Entries by Lee McKnight Jr

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Unique Positioning Without Supporting Content Is Wasted Positioning 

As we wrap up our content focus on our 2020 Agency New Business Report, I read a few articles recently that tie in nicely to a key stat I haven’t discussed yet.   63% of agencies stated their agency’s positioning is “somewhat unique” . . . and 23% indicated their positioning is “extremely unique”.  Interestingly, last year in […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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RSW Agency New Business Website Series, Pt. 3: Minding Your Website Analytics-Avoid The Rabbit Hole

RSW Agency New Business Website Series, Pt. 3: Minding Your Website Analytics Without Going Down the Rabbit Hole Welcome to the 3rd installment of our series around agency new business websites, in this post, we’re talking website analytics. If you haven’t yet, this series provides further context around our latest eBook, A Guide To Help […]

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The Mark Of A Truly Great Agency New Business Director    

The ongoing new business challenge for agencies: who drives new business? Is it the principals, a new business hire, a firm like ours?  And if it’s a new hire, how to find that truly great agency new business director? All the above options are, of course, viable, although agencies tend to go the hiring route.  We’ve written quite a few […]

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3 Takeaways Ep.49 – When You’re Behind The New Business 8 Ball And It Shows

It’s never a good situation to be behind the new business 8 ball. And there are many agencies who paused new business over the past several months that are now kicking things back in.  That’s good, I commend that, but many of you may also be in a place where you need that closed business NOW, essentially.  Being […]

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New Business Ideas from an Agency in the Trenches-3 Takeaways Ep41

Hey, hope everyone’s doing OK, this is episode 41, “New business ideas from an agency in the trenches”. First, thanks to all of you at agencies and PR firms that have given us feedback-we really do hope these episodes help as you’re trying to figure out how to keep your new business efforts going. And […]

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Agency-Marketer Response to COVID-19 Survey Report Available Now

We know there’s a large amount of content around COVID-19 right now, but we hope our latest report, Agency-Marketer Response to COVID-19 Survey Report, will be of particular interest to you and other firms out there.     Specifically, because we surveyed your peers, but also marketers, on their response to the situation. You can download here. Our report covers spending […]

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Prospecting Prep for Agencies – Now and in the Future-3 Takeaways Ep40

Welcome to “3 Takeaways”, episode 40, “Prospecting Prep for Agencies – Now and in the Future”.  If you didn’t see our latest video, episode 39, view it here. We’re talking about making adjustments to your agency new business strategy and to prospecting. As we’ve discussed before, you can’t stop the new process, it’s more important […]

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