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Workamajig’s vetted partners can advise on implementation, agency growth, and more.
 

Workamajig implementation

Independent Workamajig consultants for setup, support, and optimization.
workamajig certified

Tina Hussion Bottom Line Advisors

Tina Hussion Tina Hussion is the Founder and President of Bottom Line Ad-visors LLC. With over 30 years of experience in advertising, marketing, public relations, and media companies, she has mainly worked with the operations side of these sectors. Tina began her career as the Director of Accounting for a Colorado-based agency at a time when software was becoming available to agencies of all sizes. She successfully migrated her agency to an automated solution and then launched Bottom Line Ad-visors to implement and train software for nationwide agencies and marketing departments.

Throughout her association with numerous agencies, she learned about
The Advantage Software Company, where she spent 22 years as the VP of Implementation and
Training. During her tenure, Tina developed and managed the implementation process while
enhancing her knowledge of software.
In 2023, Tina brought back Bottom Line Ad-visors and now offers her expertise to Workamajig
clients. Tina and her team understand the importance of customizing solutions for each
business, especially in the advertising and marketing industry where one-size-fits-all
approaches don't work. Although industry standards exist, every marketing department or
agency has unique demands and requirements. It is crucial to listen carefully and understand a
company's objectives and needs when introducing new software and organizational protocols.
Moreover, beyond implementing new systems, we have extensive experience assisting existing
clients in deploying additional system modules or streamlined processes. I am highly confident
in our industry expertise and the transformative power of software in enhancing business
operations.


We have a proven history of assisting our clients in analyzing and automating their business
processes, both during and after implementing an ERP system. Additionally, we offer ongoing
accounting and operational support. Our services are customized to meet each client's specific
needs and circumstances, whether they prefer on-site, online, or a combination of both.


Get in Touch:
Tina Hussion
Phone: 303-619-1620
Email: tina.hussion@bottomlinead-visors.com
Web: https://bottomlinead-visors.com
workamajig certified

Ahmed Samir Farada

Ahmed Samir Ahmed Samir is an ‘accidental’ advertising business specialist with a unique mix of Middle Eastern, North American and European work experiences. Ahmed started his career as a Mechanical Engineer in the Oil & Gas sector, and fell in love with the advertising sector later on when he joined a local Saudi agency in Riyadh, a shareholding partner of the internationally recognized WorldWide Partners Inc. (WPI)

Ahmed started as a Business Analyst, as well as the agency’s focal point of contact with WPI and within a short time, got promoted to Business Development Director and Operations Director in the agency. 

From those two positions, Ahmed was able to work on major governmental projects, meet creative & marketing professionals from around the world, and think deeply about what would make an agency become successful. 

Ahmed has designed numerous operational workflows, written many operational manuals for agencies and MarCom teams, lead  Digital Transformation Programs, and worked on countless bids and pitches. 

Ahmed works closely with principals and directors to Optimize operational workflows, Automate procedures, and Expand business volume. He prepares agencies to properly scale up and break that glass ceiling. Ahmed’s preferred solution of choice for fully-integrated agency management is no other than Workamajig.  

Ahmed is based between Riyadh, and Cairo and serves the MENA region.

Get in touch:

Web: www.faradaco.com
Email: info@faradaco.com

 
workamajig certified

Matt Broderick Minot Consulting LLC

Matt Broderick Minot Consulting offers a full range of financial and operational services to advertising agencies, design studios, publishing houses, PR firms, and in-house marketing departments. We provide solid financial and operational guidance, backed by expert reporting and evaluation. Workamajig is a key part of this process.

From estimate to invoice and including all of the reporting along the way, we can facilitate your seamless transition onto Workamajig. We’ll help you streamline systems, maximize efficiency, and keep you on track. Whether you’re new to Workamajig or an experienced user, we’ll help you get the most out of the program.

We let creatives be creative - by allowing them to concentrate on what they do best. From system review and implementation to outsourced CFO, Minot provides a broad spectrum of services.

With over 20 years of creative industry experience in finance, accounting and operations, founding partner Matt Broderick provides a unique understanding of both the creative and the numbers side of the business. Matt spent his first 10 years on the internal side, working as both an agency controller and operations manager in Boston. He’s spent the last 10 years on the outside looking in, as a consultant to creative firms. Matt has a BA in Liberal Arts and Business from Providence College and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Studies from the Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.

Get in touch:
Matt Broderick
Minot Consulting, LLC
Boston, MA
Email: mbroderick@minotllc.com

 


 

 

Tim Rice Adtopia

Tim Rice Tim Rice, of Adtopia and Software Downunder has been intimately involved in the set-up of numerous creative service companies, as well as the implementation of their workflow systems and staff training for over 30 years.

He works with marketing teams worldwide in setting up Workamajig and helps them overcome any system roadblocks that may arise, discusses how to get the most out of the software, and helps creative agencies and teams get their systems up and running quickly and successfully. Now that you have chosen the best marketing project management tool, be sure to hire an expert to help you get the most out of Workamajig based on the specific needs of your team.

Tim is based in sunny Sydney, Australia, and has been successfully assisting businesses globally for over 3 decades. Get in touch today and see how working with an Aussie can be fun, as well as financially beneficial due to the reasonable hourly rates and favourable foreign exchange rate.

Get in Touch: 

Email: tim@adtopia.com.au
Phone: +61 416 095 889
Web: https://www.adtopia.com.au/

 
workamajig certified

Lee Handley Workamapro

Lee Handley Let me know if any of this sounds familiar: - You are struggling to launch Workamajig. - You want Workamajig to help you optimize your workflow and resources for profitability. - You want to use Workamajig to its full potential - but you don’t know what you don’t know. - You aren’t sure if you can trust your financial reporting. - You want better dashboards and reports to make better decisions.

Issues like these can change the color of your hair. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

What if you could:

- Approach your implementation with confidence?
- Remove all risks of implementation failure?
- Understand the full impact of your implementation decisions before you make them?
- Create a system diagnostic to measure agency performance?
- Review your current state for opportunities to optimize profitability?
- Feel like your software system is working for you, instead of feeling like you’re “feeding a machine”?
- Sleep like a baby knowing your company financials are bulletproof?

If this is why you signed up for Workamajig in the first place, then Workamapro can help your agency thrive.

Workamapro exists to help agency owners optimize profitability. Don't waste resources solving the wrong problems. Understand them before making decisions impacting your solution. Our solutions are custom-designed to fit your agency. One-size-fits-all solutions create more problems than they solve.

My name is Lee Handley and I am the founder of Workamapro. I am a rehabilitated agency CFO turned profitability consultant. I have helped hundreds of agencies optimize their operations for profitability since 2008. I also happen to be the world’s #1 expert on the Workamajig software platform.

I come from the agency world. I’ve felt the struggles of making payroll and the joys of signing a new (gorilla) client. I understand that your agency is unique. Technology should never compromise your creative culture.

Now I’m getting excited about your project! Let’s start a conversation (click here) and get you back on track.

Or, check out our site by clicking here.
workamajig certified

Connie Clary Agency ADvisor

Connie Clary Agency ADvisor is an Arizona-based firm, that has focused on the needs of creative firms for over twenty years. Agency ADvisor provides tools, resources, and expert advice to help agencies become more efficient and more profitable. Since 2001, Agency ADvisor has provided expert Workamajig implementation guidance to over 200 agencies and in-house creative firms across the United States and Canada.

Our primary business focus at Agency ADvisor is Process and Workflow
Efficiency/Agency Management Consulting and Coaching. The first step in
becoming a more efficient and profitable shop is your foundation, your
Workamajig system. We believe that all agencies are unique. That is why all our
Workamajig implementations are customized to fit each client’s needs with one
common goal in mind; to ensure a successful implementation with the least
amount of disruption to your daily workflow and without smothering your
Creativity!
Our focus and hands-on approach has proven successful in managing the
changes that each employee faces with a new system and will guide you to a
new level of efficiency, eliminate redundancies and increased profitability. The
end result will be more jobs completed on time, on scope and on budget along
with better resource forecasting and staff allocation leading to higher
profitability.
Our Workamajig expert, Connie Clary, has over 35 years of experience in the
Advertising Industry including being an agency owner herself. Having worked
onsite with over 750 agencies and in-house studios, her ‘Best Practices’ sharing
proves vital to any company implementing a new system.


Get in touch:


Agency ADvisor
Peoria, AZ 85382
Phone: 623.363.4453
Email: connie@agencyadvisor.com

 
workamajig certified

Kimberley Fulwood KF Strategies

Kimberley Fulwood At KF Strategies, we don’t just train our clients on Workamajig and then disappear. Workamajig isn’t a one-size-fits-all kind of tool. To be most effective and to give you the greatest ROI, it must be tailored to how you do business and to the people and processes that drive it.

That’s why we work to ensure that all the aspects of your business are performing optimally. So, we start with your people, your most vital asset. We utilize tools from The Predictive Index to help connect your business strategy with a people strategy that addresses hiring, retention, team culture, and more.

Then, we evaluate your existing processes in accounting, operations, sales, and
administration. We identify and address any gaps that are limiting your business’s
potential for growth.

Lastly, we leverage Workamajig, and customize it to your unique requirements.
Your story is unique, as are your people and processes. So, we design solutions that
are customized and specific to you.
That is the KF Strategies difference.

Get in Touch: 

Kimberley Fulwood
Founder & CEO
Web: kf-strategies.com
Phone: 901-283-4872
Email: kimberley@kf-strategies.com

 

 
workamajig certified

Vanessa Edwards Creative Performance

Vanessa Edwards Creative Performance is a niche-consulting firm for the marketing services industry for both Independent + In-house. We specialize in helping marketing organizations through periods of explosive growth, integrated software deployments, change management, agency turnarounds, business intelligence initiatives, and liquidity events.

A little about us:
120+ clients
50 – 1,300 FTE
Independent, Network & Holding Companies
IHA - Fortune 100
70 + Workamajig Deployments & Redeployments

CPI: Philosophy & Approach
The primary goal of any CPI engagement can be broken down into three philosophical axes that act as the organizing force for all of our client engagements.

Organizational Agility (Future proof your agency)
  - Rapidly respond and adapt to changes in the marketplace
  - Strategically leverage technology to improve responsiveness
  - Prepare teams to move quickly by breaking down silos and org barriers


Operational Resilience (Bend, but don’t break)
  - Ability to continually provide quality service during adverse times
  - Ability to quickly recover from (and adapt to) unexpected events
  - Take advantage of market conditions in ways that competitors cannot


Business Intelligence (Data insights to improve performance)
  - Measure and manage performance in ways that create alignment
  - Early warning system; course corrector
  - Improve performance over time


If you have any specific questions regarding our philosophy, approach or client outcomes, please feel free to contact me directly at v@cpi.consulting.
- Vanessa Edwards, President

Get in Touch: 

Email: info@creativelyperform.com
Phone: 866-578-8611
Web: https://cpi.consulting/

 
workamajig certified

Vincent G. Dong, CPA Advice Software & Consulting Inc.

Vincent G. Dong, CPA ADvice Software & Consulting Inc. is a 31 year old agency-focused management consulting firm that is owned and operated by Vince Dong. Vince offers agency-specific Workamajig training for the operations and finance & accounting areas and works together with Workamajig to service the agency. Vince also works with other Project Management Software so he understands the most efficient way of transferring data. ADvice has decades of experience in software implementations most specifically migrating data from Advantage Software to Workamajig.

As importantly, he knows that in order to maximize the consistently profitable operations of an agency, it takes more than just the software to do so. There are many controllable and non-controllable issues including; agency culture, staff experience, client behaviors, type of client work offered, and even willingness to learn.

Vince thrives on solving an agency’s software and operations issues as he so often hears the phrase “Vince, we do things a little bit differently around here…”.

As one of Workamajig’s consultants, a successful implementation or re-implementation requires not only the understanding of Workamajig but also the melding of an agency’s language, the language of Workamajig, Accounting principles in the advertising industry and most importantly the accurate transfer of carryforward PM and Accounting data from the old system to Workamajig. 

Vince earned his CPA from E&Y and has a B.Comm from McMaster University in Canada. He also worked as the head finance person of an agency. Vince is currently Second Wind’s Operations Consultant. Vince has been servicing the North American advertising industry for over 35 years. Vince has also dealt with large and small agency reporting.

Vince makes it a point to have agencies be on the same page as Workamajig and vice-versa.


Get in Touch:

Vincent G. Dong
Phone: 416-362-3664
Email: vincent.dong@vincentdong.com
Web: www.vincentdong.com

 

Agency growth

Need expert agency advice? These independent consultants are both highly recommended & friends of Workamajig.
workamajig certified

Tina Hussion Bottom Line Advisors

Tina Hussion Tina Hussion is the Founder and President of Bottom Line Ad-visors LLC. With over 30 years of experience in advertising, marketing, public relations, and media companies, she has mainly worked with the operations side of these sectors. Tina began her career as the Director of Accounting for a Colorado-based agency at a time when software was becoming available to agencies of all sizes. She successfully migrated her agency to an automated solution and then launched Bottom Line Ad-visors to implement and train software for nationwide agencies and marketing departments.

Throughout her association with numerous agencies, she learned about
The Advantage Software Company, where she spent 22 years as the VP of Implementation and
Training. During her tenure, Tina developed and managed the implementation process while
enhancing her knowledge of software.
In 2023, Tina brought back Bottom Line Ad-visors and now offers her expertise to Workamajig
clients. Tina and her team understand the importance of customizing solutions for each
business, especially in the advertising and marketing industry where one-size-fits-all
approaches don't work. Although industry standards exist, every marketing department or
agency has unique demands and requirements. It is crucial to listen carefully and understand a
company's objectives and needs when introducing new software and organizational protocols.
Moreover, beyond implementing new systems, we have extensive experience assisting existing
clients in deploying additional system modules or streamlined processes. I am highly confident
in our industry expertise and the transformative power of software in enhancing business
operations.


We have a proven history of assisting our clients in analyzing and automating their business
processes, both during and after implementing an ERP system. Additionally, we offer ongoing
accounting and operational support. Our services are customized to meet each client's specific
needs and circumstances, whether they prefer on-site, online, or a combination of both.


Get in Touch:
Tina Hussion
Phone: 303-619-1620
Email: tina.hussion@bottomlinead-visors.com
Web: https://bottomlinead-visors.com

J. Mark Riggs Pemberton

J. Mark Riggs Mark is the founder and CEO of Pemberton which is a management consultancy that exists to be the go-to resource for marketing/communications agencies to discover and reveal pathways to organic growth while changing the mindset of an RFP-obsessed industry.

Before starting Pemberton, Mark spent 20 years in the agency world working for IPG’s Mullen Lowe, an Ad Age A-List Agency, Taylor, the Provoke’s Consumer Agency of the Decade, MWWPR and French/West/Vaughan, the Southeast’s largest independent agency.
Mark has spent a career learning the art of integrated communication developing and executing award-winning consumer programs for brands and companies like Allstate, Honda, Ford, Kimberly-Clark, Polaris, Coke, Diageo, RJ Reynolds, SunTrust Banks, the U.S. Navy, the Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN, to name a few. Mark has a reputation as a business-builder and a strategic counselor and has experience in leading client services, insights and planning functions, as well as developing talent. A creative thinker and problem-solver, Mark believes that great thinking can “come from anywhere,” it’s the ability to harness it and leverage it for clients that makes the intellectual property of the agency valuable and an integral part of the marketing mix.

Get in touch:
Web: www.pembertonworldwide.com
Phone: 704-307-5255

 
workamajig certified

Vincent G. Dong, CPA Advice Software & Consulting Inc.

Vincent G. Dong, CPA ADvice Software & Consulting Inc. is a 31 year old agency-focused management consulting firm that is owned and operated by Vince Dong. Vince offers agency-specific Workamajig training for the operations and finance & accounting areas and works together with Workamajig to service the agency. Vince also works with other Project Management Software so he understands the most efficient way of transferring data. ADvice has decades of experience in software implementations most specifically migrating data from Advantage Software to Workamajig.

As importantly, he knows that in order to maximize the consistently profitable operations of an agency, it takes more than just the software to do so. There are many controllable and non-controllable issues including; agency culture, staff experience, client behaviors, type of client work offered, and even willingness to learn.

Vince thrives on solving an agency’s software and operations issues as he so often hears the phrase “Vince, we do things a little bit differently around here…”.

As one of Workamajig’s consultants, a successful implementation or re-implementation requires not only the understanding of Workamajig but also the melding of an agency’s language, the language of Workamajig, Accounting principles in the advertising industry and most importantly the accurate transfer of carryforward PM and Accounting data from the old system to Workamajig. 

Vince earned his CPA from E&Y and has a B.Comm from McMaster University in Canada. He also worked as the head finance person of an agency. Vince is currently Second Wind’s Operations Consultant. Vince has been servicing the North American advertising industry for over 35 years. Vince has also dealt with large and small agency reporting.

Vince makes it a point to have agencies be on the same page as Workamajig and vice-versa.


Get in Touch:

Vincent G. Dong
Phone: 416-362-3664
Email: vincent.dong@vincentdong.com
Web: www.vincentdong.com

 

Laurie Mikes Second Wind

Laurie Mikes Second Wind’s founder and former managing director the late Anthony P. Mikes was an advertising executive who spent twenty-five years managing and owning advertising agencies and graphic design studios. Through his experience, Mr. Mikes came to recognize the value of shared information as it relates to successfully managing an advertising agency.

Second Wind (Mr. Mikes’ second life in advertising) was the result. For more than thirty years, Second Wind has been a thought leader and innovator for smaller agencies. They provide world-class content, advice and services to help advertising, graphic design, marketing, interactive and pubic relations firms grow and in fact, to BE better.

Second Wind is currently led by Laurie Mikes. Laurie has been with Second Wind since 1996 and currently acts as Chief Operating Officer. She oversees the daily operations of the business while keeping one finger on the pulse of the industry.  In addition to consulting and training, Laurie is deeply involved with member agencies, speaking with them on a regular basis. Whether it's providing guidance about financial matters, agency growth or operations, her years of experience bring valuable insight and perspective to agencies looking to build a successful sustainable business. Second Wind and Workamajig have had a relationship for more than 15 years and
support each other in their endeavors to help advertising agencies work smarter, faster more efficiently and profitably.

Get in Touch: 
Web: secondwindonline.com
Phone: 610-374-9093

 

Karl Sakas Sakas and Company

Karl Sakas Growth is good… unless it gets out of control. As a management consultant and executive coach, Karl Sakas helps agency leaders make smarter decisions for smoother growth—with advice developed from experience guiding hundreds of agencies on every inhabited continent.

Sakas & Company helps simplify life for agency leaders with one-on-one support, executive education and resources, and training opportunities for you and your team.
What’s different about working with Karl as your agency consultant and coach?

First, you get a boutique client experience, with a structured yet flexible process. Clients love having a private, objective sounding board who can identify quick wins and help implement long term strategies. Running an agency is complex, but it doesn’t have to be so complicated.

Second, Karl’s deep background in agency operations means he focuses on pragmatic advice, to help agency leaders uncomplicate their day-to-day while running the agency smoother. To help you build momentum, you'll get access to his Resource Library of 50+ time-saving templates. After all, success requires turning ideas into reality.

Third, Karl customizes his advice to your situation—your Values, Goals, and Resources. Your agency isn’t cookie cutter, so don't accept cookie cutter advice. This includes helping you stay actively accountable, with support dedicated to helping agency owners calm the chaos of agency life.

Karl has appeared in Digiday, Entrepreneur, Crain’s, and more. He speaks at events like INBOUND, SoDA Academy, and Content Marketing World. Karl is the author of Made to Lead, The In-Demand Marketing Agency, and more than 400 hundreds of articles on agency management.

When he’s not advising agency leaders, Karl enjoys volunteering as a bartender on a 1930s railroad car, mixing martinis at 100 miles an hour.

Ready to get your fast-growing agency under control again? Contact Karl to see if you’re a match.

 

Get in Touch: 


Email: concierge@sakasandcompany.com 
Phone: 919-410-6224
Web: https://sakasandcompany.com/

 

Kelly Campbell

Kelly Campbell Kelly is a Trauma-Informed Leadership Coach to high-impact leaders, including those in the agency space. The former owner of a cause marketing firm for 14 years, their coaching work focuses on personal development and past trauma's impact on present leadership style.

She is the author of "HEAL to LEAD: Revolutionizing Leadership through Trauma Healing" (Wiley), has written for Forbes and currently writes for Entrepreneur and on Substack, “The New TLC: Trauma, Leadership, and Consciousness.” 
 
An inspiring keynote speaker, Kelly is also the founder of Consciousness Leaders, the world's most diverse representation agency, pairing organizations with the experts they need to create positive change and drive lasting results.
 
Kelly’s vision is for more than half of humanity to heal its childhood trauma so that we may reimagine and rebuild the world together.

Get in Touch:

Anthony Gindin Agency Different

Anthony Gindin Over the past 23 years, Anthony has built six companies, published two books, spoken at events around the world, worked with executive leaders in 17 countries and been recognized with 11 international marketing awards.

Although a 23-year agency veteran, Anthony's unique perspective was born and bred in the 9+ years spent client-side, living in Europe and working with some of the best agencies in the world (Ogilvy, BBDO, etc.).

During this time, Anthony researched, evaluated and was pitched to by hundreds of agencies - making him an expert in what clients truly look for and care about when selecting an agency.

As a testament to this, in 2011, Anthony was brought on by the Canadian government to help redefine their RFP process for Canadian Crown Corporations.

In 2013, Anthony "defected" back to the agency side, where he used his "inside information" to grow a small agency from $3.5M to $14M in just three years, while growing the client base from North America into Europe and the Middle East.

To date, Anthony has closed over $43M in agency new business and financing.

As a tenacious entrepreneur, Anthony has more recently built his own consulting practice and co-founded two ecommerce companies - exiting both successfully after taking each of them public (CSE) within 12 months.

David C. Baker Puntuation

David C. Baker David speaks to, writes for, and consults with the expertise marketplace via ReCourses, He has worked with 900+ firms under that umbrella, and tens of thousands of others have been through ReCourses seminars or attended a speaking engagement.

David also owns RockBench Publishing Corp., a traditional and electronic publisher of courageous thought leadership insight. Through it they give sharp thinkers the sort of platform they deserve. Search for “rockbench publishing” at Amazon and you’ll get a feel for the quality of the offerings.

David has been a featured speaker at nearly every marketing industry conference (APDF, HOW, AIGA, PRSA, Counselors Academy, MYOB, SEGD, BDA, PROMAX, Y, etc.), as well as nearly every association that serves this field. He has spoken at multiple TEDx events.

He has been a frequent contributor to nearly all the major publications that serve the marketing industry (Critique, Communication Arts, HOW, Rough, Creative Business, PR Intelligence Report, Creative Planet, In-Review, Graphic Artists Guild, Agency Insider Report, Post Industry, Internet Professional Publishers Association, etc.). David also edited Persuading for its entire tenure of six years, earning accolades from subscribers all over the planet.

His work has been discussed in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, Forbes, MarketingProfs, and BusinessWeek. David is also the author of three RockBench titles: Managing (Right) for the First Time, Financial Management of a Marketing Firm, and The Business of Expertise.

 

Get in Touch:

https://www.davidcbaker.com/
Phone: 615.831.2277

 
workamajig certified

Blair Enns Win Without Pitching

Blair Enns Blair Enns is on a mission to change the way creative services are bought and sold the world over. Through his global consulting practice Blair works with principals and personnel of design firms, ad agencies, public relations practices and other creative businesses to help them transform from a high cost, pitch-based business development strategy to one where the firm commands the high ground in the relationship and shapes how its services are bought and sold.

Through his global consulting practice Enns works with owners of advertising agencies, design firms and public relations practices to help them transform from a high-cost, low-integrity, pitch-based business development strategy to one in which the agency commands the high ground in the relationship and shapes how its services are bought and sold.

As a speaker and author, Blair endeavors to be the sand in the industry-wide pitch machine, questioning creative firms and clients alike on the sanity of the pitch-based approach. Beyond questioning, however, he offers an alternative way forward for creative businesses, delivering a new set of protocols on how to gain new clients without first parting with ideas or sacrificing respect.

Blair has lectured and consulted across the Americas, Europe, Australia and the Middle East, addressing many national and international conferences of design, advertising and public relations. In fact, Blair has addressed our audience at our Workology 3.0 Conference held in Chandler AZ. He taught us a thing or two! Prior to launching Win Without Pitching in 2001, Blair spent 12 years working in account service and business development roles for some of the world's largest ad agencies and some of its smallest design firms.

Blair Enns is author of the self-published Win Without Pitching - Sales Success for Marketing Communication Agencies, and author of the Win Without Pitching Newsletter. He has been published in Design Week magazine (UK, April 2007) and the journal Persuading (August, 2004, February 2005). His paper on Key Performance Indicators for Professional Practice Development was presented at the World Congress on Total Quality Management (2005).

Enns is a member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants. He operates from the remote mountain village of Kaslo, British Columbia, Canada, where he lives with his wife and four children.

Get in touch:

Web: winwithoutpitching.com
Phone: 250-353-2591

 

 

Agency Networks

Agency networks and industry groups Workamajig recommends.

Canadian marketing expertise starts here. Say hello to the Canadian Agency Network (tCAN), Canada’s only network of independent advertising, marketing, and communication agencies. No one knows Canada better! Communicating in all languages with complete marketing expertise and a local know-how. From coast-to-coast.

WHO

Since its inception in 1963, tCAN has served as a network for Canada’s most innovative and entrepreneurial independent agencies to come together. With a strong belief in collaboration over competition, tCAN champions a spirit that brings together the best strategic and creative minds in the industry creating a space where independent agencies are encouraged to leverage each other’s strengths. Through tCAN, independent agency owners are not merely surviving; they are thriving, together, in a network that celebrates mutual success and innovation.

Membership benefits include:

  • Access to a network of thought leaders and independent agency owners.
  • Opportunity to attend to the annual tCAN member’s conference, featuring dynamic speakers, workshops, and networking events.
  • Access to a wealth of resources including workshops, seminars, and interactive webinars led by industry experts. (Sessions cover a wide range of topics tailored to the specific needs of agency owners, from navigating regulatory changes to adopting the latest technological advancements).
WHY

At tCAN, we believe in the tremendous value of inter-member cooperation. Independent Canadian agencies can leverage each other’s expertise, fresh ideas, contacts and local market knowledge for the benefit of their clients. We also believe that through our connected alliance, we can create opportunities as well as build business and operational efficiencies. Our values, Curiosity, Sharing, Trust and Leadership, attest to our vision that there is a strength in numbers. When tCAN members band together, our clients win—and so do we.

Mirren is a training firm that specializes in advancing the skills of senior teams at agencies in digital, advertising, PR, experiential, and more. For client-facing teams, we provide the new skills, frameworks, and methods to more effectively impact each client’s pressing business needs – resulting in significant organic growth

For pitch teams, we transform the new business process into one that is strategic, methodical, and efficient – ultimately building and converting a pipeline of high-value clients.

Ultimately, the goal is to generate growth by operating as a stronger strategic partner with each client and prospect – more effectively addressing the urgent business needs of each client and prospect.

Our training is provided custom for each agency (in-person or remote), via on-demand and live webinars with MirrenDirect, and in mixed agency groups with our Account Mastery Training Series. Each year, more than 500 agencies participate in our training, Mirren Live, and CEO Summit conferences.

Agency Management Institute (AMI) is a management consulting business that specializes in helping owners of small and medium sized marketing communication companies move up to their next performance level—and keep improving.

The Agency Management Institute was founded in 1995 (originally called Agency Management Roundtable or AMR) with the intention of teaching and promoting the highest standard of business practices and professional ethics among privately owned agencies (advertising, PR, digital, marketing) in North America.

We also wanted to create a network of agency owners that offered each member a safe, confidential and supportive environment in which to learn, explore and successfully master these business best practices so they could build profitable, sustainable and widely respected agencies.

The ultimate measure of both AMI and its network of member agencies is that each affiliated agency consistently contributes to their clients’ growth and stability, are creative and fun places to work, enhance and shape their community, and serve the business owner’s goals.

Our clients include agencies of all shapes and sizes — advertising, digital, marketing, media, graphic design and PR firms — each with the same goal — they want to get better and make more money.

MAGNET is an active network of agency CEOs and Principals of independent advertising and marketing firms. We span six continents, have decades of thought leadership and insights, and create opportunities for growth for members. Our face-to-face approach and culture of transparency strengthens bonds between members and creates relationships to help answer those questions that keep agency leaders up at night.

MAGNET was the brainchild of a group of ad executives who envisioned a noncompetitive network for agency leaders to share knowledge and resources. Launched in 1946, the network has continued to grow and evolve, but what hasn’t changed is MAGNET’s culture of transparency, open sharing and genuine camaraderie.

MAGNET is so much more than just a global professional network of partnered agencies; we are your gateway to unparalleled marketing support and collaboration.

There is a way to get the insights, the scalability, the credibility and the answers to the questions that keep you up at night. With MAGNET, you have a global network of CEOs and Principals who understand what you're going through in running an independent agency.

Fueled by member collaboration, Taan Worldwide is a growth incubator for independent marketing agencies. Our relationships are what makes us different. We’re fiercely dedicated to an open culture, which promotes trust and connections that are often deeper than a typical business network – allowing for selfless collaboration and high-level idea exchange in pursuit of inventive solutions.

 

Taan membership is purposefully a wide range of expertise across the spectrum of communications agencies. PR, traditional agencies, creative firms, strategic consultants, digital, research, media buying, experiential, design, mobile developers, social marketing, research, crisis management... you get the idea. We believe that each of us offer a perspective that will expand our collective knowledge that will strengthen our businesses. A team of peers that work to benefit each other. Along with broad portfolio of capabilities that enable our clients to extend their brand around the world.

This is not an organization for everyone in this business. But for those who see the benefit of such an open environment, demonstrate the commitment to sharing among peers, and bring to Taan a valuable perspective, these are the agencies that will be welcomed into our organization.

Scale. Reach. Gravitas. The holding companies undeniably offer them. And if the drawbacks weren’t so equally obvious, one would own your agency by now. With AMIN, you’ll always forge your own path. You’ll just do it knowing you’ve got allies in over 50 talent-packed shops spanning the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. How’s that for gravitas?

 

What AMIN Offers

Expertise

Your allies are smart. Whether it’s best practices, services, technology or category experience, there’s a partner in the network who can help.

Growth

Allegiance means being part of something bigger. Leverage on-the-ground insight from partners all over the world to evolve your business model.

Trust

Lean on trusted agency partners that are just like you. You’ll get to look behind the scenes at others’ success – and yes, even their failures, too.

Independence

Leverage the benefits of a network, without sacrificing your independence. Gain access to strategic thinkers and creative doers – no conflicting interests, no red tape, no nonsense.

Tech Integrations

The industry’s leading media buying, payments, and tax compliance tools all integrate with Workamajig.

Bionic

Bionic's mission is to enable media teams to boost advertising effectiveness through smarter technology for media planning & media buying.

Bionic is the only all-in-one software that automates media planning and media buying across all media channels, in all markets. 

  • For Ad Agencies: Bionic automates your media planning and media buying workflows. It saves time, eliminates errors, and improves results.

  • For Advertisers: Bionic brings transparency, accountability, and control to your media investments.

  • For Ad Sales: Bionic helps you manage your Media Kits, RFPs, and Orders. It gets you into more media plans.
workamajig certified

AvidXChange

AvidXchange transforms how business's manage and make bill payments with their invoice and payment automation solutions.

AvidXchange, a market leader in AP and Payment Automation, integrates with Workamajig to provide customers with an easier, faster, more secure way to process invoices and make electronic payments. By automating the back-office, AvidXchange allows Workamajig users to focus on delivering extraordinary customer experiences. The integration between AvidXchange and Workamajig helps customers transform their paper-based AP processes into streamlined workflows to manage the invoice intake, data capture, routing and approval steps, all the way through to facilitating 100% of supplier payments.
workamajig certified

EdenRed

Edenred Pay is the market leader in B2B payments automation. We provide our customers with an advanced integrated payables solution that automates invoice-to-pay end-to-end. At Edenred Pay, we understand the intricacies of accounts payable, and our customers’ needs are at the heart of our solutions.

Our integrated platform connects buyers and suppliers with ERPs, banks, Fintechs, and payment rails. We optimize supplier enablement, invoice automation, and supplier payments to create a frictionless payables process. The result is an innovative approach to B2B transactions that delivers value and provides a better experience for all parties across the B2B payments ecosystem.

Edenred Pay delivers results for our clients. Our platform is designed for small, mid-size, and enterprise businesses, across all industries. No matter your invoice volumes, legacy ERP, or where your staff works, we automate your payables process from end-to-end.
workamajig certified

Avalara

Avalara helps businesses like increase efficiency and accuracy by automating tax compliance, enabling streamlined customer experiences globally, and simplifying vendor management.

In operation since 2004, Avalara serves customers from 95 countries. It helps businesses of all sizes get tax compliance right. In partnership with leading ERP, accounting, e-commerce, and other financial management system providers, Avalara delivers cloud-based compliance solutions for various transaction taxes, including sales and use, VAT, GST, excise, communications, lodging, and other indirect tax types. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across the U.S. and around the world in Brazil, Europe, and India. 

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