From page 12 of our 2017 RSWUS Agency-Marketer New Business Report, we asked the question: How often do you get calls or emails from marketing service firms? Per the graph below, even on the low side, 39% of marketers told us they get calls and emails at least 1-5 times a week. For those of […]
Great to see another RSW/US client win! Our client, a Midwest full-service agency, landed a project with a fast-growing commercial and residential hardware company. Congrats! Addressed Concerns with Consistent Follow Up This win happened because the RSW New Business Director addressed prospect concerns early and consistently followed up to ensure those concerns were allayed.
As we were developing the Ups and Downs of Agency New Business infographic, a colleague here at RSW/US who is a New Business Director, shared a “down” that relates closely to “Level 4” of the infographic: Manage the Meeting. This experience happened about five years ago, but was so painful, the memory still haunts. The […]
As if rejection isn’t bad enough, this is the first of a two-part series on the topic. This Harvard Business Review article, 5 Reasons Good Deals Get Rejected, refers to situations outside the realm of the agency new business proposal specifically, but the reasons DO apply. The article does a great job describing the “why” […]
And Persistent. Okay. I said it. AGAIN. We do talk about polite persistence a lot at RSW/US. Actually, we do more than TALK about it, we practice it. But if you’re a bit weary of us talking about being “politely persistent” in pursuit of new business prospects for clients, we could call […]
The numbers are enough to make you howl. Our recent survey shows: 59% of Marketers told us they have been consolidating agencies recently. 63% indicated they expected this trend to continue. At the same time, 88% of agencies say they are getting more aggressive with new business strategies. Accordingly, 79% of Agencies indicate the industry […]
We survey Marketers regularly, and one of the questions we’ve asked: please assess your agency’s ability to keep pace with the evolution of digital marketing. With only 47% of Marketers saying their agency is ahead of the “digital curve”, a lot of agencies aren’t keeping up. Our Infographic, 8 Animal Traits You Need to Future […]
A survey that we run annually with Marketers establishes benchmarks on how their current agency is performing. One of the questions asks them to rate how reliable their agency is in consistently doing an excellent job on a 10-point scale. This goes beyond creative, media planning and buying; it includes the agency’s ability to discern […]
The process of ad agency new business development currently takes place at a time of vast change-coming out of the recession and with tools agencies didn’t have access to even five years ago. In many ways, it’s recently gotten easier-agencies tell us that budgets are opening up and projects are more numerous. The recent trend […]
