Ad Agency Prospects are Looking for Expertise 

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Agencies fail to realize the importance prospects place on having a knowledge of their industry and a positioning of expertise. Small to midsize agencies continue to promote themselves as full service, even though it’s rare for an agency to have a full service client. They use “full service” to broaden their appeal to most prospects. […]

The Riches are in the Niches for Ad Agency New Business

Creating a niche for ad agency new business

A perfect platform for new business. For over ten years I’ve prescribed creating a niche blog for agency new business and have helped create over 200 personal blogs for agency principals. A personal blog can provide small to midsize agency owners with a perfect platform to create positioning of expertise and appeal to a very specific […]

The Anatomy of Content Marketing for Ad Agency New Business

anatomy of content marketing for ad agency new business

A SMALL agency won BIG business through a strategic content marketing strategy.  Despite their tradition with print-based content marketing, advertising agencies are struggling to understand and convert their content-marketing efforts into actual new business success. Why? Most are doing it wrong. Though many agencies now maintain blogs, the content usually highlights things like awards, hires and client […]

The Role of Content for Ad Agency New Business

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There is a higher degree of trust from prospects when they are reading content from credible, third-party experts. The ability to easily access information from a variety of online sources has fundamentally changed the way prospects research advertising, digital, media and PR agencies and, ultimately, is how they choose their marketing partner(s). Instead of chasing business, it’s now more important […]

Try Speaking for Ad Agency New Business

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Speaking at events attended by your best prospects will provide you with instant credibility and create immediate new business opportunities. Public speaking is an excellent tactic for business development, particularly for small to midsize agency owners. Having the opportunity to speak in front of a highly targeted, interested group of prospects is the most effective form […]

David Bohan: Social media is redefining roles of business leaders

David Bohan Ad Agency New Business

‘Companies that are truly social and engage their employees and customers in genuine conversation will be recognized as the new corporate leaders’

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 […]