Build a Profitable Service-Based Business Without Wasting Years in the Process
Discover a PROVEN program created by a REAL agency owner who grew a 5-time, Inc. 5000 business using these techniques. Agency Jumpstart helps you build, grow, and scale your service-based business, so you can achieve your personal and professional goals.
Hi, I'm Jeff Sauer a partner in a 5-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Agency in the United States. I'm also an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas, and a Top 25 Most Influential PPC Expert. Today I want to talk to you about the Agency Jumpstart Course.
The Dream Goal of Freelancers, Consultants, and Agencies
Imagine commanding the price you deserve for the services that you offer. You have your finances, infrastructure, and processes in place to grow and scale your service-based business.
You know how to hire employees, and contractors that actually get work done based on your standards and process.
Better yet, your employees and contractors are passionate about working with you because they believe in your company culture and brand.
Also, because you have a system in place, you no longer have to worry about executing the $20/hr tasks that are zapping your time and energy, and instead you can focus on what you’re truly good at - your “zone of genius”.
For most freelancers, consultants, and agencies, that I work with, that is their dream goal.
To build a service-based business that offers a valuable service to their clients, eventually frees up their time, and acts as the cash-cow to fund their lifestyle.
The problem is that many freelancers, consultants, and agency owners dove into the world of business as subject-matter experts, not as a seasoned CEO who knows how to operate a profitable company.
The first step towards achieving your dream goal is to have the right mindset.
The CEO Mindset
It's easy to view the services your business offers as art, but that's not usually the case.
As freelancers, consultants, or agency owners, you are providing a valuable service to your clients.
You are giving your clients their time back, making their lives easier, and producing results that exceed their expectations.
If you want to stop living in a feast-or-famine cycle and stop undercharging for your services, then you need to act like a Fortune 500 CEO and protect your business.
The CEO views a business from with a clear perspective. For a CEO, it's about building a business with a healthy net-profit. To get there requires making tough choices like :
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- * Firing a bad client, so you can improve team morale
- * Resetting client expectations, so you can focus on the most important tasks
- * Increasing your fees to existing clients, so you can finally turn a profit
- * Letting go of an employee, because they aren't delivering on expectations
As CEO, you’re going to face some tough choices and challenges in your business.
You're going to be mixing failures along with your wins.
But if you want achieve your dream goal in business, then you need to make the tough choices to have a profitable business.
Nothing can operate at a loss forever.
The best agency CEOs know that the key to a high-margin business is providing valuable services in an efficient and repeatable manner based on proven standards and procedures. Yet most freelancers, consultants, and agencies don't have any.
Everyone wants to be the nice guy or gal, but in business, the bottom line is what matters.
CEOs are accountable for many tasks, but the #1 KPIs of any business is always going to be profits.
The Profit-First Approach to Running an Agency or Consulting Business
Why is it that none of the gurus you see on your Facebook feed talk about the numbers and processes behind success?
Because they are selling you on the sizzle. The tactics. The one-trick ponies. Or maybe it's because they have never run a successful agency business?
And sometimes the sizzle works, providing you with a brief sugar-rush. These online gurus like to talk about “hot” topics like lead generation, marketing, and sales… BUT what they all fail to talk about are the real numbers behind success.
Why? We are blinded by new shiny objects.
Shiny objects syndrome
We are laser-focused on making money, BUT, fail to acknowledge that earning $100,000 in revenue is not the same as earning $100,000 in profit.
You need to think like a CEO, so you focus the right activities that make your business perform better. Focus on profits and long-term building blocks.
Don't just be another freelancer. Don't just be another consultant. Don't just be another agency flying blind.
Take a profit-first approach.
If your goal is to become a highly-paid, respected, and influential consultant or agency business then this course is specifically for you
If you’re just starting out, Agency Course is perfect for you. Because you can start out right! We just held a webinar where I told you about the top 10 mistakes agencies make, and the solutions.
But a COACH? Having someone to walk you through the path, who has been there and made the mistakes? To access the frameworks and strategies that made me successful?
That’s invaluable.
Instead of trying to do everything on your own, and Googling answers, resulting in random, generic information? Agency Jumpstart Course provides you with actionable information from someone who has been in your specific situation. Helping you avoid the mistakes I made at the beginning of my path.
Instead of correcting these mistakes all day, you can build, scale and grow your business the right way.
And for those of you who are veterans in the agency business? This course is for you, too. Module 3: Growing Your Agency the Right Way and Module 4: Long Term Planning are going to be invaluable for you.
You will get answers to pressing questions, like: how do you grow and scale your business with process? How do you properly onboard a new client? When should you consider bringing on account managers? And what qualities do you look for in a good project manager? And why is it important to implement accountability if you want to scale?
If you have 5 employees right now and you don’t have process? Planning for growth and scale are your biggest opportunity areas! Implementing process early on so that when you hit your goals, you can hit them without breaking down.
Trust me, I've been there, too.
Introducing the Agency Jumpstart Course. A step by step framework for making your vision a reality
If your goal is to become a highly-paid, respected, and influential consultant or agency business, then this course is specifically for you
A toolkit for running your agency
Have you ever wished there was an easy button for your agency? This is the next closest thing
Practical, step-by-step guides
Work through all aspects of your business with the help of templates and advice from agency owners just like you
Habit-forming business focus
You spend more time working on your agency than you do sleeping. Start off each day by building a bright future for your company
The secrets of the best agencies
You are about to join an exclusive club of successful agency owners.
Learn directly from a 5-time Inc 5000 fastest growing agency partner
Agency Jumpstart is broken into 5 modules.
Together, it is the only online course in the market that takes a profit-first approach to building, growing, and scaling a one-person consultancy or agency business.
Let's take a look inside.
MODULE 1
Agency fundamentals
Here is what you will discover in Agency Fundamentals
Module 2
business development
Here is what you will discover inside of our business development module
module 3
growing your agency
Grow your agency the right way with these jumpstart lessons
module 4
long term planning
long-term building blocks need to be in place in your business - We teach you:
module 5
don't get your ass kicked
Here are 5 ways to make sure don't get your a** kicked in the agency business
- The Scaling Module
sales jumpstart
And Finally, here are some of the many awesome takeaways from Sales Jumpstart
This course is for struggling entrepreneurs who are seeking:
This course may not be for you if...
The Agency Jumpstart Course is the only course out there that walks you through a proven step-by-step using a profit-first approach to starting, and growing a one-person consulting business or agency.
Join today to get your exclusive bonus!
Starting Your Agency Business Off Right
Want to start off your business the right way? Then this program is exactly what you need. Join today to receive lifetime access to Agency Course + business-building tools.
Growing Agency Revenue
(Best Value!)
Looking to increase your revenue and profits? Learn how to build a sales pipeline! Join today to receive lifetime access to both Agency Course + Sales Jumpstart Course!
Building an Elite Agency
Looking for a guide to help you set goals for growing your business? Sign up to get lifetime access to Agency Course + Sales Jumpstart. Plus Four Calls with Jeff!
60 Day Money Back Guarantee
Join Today! It's 100% RISK FREE. If you complete Agency Jumpstart Course, and still don't find it valuable for your business, email our support for a refund. Show us that you completed all of the video lessons and worksheets, and we'll happily refund your full payment.
These business owners have grown their businesses in 2018 with the help of Agency Jumpstart Course
Creative Web Results
After taking Jeff's Agency Course, using tips, techniques, and selling points within the course, I was able to pitch the value of Advanced Analytics option to a large auto dealership group and win a monthly retainer agreement worth $60,000. From Jeff's Course alone, I have realized a return on my investment of 6,000%. The videos and course materials are easy to understand plus implement. If you are a Digital/Marketing Agency, Freelancer, Business Owner or anyone that is serious about learning and getting paid for their skill's, Jeff's course will help you get there.
Neka Creative
For seven years of business ownership, my knowledge was derived from occasional input from mentors and trial and error. Taking the Agency Course has had a great impact on my business. It took out the guess work. I learned new strategies, acquired new tools and gained confidence in what I was already doing well. The agency course has helped me grow my business.
Digital Marketing Freelancer
The course is incredible so far and worth every penny (and then some). It feels like getting an MBA specializing in agency/service-based business -- which probably saved me the $80K I contemplated on an actual MBA.
Full Circle Marketing
I learned more in this course than I have pretty much all the other courses I’ve taken in my life. The great thing about this course is that everything is actionable. It’s not all theory, it’s all actionable and Jeff makes it very easy to take action with the handouts and spreadsheets.
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The biggest thing that the Agency Jumpstart Course saved me from was instead of entering into a partnership with another freelancer, I decided to remain independent. Based on what I learned from the course, and the personal feedback I got from Jeff, I broke off that relationship amicably. It saved me from making irreversible mistakes with my business. That alone was worth a lot of money that I could have wasted in the future.
And if you are worried about the investment, this course can easily save you tens of thousands of dollars of mistakes in the future. Depending on how big those mistakes are, it could even be hundreds of thousands of dollars. I feel confident in saying that it can save you tens of thousands of dollars over just a few years.
Northwoods Software
Jeff’s course is like getting an MBA in running an Agency. Intense, thorough, rich in detail, and taught by someone who has lived the agency life and started and scaled a successful agency. This is not theoretical knowledge – these are hard-learned lessons, taught by an entrepreneur who is excellent at teaching.
Holini
At first, I was skeptical about the course as it was quite a significant investment for a starting business with no income. But I do not regret it at all.
You don't know what you don't know, and the Agency Jumpstart Course is a perfect journey to get a good overview of all the main building blocks needed to build a successful agency. To be honest, we just copied most of the strategies, and it helped us to create a foundation to become Estonias top AdWords agency in only 10 months. So, money well spent :)
Your questions about Agency Jumpstart
When do the class lessons start?
Your cohort will start right away. We will close course enrollment in early August in order to prepare the site for our new group of students.
Can I complete the Agency Jumpstart at my own pace?
Each module consists of two weeks of video lessons, followed by a third week for reflection. The two weeks of videos will each have concepts that you can immediately apply to your business during the reflection week. This course is designed for maximum action.
The group coaching calls are spread throughout the duration of the course. Some calls will be topic-specific, while others will be focused on big-picture thinking. The group coaching call will last for 60-90 minutes (or longer to answer all of your questions).
This course is designed for accountability and success. It is important to participate in a timely manner (following the lessons and calls as scheduled) to maximize the value you receive.
How much time do I need to dedicate?
We recommend our students to dedicate one hour per weekday (during non-reflection weeks) to complete course materials.
Will you have a module on how to decide which market to serve in my agency? I am starting my business from scratch.
Yes. Lesson 8 of Jumpstart 1: Agency Fundamentals covers the importance of serving a specific market. This could mean you decide to serve the B2B or B2C market. Or you could select a certain industry niche. Or a specific service niche.
In this lesson we evaluate niche opportunities for digital agencies, and provide a framework for you to evaluate each opportunity ahead of you. Not only that, but our first group call will be workshopping business ideas with me and your fellow students.
Throughout the course, you will learn how to position your business in a powerful way in order to maximize your profit and the value you deliver to clients.
Will one of the modules be business ops-focused?
We have an entire module dedicated to business operations. We cover how to onboard new clients and add process (including checklists, templates, project management tools) and how to set expectations.
Another video discusses the importance of client relationships and how to focus on the long term. The next lesson focuses on how to use client successes as case studies and marketing materials to draw in more clients.
And we round it out by providing a lesson on cash flow and how important it is to agency survival. We provide models you can use to project your own cash flow.
Will you be covering financials vs hiring process in the course?
Yes. Of course, the answer will depend on the employee’s salary and their role within your organization. We examine different scenarios for projecting employee headcounts against cash-flows based on your business goals.
Will your course cover what a real team looks like? I want to remove myself from day-to-day operations to focus on building my business.
Yes. When you’re trying to scale, carefully choosing your team members and the roles they play within your organization is critical. Who you hire will be contingent upon what your goals are for the business. In this course you will identify your goals first so that you’ll be prepared to know who your next hire is and why.
We cover all aspects of building a team from first hire through filling out your entire organization chart. Lessons 4 and 6 of Jumpstart 4: Long Term Planning are particularly helpful in the business planning process and come complete with accompanying downloadable templates.
What time will you be holding the coaching calls?
We will be holding our calls in the morning in Australia/New Zealand, mid-day in the US, and evenings in Europe.
It's time to get registered for the Agency Jumpstart Course
Starting Your Agency Business Off Right
Want to start off your business the right way? Then this program is exactly what you need. Join today to receive lifetime access to Agency Course + business-building tools.
Growing Agency Revenue
(Best Value!)
Looking to increase your revenue and profits? Learn how to build a sales pipeline! Join today to receive lifetime access to both Agency Course + Sales Jumpstart Course!
Building an Elite Agency
Looking for a guide to help you set goals for growing your business? Sign up to get lifetime access to Agency Course + Sales Jumpstart. Plus Four Calls with Jeff!
60 Day Money Back Guarantee
Join Today! It's 100% RISK FREE. If you complete Agency Jumpstart Course, and still don't find it valuable for your business, email our support for a refund. Show us that you completed all of the video lessons and worksheets, and we'll happily refund your full payment.