The Marketing Agency Blueprint: The Handbook for Building Hybrid PR, SEO, Content, Advertising, and Web Firms
Build a disruptive marketing agency for the modern age

The marketing services industry is on the cusp of a truly transformational period. The old guard, rooted in tradition and resistant to change, will fall and new leaders will emerge. Hybrid marketing agencies that are more nimble, tech savvy, and collaborative will redefine the industry. Digital services will be engrained into the DNA and blended with traditional methods for integrated campaigns. The depth, versatility, and drive of their talent will be the cornerstones of organizations that pursue a higher purpose. The Marketing Agency Blueprint is a practical and candid guide that presents ten rules for building such a hybrid agency.

The new marketing agency model will create and nurture diverse recurring revenue streams through a mix of services, consulting, training, education, publishing, and software sales. It will use efficiency and productivity, not billable hours, as the essential drivers of profitability. Its value and success will be measured by outcomes, not outputs. Its strength and stability will depend on a willingness to be in a perpetual state of change, and an ability to execute and adapt faster than competitors. The Marketing Agency Blueprint demonstrates how to:

  • Generate more qualified leads, win clients with set pricing and service packages, and secure more long-term retainers
  • Develop highly efficient management systems and more effective account teams
  • Deliver greater results and value to clients

This is the future of the marketing services industry. A future defined and led by underdogs and innovators. You have the opportunity to be at the forefront of the transformation.

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The Marketing Agency Blueprint: The Handbook for Building Hybrid PR, SEO, Content, Advertising, and Web Firms
Build a disruptive marketing agency for the modern age

The marketing services industry is on the cusp of a truly transformational period. The old guard, rooted in tradition and resistant to change, will fall and new leaders will emerge. Hybrid marketing agencies that are more nimble, tech savvy, and collaborative will redefine the industry. Digital services will be engrained into the DNA and blended with traditional methods for integrated campaigns. The depth, versatility, and drive of their talent will be the cornerstones of organizations that pursue a higher purpose. The Marketing Agency Blueprint is a practical and candid guide that presents ten rules for building such a hybrid agency.

The new marketing agency model will create and nurture diverse recurring revenue streams through a mix of services, consulting, training, education, publishing, and software sales. It will use efficiency and productivity, not billable hours, as the essential drivers of profitability. Its value and success will be measured by outcomes, not outputs. Its strength and stability will depend on a willingness to be in a perpetual state of change, and an ability to execute and adapt faster than competitors. The Marketing Agency Blueprint demonstrates how to:

  • Generate more qualified leads, win clients with set pricing and service packages, and secure more long-term retainers
  • Develop highly efficient management systems and more effective account teams
  • Deliver greater results and value to clients

This is the future of the marketing services industry. A future defined and led by underdogs and innovators. You have the opportunity to be at the forefront of the transformation.

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The Marketing Agency Blueprint: The Handbook for Building Hybrid PR, SEO, Content, Advertising, and Web Firms

The Marketing Agency Blueprint: The Handbook for Building Hybrid PR, SEO, Content, Advertising, and Web Firms

by Paul Roetzer
The Marketing Agency Blueprint: The Handbook for Building Hybrid PR, SEO, Content, Advertising, and Web Firms

The Marketing Agency Blueprint: The Handbook for Building Hybrid PR, SEO, Content, Advertising, and Web Firms

by Paul Roetzer

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Build a disruptive marketing agency for the modern age

The marketing services industry is on the cusp of a truly transformational period. The old guard, rooted in tradition and resistant to change, will fall and new leaders will emerge. Hybrid marketing agencies that are more nimble, tech savvy, and collaborative will redefine the industry. Digital services will be engrained into the DNA and blended with traditional methods for integrated campaigns. The depth, versatility, and drive of their talent will be the cornerstones of organizations that pursue a higher purpose. The Marketing Agency Blueprint is a practical and candid guide that presents ten rules for building such a hybrid agency.

The new marketing agency model will create and nurture diverse recurring revenue streams through a mix of services, consulting, training, education, publishing, and software sales. It will use efficiency and productivity, not billable hours, as the essential drivers of profitability. Its value and success will be measured by outcomes, not outputs. Its strength and stability will depend on a willingness to be in a perpetual state of change, and an ability to execute and adapt faster than competitors. The Marketing Agency Blueprint demonstrates how to:

  • Generate more qualified leads, win clients with set pricing and service packages, and secure more long-term retainers
  • Develop highly efficient management systems and more effective account teams
  • Deliver greater results and value to clients

This is the future of the marketing services industry. A future defined and led by underdogs and innovators. You have the opportunity to be at the forefront of the transformation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781118176887
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 11/29/2011
Sold by: JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

PAUL ROETZER is the founder and CEO of PR 20/20, a Cleveland-based marketing agency specializing in public relations, content marketing, social media, and search marketing. Roetzer was featured in Inbound Marketing (Wiley), in which authors Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah describe how he transformed PR 20/20 into one of the fastest growing marketing agencies in the country. Smart Business named him an Innovation in Business Rising Star. He also wrote the popular ebook How to Build Your Inbound Marketing GamePlan, which is available for download at www.PR2020.com.

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Table of Contents

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

THE ORIGIN

The Opportunity to Emerge

CAUSES FOR Change

Accelerating TRANSFORMATION

THE VALUE IMPERATIVE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1: Eliminate Billable Hours

Disrupt or be disrupted

A broken system

The power of transparency

The move to Standardized services and set pricing

Value-Based Pricing

Focus on recurring revenue

CHAPTER 2: Transform into a Hybrid

Every firm is a tech firm

Meet the demand for digital services

Understand your role in the ecosystem

The art of outsourcing and collaboration

Diversify your revenue streams

CHAPTER 3: Think Talent and Team

Great teams finish first

“A Players,” THE DRAFT and free agency

Hire, Retain and advance hybrid professionals

Talent evaluation and professional reviews

Leaders must lead: The Lebron James Parable

CHAPTER 4: Build a Scalable Infrastructure

Make decisions that fit your growth goals

The realities of costs, funding and cash flow

Agility, mobility and the Cloud

CHAPTER 5: Devise an Inbound Marketing GamePlan

The shift to inbound marketing

Origins of the inbound marketing gameplan

The Foundation: Brand and Website

Audiences: segment and prioritize

Objectives: Set your success factors

Strategies and tactics: take an integrated approach

Does inbound marketing really work for agencies?

CHAPTER 6: Control the Sales Funnel

Agency sales system Essentials

People, tools and Processes

Understanding the buying cycle

Lead generation

Prospects and Lead nurturing

Conversions and transitions

CHAPTER 7: Commit to Clients

Build relationships and loyalty

The significance of systems

Prioritizing and evaluating accounts

The Marketing Consultant Laws

CHAPTER 8: Deliver Results

Become measurement geeks

Use analytics to adapt

Activate Builders and Drivers

Unplug to excel

CHAPTER 9: Embrace Failure

If your model is broke, fix it

The disruptor advantage

The traditionalist opportunity

CHAPTER 10: Pursue Purpose

Stand for something

The purpose pyramid: a new planning paradigm

Fate, destiny and the business of life

CONCLUSION

The transformation

Core concepts

RESOURCES

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END NOTES

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

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