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Guide: Top 10 Imperatives for Agency Success in 2012 and Beyond
January 26, 2012 | Author: Ignition
Business is at the nexus of the Great Recession and the Great Transformation of Marketing. The tried-and-true marketing approaches, born of an advertising industry that is more than 100 years old, are losing their effectiveness.
Propulsion Blog: Be a market maker, not a follower
January 16, 2012 | Author: Tim Williams
As a professional services firm, the ultimate business strategy is to not just be a category leader, but to create a new category; to be a category of one. The most powerful positionings create a new market, in which you are the leading – and only – provider. Of course this isn’t easy. (Nothing worth doing is.) Writing recently in...
Propulsion Blog: A New Year’s resolution for agencies: Start billing for what you really sell
January 4, 2012 | Author: Tim Williams
In groups of agency professionals around the world I have often asked the question, “What do clients really buy from your agency?” Their answers usually include things like “Solutions to marketing problems,” “Insights and innovation,” “Expertise,” and “Successful marketplace outcomes.” Not a single person has ever said “Time.” Because deep down inside we all understand that clients don’t really buy...
Checklist: Marketing the agency brand
January 4, 2012 | Author: Ignition
Instead of the standard business development and prospecting techniques, are you employing more effective ways of marketing your agency brand? Here’s a list of the things your firm should be doing.
RedPaper: How to let your prospects find you
December 20, 2011 | Author: Ignition
“Does new business have to be this difficult?” It’s a question Ignition increasingly hears from agencies around the country and around the world. Business development is in fact much harder than it used to be. And it’s not just the economic recession that’s causing the problem.
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