This is a 2019 UPDATE of 2016’s initial “How to Build A Winning Advertising Agency New Business Program” blog post. Advertising agency business development is now a 24/7 operation. Here is some advice on how to deliver. By the way, this post currently has over 34,000 views. The post’s popularity is due to three key reasons: […]
I’m in L.A. doing some work with agencies and a local micro-photo-series for my global The People project. While waiting to get started shooting on Venice Beach, I hit up the Social Media Marketing podcast – one of my long-term get-smarter podcasts. I landed on a really good one. I highly recommend that you listen […]
When I owned my Portland advertising agency I was always looking for a way to really grab the attention of a business development prospect the second they hit our home page. I mean grab them. Excite them. Hold them. Sell them. An approach that I considered over and over was to have a stand-up comedian […]
How To Future-Proof Your Advertising Agency The advertising agency of the future needs some serious planning and agility. No surprise here. But, what is surprising to me is the wide range of attention, or lack thereof, to the future I see in the advertising world. Just for the hell of it. I’ll start with the […]
Content Marketing Delivers London’s #1 Restaurant This week, please watch this crazy video from Vice. Content marketing at its finest or, maybe, worst. Funny and scary. Nonetheless, wowzer! BIG QUESTION… If this guy can market (ok, with a bit of cheek) his way to number one, why can’t you market your agency to be perceived […]