STANDSTILL agencies SEND
STANDOUT agencies ATTEND
With the possible exceptions of formal tenders or large coordinated RFPs, never just send a prospective client your proposal.
Whether your agency is highly creative or more technically led, you must find the opportunity to sell your ideas to a client. This means you must attend a meeting with them either face to face or – increasingly these days – online.
If a client just wants you to “send your proposal through on email”. Don’t.
A lack of willingness by a client to spend time with you is a serious red flag. It might mean they’re:
– Just looking to compare prices
– Fishing for ideas
– Talking to far too many agencies
– Not the decision-maker
Whatever their reasons the underlying message is clear: you are a commodity supplier in their eyes. STANDOUT agencies are not!
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