What is your preferred tool for annotation / feedback?

Currently we're using Markup which is priced pretty high at 30/month.

for sites that aren't live and in design phase, we use Figjam/Figma but once the site is live then we have to switch tools to Markup for ongoing changes etc.

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Any alternatives? I see Punchlist but thats priced even higher.

Seo

Email Campaign

Blogs

Newsletter

Digital Ads

Social Media Posting

Whats the going rate for monthly costs?

In January, I started my instagram personal branding which was on tech niche and i gained around 10k followers in around 1.5-2 months and after that I started getting clients for social media marketing and for my first client i helped him gain 10k followers in just around 1 month. Currently, i am working with other 2 clients too but i wanted your guys opinion on how i can shift it towards an agency. As I have very good knowledge of how I instagram works and how we can build a personal brand with tier 1 audience.

Hey guys your brother is starting an seo agency by the end of next month..

Tell some of the initial ways to reach out to clients and get more work..

At this point of time i do not have any client..

I usually just say that I'm a fan of "insert project from their website". and then the rest of my short pitch. I feel like this just feels fake, especially coming from a cold email..

How do people personalize their initial cold email? any tips to make it more authentic? I want them to hire me obviously but I'm looking at their company for a reason just not sure how to translate that authnetically

Hello everyone

I’d just like to share my story on how I generated $40k+ by starting to develop MVP’s. (DISCLAIMER I AM NOT SELLING OR ARE INTERESTED IN SELLING COURSES OF ANY TYPE.) I own a website development/management company and ever since I’ve been mainly targeting people who need a normal website for example a business website or a mom and pop store website. However, those were low-ticket sales and it was the hardest to work with them as they requested 100 edits a day as they’re very picky. I wanted to move far away from this space so I started targeting new business owners or start ups that want to create an MVP but don’t really want to spend $30k+. So I just started charging $5k for each MVP software and web software and it’s been going well so far. I think this was the best way to scale my company and looking back I think if I hadn’t made that decision to start working on MVP’s then I would’ve been draining away working for mom and pop stores or low budget clients that look at the smallest details and don’t appreciate what you’re doing.

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Hello! I've worked in-house as a web and digital manager for nonprofit organizations in the US since 2006. I like my job and career but I've felt bored with my last couple of roles. I am exploring web and digital agencies as a potential next employer. Where I live (DC Metro area), there is a lot of digital and web agencies and I know many agencies from outside our state hire remote positions.

In a nutshell, my career has been primarily managing websites and web content for organizations using content management systems such as Wordpress, Drupal and SharePoint. I've also managed email marketing and produced e-newsletters using Mailchimp and similar platforms. I use tools such as Google Analytics to analyze and report on web metrics to stakeholders.

I've led or participated in eight web redesigns and content migrations, working closely and managing the work of web and digital agencies to build new websites. In these efforts, I conducted content inventories and audits, conducted user research and stakeholder interviews, facilitated the creation of taxonomies, reviewed wireframes, and conducted hands-on QA testing and remediation.

I also have experience in accessibility and section 508 compliance, and in SEO (keyword research, in-house audits, and implementing my own prescriptions.

My biggest question is how this background can add value to the work of a web and digital agency, and what are appropriate roles for me to apply to given my background and skills. I'd appreciate advice along these lines, how to approach networking with digital agency folks in my area, and what might be good events and meetups to participate in to meet agency staffers and owners.

For web devs that started an agency or freelancing in 2023, what do you think the failure rate is (first 3 years)?

I feel like the rate has to be astronomically high. Something like 90%. Curious to hear you're all's perspectives and stories.

Would it be best to email marketing and branding agencies to see if they would be interested in a partnership? Does anyone have experience with this?

I'm a seasoned Web Developer so I have a great portfolio and an established company already.

It’s quite pricey but may be cheaper than yelp ads.

Hey
I'm Looking to close some deals for some agency owners
I have Good English and have closed 1-2k Deals Before
I'm willing to start with 10% Commision on each closed Deal to Build Trust

I can’t go anywhere without getting bombarded with ads about some guy or company that is going to “put 10 qualified 5 figure retainers in a week” or a “done for you marketing agency to scale to six figures”

It’s mostly “gurus” it seems like that claim to have shut down their “6 figure agency” to just do this and make so much money with so many leads they can’t handle them all.

I know my fair share of automation and funnels, but what are they all really doing? I don’t know how I got segmented here but it’s everywhere. Has to be at least 50 different ads saying the same thing with a different person just opening IG.

I’m not clicking on their ads and I don’t believe a word of it, but it seems like they’re popping up left and right and I genuinely can’t identify what they’re doing.

I run a custom website and software boutique that I'd like to also incorporate SEO services into, but learning it has been proving really difficult - if it's not loud landing pages with SEO bros promising to make me the next rich marketing influencer, its pages and pages of outsourced blog articles and tutorials, or information that is out of date.

For someone who wants to learn about SEO and the ins-and-outs, what approach do you recommend as a starting point or maybe some sort of curriculum/must know guide??

Where can I find Agencies to cold call for conmissions only (30%)

-Im American -2years cold calling experience -10-20 hours per week

How you make first contact during LinkedIn sales?

Curious as to what your agency (especially big agencies) charge for hosting websites once they've built the site and are hosting for the client.

The highest I've seen is $250 - $350 for WP Care Plans but would love to hear that big agencies are charging multiples of that. Anyone charging $500 - $1000 or more for white glove feature rich hosting for mission critical domains? I'm speaking to average to insignificant traffic sites here, not ones with viral spikes, high concurrent cart traffic or similar or sites that would need droplets bigger than 4 gb / 2 vcpu. Thanks in advance!

What are some good outbound methods for web dev the only thing i can think about is LinkedIn page and posting consistently l.

I have had 2 clients on fiverr, iam gonna fix the gigs and try again, they both gave 5*s so that will help. What other channels or website would help for inbound marketing? I know it wont probably be as good as outbound but i just want to create more exposure.

Hello agency owners! I realised I have some leads that are wasted just because my offer doesn’t match their needs. I heard I should start building out referral connections so I don’t lose out on these leads.

I’ll go first: My niche is infocoaches and I do Instagram marketing.

If anyone’s interested, DM me @taokobayashi on IG and tell me your niche and offer so we can keep in contact.

So i run a web design agency and i am looking to hire someone to cold call to the list i give and i will explain everything about the script and i am preferably wanting someone with an american/canadian accent as thats my target market.

Do any of you know where i can find this?

Starting to manage multiple pages for clients, with mine on top I'm at 8 on one phone now. How many can I add until Instagram restricts me in some way?

Hi everyone,

I'm in a tough spot financially and urgently need to find work to make ends meet. Here's what I can do:

Web Development: WordPress, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS Graphic Design Canva. Social Media Management.

I'm hoping someone here has a project, even a small one, that I can help with.

Please, if you have anything at all, reach out. I'm truly grateful for any opportunity.

I would really appreciate any advice you could offer, even if you don't have any current opportunities.

Sorry if this is against the community guidelines.

I've been in business since 2018 and have been able to keep clients consistently and sign clients without much outreach or back and forth. I'm not sure what is happening, but I am doing more prospecting than ever and have more calls than before. However, I am not signing anyone. It's making me think I should close up shop and go corporate.

Is anyone else experiencing a similar difficulty in signing clients? And for those who have been successful, what strategies or approaches have you found most effective in closing deals?

For context, I'm a brand strategist and wholesale broker, launching brands into major retailers.

I’ve started an agency with my business partner that turned in to a quick “success”. We have solid ecom experience as we have sold (2.5 million a month) and are currently running another ecom brand doing 10+ mil, but running an agency is something different… even though with 12 years of “solid experience” I feel like I’m getting caught up..

We had a very good start and already have a MRR OF 30k in 6 months and it’s growing month by month, but I have found out that it takes me and him a lot of time. Communication to get access to customers accounts, goals and other information, but also too much communication with the customer about what they need and very adhoc stuff that give me quite some pressure as Currently we use slack for communication and Clickup for project management.

I want to always over deliver, I think with our experience in ecom game people expect us to do magic and that’s why they want to work with us. I don’t mind that expectation as we always go beyond, however I feel like sometimes it’s really overwhelming to run both an agency and a ecom business that are both growing well, however they need me both to make it happen.

I’m looking for advice how to structure onboarding and how to structure projects to minimise customer communication so we can be straight to the point, do you hire a project manager and from what scale ? What softwares do you use for your agency for reporting and project management, is there something special besides the notions, asana or click ups and looker studios in this realm? What about the customers that want to work with us because of me or my business partner ? What about the business we bring in but a colleague ends up picking it up? Would a customer feel let down?

I think while I’m writing this I’m looking for solid experiences how you grow your agency and how you structured it, because I think if we double the size that I would go crazy because it would become unmanageable..

I'm compiling a list of potential pain points that ecommerce brand owners face in their business, as I am just starting out my entrepreneurial journey.

I figured I could ask those that already work within this niche what they have noticed.

Are there certain pain points that hurt e-commerce brands more than others, or some frequently occurring ones?

This is the list I got so far...

• Managing inventory with low stock
• Email responding for products post sale
• Listing error alerts
• Negative review alerts
• Purchase order generation for reordering
• Keyword ranking
• Automated account/bookkeeping
• Automated pricing based on internal supply and external demand

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.