New Business Thought Leadership

Welcome to the RSW/US blog, focused on a variety of new business insights and thought leadership, from getting a program off the ground all the way to the final pitch, it’s the place for experienced new business pros and owners/principals alike. Catch our posts based on 18 years of experience working with professional services firms.

Outsourced Business Development

The Professional Services Dilema

We have been working with professional services firms since 2005 to help them win more new business Started with a heavy focus on marketing service firms and have since branched out into other professional services sectors. When I first started helping marketing agencies, I quickly realized how much alike they all were. I also quickly […]

April 29, 2025/by Mark Sneider

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Actionable AI Business Development Strategies for Ad, PR & Marketing Firms

AI won't take your job. It's somebody using AI that will take your job. Richard Baldwin, economist and professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland Agencies believe they’re holding their own when it comes to trends and…

Consistency Red Flag

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Consistency is Next to Godliness

Consistency is vital when it comes to new business for professional service firms. We talk to companies every day, both client and prospective, and have engaged in a few surprising conversations. Some of these execs conveyed they've had a…

Giving Up

Featured, Outsourced Business Development

Why Are You Giving Up Too Easily?

Why are you giving up too easily? In an insightful post by John K. Thompson called "To Avoid Overload, Engage Your Audience", Thompson begins by pointing out the all-too-many sources of information available to us. Too many twisty knots of…

Do Unto Yourself that Which You Do for Others

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Do Unto Yourself that Which You Do for Others

I assume you create smart strategic plans for your clients, but do you do the same for yourself? We are currently in the midst of 2025 planning for all our client programs – a practice we implemented many years ago. In the past, we didn’t…

Featured, Outsourced Business Development

5 Ways to Activate Your New Business Toe

The biggest DANGER of social media...is doing nothing. Not only does "doing nothing" mean sitting idly by and watching your competitors blog/post on LinkedIn, but it also means starting a program and not "activating" it. Merely dipping your…

Agency Principals Ask: What Are We Missing?

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Agency Principals Ask: What Are We Missing?

I had a conversation with an agency considering our services, and the principal asked if I would take a look at their current service offering and answer the question, What Are We Missing? After a bit of clarification, I understood he meant…