This week I’ve been invited to two separate new business apps to try out and both have been a disappointment. Talent.me A Facebook app that sets out to connect you to business partners. I joined, it connected me to all my contacts (I know them already) and then set about asking me to endorse people… [...]
The downturn is real and may be affecting your business. Your time is precious, so today we launch a mini-series about how to improve your new business development. What’s in the series? 8 steps you can do today for improved lead generation 5 ways to focus on your targets 2 improvements for a compelling offer [...]
We got a question from a customer reviewing the Brands Seeking Agencies service. And so let us answer as many of the questions as we can: Where does your information come from? It is simply from visitors targeting our website in searches – we rank high for several key search terms in branding, pitching, advertising [...]
Robin from PromoManagers writes about the ultimate agency nightmare client. His firm acquired the business but the client doesn’t listen to the agency advice. The relationship has been going downhil. But they are stuck because the agency needs the income but they also recognise this client won’t ever be a huge success with the campaigns they run [...]
Our new client is Contegro, a content management system (CMS) for business websites – we are working with them on social media, PR and blogging. Delighted that within two weeks of starting work, we got their story picked up by the leading magazine about New Zealand creative business, Idealog. Read the article about Contegro hitting the [...]
So,you want to brief an agency to redesign your website. What is the best way to write a brief so that all the areas you need designed are covered? Helpfully, OneSourceGraphics have written out their detailed survey which sets of the principal questions to which an agency will need answers before pricing up a brief. [...]
This week we are giving away all the marketing and advertising new business leads free. You can read the full names and URLs of the organisations that may be looking to find a new agency listed below. Subscribe to get these emailed to you each week $19 per month! Get over to Brands Seeking Agencies.com [...]
Take a look at your website. Are the pages populated with unique and pertinent information and calls to action? Were you writing with the sharpness of a journalist’s eye? Have you embedded keywords and in-text links? Or do you find that you’re looking at, well, a lot of blank space… We are working with a new client [...]






