Build a Community for Ad Agency New Business

Building an engaged online community should NOW be a core responsibility of business development. The battle for new business has moved online which makes community development indispensable in marketing your agency online. Knowing how to build an online community has become an important skill-set for those charged with agency new business. Community development comes before business development.  How to Build an Online […]

Tips For Improving Your Presentation Skills for Ad Agency New Business

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You should be prepared to capitalize on speaking engagements to build a wider network of prospects and to win new clients. Having an opportunity to speak in front of a highly targeted, interested group of prospects is a very effective form of lead generation. Even if you are speaking for free, the opportunity often times outweighs a […]

Personal Brand Development Benefits Ad Agency New Business

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Growing your personal brand can greatly boost your agency’s new business opportunities. It makes sense for the principal to be the face of the agency. Not only are they the least likely to leave, but usually small to midsize agencies are built upon the vision, values and the type of culture that best suites their owners. And, agency owners […]

Is The Shoemaker’s Daughter Syndrome Costing Your Ad Agency New Business?

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If you’re suffering from the Shoemaker’s Daughter Syndrome, you may want to consider closing the gap between what you recommend for clients and what you use for your own purposes. Guest article by Gerry Black, Direct Response Copywriter/Marketing Consultant. Over the years, I have come across many clients and agency owners who exhibit this classic disconnect phenomenon. […]

People You May Know for Ad Agency New Business

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LinkedIn’s People You May Know feature helps build a targeted network of prospective clients fast. LinkedIn is an important new business tool, thanks to its’ People You May Know feature.  It has been rated as the second most helpful LinkedIn feature, enabling users to easily build new relationships with potential clients. People You May Know provides you with a […]

The Best Time to Post, Pin and Tweet for Ad Agency New Business

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Timing is critical when it comes to engaging with your social media audience. To increase the Click-Through-Rate of your article links and boot your website traffic, you need to be posting and tweeting at the best times. Figuring out the best times to post, you’ll need to consider such as the time zones where your best prospects […]

Profiling Prospects is Critical to New Business

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Profiling ensures you’re deploying your time, energy and resources on high probability targets. The advertising industry has dramatically changed over the past five years. This change has had a tremendous impact on lead generation and prospecting. The power has shifted to decision-makers due to the vast amount of information found online. Instead of chasing new […]

Use ManageFlitter to Build Your Twitter Following

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ManageFlitter provides you with a set of easy to use tools to help you build a prospective client audience for agency new business. This is a web-based application that I use and recommend. It assists Twitter users with their account management and helps to grow their followers.  People who want to use Twitter for new business have […]

Twitter: Find Prospects Using The Business Journal’s Network

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How to instantly subscribe to Twitter accounts of every American City Business Journal. For years, I used The Business Journals Book of Lists for new business intelligence to find the decision makers of prospective clients.  I also subscribed to the print editions of The Business Journals in key markets that we targeted. These publications were always very […]

10 Steps to Market Yourself As A Speaker for Ad Agency New Business

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Public speaking establishes credibility, a positioning of expertise and can produce a consistent flow of leads. Speaking at conferences, seminars, workshops and webinars is a tremendous asset for agency new business. Attendees are often highly qualified prospects, who are interested in what you have to say. Many will view you as an expert just because […]