• The best way to win more new business is head on; don’t wait till someone plunders your accounts.

    Ad Agency New Business: No More Same Old, Same Old

    Another year is almost in the books, and the holidays are right around the corner. Now is the time to take stock of the past year’s new business efforts – […]

     
  • Fishing and new business is both mystifying and always occasions for hope.

    Bringing in New Business: Fishing for the Big One

    There is an old adage around fishing circles that always comes up on those days the fish aren’t biting – “that’s why they call it fishing and not catching.” Fishing […]

     
  • Never give in to the big guys.

    How Can a Small Agency Compete in New Business?

    With some smart strategic thinking any small agency can win over one of the big agencies.  Many smaller firms we’ve worked with over the past few years have won going up against some of the […]

     
  • Time for some positive change.

    Look At This Agency. Is It Yours?

    Your marketing firm will evolve and change over time – that’s a given. People come and go, you mature, perhaps getting a bit comfortable. After all, let’s face it…change is […]

     
  • Are you waiting passively by the phone?

    Not Getting New Business Calls? Focus!

    Recently I was working with a great agency, around 15 people, that was doing some truly outstanding work. They were well known in their market, but had been defined in […]

     
  • Zen of New Business

    Zen of New Business

    The lack of agency growth is all about what takes place within an agency. It’s rarely what takes place outside an agency. Again and again, The impossible problem is solved. […]