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From social media management to podcast production, the agency industry is changing as quickly as any. Companies need to be able to adapt to these changes as quickly as possible to remain competitive in the marketplace.

Agency leaders are tasked with making sure that not only they, but their teams, are up-to-date with what’s new in the industry. Below, 10 members of Forbes Agency Council share their favorite methods for keeping their team on track with agency trends.

Reaching clients in new ways is a never-ending goal for businesses. Some forms of communication are brief and easily shareable, such as social media content, while other forms can be directly sent to clients, such as email newsletters. In fact, email newsletters can be a good way to connect with clients in a format that offers a little more “room to stretch.”

Yet, with the high number of emails that most professionals receive every day, you need to make sure that your email newsletters are crafted in a way that will grab attention and keep the client reading. To help you craft your best email newsletter, we enlisted the help of 15 members of Forbes Agency Council, who offered their top tips for engaging customers with email.

Good marketing content can inform or entertain, ideally doing both for maximum reach. In the best-case scenario, a business develops content that’s so engaging that it attracts users to its website, rather than just having content for users who would have come anyway.

Yet, creating effective marketing content takes effort, requiring consideration of audience interests, multiplatform accessibility and ease of navigation. To help you differentiate your site from competitors, we asked 14 members of Forbes Agency Council to weigh in with their best content creation ideas.

In this day and age, people are inundated with repetitive ads, one right after the other. But people want to connect with other people, not just ads they know are targeted to them.

Brand ambassadors can act as a trusted source with a direct line from your product to your client base, as long as their engagement is organic and honest. That honesty and human connection are why a stellar customer review or organic brand ambassador can often go further than an ad and truly convince someone about the quality of your company’s product or service.

With all of the marketing advice out there, it can be difficult to know which strategies are the most effective for your company and vision. To help you create authentic promotion, we asked 11 members of Forbes Agency Council to share their most successful ways of leveraging customer testimonials or organic brand ambassadors. This is what they had to say:

Many brands now use an inbound marketing strategy for reaching their audience. This means drawing potential customers in and driving traffic to a specific landing page through engaging, relevant content.

While content marketing can be highly effective when done right, even the best marketing assets can suffer in the face of information overload. To cut through the clutter and reach an audience that's already overwhelmed by content, you need a strong point of differentiation.

Below, 10 members of the Forbes Agency Council explain how to create a content marketing strategy that truly resonates with your target market.

Company and personal accolades provide great opportunities for promoting your brand. Not only do the accolades shine a spotlight on what you or your company is doing right, but they are perfect for social media sharing. Whatever form the praise is in can be translated across myriad platforms, sharing the good news and getting loyal customers hyped about the company’s success while drawing interest from new audiences.

But the key is in how the information is utilized. So, what are the best ways to make the most of a company or personal accolade? Below, 13 members of the Forbes Agency Council share insider tips on effectively utilizing accolades.

Companies now have more access than ever before to consumer data. This allows for greater personalization in sales and marketing efforts, particularly in agencies that practice account-based marketing (ABM).

When executed properly, ABM can lead to better client relationships and greater brand engagement. However, to work together effectively, your sales and marketing teams need to be aligned and work together to create a targeted, collaborative plan. To get both teams on the same page, try the following strategies from 10 members of the Forbes Agency Council.