The balance between beauty and SEO for creative agency websites

SEO for creative agencies and ad agencies

Agency websites – and studios, firms, collectives, et al for that matter – usually are exemplary of beautiful design in practice. Layout, motion and animation, and gorgeous photography dance with creative use of typography, all on a site that pulls you into to view more and more. Suffice to say, agency websites are absolutely top […]

What’s the Secret to Studio/Agency Success?

Secret to ad agency and creative studio growth

Creative agency and studio owners seem to always be looking for the path to success. Whether success is measured in revenue, profitability, scale, or a combination of all three, the secrets to realizing success actually aren’t found in a newfangled idea, software, or expert opinion. They have been, and remain, the four P’s: People, Processes, […]

The Brilliance of Apple’s Innovation Strategy

Iterative innovation is Apple's strategy

A lot of tech-heads love to poke at Apple as not being innovative. They point to the technology as having already existed long before Apple’s repackaging of it, claiming that it’s essentially a dumbed down version of better options. And there is merit to the argument. Apple certainly didn’t invite the laptop computer, nor did […]

How strict should you be with your niche?

Creative agency niche strategies

There are tons of articles and arguments for finding a niche and sticking to it. A lot of them take a purist and idealist approach to the strategy which is always easy when producing content. However, it leaves a lot of creative leaders wondering, “So do I turn away paying business because it doesn’t fit […]

Stop spilling your Cheerios all over the floor!

Stop Spilling The Cheerios - why focusing in your pitch and offering is important for creative agencies.

Yeah, I know, the headline is an interesting one. How did that come to be? I was on the phone consulting with a friend of mine who’s leading a tech startup. It’s pre-funding so very agile and chaotic as they try to zero in on the offering. As with most enterprises, the sky seems to […]

Valuable leadership lessons from World Cup 2023

Agency leadership lessons from World Cup 2022

America has been slow to gather the fanatic exuberance for football, aka soccer, found throughout the rest of the world. For a long time I, personally, couldn’t understand why that was. The game is the beauty of complex strategy played out in wonderful splendor. Who wouldn’t love this? 2022’s World Cup matches served as a […]

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