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The Single Most Important Factor for Agency Success: ENERGY

Second Wind
2/10/2024

In my opinion, the single most important factor for success in the small- to mid-sized advertising agency business is maintaining a high energy level. High energy transcends almost everything… skill ...

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To Hire People, You Need to Talk to Candidates

Deborah Budd
5/24/2022

At Second Wind, we assist many agencies seeking job candidates through our Right Fit Recruiting services. But we are encountering a curious problem with some of our agency clients. We ...

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The Great Debate: Why Conflict Can Improve Your Creative Product

Deborah Budd
5/4/2022

Differing priorities, work methods and viewpoints generate conflict. And that is all to the good in a creative agency looking to use all of its employees to fuel agency creative ...

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Use the Monthly BYOC to Improve Agency Performance

Second Wind
4/6/2022

Many smaller agency owners are so wrapped up in day-to-day operations, new business pursuit, and financial issues, that they tend to place human resources issues on the “I’ll get ...

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Put the Employees First

Second Wind
2/22/2022

David Ogilvy once said that all his agency’s assets went down the elevator at 5:00 p.m. We don’t know about the elevator or the hour, but ...

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Wildly Important Goals

Second Wind
1/12/2022

Do you ever get the feeling that the more your agency tries to do, the less you actually accomplish? As 2022 gets off to a quick start, you may begin ...

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