One irony of running a marketing agency, where you design and deliver various marketing activities on behalf of clients, is that you have to promote yourself and connect with new potential clients, which means—of course—implementing marketing initiatives and strategies for your own brand. For many agencies, the proverb whereby, “the cobbler’s kids have no shoes,”…
Ft. Ryan Masuga, founder of Masuga Design & Shopmode Digital At the start of his agency, Ryan Masuga had new clients come in the door continuously through referrals and luck. Now, 16 years later, it’s not as easy to find new clients. Marketing and sales have not always been easy for him as an introvert. Tune in to hear how…
The other day I was chatting with a client about the scope of one of their service offerings. They have been considering offering one component as a stand-alone offering. It’s less about the offering that struck me, and more about what they were focused on that I want to talk about. In talking about next…
As a small business owner, you want to utilize an array of low-cost tools to help you grow your business in a sustainable way. LinkedIn has become an indispensable tool for marketing agencies wanting to scale up. When used correctly, the platform can help you connect with and engage partners and clients, generate new leads,…
Building audience loyalty should be the battle cry for our agencies. Subsequently, building clients’ audience loyalty should be the value proposition to our clients. Trust Is Greater Than Reach Now-a-days, the typical digital marketing reach is driving lower conversion rates. Whereas in 2012, the benchmark digital conversion rate across B2B industries was 6.1%, now in…
Marketing and creative agencies are notoriously overworked, painfully broke, and often struggle to define their unique value proposition to aptly position themselves in the market. For many, a lack of clear marketing for the agency is a symptom of a perpetual identity crisis that paralyzes leadership and team members alike from making decisive progress in…
Last week I had a chat with Jason J. Zotara, founder of Ten26 Media, because he has an interesting perspective on positioning your agency that may help you. (Full disclosure: Ten26 Media is not a client). His agency was born out of a scenario similar to many; he built his digital marketing muscles as an…
One of the critical components of becoming a successful creative studio or marketing agency is to become known for doing something that other options simply can’t match. That’s also a primary component that is easier said than done. With focus, clarity, and initiative, it is possible to become a recognized industry authority in a short…