There are three agency new business tactics we most often see agencies either run screaming from or embrace with the fervor of the recording industry to a dwindling business model. Marketing Prof’s recent post, “Three Ways to Improve Your Lead-Generation Efforts” succinctly provides the reasoning behind what to avoid or pursue. Agencies Often Run Screaming […]
From our ad agency new business Counsel on Closing webinar (view here), an assemblage of the best tweets sent during the webinar. Thanks to all who tweeted! -Main reason marketers look for new agencies= 44% not happy w/ strategy or thinking #RSWUS -78% Marketers say Agencies don’t know enough about them #RSWUS -Marketer Reasons for Saying Agencies are […]
RSW/US:VIEW FROM THE MARKETER’S EYE Continuing our View From the Marketer’s Eye series, this week’s marketer’s quote, in answer to the ad agency new business question, “What common mistakes do agencies make during their first meeting?” [Agencies] try to be all things, solve everything. What agency is possibly great at everything? It would be so […]
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 […]
A reach back into the RSW/US agency new business vaults: You can watch our webinar First Meeting and Closing Effectiveness – 78% of Agencies Don’t Know Enough, here. Neal Kielar from Agency Babylon summarized the main points from that webinar, and yuo can see those in his tweets below: bite-sized pieces of new business inspiration. -Weak strategy […]
RSW/US:View From the Marketer’s Eye Continuing our View From the Marketer’s Eye series, this week’s marketer’s quote, in answer to the question, “What common ad agency new business mistakes do agencies make during their first meeting?” They come unprepared and seemingly haven’t bothered to take the time for basic research about our business. We received countless […]
It happens to the best of us – you get stuck in an ad agency new business rut. You’re in a bit of a slump. Those client wins aren’t coming in as quickly or easily as they used to. So what do you do – besides go to Starbucks and drown your sorrows in a […]
Okay, maybe you have, but this agency new business technique was a first for me. I was talking to an agency principal last week about our services and asked how they’d been handling new business. In answer, he related what we hear often from agencies: his desire to stay consistent with a new business reach out […]
We’ve talked about the agency pitch before, but when I came across this Marketing Profs post by Doug Stern and Jaclyn Landon, I thought about the fact that we haven’t really focused a post on writing a proposal, and new business proposal basics. Doug and Jaclyn’s post is called Six Keys to Writing a Great […]
Some of the best ideas for posts come from the agencies we talk to every day. A recent case in point: this week I was discussing a few facets of ad agency new business: agency specialization, prospect qualification and agencies being able to “walk the walk.” As the story goes, this agency had several […]
