by Karl Sakas | Jan 2, 2019 | Personal Growth & Development
As humans, we frequently get stuck because we choose to make one thing falsely contingent on another. For example, you might say: “I’ll fire the Wet Twine employee once our client workload gets less busy.” The reality? Running an agency rarely gets...
by Karl Sakas | Dec 26, 2018 | Personal Growth & Development
As an agency advisor, I like to say that “if you take time to prepare for the expected, you’ll have time to improvise the unexpected.” Sometimes, those unexpected problems are really unexpected—like when I discovered The Stowaway on my first trip...
by Karl Sakas | Dec 19, 2018 | Benchmarking & Optimization
An agency owner came to me with a risk management question: “What insurance coverage does my agency need?” One of their agency’s clients was insisting they get General Liability, Workers Compensation, and Professional Liability. He wanted to know if...
by Karl Sakas | Dec 12, 2018 | Attract Great Clients, Benchmarking & Optimization, Optimize Your Sales Process, Personal Growth & Development, Scale Your Agency, Work Less Earn More
[Looking for 2022 events? See this article.] Trying to decide which agency conferences to attend in 2019? Here’s my curated roundup of 20+ in-person events to consider, with a focus on the U.S. I’ve noted where I have experience as a speaker or attendee. [Last...
by Karl Sakas | Dec 5, 2018 | Build a Stronger Team, Scale Your Agency, Work Less Earn More
Are you making the most of your agency’s freelancer relationships? Always be recruiting, to build a “stable” of freelancers—but don’t be so focused on recruiting that you miss what you already have. Today, I’ll share tips to help you...
