Archives for April 2014

How to Build a Powerful Presentation Deck for Ad Agency New Business

a presentation deck for ad agency new business

Give your presentations LIFE rather than SUCKING THE LIFE out of your audience.

I’ve been speaking publically for more than three decades. Last year, I spoke at conferences, seminars and workshops in over 43 different cities. I’m still a student who continually wants to improve. Presentations are very time consuming and require a lot of hard work. I want mine to be memorable and make a difference.

Following a presentation that I made to the Nashville American Marketing Association, I’ve received dozens of responses from attendees.… Continue reading

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CEOs who are social will be the next new thing

Acme Advertising Social Media Ken Henley

Within just the next three to five years, social media is anticipated to rise from the least likely method for CEOs to connect with their audiences to the second highest method, just behind face-to-face interactions.

I was recently speaking to a sold out event for the Nashville AMA on the dramatic changes brought upon business development due to social media. Being in Nashville gave me an opportunity to spend some time with my good friend Ken Henley who is the Nashville artist that created my caricature. … Continue reading

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How to Write A Blog Post for Ad Agency New Business

A blog post writing template

A framework for writing meaningful, properly constructed and search engine optimized posts will allow you to write faster and more effectively.

I’ve known of Michael and his work in helping creative firms improve lead generation through social media for a few years now (I finally met him earlier this year) but recently I started to get reports from agency principals who had worked with him. I was surprised to learn that the impact Michael was having on their businesses was not in their use of Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn but in transforming the principals into writers who write meaningful content.

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