How to get started with change at your agency
Many agency owners come to me with the knowledge that they have a lot of things that they need (or want) to change about their businesses.
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Keeping an eye on your agency’s finances
Agency owners can be reluctant to involve employees or contractors in managing financial aspects of their businesses, especially anything that involves access to bank accounts or credit cards.
Do you need a new tool for [whatever]?
Like many of us, agency owners can fall into the trap of believing that tools solve problems.
How agency leaders should handle big ideas
Most agency owners are full of ideas. Some of those ideas are truly audacious and require significant investment of time and/or money.
What if something happens to you as agency owner?
Do you have a plan for what others should do if you should suddenly become unavailable due to illness, accident, or even death?
Relying on third parties to deliver agency services
Most agencies depend on vendors and contracts to help provide at least some of the results that their clients expect.
The difference between agency owner compensation and profits
Agency owners actually make money in two different ways, even though they often treat it as a single income stream.
Every agency owner should have a “hit by a bus” plan
As business owners, we sometimes need to think about unpleasant things. One of those is what happens if we get hit by a bus (literally or otherwise).
Beware of dangerous agency RFP terms and conditions
Regular listeners know that Chip and Gini aren’t fans of most agency RFP processes and believe that most of them should be avoided.
Being a transparent agency leader
In this episode, Marcel Petitpas of Parakeeto and Ken Jacobs of Jacobs Consulting & Executive Coaching join Chip Griffin of SAGA to talk about how agency leaders can adopt a transparent approach with their team.
Chip Griffin founded the Small Agency Growth Alliance (SAGA) to help PR and marketing agency owners achieve their goals.