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How Successful Can Your Marketing Be?
How Successful Can Your Marketing Be?

You really have to set the right expectations before you can find out. Because if you haven't taken the time to figure it out, there's a good chance you'll never know. Once that question has been answered you can figure out where the help should come...

Posted: Jul 24, 2018

No One Still Wants to Request a Quote
No One Still Wants to Request a Quote

Because if they do, they're not really sure what they'll get. That uncertainty is what needs eliminated for any progress to be made. More work has to be done, language changed and expectations elevated (get it). Once they are it becomes a lot more ex...

Posted: Jul 23, 2018

The Untold Stories of Elevate 2018
The Untold Stories of Elevate 2018

It's pretty easy to say there are few experience that compare to what happen in Cleveland a few weeks ago. We've all been dealing with the aftermath in our own way, however after a couple of days as legendary as that, we had to get together and talk...

Posted: Jul 20, 2018

The Agony of Rising to the Insurance Mindset Challenge
The Agony of Rising to the Insurance Mindset Challenge

Can be excruciating or possibly the greatest thing you've ever done. Honestly, the choice is yours initially. However, as you start to see what's involved it should become painfully obvious. When you rise to the Insurance Mindset Challenge, you're re...

Posted: Jul 19, 2018

Do Your Tough Decisions Have the Best Chance to Succeed?
Do Your Tough Decisions Have the Best Chance to Succeed?

If you're going to do something dramatic, you minds well go all in. It doesn't matter if it means moving office locations, encouraging people not to show up there or deciding once and for all who your best client is. Taking that decision to the the n...

Posted: Jul 17, 2018

What Happens When You Suddenly Don't See Diversity?
What Happens When You Suddenly Don't See Diversity?

It should mean we've finally made it to a place where it's not even close to the first thing we think about. It would actually cease to be a topic of discussion and occupy a level of normality never seen before. It's something that some of us have to...

Posted: Jul 16, 2018

What Happens When You Suddenly Don't See Diversity?
What Happens When You Suddenly Don't See Diversity?

Posted: Jul 16, 2018

Is Professional Liability an Agenda Free Opportunity?
Is Professional Liability an Agenda Free Opportunity?

It seems like everyone has the answers to your agency's problems. The only catch is you have to follow them down their rabbit hole to find out if it's worth your time. Even then it could be months, maybe even years, before you realize the full scope...

Posted: Jul 13, 2018

Is Professional Liability an Agenda Free Opportunity?
Is Professional Liability an Agenda Free Opportunity?

Posted: Jul 13, 2018

Are You Afraid of Your Creative Potential? (Part I)
Are You Afraid of Your Creative Potential? (Part I)

Not many agencies are brave enough to fix what isn't broken to build something better. It's during that construction process that you'll truly be tested on the strength of your structure. But that's exactly what will happen if you want to try and rea...

Posted: Jul 12, 2018