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Published 7 days ago • 1 min read

This Week's Agency Insights

Every week, we share content to help you run your agency business:

  • ​Growth might be sitting in your inbox – Why deepening five key relationships can beat any funnel, campaign, or conference when it comes to agency growth.
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  • ​About that new "biz person..." – What if you could never hire one again? This mental exercise from Blair Enns will challenge your org chart and possibly save you from another expensive mistake.
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  • Top agencies rely on JobRack to build their best offshore teams. Get founder Noel’s Offshore Hiring Playbook. Everything you need to know in one guide.
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    ​➡️ Get the playbook here ⬅️​
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    ​[This is a sponsored section - we're offer select partnership opportunities if any our Barrel Holdings agencies are a happy paying customer of your product/service. Email us at hi@agencyhabits.com]
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  • ​The Business Development Collection is a curation of real, winning proposals and SOWs from Barrel Holdings agencies along with our New Biz Intake Guide and Agency Lead Tracker. Now available for purchase.

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.

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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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