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AgencyHabits

Crash course in agency business development

Published about 13 hours ago • 1 min read

Business development can get complicated fast.

But you still need to understand how all of its moving pieces fit together: positioning, ICP, referrals, partnerships, marketing, pipeline, and which clients you should be going after in the first place.

Ten episodes covering the business development questions we hear most often from agency owners, from how much to spend on growth to where your next opportunities might already be hiding.

Basically, everything you need to build a more intentional pipeline in one place.

If you’re trying to grow your agency without chasing every new tactic, this is a great place to start.

And if you find it useful, subscribe to the AgencyHabits YouTube channel. We’re building out more playlists like this across every part of running an agency.

Who are we?

Hi, we're Peter and Sei-Wook, co-founders of Barrel Holdings, a portfolio of agency businesses. We also run AgencyHabits, a resource for agency operators featuring lessons learned from our various agency businesses.

Thanks for being a subscriber. If you or anyone you know is interested in selling their agency business, please check out what types of agencies we're looking for and email hi@barrel-holdings.com.

Also: Peter posts a lot of agency content on LinkedIn, give him a follow!

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AgencyHabits

Go behind the scenes of real agency businesses.

AgencyHabits provides learnings, ideas, and templates for agency operators drawn from Barrel Holdings companies. Barrel Holdings incubates, acquires, and grows agency businesses.

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