Conversations on the art of creative entrepreneurship with David C. Baker and Blair Enns

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Doing Employee Orientation Right

September 27, 2023 23:02 27.91 MB Downloads: 0

In an era of rapid turnover and remote working arrangements, developing a structured onboarding process for new staff is more important than ever. David has a checklist to help agencies get their new employees up to speed as quickly as possible.

The War on Payment Terms

September 13, 2023 32:54 39.74 MB Downloads: 0

Blair sees non-standard payment terms as a two-sided issue, where agencies should be creatively leveraging terms more to their own benefit as opposed to just defending themselves against procurement departments who impose onerous terms.   LINKS "Payment Terms, On Your Terms"

What Your Team Wants From You

August 30, 2023 31:51 38.48 MB Downloads: 0

While analyzing data from his Total Business Reset surveys, David has noticed five significant trends which principals should be aware of to run their firms more effectively, as well as one thing your team wishes you’d stop doing.

How to Ask for Referrals

August 16, 2023 27:06 32.79 MB Downloads: 0

As a follow-up to the discussion in the previous episode, Blair has some criteria for firms that would beneift from prioritizing and codifying an effective referral strategy as a way to gain new business.   LINKS “The Best Referral Machine I Have Ever Seen”

How to Make Referrals

August 02, 2023 26:43 32.33 MB Downloads: 0

In part one of a two-part discussion about developing a business referral strategy, Blair is surprised to hear that David wants to cover how and why we can get better at giving away business, before talking about how to get more referrals.

Do You Even Need New Business People?

July 19, 2023 23:36 28.58 MB Downloads: 0

Blair runs through one of his constraint driven exercises with David by having us imagine running our business with nobody dedicated to the various functions under the banner of new business.

Predictive Traits of Successful Owners

July 05, 2023 24:22 29.51 MB Downloads: 0

David has observed six common characteristics of agency principals that can affect whether or not their business succeeds.

Six Barriers to New Business Success

June 21, 2023 28:02 33.91 MB Downloads: 0

Even after understanding and trying to adopt the philosophies from Win Without Pitching, Blair sees many creative firms struggling to increase profit because of these six obstacles involving their people and processes.   Links Mastering the Value Conversation The Complexities of Commission Culture Innoficiency in Your Agency The Enemy Within The Complex Battle for Margin Debriefing After a New Business Call Is Your Firm Addicted to New Business? Who’s Going to Own This?

Ten Questions I Want to Ask You

June 07, 2023 32:04 38.74 MB Downloads: 0

This is your intervention and David has some tough questions about the important decisions you should be making to manage and grow your creative firm.   LINKS "The Four Types of Employees at Your Firm"

Qualities of the World’s Best Project Managers

May 24, 2023 29:14 35.35 MB Downloads: 0

David feels like project managers get a bad rap and has tried to raise their profile within creative firms. So he’s gathered a list of traits from the best project managers he’s met in the hundreds of agencies he’s worked with over the years. Links “Understanding Account People”

CRM and the Mistakes to Avoid

May 10, 2023 27:54 33.75 MB Downloads: 0

A lot has changed since Blair wrote his article about seven mistakes he sees creative firms make with CRM years ago, and David wants to know why Excel isn’t a good tool for managing sales leads.

Why We Suck at Negotiating

April 26, 2023 32:29 39.25 MB Downloads: 0

Blair has six challenges creative agencies face when it comes to being compensated for the actual value they generate for their clients.

Developing a Client Conflict Strategy

April 12, 2023 17:49 21.65 MB Downloads: 0

David addresses how vertically positioned agencies can manage a client roster containing multiple companies who are competitors with each other.

Inbound, Outbound, and In Between

March 29, 2023 24:01 29.08 MB Downloads: 0

Blair has been getting too much spam lately and sees an opportunity with warm leads that lies between inbound and outbound marketing which is not being mined well among the creative firms.   Links “Inbound, Outbound & In Between” article on WinWithoutPitching.com

The Perils of "Good/Better/Best" Pricing

March 15, 2023 27:59 33.85 MB Downloads: 0

Blair wants sales people to stop ranking proposal options in a way that assigns judgement for prospective clients without considering the many tradeoffs that need to be considered. Read the episode notes and transcript at http://2bobs.com/podcast/the-perils-of-good-better-best-pricing