In this first episode of The Creative Business Podcast I talk to Marcus Blankenship. Marcus is a former agency-owner who now works as a business coach to digital agencies who need help growing and managing their software teams. Marcus has a huge amount...
Read moreRaise your hand if you’ve ever thought to yourself, “I know I need to spend more time promoting my agency, but I’m too busy focusing on client work that needs to get done right now.”
Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Most agencies (unfortunately) operate...
Read moreYou didn’t become a consultant because you love bookkeeping (that is, unless you are an accounting consultant). Because time spent on bookkeeping is usually un-billable time, it is important to minimize the amount of time it takes to keep your financial...
Read moreThere’s a crucial piece to your agency that you may be overlooking, and it’s within your sales team. Do you know if your team is selling the same specific information for your services? Explaining the right product specs? As your sales team begins...
Read moreWhether you’re a newbie just starting out or a busy veteran steadily chugging along, pricing is one area of your business that you must get right.
Price too low and your agency won’t make enough to support itself. Your team will feel as if they’re...
Read moreHands-off leadership is key to creating a strong, highly-functioning team. While it's a challenge, creating a culture built off of this principle is worth it.
Your agency is growing, your teams are creating some amazing work, and you have new clients...
Read moreIs there anything worse than when your growing agency accidentally drops the ball on a project for a big client?
Let’s face it, your agency is bound to make a few mistakes, especially if you have overlapping deadlines, a lack of resources, and too...
Read moreWhen was the last time your website helped you convert a customer all on its own? How long has it been since a high-quality lead came through one of your site’s contact forms?
If you’re not seeing this kind of action from your website, it’s probably...
Read moreThere’s just never enough time in the day for most solopreneurs and budding agencies.
Between meeting deadlines and tackling the day-to-day obligations, working in the business instead of on it becomes the norm.
By the time you surface for air and...
Read moreWhen your business is firing on all cylinders and plugging along profitably, it can be hard to take a step back from the day-to-day operations and evaluate the big picture.
Sure, your business is doing great so you’re probably hesitant to change what...
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