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This Week's Agency Insights Every week, we share content to help you run your agency business. What's Top of Mind Agencies braced for a price conversation. Clients are having a quality conversation. – Susan Baier surveyed 400 agency clients on AI expectations. “Reduce fees” came 16th. “Better strategy” and “higher-quality work” topped the list. “I swear on my own reputation you can find the joy in the process.” - Ben Bartolone is leading our next Knowledge Share on outbound for agencies (not...
Two pieces of good news this week. First: we just started recording new podcast episodes. That means fresh content is coming as early as next month! Second: our next Knowledge Share guest is Ben Bartolone, and he's joining us on October 21st to talk about outbound. We know, we know. Outbound. The thing most agency owners dread. But Ben has a way of making it feel not just doable, but something you might actually enjoy. Big promise. He delivers. That gives you a few weeks to catch up on past...
This Week's Agency Insights Every week, we share content to help you run your agency business. What's Top of Mind "They never complained about the work." – Jacquetta Haythorn on losing a retainer client she didn't want to lose and what changed after: dedicated PMs, defined processes, nothing in one person's head. Hiring a "sales guy" hoping they'll solve it? – Peter Kang on the systems that actually move you past founder-led sales. Good context for our next Knowledge Share with another...