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Seven Steps for a Final Quarter New Business Push

Seven Steps for a Final Quarter New Business Push

Second Wind
10/21/2024

With the third quarter already a month gone, we hope we’re in time to share a few reminders about closing out your year with a strong new business push ...

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Hate Performance Reviews? 10 Steps to a Better Process

Second Wind
6/20/2024


Hate is a very strong word but sometimes it’s a fair word… especially when applied to performance reviews. The thought of spending valuable agency and employee time on something ...

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Levels of Marketing Planning

Second Wind
6/20/2024


Many smaller agencies want to become more involved in developing marketing plans for their clients, but may not be quite up to speed with planning terminology. Here is a simple ...

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Rethinking Brainstorming: Imagineering Ideas from Disney

Second Wind
6/20/2024


Have your agency’s brainstorming sessions been less than fruitful lately? If so, you might want to rethink the way you are conducting them. One of the most successful techniques ...

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Client P&L vs. Billable Time Reporting; What is More Important and Why?

Vince Dong
4/25/2024


Time. Time. Time. As I gaze out the window in my office, I look back on the time-consuming events over the last 12 months. Our fourth and fifth grandchildren were ...

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Why Your Recruiting Ads Should Be a True Reflection of the Role

Laurie Mikes
4/25/2024


In the world of smaller agencies, the battle for talent is as intense as it is in many large corporations. However, the stakes can feel even higher when your team ...

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The Ad Man Who Helped Create Earth Day

Second Wind
4/22/2024


On April 22, the world celebrated the fifty-fourth anniversary of Earth Day. Those in advertising and marketing might be interested to know that the sequence of events, ending up with ...

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The Virtual Canvas: Effective Brainstorming for Creative Teams

Laurie Mikes
4/18/2024


In an era where virtual work environments have become the norm, smaller advertising agency creative teams are adapting their collaborative processes to thrive in this digital landscape. The challenge lies ...

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What’s Your Core Competency? Simplify to Grow

Second Wind
4/11/2024


Claiming an area of focus has long been an advertising agency business strategy. For many agencies, areas of focus evolved naturally, with successful work for one industry client leading to ...

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Leveraging Earn-Outs as a Succession Strategy for Smaller Advertising Agency Owners

Laurie Mikes
3/8/2024


Succession planning is a crucial aspect of managing a business, and for smaller advertising agency owners, the challenge is often compounded by the unique dynamics of the industry. One increasingly ...

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Mary Wells Lawrence, Legend and Inspiration

Second Wind
3/7/2024


In celebration of Women's History Month let's take a look at The “first lady” of Madison Ave., Mary Wells Lawrence. If you are a woman of a certain ...

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It's An Easy Business

Second Wind
3/6/2024

Agency principals ask us all the time how to measure the financial success of their agencies. When we respond, many seem disappointed. "That's it?" they ask. "Those are all ...

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“Total Immersion” New Business

Second Wind
3/5/2024


The word “holistic” gets tossed around a lot these days. It is one of those jargon words that marketing people throw into a new business pitch or presentation in an ...

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Delivering “Wow” as an Account Service Strategy

Second Wind
3/4/2024


The traditional notion of an account executive was that of someone ordered around by the client and disdained by the agency creative. Or, they were the ones living large on ...

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Revenue Recognition

Vince Dong
2/8/2024


What’s all this fuss about revenue recognition with agencies?  Isn’t revenue recognized when we just bill the client???

What do accountants know about financial reporting for advertising and ...

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Navigating Price Increases: Advice for Smaller Agencies

Laurie Mikes
2/8/2024


In the dynamic world of advertising, change is constant. As a small advertising agency, evolving with the times is essential to staying competitive and delivering competitive services. One aspect that ...

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Growing an Agency All Comes Down to This…

Second Wind
11/22/2023

A number of years ago, AdAge ran a great article on the occasion of agency Hill Holliday Connors Cosmopulos turning thirty. Hill Holliday, as it is known today, is a ...

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