Entries by Mark Sneider

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Agency New Business: Put On That Damn Sales Hat (Chapter 5: I Only Know How To Do A Referral!)

This is Part 5 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, or are […]

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Agency New Business: Put On That Damn Sales Hat (Chapter 4: It’s Not About You My Friend!)

This is Part 4 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, or are […]

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Agency New Business: Put On That Damn Sales Hat (Chapter 3: Your Prospect Homework Isn’t Good Enough)

This is Part 3 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, or are […]

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Agency New Business: Put On That Damn Sales Hat (Chapter 2: Prospects Don’t Care About You!)

This is Part 2 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, or are […]

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Agency New Business: Put On That Damn Sales Hat (Chapter 1-Make Your Prospecting List Choices Count)

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, […]

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The Second Hardest Part about Agency New Business

I admire our New Business Directors. It is one of the toughest jobs on the planet. Persistent, yet polite. Skin as tough as steel. Smart, creative, strategic. Able to wear their Agencies on their sleeves and sell ethereal agency offerings with enthusiasm and zeal.   Focus On The Close It was about 3-4 years ago […]

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How To Add Value to Your Agency New Business Efforts

When I started RSW/US, I believed that in order for us to succeed long-term in the world of agency new business, we needed to base our existence on the principles of Leo Burnett – and always recognize that we needed to continuously think about how to add value to our agency new business efforts beyond […]

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

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 […]

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Survival of the Fittest, Agency New Business Style-Will Digital-Only Shops Survive?

If you’re thinking about starting a digital-only Agency, you might want to think again as the growth potential might be somewhat limited long-term. So say Marketers in our latest 2011 “A Marketer’s Look Ahead at Agencies” survey. 67% of Marketers surveyed state that in order for digital shops to survive they will need to offer […]

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Ad Agency New Business: Doing it the Old Way

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 […]