Ad Agencies: How to Stop Chasing New Business

The Barkley agency has created a number of thought leadership platforms that drive new business. In this session of the Fuel Lines New Business Conference, Jeff Fromm, Executive VP at Barkley, shares how his agency has created a number of thought leadership platforms that drive  new business. One of the most successful has been built around Millennial […]

Thought Leadership, Millennial Marketing and Ad Agency New Business

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How to humanize your agency, build a positioning of expertise and make a personal connection with your best prospects. This is a guest article written by Jeff Fromm. Jeff is an Executive Vice President at Barkley, which is among the largest independent advertising agencies in the U.S. and the largest employee-owned agency. He is the  founder […]

The Barkley Agency Finds A Niche in Marketing to Millennials

Millennial Marketing Jeff Fromm

  For agency’s, this is a great example on how to identify a niche and build a positioning of expertise. Agencies are historically bad at new business. Most do not have an identifiable target audience Many do not have a written plan to market themselves Inconsistent new business practices No positioning beyond constantly stating that, “we […]

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 […]

Ad Agencies: Three Things a New Business Director Needs for Success

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A significant paradigm shift has taken place that impacts how ad agencies acquire new business that effects the knowledge and skills new business directors need to make it happen. With over 50% of client relationships lasting less than two years and the average CMO’s tenure is 27 months, the role of those charged with agency […]