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 […]

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 […]

25 Ways to Be Found for Ad Agency New Business

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 […]

Social Media “Teaches” Ad Agencies to Promote Themselves the Right Way

I recommend using social media as a central component for your agency’s new business program. The primary reason is that it “forces” small-to midsize agencies to do the things they should have been doing all along to acquire new business.