I’ll get to the point. I write business development plans for local and global advertising agencies. OK, I am also a global photographer. I Have a new, serious project coming up in Vietnam.WHAT I DO: I work with agency management to make my clients unignorable and desirable. I advise, coach, and provide kick-ass, actionable business development strategies and action plans to advertising and digital agencies worldwide. I am the most experienced advertising agency business development consultant. 30 years of digital/advertising agency new business development experience (I owned my own Portland agency and ran business development at Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Worldwide in New York and London). Plus, I hired ad agencies as a two-time client-side tech company CEO. I get both sides of the table.I WROTE 2 BOOKS: "How to Build A Kick-Ass Advertising Agency". 27 chapters on everything you need to do and how to get it done. The pitch bible: "The Levitan Pitch. Buy This Book. Win More Pitches", my 'how-to' book on pitching & presenting is a best seller on Amazon. WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: “Peter knows the ad agency business, is always ahead of the curve, and thinks way outside the box and at lightning speed. He’s exactly the kind of person I’d want on my team if I still owned an agency or just about any other business that thrives on innovation.”- Barbara Findlay Schenck. Author of “Small Business Marketing For Dummies” and “Branding For Dummies”SOME HISTORY: I worked at Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Worldwide for 16 years. I was European Director in London, GM of the Minneapolis office, Business Development Director and Management Director in New York and London. Clients included General Mills, J&J, Sara Lee and Northwest Airlines.I owned Citrus, my own advertising and digital design agency in Portland, OR. Our clients included Dr. Martens, LegalZoom, Nike, Montana Lottery, Harrah's Hotels and Casinos, The United Nations and regional accounts across the western states.I was CEO and founder of two industry-leading Internet publishing and technology start-ups in New York and New Jersey. I've built websites for Honda, Microsoft, Nabisco and the Basketball Hall of Fame. In my digital CEO world, Microsoft bought my company ActiveBuddy (and its SmarterChild) - we invented chatbots.
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