What are /r/agency's favorite Products & Services?

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As a matter of fact, I have a bit of experience running both agencies and local service businesses.

I have found that stability and sustainability in agencies come via a few factors: specialization, branding, cashflow, and adjacency to revenue. You cannot build a stable agency without a degree of expertise and subject matter authority. Otherwise, you're just brokering outsourcing and won't ever build a sustainable and resilient company.

According to Upwork's 2017 survey, freelancers find work through the following. I'd say most of it applies to small agencies too:

• Friends and family
• Professional contacts
• Social media
• Online ads/classifieds
• Previous employer (freelance)
• Online job boards
• Online freelance marketplaces
• Previous employer (full-time)
• Local newspaper
• Specialized freelance websites
• Employment agency / staffing firm
• Sharing economy websites or apps

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Jakob Persson

Consultant to Agencies, Blogger: r/http://blog.bondsai.io

Hi! I'm from a company that develops an on-premise software, so all of our clients (most of them are marketing and communication agencies) use Intranet.

The main reason is security - all your digital content (documents, photos, video, etc) remains behind your company's firewall. Internet based solutions make sense when the most of the employees work in the office (not remotely).

By the way, our software allows quickly finding necessary files, photos, etc. You can join our free webinar to see it in action: http://daminion.net/

Here's a piece on delta syncing... https://www.getfilecloud.com/blog/2017/03/myths-and-facts-about-delta-sync-why-delta-sync-doesnt-matter/

Check out Borg Backup... It's a tangential way to approach this problem but I've backed up 50GB or so very quickly over wifi due to its de-duplicating algorithms...

If you are looking for quality and personalisation check out Cloohawk Disc: I am the developer Several agencies use our product to handle multiple accounts and the impact has been marvellous. Can connect to some of our customers if you want to check out

You’re basically looking for a project management software that features task priorities and email notifications. Well, one tool that is really easy-to-use and will definitely be a great option for you is ProProfs Project ( https://www.proprofs.com/project/ ).

Not only does it offer features like task priorities and email notifications, it also includes:

• One Dashboard View
• Time Tracking
• Shared Calendar
• File Sharing
• Milestone Visualization
• Timesheet Entry
• Report Generation
• Invoice Generation

...and a lot more! You can check out the features in detail on their website.

I hope this answer helps you! :)

I think it all comes down to the current growth stage of your agency. Don't look at the charm of having "cool" tools and resources. More often than not, these tools can maybe even curtail growth by adding more fat to the processes.

Instead, analyze your current workflow. Look at what processes need to be improved and worked upon.

If you have a lot of visitors coming into your site who end up contacting you via your support email, then it makes sense to have a chat widget on your site to immediately answer user queries.

That being said, there are some core processes that can be well aided with tools. One such process is project & task management. Use the free version of Asana for this.

Bottom line - Hire tools that aid to your current processes. And do a rigorous evaluation of the same.

Not what you’re asking for but a graphic novel instead.

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