if you need help with that, email me at lee@rswus.com. What I actually do: drive sales efforts to bring ad agencies and services firms on board with RSW, create content around successful new business tactics and help drive RSW/US marketing objectives, including social media channels, blog content, webinars, video and speaking engagements. Dig it.

www.rswus.com

March 10, 2011/by Lee McKnight Jr

Ad Agencies: Focus On That 2nd Date To Close New Business

Ad Agency New Business, Ad Agency New Business Tips, New Business Development Challenges, New Business Development Directors, Uncategorized

I was talking to an agency principal today about our services and asked about the challenges they’d faced in the past bringing in new business. She gave me an example of a very capable salesperson they hired who did a great job of opening doors. The problem was that was it-a door opened and then […]

Lee McKnight Jr

I’m the VP of Sales at RSW/US. We specialize in working with services firms to help drive and close new business-if you need help with that, email me at lee@rswus.com. What I actually do: drive sales efforts to bring ad agencies and services firms on board with RSW, create content around successful new business tactics and help drive RSW/US marketing objectives, including social media channels, blog content, webinars, video and speaking engagements. Dig it.

www.rswus.com

March 3, 2011/by Lee McKnight Jr

How To Get Your Team Involved And Vested In Agency New Business

Ad Agency New Business, Ad Agency New Business Tips, New Business Development Challenges, New Business Development Directors, Uncategorized

Getting your agency employees on the new business bandwagon can greatly enhance your chances of success in obtaining new clients. But I don’t have to tell you, it’s easier said than done; especially for mid-size and smaller agencies, as time is at a premium and taking care of clients invariably (and understandably) comes first. […]

Lee McKnight Jr

I’m the VP of Sales at RSW/US. We specialize in working with services firms to help drive and close new business-if you need help with that, email me at lee@rswus.com. What I actually do: drive sales efforts to bring ad agencies and services firms on board with RSW, create content around successful new business tactics and help drive RSW/US marketing objectives, including social media channels, blog content, webinars, video and speaking engagements. Dig it.

www.rswus.com

November 17, 2010/by Lee McKnight Jr

Ad Agency New Business: Doing it the Old Way

Ad Agency New Business, Ad Agency New Business Tips, New Business Development Challenges, New Business Development Tools, RSW/US Agency New Business Resources, Uncategorized

In our most recent survey on agency new business, Agency executives state that the top reason why they find it a lot harder to obtain new business this year, relative to years past is because it’s a lot harder to break through to prospects. Typically, this “reason why” ranks among the higher reasons why Agency […]

Mark Sneider

Mark is a 30-year veteran of the consumer packaged goods, advertising, and marketing service industry. Mark started his career at DDB Needham in Chicago prior to earning his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Business School at Northwestern where he majored in Marketing and Economics. Prior to starting RSW/US in 2005, Mark was General Manager for AcuPOLL, a global research consultancy. Sneider worked in Marketing for S.C. Johnson and KAO Brands. Sneider has been invited to speak at numerous Agency events and network conferences domestically and internationally including the 4A’s, Magnet, NAMA, TAAN, and MCAN. Sneider has been featured in prominent industry publications including Adweek, Media Post, e-Marketer, and Forbes. When not working (which often seems like not often), Mark likes to run miles, go to church, and just chill with a hard copy issue of Fast Company.

September 17, 2010/by Mark Sneider

Check the Boxes-More Ad Agency First Meeting Advice

Ad Agency New Business, Ad Agency New Business Tips, New Business Development Challenges, Uncategorized

In our latest survey on First Meetings and Closing Effectiveness (download survey) there is a great divide that is unearthed between what Agencies say they are giving Marketers during first meetings and what Marketers say they are getting. At the end of the day, at the end of the meeting, you want your Marketing prospect […]

Mark Sneider

Mark is a 30-year veteran of the consumer packaged goods, advertising, and marketing service industry. Mark started his career at DDB Needham in Chicago prior to earning his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Business School at Northwestern where he majored in Marketing and Economics. Prior to starting RSW/US in 2005, Mark was General Manager for AcuPOLL, a global research consultancy. Sneider worked in Marketing for S.C. Johnson and KAO Brands. Sneider has been invited to speak at numerous Agency events and network conferences domestically and internationally including the 4A’s, Magnet, NAMA, TAAN, and MCAN. Sneider has been featured in prominent industry publications including Adweek, Media Post, e-Marketer, and Forbes. When not working (which often seems like not often), Mark likes to run miles, go to church, and just chill with a hard copy issue of Fast Company.

June 9, 2010/by Mark Sneider

Posts

The Three Ingredients For Ad Agency New Business Success And A Challenge

Don’t Hire An Agency New Business Dog And Then Do Your Own Barking!

Ad Agency New Business-Show a Little Bit of Emotion

Ad Agency New Business: Talk About the Passion

Ad Agency New Business: Forget the Selling, Remember The Engagement

Ad Agencies: Focus On That 2nd Date To Close New Business

How To Get Your Team Involved And Vested In Agency New Business

Ad Agency New Business: Doing it the Old Way

Check the Boxes-More Ad Agency First Meeting Advice

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