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Marketing services firms like yours don’t often fail because your work isn’t good enough—it nearly always is. No, you struggle because of the quality of your business decisions, often in these key areas:

Performance benchmarking

What should be on the financial dashboard and where do the gauges read red, yellow, and green? How does the firm’s performance compare with other firms in the same space?

Positioning your firm

How do you set yourself apart from the sea of other firms in the marketplace? And how do you concentrate on the right lead generation activities to move from being busy to commanding a price premium?

Succession planning and M&A

How would you transition this firm to an outside buyer or an employee? What is your firm worth? What can you do to increase your company’s value?

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Articles

  • Skip the ESOP

    The intention behind ESOPs is noble, but the vehicle is flawed. That’s the overview. The ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) movement started with some lofty goals, but underneath it all […]

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  • Maximizing Your Pro-Bono Contributions

    I love the impact of pro bono work—on you and the recipient—but our practices around the process are really sloppy. Here are some ideas about how to achieve more, while […]

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  • Trading Your Unicycle for a Bike

    We received this last week, unsolicited, from a client who had just finished up a New Business Audit with us. Not only is his relief palpable, but it occurred to […]

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