Imagine you have launched your business and the brand is up and running.  You are receiving enquiries but not enough are converting to paying customers. Even though you may be the genius behind the business idea, you have no idea how to successfully pitch your business to potential clients and convert them. Why not hire [...]








Pitching is a very important tool for generating new business, but certain aspects of a successful pitch can sometimes be overlooked.  When approaching a pitch with a prospective client, try to imagine you are pitching yourself to someone you would like to have a long relationship with. How can you come across as the kind [...]








hello and welcome to an awesome week of new leads Agencies Taproot Creative, integrated marketing, Tallahassee, FL, USA BBDO, Advertising agency, Russia Beckerman PR, creative public relations, NJ, USA The Bounce Agency, creative solutions for the right answer, South Carolina, USA Intermark Group, Top 100 advertising agency, Birmingham AL, USA Brands Equifax – credit scoring [...]








We worked hard to get more posts up last week and were rewarded by great new followers and readers this week.  So, hard work does pay off.  Expect a drop off in the following weeks as the Christmas holidays approach. If you do agency integration there must be some work out there… a couple of [...]








The internet makes it easy to get in touch with people and organisations – right? WRONG. Day after day working for my business and my clients’ I find examples of organisations that make it really difficult for people to get in touch. Here’s the latest crop of examples. Author gets article into Harvard Business Reivew [...]








This question is a great one and was prompted by a reader enquiry (thanks Kate).  Many agencies seeking to integrate social channels into their campaigns want to know whether they can charge their clients for the work. Our view is that this should be a chargeable service that you can provide. First check a couple [...]








We took part in the Adestra / eConsultancy census on email marketing.  And the full report is now published.  Containing the usual range of statistics and trend analysis the news is generally good for the medium: more people use email marketing – with success budgets are rising from 14 to 17% of total spend ROI [...]








Image via Wikipedia Thinking about selling – the actual process of finding a prospect and communicating with them until they are prepared to hire your company, is something that isn’t often talked about in professional and creative services organisations. “Sales” is still a dirty word for professionals.  We don’t like the implications of pressure, cold [...]








One of the great ‘black holes’ of B2B marketing is the data list of suspects. Organisations who are not yet known to us but who are researching our products and services. Our heritage in database marketing for B2B works really well once we have a company or individual’s contact details – as an industry we [...]








Help is needed: Rebecca has been asked to speak at a Cambridge University Careers service recruitment evening about our industry. I’d like to give them a decent informational talk with a bit of humour thrown in. Here’s the brief. You may remember we met back in the Spring and amongst other things I mentioned that [...]