
Marketing Momentum for Agencies (Tracey Burnett)
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09 Apr 2025 | Seven Proven Strategies to Generate Leads and Attract Clients | 00:19:12 | |
In this episode, and today I am covering a topic key to your agency’s survival - finding new business. I identify seven reasons why enquiries are not coming in at the desired rate and I am going to give you some solutions to each one. These are proven strategies that I have used for my own business and my client's businesses. KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS "Around 80% of marketing services agencies struggle to find new business. Is that you? If it is, sit tight. We're going to talk about how you can improve your new business skills." "Prospective clients want to be reassured that you're a good fit for them personally and for their business." "The way to be consistent is to be practical and realistic in your planning and understand that results take time." "Outsourcing can often result in missed opportunities and mistakes and a lack of any real relationship building, which is essential to your success." "It's not just about visibility, it's about your audience really understanding who you are, both as a person and as a business." HOST BIO Tracey is a highly skilled creative marketer with 30+ years in-depth experience in lead gen, marketing and sales, a broad knowledge of business growth gained over decades. She has an innate knowledge of what works and, more importantly, what doesn't. Her specialist area is LinkedIn™ clocking up over 6000 hours learning so she can advise on generating leads, building communities and relationships. Her clients benefit from her various perspectives having worked on the client side in corporate advertising/marketing comms roles, Director level in a global design consultancy and SME agency experience. Having been headhunted to save a major financial account at a top London design consultancy, she increased the fees by 102% YOY and repeated this result on the British Airways account increasing fees 150% YOY. She believes in avoiding get-rich-quick shortcuts in favour of consistent, long-term, exceptional results. Podcast: Click here to subscribe LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/traceyburnett Website: www.leadstosuccessglobal.com Got a question? Give me a call: 0044 7877 042 804 Email: tracey@leadstosuccessglobal.com Want to grow your business? https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/leadsandsales Find out if you are ready to get leads from LinkedIn - https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/linkedin | |||
13 Mar 2025 | How UK Agencies are Performing & How to Improve Sales Success | 00:13:54 | |
I have recently read the BenchPress research commissioned by The Wow Company & it has stimulated some thoughts that I am sharing with you today. I will talk about specialisation, niche, and under-resourced agencies and address these. Working in lead gen, the strengths and weaknesses of agency marketing, and some advice on that. KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS "18% of respondents don't measure their sales and marketing activity at all. If you don't know what's working, then your marketing isn't gonna be as effective as it could be." "The more specialised you are, the more you can charge and the easier your marketing is gonna be." "50% of agencies are definitely under-resourced when it comes to the marketing and sales function." "The cold, hard truth is that business growth is not easy, and most owners do not get into this to be a marketer." "The path to lasting success is to take massive action or massive, consistent, relentless action." HOST BIO Tracey Burnett has decades of experience in lead generation, marketing and sales. She is highly skilled with decades of in-depth experience in lead gen, marketing and sales, and a broad knowledge of business growth gained over decades. She has an innate knowing of what works and, more importantly, what doesn't. After spending 8 years in corporate marketing and advertising at Unilever & Barclays and 3 years in a top design consultancy in business development and account management at Director level, she started her own consultancy over 3 decades ago, working mainly with designer owned marketing services agencies. She is a lover of LinkedIn and clocked up over 6000 hours mastering this platform. She also specialises in go-to-market strategy, from uncovering & communicating their authentic uniqueness to implementation and team support. Her consultancy has worked with the UK government's marketing and communications agency, creative led, video production and UX agencies, and HR and interior design consultancies. Podcast: Click here to subscribe LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/traceyburnett Website: www.leadstosuccessglobal.com Got a question? Give me a call: 0044 7877 042 804 Email: tracey@leadstosuccessglobal.com Want to grow your business? https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/leadsandsales Find out if you are ready to get leads from LinkedIn - https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/linkedin | |||
13 Mar 2025 | Get onto Page 1 of Google by Optimising Your LinkedIn Profile | 00:15:26 | |
A little-known fact is that Google LOVES LinkedIn. And most people only dream of getting onto Page 1 of Google without paying for ads. In this episode, I am going to talk you through how you can significantly increase your chances of getting onto page one of Google and also high up in LinkedIn searches to increase the number of inbound leads you get - for free! KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS "Google loves LinkedIn. So you're gonna find that if your profile's been optimised, you stand a fantastic chance of getting onto page one." "Don't waste your LinkedIn profile. Instead, focus on dropping those value bombs so visitors to your profile can learn something that's important to them." "Profiles with 100% completeness rank higher in searches, so try and complete all the sections." "In your About section, use the first few lines to drive them to click the See More button and read more." "Social proof is vital. So redouble your efforts to get more testimonials on LinkedIn." HOST BIO Tracey Burnett has decades of experience in lead generation, marketing and sales. She is highly skilled with decades of in-depth experience in lead gen, marketing and sales, and a broad knowledge of business growth gained over decades. She has an innate knowing of what works and, more importantly, what doesn't. After spending 8 years in corporate marketing and advertising at Unilever & Barclays and 3 years in a top design consultancy in business development and account management at Director level, she started her own consultancy over 3 decades ago, working mainly with designer owned marketing services agencies. She is a lover of LinkedIn and clocked up over 6000 hours mastering this platform. She also specialises in go-to-market strategy, from uncovering & communicating their authentic uniqueness to implementation and team support. Her consultancy has worked with the UK government's marketing and communications agency, creative led, video production and UX agencies, and HR and interior design consultancies. Podcast: Click here to subscribe LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/traceyburnett Website: www.leadstosuccessglobal.com Got a question? Give me a call: 0044 7877 042 804 Email: tracey@leadstosuccessglobal.com Want to grow your business? https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/leadsandsales Find out if you are ready to get leads from LinkedIn - https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/linkedin | |||
13 Mar 2025 | Tim Perry Interview - Growing an Agency Successfully Internationally Across Specialisms & Training Creatives to Support the Sales Function | 01:09:48 | |
In this episode, we talk to Tim Perry who grew his agency, Webb DeVlam, geographically and across specialisms. Tim gives the insider track on the highs and lows of being an agency founder, especially overcoming those growing pains to get the agency to the phenomenal heights it finally reached. And finally, Tim gives us the low down on why it is a fantastic investment to provide your creatives with commercial training. Let's face it getting all hands on the pump and contributing to the marketing effort can only be a win-win for all parties KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS "What separates the really successful from everybody else is rarely the quality of your work output. What makes the most difference is what I call commercial skills." "It's really interesting that you said the growth has come from doing the complete opposite to that." "We realised that the perception that our clients and prospects had of us was down to us. It was down to our positioning and our articulation of our value proposition." "You need to call in the right people and have those people love you because they're going to be the best clients." "If your business development's not working as an agency, then nothing else really matters." HOST BIO Tracey Burnett has decades of experience in lead generation, marketing and sales. She is highly skilled with decades of in-depth experience in lead gen, marketing and sales, and a broad knowledge of business growth gained over decades. She has an innate knowing of what works and, more importantly, what doesn't. After spending 8 years in corporate marketing and advertising at Unilever & Barclays and 3 years in a top design consultancy in business development and account management at Director level, she started her own consultancy over 3 decades ago, working mainly with designer owned marketing services agencies. She is a lover of LinkedIn and clocked up over 6000 hours mastering this platform. She also specialises in go-to-market strategy, from uncovering & communicating their authentic uniqueness to implementation and team support. Her consultancy has worked with the UK government's marketing and communications agency, creative led, video production and UX agencies, and HR and interior design consultancies. Podcast: Click here to subscribe LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/traceyburnett Website: www.leadstosuccessglobal.com Got a question? Give me a call: 0044 7877 042 804 Email: tracey@leadstosuccessglobal.com Want to grow your business? https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/leadsandsales Find out if you are ready to get leads from LinkedIn - https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/linkedin Tim Perry Website: www.tp-consulting.co.uk Book a call with Tim: https://calendly.com/tim-tp-consulting Connect with Tim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-perry-consulting/ | |||
13 Mar 2025 | How To Build Relationships with Prospects and Make More Sales | 00:19:37 | |
In this episode, I am going to give you lots of insight and easy to apply advice, and my own process, on how to engage cold prospects and keep in touch with them without being boring or cheesy, AND give value to build trust and relationships. KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS "You need what I call a pre-framing strategy, a strategy leading you to the ultimate goal of gaining them as a client." "Personalisation shows you have a genuine interest in them, that you're making the effort and it avoids the spammy mass market outreach that everyone hates." "By combining these strategies, delivering value through content, leveraging multiple touch points, personalising interactions and staying authentic, you can nurture those relationships effectively without sounding cheesy or spammy." "The idea is that you're positioning yourself as an expert, as an authority, reinforcing your uniqueness as a business and proving yourself to be a valuable partner." "It's better to do more people that perhaps won't be involved in the process rather than leave out people that are." HOST BIO Tracey Burnett has decades of experience in lead generation, marketing and sales. She is highly skilled with decades of in-depth experience in lead gen, marketing and sales, and a broad knowledge of business growth gained over decades. She has an innate knowing of what works and, more importantly, what doesn't. After spending 8 years in corporate marketing and advertising at Unilever & Barclays and 3 years in a top design consultancy in business development and account management at Director level, she started her own consultancy over 3 decades ago, working mainly with designer owned marketing services agencies. She is a lover of LinkedIn and clocked up over 6000 hours mastering this platform. She also specialises in go-to-market strategy, from uncovering & communicating their authentic uniqueness to implementation and team support. Her consultancy has worked with the UK government's marketing and communications agency, creative led, video production and UX agencies, and HR and interior design consultancies. Podcast: Click here to subscribe LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/traceyburnett Website: www.leadstosuccessglobal.com Got a question? Give me a call: 0044 7877 042 804 Email: tracey@leadstosuccessglobal.com Want to grow your business? https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/leadsandsales Find out if you are ready to get leads from LinkedIn - https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/linkedin | |||
20 Mar 2025 | How To Effectively Engage Prospects and Close Deals During Calls | 00:20:26 | |
In this episode, we’re diving into a topic that will increase your sales success rate with your prospects. I am going to share the experience I have gained over the decades doing more than 7000 introductory and sales meetings with prospects. And, of course, making sales effectively. I will talk about how to bring prospects to a meeting highly engaged and motivated to work with you. KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS "The more knowledge and information you have, the better. It builds rapport quickly because it impresses the prospect." "The purpose of the conversation is for you both to decide if your agency is a fit for their project or account, and if you are a fit for each other." "It's better to be over-prepared than under-prepared." "The sheer amount of effort that you've gone to in finding out about them... this is always my go-to, always." "People won't make a decision based on the brilliance of your slide deck. They're going to make a decision based on how they feel emotionally about you." HOST BIO Tracey is a highly skilled creative marketer with 30+ years in-depth experience in lead gen, marketing and sales, a broad knowledge of business growth gained over decades. She has an innate knowledge of what works and, more importantly, what doesn't. Her specialist area is LinkedIn™ clocking up over 6000 hours learning so she can advise on generating leads, building communities and relationships. Her clients benefit from her various perspectives having worked on the client side in corporate advertising/marketing comms roles, Director level in a global design consultancy and SME agency experience. Having been headhunted to save a major financial account at a top London design consultancy, she increased the fees by 102% YOY and repeated this result on the British Airways account increasing fees 150% YOY. She believes in avoiding get-rich-quick shortcuts in favour of consistent, long-term, exceptional results. Podcast: Click here to subscribe LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/traceyburnett Website: www.leadstosuccessglobal.com Got a question? Give me a call: 0044 7877 042 804 Email: tracey@leadstosuccessglobal.com Want to grow your business? https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/leadsandsales Find out if you are ready to get leads from LinkedIn - https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/linkedin | |||
13 Mar 2025 | Will Taylor, Workflow. Exceptionally Happy Clients & Increasing Referrals with a New Unique Creative Management Tool | 01:03:04 | |
In today's episode, I talk with Will about this innovative software, Workflow, that can help to blow the socks off your clients - figuratively not literally - exciting them to the point where they not only want to stay with the agency but they refer others too. As a multiple-time agency founder, he gives us insight into growth and exiting. KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS "Unfortunately, you can't just give them your first draft and then they'll be happy with it. There's this big challenge to work together with clients to build the best product." "I mean, who doesn't want a simpler life these days?" "What you can do is this can be your published space where you share work that is ready for the client to see." "The first piece is clients love it, because they get to really engage with the work. It's really simple. It's really easy." "You know, you just said it really, you hit the nail on the head, which is, yes, it is important when it's software because there's so much riding on getting that right." HOST BIO Tracey Burnett has decades of experience in lead generation, marketing and sales. She is highly skilled with decades of in-depth experience in lead gen, marketing and sales, and a broad knowledge of business growth gained over decades. She has an innate knowing of what works and, more importantly, what doesn't. After spending 8 years in corporate marketing and advertising at Unilever & Barclays and 3 years in a top design consultancy in business development and account management at Director level, she started her own consultancy over 3 decades ago, working mainly with designer owned marketing services agencies. She is a lover of LinkedIn and clocked up over 6000 hours mastering this platform. She also specialises in go-to-market strategy, from uncovering & communicating their authentic uniqueness to implementation and team support. Her consultancy has worked with the UK government's marketing and communications agency, creative led, video production and UX agencies, and HR and interior design consultancies. Podcast: Click here to subscribe LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/traceyburnett Website: www.leadstosuccessglobal.com Got a question? Give me a call: 0044 7877 042 804 Email: tracey@leadstosuccessglobal.com Want to grow your business? https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/leadsandsales Find out if you are ready to get leads from LinkedIn - https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/linkedin Check out Workflow here: https://www.workflow.design/tracey Connect with Will on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/wrftaylor/ | |||
02 Apr 2025 | Insights from the 2025 Benchpress Research for UK Marketing Agencies | 00:13:22 | |
In today's episode, Tracey takes a look at the recently released 2025 Benchpress Research, which uncovers critical insights about UK agencies earning under one million pounds. She discusses the challenges faced by agency owners, including rising redundancies, falling hourly rates, and cash flow issues. KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS "Agencies that are achieving 50% gross profit or higher are thriving while those who don't measure GP, shockingly 32% of agencies are missing out on vital insights." "AI is great because it saves us all time and therefore money, but don't pass those savings on to the client. You should get the benefit of your initiative." "The best performing agencies are doubling down on initial specialism, moving out of London to boost profitability, investing in marketing, social proof, and LinkedIn engagement." "Ghosting and unqualified leads are the two biggest frustrations for agency owners responding to the bench press research." "Specialisation drives growth and profitability, and agencies with a clear niche see a 26% plus increase in fee income and a gross profit of 61% or more." HOST BIO Tracey is a highly skilled creative marketer with 30+ years in-depth experience in lead gen, marketing and sales, a broad knowledge of business growth gained over decades. She has an innate knowledge of what works and, more importantly, what doesn't. Her specialist area is LinkedIn™ clocking up over 6000 hours learning so she can advise on generating leads, building communities and relationships. Her clients benefit from her various perspectives having worked on the client side in corporate advertising/marketing comms roles, Director level in a global design consultancy and SME agency experience. Having been headhunted to save a major financial account at a top London design consultancy, she increased the fees by 102% YOY and repeated this result on the British Airways account increasing fees 150% YOY. She believes in avoiding get-rich-quick shortcuts in favour of consistent, long-term, exceptional results. Podcast: Click here to subscribe LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/traceyburnett Website: www.leadstosuccessglobal.com Got a question? Give me a call: 0044 7877 042 804 Email: tracey@leadstosuccessglobal.com Want to grow your business? https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/leadsandsales Find out if you are ready to get leads from LinkedIn - https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/linkedin | |||
27 Mar 2025 | Alex Berresford Interview - Serial Entrepreneur on Starting & Growing Businesses, Sales Conversion and Client Success | 00:35:40 | |
In this episode, Tracey interviews Alex Berresford, a sales conversion expert and the head of the client success team at ConversionWise. Alex shares insights into the remarkable growth of ConversionWise over the past six years, emphasising the importance of niching down and building monthly recurring revenue. He discusses his approach to managing client relationships and his account management team, highlighting the significance of trust and open communication. KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS "The biggest thing is that MRR side of things, that's where we really saw growth." "I think the best thing I've learned is to have good conversations, build relationships, and things come off the back of that." "It's completely okay to mess it up and get it wrong. It's such a good learning opportunity to get it right the next time around." "I think that once you've got that foundation, you can build off of that." "If you know what people are looking for it's free, and it's amazing, and it works." HOST BIO Tracey Burnett has decades of experience in lead generation, marketing and sales. She is highly skilled with decades of in-depth experience in lead gen, marketing and sales, and a broad knowledge of business growth gained over decades. She has an innate knowing of what works and, more importantly, what doesn't. After spending 8 years in corporate marketing and advertising at Unilever & Barclays and 3 years in a top design consultancy in business development and account management at Director level, she started her own consultancy over 3 decades ago, working mainly with designer owned marketing services agencies. She is a lover of LinkedIn and clocked up over 6000 hours mastering this platform. She also specialises in go-to-market strategy, from uncovering & communicating their authentic uniqueness to implementation and team support. Her consultancy has worked with the UK government's marketing and communications agency, creative led, video production and UX agencies, and HR and interior design consultancies. Podcast: Click here to subscribe LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/traceyburnett Website: www.leadstosuccessglobal.com Got a question? Give me a call: 0044 7877 042 804 Email: tracey@leadstosuccessglobal.com Want to grow your business? https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/leadsandsales Find out if you are ready to get leads from LinkedIn - https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/linkedin Alex's Website: www.companyoffsites.co.uk Connect with Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaberresford/ | |||
13 Mar 2025 | Tracey Burnett - Your Podcast Host, Her Story | 00:15:35 | |
In this very first episode of the Marketing Momentum for Agencies Podcast, Tracey talks you through her marketing journey over the last few decades and the stories along the way. Her expertise lies in developing strategies that help identify and package the unique qualities of marketing and creative agencies, attracting high-quality prospects and accelerating sales. With a deep understanding of business growth dynamics and a track record of significant successes, she is passionate about helping agencies thrive in competitive markets KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS "Sales and negotiation is the number one skill that we all need in business and life today." "I had a vision that I was going to be able to work three days a week and become a lady of leisure for the rest of the week." "I believe in avoiding the quick fix mindset and get rich quick shortcuts in favour of consistent action taken over the long term." "This is going to be a BS and fluff-free zone, and it aims to help you navigate the challenges and choppy waters of agency life." "I aim to empower agency and consultancy founders and their teams to grow their businesses through excellence in marketing and sales." HOST BIO Tracey Burnett has decades of experience in lead generation, marketing and sales. She is highly skilled with decades of in-depth experience in lead gen, marketing and sales, and a broad knowledge of business growth gained over decades. She has an innate knowing of what works and, more importantly, what doesn't. After spending 8 years in corporate marketing and advertising at Unilever & Barclays and 3 years in a top design consultancy in business development and account management at Director level, she started her own consultancy over 3 decades ago, working mainly with designer owned marketing services agencies. She is a lover of LinkedIn and clocked up over 6000 hours mastering this platform. She also specialises in go-to-market strategy, from uncovering & communicating their authentic uniqueness to implementation and team support. Her consultancy has worked with the UK government's marketing and communications agency, creative led, video production and UX agencies, and HR and interior design consultancies. Podcast: Click here to subscribe LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/traceyburnett Website: www.leadstosuccessglobal.com Got a question? Give me a call: 0044 7877 042 804 Email: tracey@leadstosuccessglobal.com Want to grow your business? https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/leadsandsales Find out if you are ready to get leads from LinkedIn - https://this.leadstosuccessglobal.com/linkedin |