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Services
What we do...
StevensGouldPincus has become a unique source for ideas, contacts and services that help public relations and advertising agencies grow faster, widen their profit margins, and find synergistic merger partners.
Whether in mergers and acquisitions or management consulting, our record of successful projects is unmatched in the industry. So that you can understand how we’ve become so successful – and what we can do for you - here’s an overview of what we do and also how we do it.
As merger and management consultants, we advise clients using our proprietary agency audit, The Gould Standard (TM). This index of PR agency performance averages and ranges is based on two decades of experience auditing and consulting with the nation’s top PR agencies. Our team determines where your agency shines – and where it isn’t living up to its potential.
We can then recommend which advisory and training services that SGP can provide to improve your agency’s efficiency, effectiveness and profitability. We also discern which merger or acquisition opportunities best achieve your goals.
The roles we play when providing
these services include...
·Profitability Strategists - Review your financials and re-package them to demonstrate profitability and potential, and to maximize shareholder value
·Equity Builders - Build the substantial value of your firm
·New Business Developers - Train you to generate new business and referrals
·Presentation Experts - Train you to design more effective presentations
·Turnaround Specialists - Restore your firm to sound management, growth, profitability and a realistic vision of the future
·Executive Recruiters - Find and place talented executive level staff
·Management Consultants - Strategic management consulting
·Packagers - Present your company to accentuate the positives so its true value is unmistakable
·Deal Finders - Find the buyer, merger, and/or acquisition opportunity suitable for you
·Negotiators - Develop term sheets and contracts, and lead the negotiations
·Facilitators - Move the negotiations along, between you and the other party and/or among members of your executive team
·Management Coaches - Serve as a sounding board for key executives enabling them to achieve their full potential
Why Choose StevensGouldPincus?
No other consultants in America know the PR industry as we do. We've lived it for a lifetime.
We not only assist in finding synergistic M&A partners, but we also provide consulting strategies to manage and grow successful businesses and enter acquisitions from a postion of strength.
We frequently conduct benchmarking surveys of agency owners about their attitudes and experiences. This arms us with a wealth of market intelligence and benchmarking experts.
Our comprehensive and systematic approach to the acquisition process is intensive, well researched, and designed to successfully find the best deal in any situation.
Our structured and scientific approach to firm valuation is trusted and proven. Competitors have referred valuation business to us and have retained us to conduct such projects for their clients.
Our team of Senior Associates and our Advisory Board gives us scope and depth that few other firms can match.
Our proprietary database of more than 2,000 PR firms and our extensive personal network of agency principals facilitate the best possible acquisition opportunities available.
Working for the Buyer
If you are looking at expansion, we are your best resource for viable acquisition opportunities. Here's how we do it...
Working for the Seller
If you are thinking of selling your business we can help you establish a justifiable value and find qualified buyers.
Management Consulting
We can make your company more efficient, effective, and profitable - which means it’s more valuable. That’s ALWAYS important!
Think globally...
Our full range of M&A and Management consultancy services are also available outside the United States...
The StevensGouldPincus team is well versed in producing profitable results across international borders.
Cases in point -
StevensGouldPincus has provided the strategic counsel for PR firm Communications MECA when it merged with Toronto-based Palette PR in 2010 to form energi PR, Communications, Digital and as it has evolved yet again with the buyout of Palette's partnership interest.
SGP recently announced the latest PR agency sale transaction it facilitated, the acquisition of Schwartz Communications, the 9th largest independent PR firm in the U.S. with annual revenues approaching $30 million, by Paris-headquartered Publicis Groupe view the release
