Posts by Danielle Fauteaux
3 Marketing Account Managers Respond on Ways to Keep Your AMs Happy
Clients are the lifeblood of most agencies, so having an effective team of account managers is critical to your agency’s success. Beyond delighting clients, having strong AMs and a clear AM role is one portion of building a resilient agency. Because it’s easy to get caught up in the day to day whirlwinds of agency…
Read MoreDelegate, Dodge, Delete, Do: How to Get More Time Back In Your Day
It’s not uncommon to feel there simply isn’t enough time in the workday to accomplish everything on your to-do list. If you’re trying to oversee multiple employees and client accounts and creative projects, it may sometimes seem like you’re merely treading water—trying to not drown and expending a lot of energy, but feeling like you’re…
Read MoreLessons Learned in Keeping Your Agency Business Development Train Rolling
Ft. Ryan Masuga, founder of Masuga Design & Shopmode Digital At the start of his agency, Ryan Masuga had new clients come in the door continuously through referrals and luck. Now, 16 years later, it’s not as easy to find new clients. Marketing and sales have not always been easy for him as an introvert. Tune in to hear how…
Read MoreSimple Ways to Manage Team Member Return of Employer Property
When working in a creative industry, such as marketing or graphic design, you have to make sure your employees are properly equipped to do their jobs, whether they work onsite or remotely. In order to make that happen, there can be a lot of equipment getting dispersed among various people and locations. Company property—from laptops…
Read MoreNavigating Agency Growing Pains and Building a Cohesive Team
Ft. Jim Remsik, founder of Flagrant How can an agency scale successfully across matters of agency culture, cash flow, and leadership structure? The reality of changing team dynamics that comes with running and expanding an agency is something you must confront and navigate. Tune in to hear how Jim Remsik overcame growing pains in his…
Read More7 Tips for Hiring and Training Digital Marketing Specialists for Your Agency
Digital marketing specialists play an important role in presenting and promoting your agency through a variety of online platforms. For this position, you want a professional who is creative, efficient, knowledgeable about digital tools, and capable of bringing awareness to your company in effective and innovative ways. With that in mind, hiring and training digital…
Read MoreLessons Learned in Managing Teams Functioning as a Digitized Workforce
Ft. Rachel Segal, Managing Director at Briteweb Is it possible to humanize a digitized workforce, without ever meeting face-to-face in an office? Virtual teams face different challenges compared to in-office teams. For example challenges crop up daily that cause fragmentation within the agency, struggles with team bonding, and a need to overcome asynchronous communication gaps.…
Read MoreDon’t Just Do What Other Marketing Agencies Are Doing
The other day I was chatting with a client about the scope of one of their service offerings. They have been considering offering one component as a stand-alone offering. It’s less about the offering that struck me, and more about what they were focused on that I want to talk about. In talking about next…
Read MoreTransforming Your Company Culture and the Client Delivery Process
Ft. Mark Miller, Co-Founder and President of Historic Culture has the potential to make or break your agency. Keeping leadership involved, modeling the behaviors you want, and keeping true to your core values is a must. Hear this turnaround story that demonstrates that it is never too late to make changes and transform your company’s…
Read MoreNavigating Cash Flow Management Challenges & Getting Away from Hourly Billing
Ft. Bart Mroz, CEO of SUMO Heavy “Remember that one time we did all that work for Client X and they never paid us….those were good times…..” Said no-one ever. Yet, many agencies struggle with cash flow management and accounts receivables because of the billing model they utilize. There are different ways! In this episode…
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