For ad agency presentations body language trumps content

Michael Gass Presentation Mirren New Business

‘The body says what words cannot.’’ Martha Graham

In a study conducted by UCLA professor Albert Mehrabian, 55% of communication cues come from a speaker’s physical presence, 38% from tone, and only 7% from the spoken words.

When presenting for agency new business remember, YOU are the most important visual to your audience.  This is why I’m such an advocate of presentation rehearsals. To build confidence and improve your body language you need to practice, practice, and practice some more.… Continue reading

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10 Tips for Using Google Plus Hangouts for Agency New Business

Brad Ball Moroch Agency new business

Hangouts allow you to video conference in real-time with up to 10 people in a virtual room which makes it a great tool for new business. 

The screen-capture above is a Google Plus Hangout with Brad Ball, former CMO McDonald’s/USA, President of Marketing for Warner Bros Entertainment and VP of Nascar Entertainment and Marketing. Brad is a partner and chief development officer for Moroch Partners.

A Google Plus Hangout is a free group video chat that rivals platforms such as Skype, FaceTime and Facebook Video Chat.… Continue reading

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Pixar: 10 Tips for Creating Appealing Stories for Ad Agency New Business

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A powerful story is your secret to connecting with prospective clients.

Developing the ability to craft compelling stories is an important skill set for agency new business. Stories engage attention and inspire action. I have witnessed my fair share of agency presentations. Most provide thorough content based upon good research, but what is often lacking is emotion. You need to take the time to find just the right stories and examples that will bring your content to life.… Continue reading

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SlideShare: Presentation Trends For Ad Agency New Business

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The Biggest and Best Uses of SlideShare for Ad Agency New Business.

Here’s a brief synopsis if you are unfamiliar with SlideShare. Launched in October of 2006, it is a slide hosting service, often called the “YouTube of presentations”. SlideShare claims to be the world’s largest professional content sharing community.

Ranked as one of the top 150 sites on the Web, SlideShare has more than 60 million visitors and 3 billion slide-views a month. The traffic comes from organic search, social networks and other SlideShare content.

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The Reader’s Digest Version of the Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs is a master presenter and he provides some important lessons that are helpful to any ad agency pitch opportunity.

Carmine Gallo’s book, The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs is a must read. There’s much to learn from Jobs presentation tactics and style since delivering. Applying his simple formula can greatly improve any agency’s pitch and help them to stand out from the rest.

“You’re time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

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The 10-20-30 Rule for Keynote Presentations for Ad Agency New Business

Clarity, brevity and connectivity are key for winning presentations.

During my advertising career I’ve been part of and a witness to hundreds of agency presentations using PowerPoint or Keynote. I’ve seen many new business opportunities wasted because agencies couldn’t get their point across, tried to include too much within their allotted time or had absolutely no chemistry with their audience.

Guy Kawasaki, well-known blogger, author, managing director of a venture capital firm and an Apple Fellow, promotes a technique  that can help small to midsize agencies with their Keynote presentations, the 10-20-30 Rule:

  • No more than 10 slides
  • No more than 20 minutes
  • No font smaller than 30 points

10 Slides

Guy’s premise, “a normal human being cannot comprehend more than ten concepts in a meeting … If you must use more than ten slides to explain your business, you probably don’t have a business.”

Your audience doesn’t need all of the details so don’t give them the minutia.… Continue reading

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4 Presentation Tips from Lee Iacocca for Ad Agency New Business

Lee Iacocca

The former Chrysler CEO’s speech writing team provides some useful information for how ad agency executives can inspire their staffs, clients and prospective clients by the spoken word.

“Lee” Iacocca is an American businessman and pitchman, known for his revival of the Chrysler Corporation in the 1980s. He served as President and CEO from 1978 and additionally as chairman from 1979, until his retirement at the end of 1992. He is one of the most famous business people in the world

Iacocca’s business success—saving Chrysler and reinvigorating the American automobile industry in the 1980s—has also become a staple of B-school “case studies.” And most analysts agree a key ingredient—what Iacocca himself called “my most important management tool” —was the spoken word.

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The Only Rule That Really Matters When Presenting for Ad Agency New Business

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Every agency presentation must be focused on capturing your audience’s attention and keeping it. It is the presentation rule that matters most.

A lot of agency presentations are nothing but recycled insights, predictable services, with the same agency speak, nothing note worthy or memorable for an audience that must be bored out of their minds. I wonder how much new business opportunities were squandered because of boring ad agency presentations.

If you want to reach your audience, you must have something significant to say that you are passionate about, genuine passion will attract attention and attention will lead to action.

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Resources for Successfully Pitching for Ad Agency New Business

Mad Men

If you want to win pitches for new business I would encourage you to be a constant student of public speaking.

Recently I wrote an article that received a lot of attention, “Steve Jobs: 10 Presentation Tactics for Ad Agency New Business.”

Every new business pitch should do three things: inform, educate and entertain.

This week my resource is a bit dated but can be just as helpful. I’d like to go back in time to the 1930′s, “Monroe’s motivated sequence,” is a technique for organizing persuasive speeches that is still in use today.… Continue reading

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Steve Jobs: 10 Presentation Tactics for Ad Agency New Business

steve jobs presentation tactics for ad agency new business

Steve Jobs has something to teach small to midsize advertising, digital, media and PR agencies about pitching for new business.

Every new business pitch should do three things: inform, educate and entertain.

BusinessWeek.com columnist, Carmine Gallo, is a communications coach for some of the world’s most admired brands. He reveals the techniques that have turned Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, into one of the world’s corporate presenters. There are some helpful nuggets that will add punch to your next agency pitch.… Continue reading

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