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account executive skills

Delivering “Wow” as an Account Service Strategy

Second Wind
6/2/2025


The traditional notion of an account executive was that of someone ordered around by the client and disdained by the agency creative. Or, they were the ones living large on ...

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Strategic Agency or Vendor

Strategic Agency or Vendor: Which Sort Are You?

Deborah Budd
2/2/2023

Now and then, I see an agency question on the Second Wind Forums that gives me pause. For instance, one agency asked for help assembling “average creative prices” for her ...

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“S-E-L-L” is Not a Four-Letter Word

Jack Henke
5/3/2022

Well, SELL, like, literally is, by the law of the letter, four letters long, but figuratively, it’s just the opposite. In my mind, “like” has become a four-letter word ...

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