This week RSW/US released its New Year Outlook 2020 Survey Report and based on the content, I think smaller, independent and/or specialist agencies will need to step up their biz dev game and learn to Sell Greatly this year or get left behind. Let's … [Read more...]
Where Should Your Agency Focus Your New Biz Efforts In 2020?
What Prince Can Teach You About Ad Agency Business Development
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Prince wasn't just a great singer, he was also a great sales prospecting philosopher. Don't believe me? Let's look at two of his songs and how he contrasts the painful traditional ad agency … [Read more...]
Creating Webinars and Product Demos that Help Buyers Self-Educate and Self-Qualify
WARNING: If you are of the mindset that all prospects are leads, you’ll probably disagree with what I’m about to say. I’m a huge fan of online product demos and webinars because they let me easily self-educate about a product or service I’m … [Read more...]
Aligning Marketing Automation Platforms and Content to Create Leads Sales Can’t Live Without
Today I had the honor of presenting at ContentTech. To a packed room of senior level marketers and a few sales people, we talked about the gulf between Marketing and Sales. Specifically, what causes it and how to fix it. For most marketing teams … [Read more...]
Social Selling: You Only Get One Chance to Make a LinkedIn Connection
We've all been taught that you only get one chance to make a first impression. Which begs the question -- why are so many people forgetting that on LinkedIn? This is the blocking and tackling of social selling my friends. But so many are doing it so … [Read more...]