You Were Born to Pitch Badly

You were born to pitch badly. Not because you lack intelligence, creativity or genuine expertise. But because if you’re an agency leader, you’re stuck with pitching abstract services and this requires a kind of communication that runs completely counter to your instincts as a professional communicator. Here’s how to fix it.

Pitching New Business, Persuasive New Business PresentationsJody SutterJune 15, 2026

5 Steps to Creating the Perfect Agency Case Study

If I had to choose only one agency new business tool among all at my disposal, the case study would be it. Here are 5 steps to creating agency case studies that win new business.

Persuasive New Business Presentations, Pitching New BusinessJody SutterJune 6, 2022#agencybusinessdevelopment, #agencycasestudy, #winnewbusiness, #newbusinesspitch, #smallagency, #agencygrowth, #agencynewbusiness, #newbusinessstrategy

Three Ways to Turn Your Agency’s Pitch into a Winning Pitch

Good ideas badly presented put you at risk of losing the pitch but a good story can make your agency’s pitch irresistible. Here are 3 essential storylines to win agency new business.

Persuasive New Business Presentations, Pitching New BusinessJody SutterApril 27, 2022#agencybusinessdevelopment, #smallagency, #agencygrowth, #agencynewbusiness, #newbusinessstrategy, #howtowinnewbusiness, #pitchingnewbusiness, #winagencynewbusiness, #prepareforapitch

Create a Captivating Agency Pitch through Storytelling

Stories are a perfect pitching device. Yet, despite the many agencies that declare themselves “brand storytellers”, they don’t always deploy that same skill on their behalf.

They get swallowed up by their own jargon or blindly grasp for the right words to describe the intangible qualities that make them different from their peers—with the ironic result that they end up sounding exactly the same.

If this applies to you, then I want to offer you a technique to use on your next pitch.

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