1. Contract, contract, contract. Both with the client to avoid going directly under severe penalties, both for employees (even subcontracting entities or freelancers) to scare them off such behaviour. And of course, keep your guys happy and on interesting projects, that will help nowadays more th...
Require payment up front, either in full or as a deposit. During your onboarding process, make it clear that your policy is to pause future work if the client becomes past-due. And then follow that policy if it becomes a problem—be polite but firm. Concerned you don't have the reputation or trac...
I worked from a home office for 8 years before getting an office and hiring w2 employees. I wish I had focused more on systems earlier because I would have more quickly realized that I do not need a centralized office with employees that work in the same building. Though 75% of us work under the ...
Exciting. Good luck. Information that would help (most are known but work): 1. Testimonials - super important. If you can get past clients to agree to give a short video testimonial - even better. 2. Logo/names of happy clients. 3. Easy to understand description of your services. 4. quick and...
I have created my share of pricing for outsourced activity. Knowing what my competition is charging both on the high end and low end helped me understand the landscape but I created my pricing based on my own value proposition for each specific partner. First I needed to understand where they w...
Hey Slava! I actually have a ton of experience with this. For the last year myself and my partners have built out Rocketlaunch (www.rocketlaunch.co) to a growth agency focused on marketing and sales for Startups. We work on core items internally and outsource when possible. My caveat on outsou...
Yes, my agency uses 4-5 freelancers at any given time. We create marketing and social strategy plans for freelancers, consultants, and experts. I'm happy to connect, if you'd like. Best of luck, -Shaun
With an upfront of $10-15k you are in the 'sales range'. Companies won't part with that money without a few conference calls and whether it's you or a team someone needs to hold their hand to get that sale. CAC is a lot easier to gauge on consumer products because they can be sold on an advertis...
I've worked in digital marketing since 1997, led business operations at two digital marketing agencies, and advise digital agency owners on improving the business side of their agencies. Agencies tend to use some version of the standard consulting phases: Discovery, Analysis, Recommendations, an...
I would advice you to understand the three stages of focus namely, Orienting, Selective Attention, Open Awareness. Currently I believe you are in Orienting stage. Try to move on to the next stage and that would help. Besides if you do have any questions give me a call: https://clarity.fm/joy-bro...