Propulsion: Exploring the "next practices" of successful marketing communication firms

Is advertising a profession?

August 30, 2011 | Author: Tim Williams

In my recent book, Positioning for Professionals: How Professional Knowledge Firms Can Differentiate Their Way to SuccessI make some fairly big assumptions about the advertising business with which I’ve been so closely associated.  By referring to advertising people as “professionals” and...

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Why remarkable products still need remarkable marketing

August 22, 2011 | Author: Ignition

When advertising industry professionals use around the word “marketing,” it’s usually code for “advertising” or at least promotion or publicity of some kind.  Thankfully, a more holistic view of the word is re-emerging among marketers and agencies alike.  I recently asked branding consultant and...

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In new business, stop focusing on the agency (or the client) and instead focus on the consumer.

August 11, 2011 | Author: Tim Williams

Agencies fret about how much time they should spend talking about agency capabilities in a new business presentation.  Answer: Not at all; or if you do, talk about capabilities dead last (that way if you run out of time, you’ll be cutting something that most clients don’t care to hear anyway).

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Internal agency communication comes of age

August 4, 2011 | Author: Tim Williams

Some industry observers find it incredulous that in an age of sophisticated software and cloud-based computing a majority of agencies still rely on archaic systems to communicate and collaborate.  Paper job jackets?  Really?  The most advanced use of technology many firms use to get their work...

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