Research: Content, Shares and Links for Ad Agency New Business

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What we learn from examining 1 million blog posts. It seems that everyone has now jumped on the content marketing bandwagon. But just  because everyone is doing it, doesn’t mean that they are having success. Only 9% of B2B marketers consider their content marketing efforts to be “very effective. Content Marketing Institute For many agencies and […]

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 […]

10 WordPress Plugins for Ad Agency New Business

WordPress Plugins for Ad Agencies

 Using WordPress plugins enhances your reader’s experience, allows for easy customization and maintenance of your blog.  I began writing Fuel Lines back in 2007 on the blogging platform Blogger. It wasn’t long before I graduated from Blogger to WordPress. Wordpress is by far the most popular blogging platform on more than 60 million websites. It has […]

27 Tips to Boost Traffic to Your Agency’s Blog Site

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If you can’t create online traffic, you won’t generate leads for new business. Your ad agency’s blog should be a central component of your social media strategy for new business. It personalizes your agency and can become an appealing magnet to quickly build a sizable targeted pipeline of prospects. But, you can’t just “build it […]

Amazing Results From Effective Content Promotion

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Guest post by Trent Dyrsmid. Trent is the founder of BrightIdeas.co and the host of the popular BrightIdeas podcast, where he has interviewed over 100 successful entrepreneurs to get them to share the exact steps that they used to achieve their results. Trent is also the founder of Groove Digital Marketing Agency, a firm specializing in digital marketing and marketing […]

Content Statistics And Traffic For Ad Agency New Business

If you will periodically review your blog’s stats you can greatly improve your writing, traffic and opportunities for new business.  I make it a point to check my blog statistics each day. Often, I’m checking my stats every couple of hours when I have posted new content.  Traffic statistics will show whether my content marketing […]

19 Tips for Building an SEO Strategy for Ad Agency New Business

Having a search engine optimization strategy, or SEO, is important to support lead generation for ad agency new business. Most agency business development directors have a marketing strategy and are becoming competent with an inbound lead generation strategy that has as its centerpiece – content marketing. Understanding search engines is an important part to content […]

Ten Toughest Content Marketing Challenges for Ad Agency New Business

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  Original content is by far the most difficult  and important tactic to fuel ad agency new business through social media.  Speakers for Content Marketing World 2011, recently shared some of their biggest content marketing challenges in a pre conference Q&A orchestrated by  Content Development Director of the Content Marketing Institute. I’ve pulled some of […]

Ad Agency Websites: An Important Tool for New Business

Research shows websites influence 97% of clients’ purchasing decisions. Your agency’s website is your online brochure, the place to present credentials, capabilities and most importantly your agency’s creative work. Not only is it the place prospects and clients go to learn more about your agency and its services, but it has a huge impact on their ultimate purchase decision.

25 Tips for Generating Traffic to Your Ad Agency’s Blog

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Your ad agency’s blog should be a central component to your social media strategy for new business. It is the site that you want to bring your prospective client audience to, the gateway and face of your agency.

“Build it and they will come,” is not the answer to generate traffic to your agency’s blog. You must employ proactive tactics to create awareness and interest among prospective clients. The more traffic that you can generate, from among your target audience, the more inbound new business leads that will follow.

Seven Cons About the New Social Media Platform Threads

It is necessary to understand the potential downside and limitations using Threads for new business. 

I recently wrote an article about the powerful benefits of Threads, taunted as the next-generation social media platform. While Threads brings a host of benefits to the table, it’s important to consider some potential drawbacks or challenges associated with the platform:

  1. Limited Reach and Exposure: As Threads focuses on specific topics and communities, it may limit the reach and exposure of users’ content.
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Threads: Unveiling the Powerful Benefits of the Next-Generation Social Media Platform

Exploring the myriad advantages of Threads, highlighting how it is reshaping the landscape of social media.

In an era where social media has become an integral part of our lives, new platforms are continually emerging, aiming to revolutionize the way we connect and communicate. Among these innovative platforms, Threads is rapidly emerging as a frontrunner, offering a unique and enriching experience for users.

Streamlined and Focused Communication:

Threads sets itself apart from traditional social media platforms by focusing on streamlined and efficient communication.… Continue reading

Ways That Artificial Intelligence Will Impact Ad Agency New Business

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Artificial intelligence can make business development easier and efficient.

AI offers a wide range of benefits across a variety of industries and applications. It has the potential to transform the way that businesses, leading to increased efficiency, accuracy, personalization, and innovation.

AI, is still a relatively new technology but it’s time that ad agencies carefully evaluate its potential benefits and drawbacks from a new business perspective.

Here are a few examples of the practical ways AI will enhance your agency’s business development:

  • Improved Lead generation: AI can analyze large amounts of data to identify potential new business leads more efficiently than traditional methods.
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Community Development Comes Before Business Development

Community Development Comes Before Business Development

 

Building an engaged online community should NOW be a core responsibility for business development.

The battle for new business is online which makes community development indispensable for marketing your agency. Knowing how to build an online community has become an important skill-set.

How to Build an Online Community of Prospects

1. Create a Niche

Since I started my consultancy in 2007, I’ve advocated creating a niche blog for agency new business. I’ve helped launch over 450 personal blogs for agency principals.… Continue reading

Most Ad Agencies Have No Plan for New Business

The Cobbler's Children for Ad Agency New Business

Having a written marketing plan makes new business easier and much more consistent.

I wanted to share, from my personal experience, one of the typical challenges of small to midsize advertising, digital, media and PR agencies. They are often described as the cobbler’s children who have no shoes.

The most common positive trait among these agencies is that they know how to take care of their clients. But what is their most common negative trait?

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The 8 Word Mission Statement for Ad Agency New Business

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Your agency’s mission statement can have new business value and measurable results.

A mission statement is a statement of the purpose of a company, organization or person, its reason for existing. The mission statement should guide the actions of the organization, spell out its overall goal, provide a path, and guide decision-making. Wikipedia

The mission statement captures the heart of an organization, what it stands for and why it exists.

Here are some examples of the mission statements of popular digital businesses: 

  • Google.
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To be an effective writer, spend more time planning and less time writing

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Successful writers spend 75% of their time in the preparation and editing process and only 25% of their time writing the content.

There are big rewards from content marketing, but it’s also a big challenge. Writing is a process that takes time and effort. Even the best writers have difficulty putting their ideas into words.

Most of us aren’t born with the gift for writing. We have to work at it. 

According to a study conducted by McLuhan and Davies, a Toronto based consulting firm specializing in communications training, effective writers spend:
  • 40% of their time planning
  • 25% of their time writing
  • 35% of their time revising

Less effective writers usually spend:

  • 20% planning
  • 60% writing
  • 20% revising

Here is an easy to follow formula that will help fuel your writing:

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Blair Enns: 12 Revolutionary Proclamations for Ad Agency New Business

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How to win new business without pitching, reclaim control of client engagements and stop giving away your thinking for free. 

My friend, John Sharpe,  has spent nearly forty years in the ad agency business and the last twenty in business development exclusively. He is a personal friend and mentor with an impressive resume. So when John tells me that he has just read one of the most influential business development books in his lifetime, he had my attention.… Continue reading

3 Things An Ad Agency New Business Director Needs for Success

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How ad agencies acquire new business has changed dramatically and that effects the knowledge and skills new business directors need to make it happen.

People who have done this job in the past are struggling. The tenure of a new business director is now two years or less. In a recent survey conducted by RSW/US, only 26% of new business directors were considered successful.

A 4A’s report sited that 90% of agency staff say they have to figure things out on their own due to the lack of training.… Continue reading

Ad Agency New Business 101: Conduct a SWOT Analysis

SWOT Analysis for Ad agency New Business

A SWOT analysis is a good starting point for someone who is charged with creating new business opportunities for a small to midsize advertising agency, PR firm or digital shop.  

Part of Steve Jobs’ 12 Rules of Success: Perform SWOT analysis. As soon as you join/start a company, make a list of strengths and weaknesses of yourself and your company on a piece of paper.

This strategic planning method, when used properly, can be  a valuable tool for making decisions, setting strategy, and evaluating courses of action.… Continue reading