20 Ways to Legitimize & Level Up Your Digital Agency (or Freelance Business)

Oct 21st, 20211 min

Kevin Geary

My agency is crushing it in 2021, so I thought I'd drop in for an hour or so with some tips to help you level up your digital agency or freelance business if you're feeling stuck or plateaued (or if you just love helpful insights).

If you want go to deep on these things, we're making that happen inside my Inner Circle (Over 550 active members now!): https://digitalambition.co/inner-circle/

0:00 Intro
2:25 Level up your Discovery calls
12:55 Stop selling web design
15:02 Write better proposals
21:36 Time your proposals better
23:47 Create a detailed SOW
26:02 Have clients sign an MSA
26:45 Start charging for Discovery
29:57 Start charging for project management
31:49 Start charging for copywriting and make it "mandatory"
37:38 Stop agreeing to free work inside of projects
39:50 Standardize your process
40:12 Standardize your pricing
41:41 Price for scale
44:15 Expect to win the project at the stated price
48:05 Get creative with payment plans
52:29 Stop discounting
54:24 Stop doing all the work
56:45 Get a simple project management tool and use it
57:29 Make a base website management package "mandatory"
1:01:16 Teach clients how to refer you