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How agencies actually run.
Pricing, scope, process and tooling for web agencies. Written for people running one, not for people writing about running one.
- Running an agency
What to charge for a website
Most agencies price by guessing what the client will accept. Here is the arithmetic that tells you what you actually need to charge, and why day rates quietly lose you money.
- Running an agency
Scope creep is a process problem, not a client problem
Nobody sets out to abuse your goodwill. Scope creep happens because the boundary was never drawn anywhere the client could see it. Here is how to draw it without becoming difficult to work with.
- Tools
Why the CRM you bought is already abandoned
Agencies buy a CRM, fill it in for three weeks, and quietly go back to the inbox and a spreadsheet. The reason is nearly always the same, and it is not discipline.