Ask yourself:
“How much time and energy am I spending on menial admin tasks when a new lead comes into the business?”
If the answer is anything more than “ZERO”, you have a problem.
The Client Ascension Mastermind was INSANE
If you weren't there, you missed the business event of the year.
BUT, I created a document with some of my favorite learnings so you can get up to speed.
RT and I'll DM you
(MUST be following to get the DM)
Just created a doc outlining 7 Automations to Simplify Your Client Onboarding
You can use this to save 1-2 hours per new client
Tons of agencies overthink this process
Like + Reply "SIMPLE" and I'll send you the doc
Must be following
FROM $0 to $96k in 5 MONTHS
I officially started my agency end of July 2022. Through the rest of the year, I worked with several clients, hired a couple people, and made just under $100k.
Here's what sticks out in my mind as the real drivers of what got me there:
FROM $0 to $96k in 5 MONTHS
I officially started my agency end of July 2022. Through the rest of the year, I worked with several clients, hired a couple people, and made just under $100k.
Reply "agency" and I'll DM it to you (must be following)
I've been hijacking job apps and upw*rk posts for my consulting and it KILLS
A lot of times, companies will go with an agency even if they posted a FT role. Just comes down to your pitch
Just signed a $24k, 8 week contract doing this.
Here's 2 ways you can approach it:
Instead of a Spotify Wrapped I want an Agency Wrapped
You’ve sent 17,591 cold emails.
You spent 3,082 hours fulfilling client work.
Here’s a playlist of your worst call recordings!
December 2022 was the best month I have ever had in any business I’ve tried to build
And I owe it to Client Ascension (well I can give myself SOME credit)
3 things I learned from the community:
One of the most underrated things I've learned from Client Ascension: tactics for lead follow ups
- How to turn dead leads into warm ones to follow up on
- How to craft a follow up email that forces their attention to you
Have a few dozen follow ups to make in Q1. Let's get it
Signing whale clients is one thing,
RETAINING them is next level
Client Ascension teaches you how to do both
@HSGrowthGuy
with a $108k client renewal 🤯
My old compny came crawling back and wants to work with me
Gave them the price (already slightly discounted)
Trying to reduce it by another $500/month AND want to meet in-person 2x/month
Ain’t no way
Had a guy book a call with me, seemed totally legit ahead of the call
First question he asked: What's HubSpot?
DQ'd immediately
Then he tried to pitch me his b2b lead gen services lmaoooo
Maybe I just don't understand the service enough but if you run lead gen and your client's average contract size is $50k+
1. Why are you only charging $200/call
2. Why aren't you adding on rev share
@Crazy4Material
The episode where people who were parkouring on buildings and one dude did a flip and his head went through a metal pipe
Or the random meteor going through someone’s chest and falling into a pool
This was show existed but in no way was any of it real unfortunately
My ideal social content agency:
- 2 hrs of meetings once/month to ask both easy and complex questions about my niche
- edit the clips for shorts and tiktok
- creates tweets and threads based on those
- Posts all of it
- provides monthly analytics reports
We all know if you join Client Ascension, you get access to experts like
@andrehaykaljr
@blackhatwizardd
@cbwritescopy
But you also can learn from every student who is an expert in their own field
People DM me all the time for HubSpot help and they get it asap
Advised a client on proper list building, email, and campaign setup in HubSpot
Launched their first campaign under this new system
$100k closed won revenue in 2 weeks
Good systems = $$$$
When I started as a full-time freelancer 6 years ago, I made sure I had a client before leaving my job
More of you need to understand the value of this
Agency Tip [Client Ascension Only]
Treat the people you meet in Client Ascension as your partner network
If a client mentions a service you don't do, chances are someone in CA does it
Positions you as a true partner to the client and provides immense value to the CA community
You need to REDUCE FRICTION if you want to close more deals
I'll walk you through the deal stages in my CRM and where you can improve points of friction
Keep reading👇
A CEO once asked me for more leads because the sales team wasn’t going to hit the quarterly goal. There was only 1 month left to make moves.
Marketers have limited power in this case, but here are 8 tactics you can try:
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13 steps to sell and market for how people ACTUALLY buy
This is my longest, most value-packed thread so far.
If you’re in B2B and are doing $5k/month, you have to read this.
Agency owners that aren't running their own service for themselves are dumb
Lead gen, short form, paid media, whatever
You have to be doing your own service for yourself
This is also a great testing ground for what you do for clients
Got a BIG thread dropping tomorrow and I'll share a 1,600 word document on the best demand gen program I've ever run
if you're not following me, you won't get it
Taking a safe and steady approach to growing this agency
Currently have a 6f fulltime job
Agency is just under $20k/month after 6 months
It's a ton of work but the immense financial safety net makes decision-making less emotional (aka easier)
Always review your pipeline
Was feeling a bit nervous about new business heading into the new year
Reviewed my pipeline and realized i have over $60k in open deals
Always review your pipeline