Our owner Mark and I were in a new client kickoff meeting recently and at one point during the day, one of the principals said, in regards to prospecting and initial meetings, “Our story doesn’t change; we just need to find the right ears.” I loved it and told him immediately I was “borrowing it.” (Thanks Scott.) […]
Download The 2013 Mirren-RSW/US Definitive Guide to New Business Tools Here While social media is an extremely popular tool for agency new business (used by 87% of agencies), only 18% think it’s effective. And can you guess what the most over-rated of all the social media tools used for new business is? If you guessed Facebook, […]
I had the good fortune of speaking with 15 Omnicom agencies last week in San Francisco. Most in attendance were the heads of their respective agency’s new business efforts. I was asked by Mike Goefft of Doremus to offer some perspective on agency new business that could be of benefit to their initiatives. Agencies in attendance […]
I had a friend and new business director at an agency ask me to take a look at a recent email he sent to a prospect. Appreciated the ask and a good email all around, a few things here and there I thought might improve it, and it inspired this post. While his email was […]
When I was approached to write a post for the “ANB” Blog, I knew I would focus on the topic of agency new business list building and cleaning. That is, after all, what I do. I started thinking about what angle I would take and it suddenly occurred to me: beer. Don’t worry, my logic […]
Working to help agencies win new business on a daily basis, one of the toughest things, especially initially, to nail down is overall messaging and part of that being the elevator pitch. More specifically, concise messaging-that says what the agency does, how they’re different from their competition and how they might help a prospect. Inevitably, […]
This is Part 17 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 […]
This is Part 16 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 […]
This is Part 15 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 […]
This is Part 14 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 […]
