It was a real pleasure to contribute to the DBA’s end of year ‘clear thinking for 2020’.
My contribution is…
If you are new to business development activity, it is better to plan to do ‘a little and often’, than have large ‘one-off’ campaigns. Remember marathons can’t be run from scratch. Start 2020 in a sustainable way, build up your skills and knowledge and your sales pipeline will grow.
In today’s world convenience is everything, which has given rise to the ‘one stop shop’ idea. The world of the creative and digital agency has been no different, with more and more agencies turning their hands to a host of different skills in the pursuit of meeting their clients’ needs.
It has long been accepted that creativity in business is a good thing. The idea is brought home to us every day: creativity will benefit our careers and personal goals. We all have to think outside that box. Those of us who are not ‘creative’ by trade, whether visually or in the written word, will all see and recognise this, wherever we personally think we may be on the ‘creative’ spectrum.
So, why is it that within the creative agency world, there is little similar reflection about deploying business techniques and processes?