Below are some articles, blog posts, podcasts, and videos that we came across during the past week or so that provide useful perspective and information for PR and marketing agency owners.
Articles & Blog Posts
- Things to know before you consider selling your agency (Small Agency Growth Alliance)
- How to Live the Golden Rule In the Communications Business (Spin Sucks)
- 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Buying an Ad Agency (Agency Management Institute)
- How Open Should You Be About Your Firm’s Finances? (David C. Baker)
- Creating a Writing Ritual that Actually Works (Spin Sucks)
- Avoid These Four Mistakes When Selling Your Agency To An Internal Buyer (Agency Management Institute)
Podcast Episodes
- Defining your Ambition as an agency owner (The Agency Leadership Podcast)
- Case Study: 3 Years of Working With Parakeeto Part 2, With Josh Lowman (The Agency Profit Podcast)
- Falling in love with your possibilities as a solo PR Pro (That Solo Life)
- Rethinking agency biz dev part 5: Focus your agency’s POV, with Drew McLellan (Build a Better Agency)
- Taylor Trusty on Running and Selling an Agency (The Digital Agency Growth Podcast)
- The Future Of Digital Marketing – With Geoffrey Colon (The Digital Agency Show)
- Bait and Switch (For Immediate Release)
- Agency & Client Expectations: Having the Hard Conversation To Create Clarity (The Innovative Agency Podcast)
- Discovering the discipline to move past challenges and obstacles, with Sagi Shrieber (The Personal Brand Entrepreneur Show)
- Structuring for the Personal Touch (The Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast)
- The PR Week: 2/10/2022: Eric Asche, Potential Energy (The PR Week Podcast)
- Can You Scale Your Agency Fast Without Burning Through Talent? (The Smart Agency Master Class)
- It’s a Small World – Choose Your Words Carefully (Spin Sucks)
- How to Maximize Tax Deductions, with Bill Black (The Progressive Agency Podcast)
- FIR INTERVIEW: Three Whiskey’s Ben Myall on Anticipating Resistance (For Immediate Release)
Videos
- Questions to guide employee performance conversations (Small Agency Talk Show)
- Agency Office Hours: Q&A with agency expert Karl Sakas (February 2022) (Sakas & Company)
- Give your goals a fighting shot – Agency Management Tip for Owners (Agency Management Institute)
- Are you a control freak? Be careful, it can cost ya! (Bureau of Digital)