Got a lot of new billable work coming in but don’t have enough people to handle the work? If you’re confident there’s at least 15-20 hours a week of billable work, it usually makes business sense to hire a new full-time employee. But what about when...
Unpaid scope creep is one of the biggest threats to your agency’s profits, because you feel pressure to say “yes” without evaluating the financial impact of that “yes.” When a client asks for something that’s out of scope (OOS),...
A client recently mentioned that he plans to go after bigger projects this year, as a way to grow his digital agency faster. He asked me for feedback on the plan, which he hoped would improve his profit margins. In my experience, bigger projects (and retainers) can be...
Interviewing people for a job is tough—you want the truth and many candidates will say anything to get hired. How do you avoid hiring someone who doesn’t want to do the job as you’ve defined it? One of the biggest problems I see at digital agencies is when...
Do you feel like your own marketing agency is terrible at marketing itself? You’re not alone! Agency owners often tell me they’re frustrated with their agency’s own marketing. Do these sound familiar? An agency’s sales director told me...
