Agency Partnerships
Partnerships are a common agency leadership model and they can be incredibly effective. But, they can also bring challenges to the business. How you structure and care for your partnership is essential to long-term success. If you share your agency with other partners -- how do you keep it healthy and productive? Watch »
The duality of agency life
Agency life is an interesting blend of both leading and serving our clients. To be successful and to build long term relationships with our clients -- we have to be adept at both sides of our dual role. Watch »
Spec Creative — should agencies do it?
Spec creative. Should agencies do it? Why would we give away one of our core offerings? Can you win new clients without doing it? Watch »
Agency leaders love to learn — book list 2019
Agency leaders and owners are voracious learners. In our AMI peer groups, we share many best practices -- including resources (like books) that we find particularly valuable. I've put together a list of the books my AMI agency owners recommended in 2018 for you to download. Watch »
360 some days from now
The biggest factor in where your agency will be a year from now is you. You are the X factor. Do you know what you need to do (and stop doing) to make sure you end up where you want to be? Watch »
Leverage your content
Agencies struggle to create content that is meaty and meaningful. I think it's a daunting task that actually can be managed pretty easily -- if you think in the right terms. See if this is helpful as you plan out your 2019 content. Watch »
Agency annual planning
Most agencies are about to walk into 2019 without a plan. Your business plan doesn't have to be the Mona Lisa of plans -- we've designed a simple, one-page business plan that will have you heading to an amazing 2019. It's yours for the taking -- so don't go in blind. Go in with an actionable, manageable plan! Watch »
Three levels of decision making in agencies
AMI's Drew McLellan teaches a decision making matrix that will help agency owners and leaders get just the right amount of input, no matter what the decision. Watch »
Agency owners need pitstops
Agency ownership is 0-60 in less than 3 seconds every singe day,. We can only sustain that for so long. Every once in awhile, you need to take a pit stop. Watch »
An agency owner’s best day
In last week's video, I said that 50% of an agency owner's time should ideally be spent on business development and I promised I would share a way to make that even remotely possible. Watch »
