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December 2008, Vol. 1, Edition 11
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Lewis + Associates, LLC - Reducing Agency Expenses in a Down Economy
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Lewis + Associates, LLC - Reducing Agency Expenses in a Down Economy

Some of you may know, in 2005, I retired from Lewis Communications (ICOM member for over 30 years). Rather than surrendering completely to the golf course, I developed an expense-reduction/profit enhancement business after much research into the need for this type of business solution. The mission of Lewis + Associates is simple―we help our clients achieve increased profitability. To date, we have been extremely successful in nearly every business category, particularly advertising agencies. One of our major areas of success has been implementing a 1 1⁄2% cash-rebate program on many of our client’s media/vendor obligations while also increasing their cash flow.  Agency size and vendor purchase volume makes no difference.

The process is simple. We conduct a brief initial meeting (in many cases by conference call) to discuss our process of analysis and potential savings/earnings categories. If your agency would like to proceed, we simply ask you to provide copies of invoices, statements, etc.  In complete confidentiality, we analyze your operating expenses and provide real cost saving recommendations that will immediately make your agency more productive and profitable.

The unique aspect to our performance-based process is that we don’t charge for the analysis and there is no obligation upon conclusion of our analysis.  Should your agency accept our recommendations, we are then compensated based on a percentage of your realized savings.  We also would like to stress that all of our clients are operating profitable, efficient and productive businesses, even before we became involved. During this challenging economy, we have developed unique solutions to save your agency time and money.

To discuss our experiences, please contact John Lewis, Lewis & Associates, 251.476.2507 or johnl@lewiscommunications.com.

 
John Lewis