Humorist Dave Barry once said, “If you had to identify, in a single word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings.” Most of you feel the same way. The last thing you need is another meeting but I am here [...]
Do you have a reliable, regular handle on your agency's future and agency financial picture? On any given day – agency ownership is akin to riding a roller coaster – the highs are exhilarating and the lows are terrifying. While the highs and lows are triggered by a variety of factors (clients, technology, employees, etc.) [...]
Developing outstanding customer service. Inspiring unwavering customer loyalty. Creating passionate customer advocates. We all want it. We all need it. But how do we get it? “I think at the end of the day all you have to do to be different and be remembered is just be a little bit better than what we [...]
Are you struggling to determine how to price digital marketing services? Do you find yourself asking how does your pricing align with other agencies? What KPIs are other agency owners tracking? What should my profit margin be? How many clients do I need to make $X per year? What sources generate the best leads? These [...]
Start with the end in mind, as Stephen Covey taught us. But you’re not going to get there without intentionally putting together a plan and then measuring your progress along the way to make sure you are meeting or exceeding your own expectations. The key in all of that is being intentional. You teach your [...]
“We’re a full service integrated marketing agency. We partner with our clients.” Sound familiar? Is this how you describe and position your agency? Hopefully not if you want to attract the best clients for your agency. Generalist agencies don’t fare as well as specialists. AMI research shows that CMOs want specialists. They want their [...]
Running or owning an agency is not easy. And it seems that these agency problems and challenges are getting tougher to face every year. Many agencies are watching their workloads grow while their fees and profits seem frozen in time. My podcast guest Michael Farmer has been tracking the evolution of agency work for the past [...]
Whether you like it or not, there are several financial mistakes being made in your agency today that are costing you money. You’re in business to make money, so every step you can take to prevent these mistakes is worth it’s weight in gold, literally. Most of these mistakes happen slowly over time and just [...]
One of the goals of many agency owners is to build a business that has enough value that someone will want to buy it from them down the road. If you got a call with a cash offer for your agency tomorrow -- would you be ready? Would your agency be? That’s exactly what happened [...]
Short of losing out on work, I'm not sure there's anything more frustrating then when a client is stalled on a project. You know how it goes. Client calls with their hair on fire. You move heaven and earth to get the resources ready to help them solve their crisis and you're knee deep into [...]
