Paying for your Agency's expertise

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    Corey Quinn

    Founder, Deep Specialization™

    Avoid clients with "champagne tastes on a beer budget"

    The problem with targeting businesses that do under $1M:

    Budget

    Here's the thing...

    Remarkable results are expensive to deliver.

    And there are just some things you can't (or shouldn't) automate, like client intimacy.

    An example:

    Home service business "X" makes $200,000 per year.

    They invest 10% in marketing.

    The $1,666.67 per month needs to cover:

    • Website

    • PPC spend

    • Social Media ads

    • Content Marketing

    • SEO

    • Organic Social

    • Reputation Management

    • Listings

    • Reporting

    • Strategy

    • Account Management

    ...and so on 

    So, unless you run your agency like a Swiss watch, think twice before targeting a vertical that does < $1M on average.

     

    Have a great weekend!

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