3 Things Ad Agencies Need for New Business

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A “Brand” New Day for Agencies It’s a new day for agencies and for clients.  Agencies have been notorious for not creating their own articulated brand, but today we all need a differentiated brand just like our clients. You can “do” a lot of things, but you can only be “famous” for one thing. Agencies […]

The Most Provocative Man in Advertising

Bob Hoffman ad agency new business conference

Bob Hoffman is one of the most sought-after speakers on advertising and marketing. He has spoken all over the U.S. and has been invited to speak at conferences throughout Europe. Bob’s “Spotlight Lecture” at Advertising Week Europe has drawn almost 50,000 views on YouTube. Bob was one of the keynote speakers at our inaugural Fuel […]

How to Use Hashtags for Ad Agency New Business

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The use of hashtags within social media creates a great opportunity to improve awareness and reach prospective clients.  Hashtags are words preceded by the hash symbol(#). Twitter users were the first to use hashtags back in 2007 and are still the primary users, but hashtags are now used a lot on other social media platforms such as Facebook, Google […]

How to personally get to know your agency’s best prospects

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Content marketing provides a system to better understand and engage your prospects.  I can intimately attest how difficult a consistent writing program can be. But, the reason that I’m such an advocate are the many benefits content marketing provides. It makes new business more focused and much easier than the interruptive type tactics of the past, […]

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’

2014 Outlook Survey: More competition ahead for ad agency new business

Mark Sneider RSW Ad Agency New Business

In a recent survey, 63% of agencies state that there will be more competition for new business. Guest post written by Mark Sneider, Owner/President of RSW/US.  Most agencies seemed to have a good year last year and most of them that we talked to with seemed to be starting out the new year on a […]

Infographic: Things to Think About When Advertising Internationally

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U.S. companies have a lot of potential in international markets for their products and services. A number of these markets are huge in terms of population, in countries such as China and India. American firms also want to advertise in other countries because the purchasing power of consumers and businesses in these markets is significant. […]

Millennial Consumer Buying Power Will Impact Ad Agency New Business

Share Like Buy Conference Jeff Fromm

An opportunity to build new business relationships and meet America’s most powerful marketing executives in person as they share their insights about marketing to Millennials. This is a guest post written by Jeff Fromm,  EVP at Barkley and Founder of the annual Share.Like.Buy Conference, the largest single gathering of Millennials marketing experts in the country. Conference speakers […]

Fuel For Thought

For the sake of our industry, create ways to communicate with and mentor advertising students. The MarcomBlog is a collaborative effort between Auburn University’s Department of Communications and Journalism and sixteen public relations and marketing professionals from around the world. The blog involves students in conversations with practitioners from around the world. Blogs offer a […]