Agency Rainmaker TV

Agency Rainmaker TV

Discover the insider secrets on how agency owners leverage their time, treasure, and talent. Each week successful rainmakers will share what they are investing more in, what they are cutting back on, and what are their go-to strategies. Your host Henry DeVries, is a business development columnist with Forbes.com & the CEO of Indie Books International, which he cofounded in 2014 to work with small to midsized agency owners who want to find right fit clients by marketing with a book & speech. Prior to that he helped double revenues as president of an award-winning Ad Age 500 advertising agency.

  1. 1 day ago

    How To Choose Which Industry Events To Attend With Sharon Toerek

    Our agency rainmaker of the week is Sharon Toerek. Sharon founded Toerek Law to help U.S. independent marketing, advertising, digital and communications agencies protect their assets and turn their ideas into revenue. Sharon created Toerek Law to fill a gap she saw in the agency industry – focused, industry-specific legal guidance that was designed to help independent agencies thrive.Highly invested in the agency community, Sharon is an approved participant on the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s) Legal Consultants Panel and a member of the 4As Experts Network. She has served as President of the American Ad Federation (AAF), Cleveland. She is a frequent speaker at agency industry events, including the AdAge Small Agency Conference, Mirren Live, INBOUND, Content Marketing World, MAICON, and the Build a Better Agency Summit. She created the Legal + Creative. Agency Protection System, a comprehensive legal education subscription and legal toolkit for independent agencies. She created and has hosted over 320 episodes of the agency-focused podcast The Innovative Agency, a podcast about innovation and trends in the agency world.Sharon provides proactive, strategic counsel to communications, marketing, advertising, digital, and creative agencies on legal and business issues they face continually in their work, including: agency-client relationships, including agency service contracts; agency-freelancer and agency strategic alliance relationship management; trademark and brand protection matters; copyright protection, licensing, and transfer of creative content; influencer marketing negotiations and content marketing legal compliance; advertising law review; and AI policy and risk management for agencies.https://indiebooksintl.comSeason 4, Episode 36

  2. 14 Aug

    How To Plan Your Growth Strategy With Jerry Phillips

    Our agency rainmaker of the week is Jerry Phillips. Jerry is the founder and CEO of NINERUNS. As an experienced business leader, Jerry held several key executive management positions.With his teams, he has driven results in sales, product development, marketing, operations and recruiting. He has created strategies to turn around underperforming businesses and developed the specific action plan for execution.He has extensive experience in both conceptualizing and implementing innovative solutions and processes for sales and marketing with Black & Decker/DeWalt, Grainger, and Cold Spring.With over 20 years working as a consultant and business coach, Jerry and his team’s dominant focus is helping companies build exceptional organizations that produce sustainable, predictable revenue with solid profit margins.They help develop strategy and execution plans and create and teach processes for consistent and predictable performance. Jerry has written over 100 articles and has published two books on recruiting processes. He is a recognized content expert in strategy, people performance, sales process, coaching, and defining and leveraging differentiators. He holds a B.S. in Business Management from LaSalle University in Mandeville, LA.Jerry enjoys living in Austin, TX with his wife Jean, and his dog Bo. He is avid about fitness and golf, although he is a total hack at golf.https://indiebooksintl.comSeason 4, Episode 32

About

Discover the insider secrets on how agency owners leverage their time, treasure, and talent. Each week successful rainmakers will share what they are investing more in, what they are cutting back on, and what are their go-to strategies. Your host Henry DeVries, is a business development columnist with Forbes.com & the CEO of Indie Books International, which he cofounded in 2014 to work with small to midsized agency owners who want to find right fit clients by marketing with a book & speech. Prior to that he helped double revenues as president of an award-winning Ad Age 500 advertising agency.