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Tools to help agency leaders run a better business.

TOOLS FOR AGENCY LEADERS

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  • Agency Utilisation Calculator

    Do you know your agency's utilisation rate? 

    Use this calculator to work out the ‘utilisation rate’ for your agency.

    Why? Because utilisation holds the key to your growth as a business. Too low and you’re leaving money on the table. Too high and morale becomes crushed and employee turnover increases.

    It doesn’t matter if you have a team of 2 or 300, understanding utilisation and taking steps to improve it can be the catalyst for growth.

    The best bit, you don’t need timesheets to figure out.

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  • Agency Accelerator Canvas

    The AAC (Agency Accelerator Canvas) is a single-page strategy and planning tool to help ignite the growth of your agency.

    Why does it work? Because it creates focus, defines our vision, sets out what we’re trying to achieve, and most importantly, how we’ll get there.

    It’s NOT full of business school jargon, and it sits on a single page so it can hang proudly on your wall as a daily reminder of what you're striving to achieve.

    Print it out, run a half-day workshop, share it with your team, and finally start growing your agency like you know you can.

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  • Shares and EMI schemes for Agencies

    Along with other tactics, we often encourage our clients to use the power of equity as a lever for growth and to build a better business, with an invested team.

    We’ve put together this simple, easy-to-understand guide to give you the lowdown on how equity and shares work and the knowledge you need to share ownership of your agency and motivate key people in the right way.

    What it includes: Why incentivis, the difference between shares, options and EMI schemes, conditions (when they kick in). deciding how much to give and types of shares.

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The Agency Retainer Report 2023 by Nimbus

The Agency Retainer Report: Actionable insight for maximising your revenue and profit with retainers.

What you’ll get from the report:

Agency retainer benchmarks by overall turnover

Expert commentaries on the research findings

Agency pricing models and profit-growth opportunities

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