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marketing planning

A strategic planning session in progress at an independent advertising agency

What Does Integrating Account Planning Really Mean?

Second Wind
5/6/2026


As advertising and marketing professionals, we know all about "interesting times." The business is changing so rapidly that the average agency owner ends the day with their head spinning from ...

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Do Programs, Not Projects

Second Wind
12/19/2025


We speak constantly of the need for agencies to become strategic marketing partners with their clients and not just suppliers of projects. Fine, you say, couldn't agree with you ...

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Run Your Agency Plan (Don’t Let It Run You)

Second Wind
10/2/2025


Second Wind has worked with, talked to, and advised agencies for decades. In that time, one pattern has repeated itself regardless of agency size, style, or market: a consistent lack ...

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Not Every Client Is Worth Having. Here Is How to Tell the Difference.

Second Wind
8/14/2025


Before the new business conversation starts, the most important question an agency can ask is not whether the prospect has budget or fits the agency's sweet spot. It is ...

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Account Planning as a Way of Life

Second Wind
3/23/2022

If you are looking for a good team workshop experience, consider a seminar on account planning. It  is about as timely a subject as can be found in relation to ...

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