by Karl Sakas | Nov 18, 2013 | Personal Growth & Development, Benchmarking & Optimization
Should your life partner be your business partner in running your digital marketing agency? Maybe, but you’d better be good at dividing who’s in charge of what. It’s easy to become married business partners… it’s harder to stay married....
by Karl Sakas | Nov 7, 2013 | Attract Great Clients, Benchmarking & Optimization, Optimize Your Sales Process, Strengthen Client Relationships
When you’re running an agency, you know you’ll hear from prospective clients with what I call “big dreams and small budgets.” As an agency project manager, Director of Client Services, and head of operations, I heard from those people all the...
by Karl Sakas | Oct 28, 2013 | Build a Stronger Team, Personal Growth & Development
Digital marketing agency CEO Greg Hoy of Happy Cog recently wrote on Medium about the results of soliciting employee feedback during his first 360 degree evaluation. The feedback from his employees wasn’t always pretty—his team said he was doing a lot...
by Karl Sakas | Oct 15, 2013 | Build a Stronger Team, Personal Growth & Development, Scale Your Agency, Work Less Earn More
Question: How many digital marketing agency owners does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: ZERO, because they delegated lightbulb-changing to their team. Delegation makes your job easier All jokes aside, you’ll be happier, have more free time, and be less...
by Karl Sakas | Oct 7, 2013 | Build a Stronger Team, Personal Growth & Development, Scale Your Agency
Personality types are helpful in understanding how different people react differently in similar situations. I often speak with clients about the DISC behavioral assessment, since it can help them understand their strengths and weaknesses—and how to make better hires...
