Freelancing & Agency
Business strategies, pricing, and operational tips for freelancers and agencies.
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Agency Workflow Problems That Kill Delivery Speed and Profit Margins
Most agencies lose money to workflow problems they have normalized. Here are the ones that do the most damage and how to fix them.
How Agencies Can Improve Project Delivery Without Hiring More People
Before you hire another developer, look at where your current team's time actually goes. You might find capacity you did not know you had.
The Hidden Cost of Untracked Client Requests in Service Businesses
Every untracked request is a decision to give away work for free. Here is what that decision costs over time and how to stop making it.
Why Most Agency Projects Go Over Budget (It Is Not the Team's Fault)
When a project goes over budget, the team gets blamed. But the real culprit is almost always the process that allowed work to grow without anyone noticing.
How I stopped losing money on every project estimate
I spent my first three years of freelancing undercharging by roughly 30% on every project. The problem was not my rates. It was that I had no idea how to estimate.