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8 articles
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Why design agencies are different
Design agency founders get stuck in ways other founders don't: selling is harder, talent is scarce and stepping back feels impossible. Here's the way out.
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So, why aren't people tracking their time?
Many agencies don't track time, and some have good reasons. What they get right, where it breaks, and why I still track mine.
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These 2 things are not the same
Your target rate is maths. How you actually price is a simple model that beats it. Know the difference and you'll always know if your pricing is working.
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The truth about your strategic value
Being a strategic partner is your client's call, not yours. Three lessons from 15 years of trying: beliefs, cogs and actually being able to deliver strategy.
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Are agencies dead?
Agencies aren't dead, but yours might be if it can't beat other ways of getting the same outcome. Where skill, experience and accountability still win.
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How to change your agency's positioning when clients don't see you how you want to be seen
Your real positioning lives in your clients' heads, not on your homepage, and shifting it requires deliberate proof, repetition, and finding clients who already want what you offer.
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The new way to run an agency
The agency model has splintered into multiple valid approaches, and the founders who win will be the ones who understand all of them rather than dismissing what looks different.
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How to get your clients to sign retainers
If you're struggling to sell retainers, it's probably not a sales problem, it's a signal that your service or client base isn't aligned with ongoing value.