You need to do this one thing to build your ad agency’s brand …

writing for ad agency new business

  If I were the owner of an advertising, digital or media agency, to build my agency’s brand, I would WRITE!  This isn’t a new discovery for me. Since the beginning, I’ve written my way into a thriving new business consultancy. My blog provides a consistent flow of inbound leads. I’ve never had to make […]

Learn to Say NO for Ad Agency New Business

say no for ad agency new business

To be more successful, you’ll need to be less accessible. Owners of small to midsize agencies are a key to new business. You must manage your time wisely.  Learn to say “no” to the wrong requests and “yes” to the right ones.  This reminds me of the following quote from Michael Hyatt,  author of the New York Times […]

How to Build A Platform for Ad Agency New Business

Michael Hyatt Platform for ad agency new business

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 […]

A Lack of Positioning Makes Ad Agency New Business Harder

lack of positioning makes ad agency new business harder

Creating and maintaining agency new business is often harder than it should be because one key ingredient is often lacking. Positioning is the foundation of any agency’s new business program. It is also the area that many agencies have not addressed because of either procrastination or, more likely, their unwillingness to make the difficult business […]