• 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 […]

     
  • Where is Your Ad Agency?

    Where is Your Ad Agency?

    A recent poll among agency leaders nationwide showed clearly the strong fault lines running through the industry. Leadership is not about theory. It’s about definable action a leader can take […]

     
  • Advertising Agency Growth: How One Leader Did It

    Advertising Agency Growth: How One Leader Did It

    To grow your advertising agency (or PR, design, digital, etc), start with a professional evaluation. We call that professional evaluation a DayOne. Agencies who want to improve go through this […]

     
  • 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 […]

     
  • 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. […]