If you are thinking about starting your own marketing agency, have started one and hit your first round of growing pains, or are a veteran looking for an exit, this book is for you. It will appeal to current and aspiring ad agency owners who want to understand their choices and take control of their agency.
In it you'll find practical and implementable advice and tools to address the day-to-day reality of running a successful marketing agency - without the stress and angst that usually goes with it.
You don’t have to read it from start to finish. You can choose the chapter that addresses your current business needs.
You can start at the end – Make sure your agency is good enough to sell from day one. Or you can start at the beginning - The Dangers of Travelling Hopefully and How a Purpose Becomes a Plan. The choice is yours.
But then that’s what this book is all about – helping you to make the right choices for YOU and your business.
If you are thinking about starting your own marketing agency; have started one and hit your first round of growing pains, or are a veteran looking for an exit, this book is for you.
In the PRCA Practical Guide, you'll find practical and implementable advice and tools to address the day-to-day reality of running a successful agency - without a lot less of the stress and angst that usually goes with it.
If you're like most agency leaders, you’ll spend the majority of your time on three areas - your people, clients and new business. These are all important levers for consultancy growth. But two other areas need at least the same level of attention - the numbers and YOU. Yes you.
Too often the owner doesn't invest enough in their own needs. And this lack of 'investment' in themselves can really hurt when the business needs them most. So, in addition to giving guidance on people, clients and new business, we've made sure that you and the numbers are both covered off in detail.
We talk a lot about choices - and the fact that we all have more choice about what happens next at a marketing agency than we think we have.
The consultancy CEO/MD role can seem like an endless stream of issues to handle and fires to put out. It can leave you feeling as if your team, or your clients, are running your business rather than you. And, that your company runs your life rather than helping you to create the life you want to lead.
That's where this book comes in.
We've put together practical and implementable guidance on how to manage your agency so that you're in control, and most importantly so that it gives you what you want from your life.
Crispin has been helping me to develop my agency for the past six years. Thanks to his suggestions I’ve made major changes in financial, HR and client management. This has transformed our profitability and enabled me to develop a sustainable business that is helping me achieve my personal life goals. I recommend Crispin and Richard’s book to anyone intent on building a great agency.
Both of us are helping agency owners around the world to realise their dreams. We do this because we get a buzz out of seeing people reach their potential. It’s very exciting when our clients see that they have real choice in how they run their businesses and then choose to do things that will give them what they want out of life and their business.
If you would like to discuss how we can help you please contact us using this email: growbuildselllive@gmail.com and we can arrange a chat about what you want to achieve.
Both of us are regular speakers at conferences and other business events. If you would like us to speak out your conference on the topics of business growth and agency development please contact using the link below. We have shared some of our most recent speaking engagements on the right.
Email: crispin.manners@onva.co.uk
Website: onva.co.uk
Twitter: @crispinluke
LinkedIn: Crispin Manners
Email: richard@agencydoctor.biz
Website: agencydoctor.biz
Twitter: @agencydoctor
LinkedIn: Richard Houghton