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How to Rid Your Agency of Scope Creep & Prevent It In the Future
Project managers are usually driven by a desire to satisfy clients and to produce the highest quality of work possible. Along with that, though, comes the challenge of setting boundaries and taking steps to prevent projects from spiraling out of control. After all, boundary setting conversations are among the toughest to hold. Scope creep is…
Strategies for Reluctant Sellers: What to Do to Close More Deals
Ft. Steve Guberman, owner of Outsight Consulting Your agency can quickly become a burden instead of the blessing that you wanted it to be. Especially when you’re not making enough sales, not having enough new projects coming in the door, or feeling like your cash is just dwindling down as all of your expenses come…
Delegate, 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…
Navigating 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…
Lessons Learned In Reinventing Your Agency As Technologies Change
Ft. Paul Murphy, Principal at 3Advance For centuries, as technologies have changed, the exclusivity and skill required to perform various creative, development, and marketing services has eroded. This pattern will continue, thus, it’s essential that as the skills required to be a creative, web dev or marketing professional are automated and cheaply outsourceable that your…
Margin: The Best Way to Give Your Agency a Chance to Succeed
Ft. Sara Mannix, Founder of Mannix Marketing When it comes to building a successful agency, anything successful, really, it’s the amount of margin, or the room for error that you have to work within that can dictate your success or failure. What are some ways to create margin in your fiscal, temporal, and emotional situations…
Looking Ahead: The Convergence of Web App Development and Social Media Management Specialties
Influencers want to own their audiences. After all, it takes a lot of monetary, physical, and temporal resources to build up an audience on a social media platform. The worst thing that can happen for a famous content creator is for the algorithm to change or for the topic they are speaking about to be…
How to Retain Employees When You Can’t Afford to Pay Them Higher Salaries
It’s a problem plaguing most companies these days: The ability to retain high-performing professionals. For small businesses with narrower profit margins, it can be even more difficult. As a marketing or creative agency, you’re not immune to the stress that comes with worrying that your team members—especially those with exceptional interpersonal skills and critical subject…
How to Successfully Communicate Your Marketing Agency Rush Fees
As a marketing agency or independent contractor, it’s a constant balancing act to deliver high-quality content to clients in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Likely the pricing schedule you’ve set is designed to optimize these three characteristics and serve your customers to the best of your ability. However, when someone asks you or an employee…
How Much to Charge for Graphic Design and Logo Design Services
Ultimately, you can charge whatever you choose that your target audience is willing to pay. There are plenty of designers that are available to the market for a couple of bucks on Fiverr, Dribbble, and UpWork. So, start by targeting the right audience. It’s also not uncommon to see a wide range of hourly rates…
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