GROW, BUILD, SELL, LIVE: A Practical Guide to running and building an agency and enjoying it

If you are thinking about starting your own marketing agency, have started one and hit your first round of growing pains, or are a veteran looking for an exit, this book is for you. It will appeal to current and aspiring ad agency owners who want to understand their choices and take control of their agency.

In it you'll find practical and implementable advice and tools to address the day-to-day reality of running a successful marketing agency - without the stress and angst that usually goes with it.



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BOOK SUMMARY

10 chapters cover all the drivers of growth.

You don’t have to read it from start to finish. You can choose the chapter that addresses your current business needs.

You can start at the end – Make sure your agency is good enough to sell from day one. Or you can start at the beginning - The Dangers of Travelling Hopefully and How a Purpose Becomes a Plan. The choice is yours.

But then that’s what this book is all about – helping you to make the right choices for YOU and your business.


Who should read this book?

If you are thinking about starting your own marketing agency; have started one and hit your first round of growing pains, or are a veteran looking for an exit, this book is for you.

In the PRCA Practical Guide, you'll find practical and implementable advice and tools to address the day-to-day reality of running a successful agency - without a lot less of the stress and angst that usually goes with it.

If you're like most agency leaders, you’ll spend the majority of your time on three areas - your people, clients and new business. These are all important levers for consultancy growth. But two other areas need at least the same level of attention - the numbers and YOU. Yes you.

Too often the owner doesn't invest enough in their own needs. And this lack of 'investment' in themselves can really hurt when the business needs them most. So, in addition to giving guidance on people, clients and new business, we've made sure that you and the numbers are both covered off in detail.


Helping you to make the right choices for you

We talk a lot about choices - and the fact that we all have more choice about what happens next at a marketing agency than we think we have.

The consultancy CEO/MD role can seem like an endless stream of issues to handle and fires to put out. It can leave you feeling as if your team, or your clients, are running your business rather than you. And, that your company runs your life rather than helping you to create the life you want to lead.

That's where this book comes in.


Tools and guidance to put you more in control of the choices you make

We've put together practical and implementable guidance on how to manage your agency so that you're in control, and most importantly so that it gives you what you want from your life.




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BOOK CHAPTERS


Introduction - Building a Great Agency - One Choice at a Time


Ch. 1 - The Dangers of Travelling Hopefully and How a Purpose Becomes a Plan


Ch. 2 - If You're Running a People Business, Then Make People Your Business


Ch. 3 - Culture Matters - It Will Determine How Fast You Succeed


Ch. 4 - Successful Agencies Need Good Leaders


Ch. 5 - Great Client Relationships Are Built on Respect Not Emotion


Ch. 6 - Cobbler's Children Is Cobblers - Why Marketing Matters?


Ch. 7 - Making Your Innovation Choices Pay-off


Ch. 8 - New Business - The Life Blood of All Agencies


Ch. 9 - The Money Matters - It's What Agencies Are Really About


Ch. 10 - Make Sure the Business Is Good Enough to Sell - From Day One




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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Crispin Manners


Crispin Manners is CEO and Founder of Onva Consulting. He led his PR agency to be the fastest growing PR company in the UK, the #2 performer over a decade and one of the Top 5 PR firms to work for. He specialises in driving growth through employee engagement and advises several PR agencies around the world on how to achieve their potential. He is a past Chairman and founding fellow of the PRCA, and past Chairman of the European region of the Worldcom PR Group.


Richard Houghton

Richard Houghton works as a specialist management consultant to marketing services agencies, focusing on growth. He spent the first 25 years of his career working in public relations consultancies in the UK and Europe, holding senior management and managing director positions in three top ten agencies. He also ran his own technology agency for a decade. A columnist for PRWeek, he writes on the business of public relations in the monthly Agency Doctor column. He is a former Chairman of the PRCA, a founding fellow and a past president of ICCO.




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TESTIMONIALS


Crispin has been helping me to develop my agency for the past six years. Thanks to his suggestions I’ve made major changes in financial, HR and client management. This has transformed our profitability and enabled me to develop a sustainable business that is helping me achieve my personal life goals. I recommend Crispin and Richard’s book to anyone intent on building a great agency.

Patrik Schober, CEO, PRAM Consulting






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CONSULTING SUPPORT


Both of us are helping agency owners around the world to realise their dreams. We do this because we get a buzz out of seeing people reach their potential. It’s very exciting when our clients see that they have real choice in how they run their businesses and then choose to do things that will give them what they want out of life and their business.

If you would like to discuss how we can help you please contact us using this email: growbuildselllive@gmail.com and we can arrange a chat about what you want to achieve.




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SPEAKING


Both of us are regular speakers at conferences and other business events. If you would like us to speak out your conference on the topics of business growth and agency development please contact using the link below. We have shared some of our most recent speaking engagements on the right.




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PAST EVENTS


26th September 2019 - PRCA Conference - Book Launch, London

9th October 2019 - ICCO Global Summit 2019, Lisbon

16th October 2019 - #PowerAndInfluence Twitter Discussion with Ella Minty

23rd October 2019 - Konference Forum Media - Cubex Centrum Praha, Prague

8th November 2019 - PRCA Event - Nottingham


FUTURE EVENTS

CONTACT US

Contact Crispin:

Email: crispin.manners@onva.co.uk
Website: onva.co.uk
Twitter: @crispinluke
LinkedIn: Crispin Manners





Contact Richard:

Email: richard@agencydoctor.biz
Website: agencydoctor.biz
Twitter: @agencydoctor
LinkedIn: Richard Houghton




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