EP 328: Rethinking agency biz dev part 2: How things evolve with Drew McLellan

During the lifetime of an agency, how that agency/agency owner approaches business development evolves. In the beginning, an agency’s first clients are people the agency owner knows personally. From there, as the agency matures and grows, it morphs into working with people who have been referred to the agency by happy clients. Many agencies never evolve past this level of business development. It can be challenging to see options for the continuum of business development beyond the normal routine.

 

Today’s episode is continuing our deep dive into agency biz dev. Building up the previous discussion about the importance of finding a niche, Drew looks at the 5 stages that create the continuum of business development and explains why 85% of agencies never reach the most effective and sophisticated of levels.

You get to decide where on the continuum your agency lands. But to make an informed decision, you have to know your options.

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What You Will Learn in This Episode:

• The five stages on the continuum of business development
• Why offering deals never serves in the long run
• The need to be interesting instead of interested
• Statistics related to how prospects find their agency
• The ideal structure for an agency