Fueling Ad Agency New Business
A niche blog allows agencies to focus on a specific target audience, to create a stronger point of differentiation and a positioning of expertise. According to a recent agency survey, 86.2% of the respondents believe that content marketing is now an important part of an agency’s new business efforts. The study also indicates that few have […]
Pinterest’s has the potential to offer far more value than Facebook and Twitter because of its ability to aggregate and naturally curate content – Forbes I had the privilege of presenting at Hubspot’s Inbound 2012 Conference in Boston. A record 2,800 were in attendance from all over the globe. Amazing growth from the several […]
If you’re serious about taking your agency to the next level, “you can’t succeed without a platform.” Most agencies were late getting into social media. Then they literally “jumped in” with little to show for their time and effort. It takes more than a completed check-list for having an agency blog, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts […]
Unconventional times call for unconventional methods for ad agency new business. These are certainly unconventional times that we live in. A recent IBM study states that we will see more change in the next 5 years than in the previous fifty. We are still in the midst of the greatest economic downturn since the Great […]
The majority of ad agencies have yet to comprehend what huge benefits a blog can make and why it deserves to be “prime time” for new business. With help from American Business Media and the Business Marketing Association, Junta42 and MarketingProfs surveyed over 1,100 North American B2B marketers from diverse industries and a wide range of company sizes. The survey revealed that content […]
Original content is by far the most difficult and important tactic to fuel ad agency new business through social media. Speakers for Content Marketing World 2011, recently shared some of their biggest content marketing challenges in a pre conference Q&A orchestrated by Content Development Director of the Content Marketing Institute. I’ve pulled some of […]
Steve Job’s serves as an example of doing agency new business the right way. Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple. When it comes to presenting and salesmanship, there’s no one better. His tenure as CEO should serve as inspiration for advertising agencies that seem to still be in a state of flux in this […]
There’s a lot you can learn from the large number of emails you receive daily. With the popularity of my blog, I receive a significant amount of email. I have to be able to quickly filter through all of the emailed invitations to advise, consult, review and speak as well as those that pitch products, […]
Write something memorable that stands out and provides inspiration to others. I’m reading constantly and often find and keep the most memorable quotes from my daily reading. Here’s a collection that I thought would be of interest as they relate specifically to digital and social media marketing. I hope you find inspiration to spark for […]
Michael Gass, Business Development Consultant | Speaker | Author of Fuel Lines
Fuel Lines provides new business resources for Advertising, Digital, Media and PR Agencies.
It has been rated among the top 100 marketing blogs in the world, according to Ad Age’s Power 150.
Since 2007, Michael has helped pioneer the use of social media, inbound and content marketing strategies specifically for agency new business.
Read more about Michael
An essential component to your agency's new business program is a prospective client data base.
In my opinion one of the most accurate online database of marketing and advertising decision makers is Winmo. I highly recommend them.
I'm Michael Gass, I'm an author, speaker and a new business consultant to advertising, digital, media and PR agencies.
Since 2007, I have helped pioneer the use of social media, inbound and content marketing strategies specifically for agency new business.
Fuel Lines is my social media 'home-base. It has been ranked among the top 100 marketing blogs in the world, according to Advertising Age’s, The Power 150.
Learn more about me