Used to be BFF

Ad agency new business, you’re such a fickle mistress. As an agency principal and/or new business director, you’re given a great deal of advice, but one channel you rarely see mentioned as of late is direct mail, and more specifically, the envelope.   The envelope gets no love, does it? It’s funny, we’ve actually heard […]

Dare

  In previous posts we’ve discussed the fact that, however you might initially garner a prospect’s attention, at some point you’re going to have to actually talk to them, selling them in some fashion. Along those lines, a question posed several weeks ago on the Marketing Profs LinkedIn group page was titled “Please don’t read from a script.” […]

I think

As a result of efforts to encourage more RSW/US employees to guest on our blog, we’re excited to have one of our List Development Managers, Jake Cripe, supply us with some thoughts on a topic that’s probably not discussed enough, ad agency new business lists. While our new business directors are at the forefront, the […]

Horrible truth

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 […]

too many cooks

We occasionally run into agencies that feel it necessary to be all-inclusive, running ad agency new business by committee  – they don’t want to leave anyone out of the decision-making process. While this might be good for some business decisions related to the agency, it can be disastrous for new business. New business requires quick […]

cliff notes pattern

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 […]

All things

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 […]

It goes to 11

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 […]

words

I was recently in a monthly ad agency new business update call with a client and he was on his cell. I could only hear 1/2 his words because his cell was breaking up. At one point, he paused, and said “how about I call you back on my land line”. “Ok, I said.” During […]

small inspiration

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 […]