Fueling Ad Agency New Business
Building an engaged online community should now be a core responsibility of business development. Inspiration for this article came from Duct Tape Marketing’s founder, John Jantsch, from his recent podcast interview with Jeffrey K. Rohrs, Vice President of Marketing Insights for ExactTarget, Jeffrey is also the author of AUDIENCE: Marketing in the Age of Subscribers, Fans and Followers. […]
Business development doesn’t have to be so hard for small to midsize agencies. I’ve spent almost my entire advertising career in business development. I can tell you from my experience that agencies are historically bad when it comes to marketing themselves. It’s as if they lose their marketing minds. They tend to forget the very […]
Agencies have only themselves to blame, making it easy for clients to bully them around. Agencies claim to be different but most are pretty much the same and sameness always breeds differentiation based on price. There has been little innovation from agencies to migrate away from the old model of advertising. It still astounds me […]
March 26, 2013 / 1:00 – 2:00 Eastern This webinar is being hosted by Thought Legion and is designed for those charged with new business for advertising, digital, media and public relations’ agencies. A recent agency survey indicates that agencies better understand the potential of social media. Almost 70% believe that social media is great for new business […]
The potential productivity for the new business traveller of using cloud-based services, in combination with mobile devices, is substantial. If you are in charge of new business, it often means you are “going out on the road”. Having all you need to do your work while traveling can be difficult if you don’t plan ahead. […]
If you’re serious about taking your agency to the next level, “you can’t succeed without a platform.” Most agencies were late getting into social media. Then they literally “jumped in” with little to show for their time and effort. It takes more than a completed check-list for having an agency blog, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts […]
Making the case for hiring a journalist to help create your agency’s content. Business development for agencies has gone through a significant paradigm shift. In the past, agencies relied on outbound or interruption type marketing tactics that pushed their message through email blasts to purchased lists, cold calls, outsourced telemarketing, and direct mail. Outbound marketing […]
Raising the discussion about compensation for those charged with ad agency new business. It is time to re-think how we compensate those “odd ducks” who do what no one else wants to do, selling the agency’s services. The motivation for creating new business opportunities is thought to be fueled primarily by financial rewards, the […]
Tips for creating a larger online presence to be found by your agency’s best prospects. Almost five years ago I had an epiphany for new business. It came from a CMO Study, released in early 2008, where 85% of decision makers said they found their vendors not the other way around. I realized there was […]
The skill set for doing agency new business is changing so be prepared to adapt. “There are not a whole lot of people who have done this job in the past who know how to do it well now,” Avi Dan, a former new business executive at Euro RSCG, Berlin Cameron United and Saatchi who’s now president […]
Michael Gass, Business Development Consultant | Speaker | Author of Fuel Lines
Fuel Lines provides new business resources for Advertising, Digital, Media and PR Agencies.
It has been rated among the top 100 marketing blogs in the world, according to Ad Age’s Power 150.
Since 2007, Michael has helped pioneer the use of social media, inbound and content marketing strategies specifically for agency new business.
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An essential component to your agency's new business program is a prospective client data base.
In my opinion one of the most accurate online database of marketing and advertising decision makers is Winmo. I highly recommend them.
I'm Michael Gass, I'm an author, speaker and a new business consultant to advertising, digital, media and PR agencies.
Since 2007, I have helped pioneer the use of social media, inbound and content marketing strategies specifically for agency new business.
Fuel Lines is my social media 'home-base. It has been ranked among the top 100 marketing blogs in the world, according to Advertising Age’s, The Power 150.
Learn more about me