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Can You See What's Coming?
Can You See What's Coming?

You have to be looking both ways with money in each hand to be able to see. If you aren't, you'll miss your chance to grab a growth tool that's on its way to increasing your agency. Because you don't need help maintaining your business where it's at....

Posted: Jan 12, 2018

The Easiest Way to Get Marketing Buy-In
The Easiest Way to Get Marketing Buy-In

Is to create an experience that changes their perception of space and time as they know it. That's probably more than slightly exaggerated, however should not be understated in its importance. Yes, there's a lot of information available to help reinf...

Posted: Jan 11, 2018

Are You a Content Believer?
Are You a Content Believer?

You might want to think twice before you answer, because it's hard to do if you're not ready. Once you've allowed yourself to believe this idea can work, then it's up to you to make it happen. Creating the habits and identifying the times to consiste...

Posted: Jan 09, 2018

No Excuses
No Excuses

No one believes them anyways. The road map is there and no wheel's need reinvented to get there, you just have to do the work. Maybe the people closest to you make the map harder to read. You don't have to take the shortest path, in fact, you'll prob...

Posted: Jan 08, 2018

How Pretty Should Your Agency Be?
How Pretty Should Your Agency Be?

Probably a little more than it is right now. It's possible your indifference to awesome design could be preventing you and maybe the whole industry from reaching its full potential. So much is said through the design of your agency's website, logo an...

Posted: Jan 05, 2018

No One Wants to Request a Quote
No One Wants to Request a Quote

Because they know what's going to happen if they do. It's the previous mediocrity that has created an immunity to the thing you want them to do the most. You probably haven't done enough work to earn the request, because the requirement increases eve...

Posted: Jan 04, 2018

When a Niche Goes Wrong
When a Niche Goes Wrong

Sometimes you can't see it until it's too late. But seeing it at all is the only thing that will keep you from finding more. Just because your agency can do something, doesn't mean it always should. That might be the hardest part resisting a niche re...

Posted: Jan 02, 2018

Two Things You Should Be Doing in 2018
Two Things You Should Be Doing in 2018

One might be more important than the other, but it seems it can't be emphasized enough. No matter what, one thing is certain, you have to be willing to invest in the necessary tools to give yourself a chance to stay ahead. Those tools might look comp...

Posted: Jan 01, 2018

Should Your Business and Marketing Strategy be the Same?
Should Your Business and Marketing Strategy be the Same?

If it's not, then there's a good chance you could hate yourself at some point. You could take it all the way to crazy town, like Ryan suggests, and say the whole business is marketing. But if you really stop and think about it, is it really that craz...

Posted: Dec 29, 2017

Are You Giving Up Too Soon?
Are You Giving Up Too Soon?

There's a pretty good chance that you are because you don't realize how long it takes. Believe it or not, your ability to show up and do the things you're supposed to is a very powerful differentiator. It's that simple difference that separates avera...

Posted: Dec 28, 2017