You’re finally living the dream of starting an SEO business – except that it’s not exactly how you imagined.

You’re barely able to meet the expectations of clients. You’re agency still has the same amount of staff working on projects as when you started. Your revenue shows no signs of leaping anytime soon. That agency that you’ve been dreaming of owning seems to have turned into a nightmare.

I might be exaggerating, but let’s face it. There comes a time when you’ve asked yourself, “Where did I go wrong?”

But, don’t worry. You’re not the only one who has experienced this. Digital marketing agencies – even the seasoned ones – have hit a wall and made a few mistakes at a certain point. This doesn’t mean you let those problems stop you, though.

Problem #1: Manpower and Time Management

Find clients, pitch the service, send deliverables, then report back to clients – this is often painted as the routine of a digital marketing agency. That’s far from the truth, though. In between pitching services and sending deliverables is the actual work that needs to be done, and this is where most agencies often fail.

Some agencies like to be hands-on when it comes to fulfillment and delivery, and it’s completely logical because they want the best for clients. It’s this very reason that causes them to lose focus on what matters to their business: growth.

Giving 100% of your attention on delivery for existing clients means you’re losing time and manpower on finding new ones. This is a domino effect in the making. Without new clients, there’s no new source of revenue coming in. Without new revenue, the business reaches a plateau.

Solution: Don’t Take Everything on Your Own

You can’t micromanage your way into everything. There are bigger things that you need to focus on, and you can’t do this if you’re stuck doing keyword research for one client and building links for another. To put it simply, there’s a clear distinction between getting things done for your clients and doing things for your clients on your own.  

Sometimes, it’s best to free your hands of work and pass off the hat. One route you can take is by getting white label SEO services. The beauty about going on the white label track is everything will still be under your agency’s brand even if somebody else is doing the heavy lifting.

White label SEO companies offer reseller programs that cover the needs of your agency in terms of client deliverables. Think of them as your team doing the backend work while you go about your daily rounds of talking to clients face-to-face.

It’s a win-win situation for everyone. You get more time to explore opportunities, take care of your existing clients, find new ones, and scale your business, all while giving clients the results they deserve and complete satisfaction with your agency’s work.

Problem #2: Not Using a Systematic Toolset

Working in the digital marketing industry is like a race. If you’re not fast enough, you get left behind.

To keep up with the demand of clients and show competitiveness in the industry, some agencies subscribe to tools for efficient fulfillment and reporting. It makes the work easier, yes. But, with the amount of integrations you make and the process of cross-checking data from one tool to another, you’ll soon realize how unsystematic you’ve been all along.

In the end, you’re wasting time and effort.

Solution: You Don’t Need Everything –  Just the Tools that Matter

You can use as many tools as necessary, but remember to choose them. Better yet, find one that doesn’t involve a lot of integrations.

Use the tools that matter

You can get these tools from some of your white label SEO providers. SEOReseller, for instance, offers a comprehensive white label dashboard that allows their agency partners to utilize different tools in one place. The dashboard not only provides an overview of what’s happening in campaigns for each of the agency’s client, but also includes intuitive features such as the Lead Generator, Marketing Automation, and CRM. With SEOReseller, you’re already solving two problems: lacking manpower and time management, and not having a systematic toolset in place.

Of course, tools would be useless if they don’t fit into your methodology. That’s another thing that you can cross out from your agency checklist if you start reselling SEO. As you work with your white label SEO provider, you’ll have a better grasp of how the tools you’re using are reinforcing your methodology. This allows you to save time, effort, and most importantly, money, because you’re investing in tools and strategies that have an impact on your agency’s and client’s bottomline.

Problem #3: Lack of Communication

Communication is a double edged sword for most digital marketing agencies that have the perfect balance of communicating with the clients regularly enough to be up to date, and at the same time, communicate deadlines effectively within their teams.

The challenge remains being able to ‘tap’ your clients regularly enough so they’re aware of your proactive contributions towards their success, be in relation to SEO, PPC, Social Media, Web Development or Reputation Management.

Solution: Plan Ahead – Your Team can Manage the Distractions

One of the most effective ways of managing communication is relying on a minimal set of factors that assist in planning your daily habits to help your business grow. This works in four directions: from your client to you, your team to you, and vice versa.

Let your team manage the distractions
Practicing the combination of setting calendar reminders through your email account, paired with the practice of Inbox Zero, prepares you for scalable communication with your clients.
Ensure that you have contingencies in place, so you don’t end up over-promising and under-delivering, the reality is that you want to under-promise and over-deliver for that ‘wow’ service factor. Lightweight communication touches with clients will help you get there.

Above all else, enable your team to work on your distractions. As an agency owner, your sole responsibility is to perpetually feed fresh clients and new business to your team exponentially to grow.
 

Problem #4: Not Trying New Strategies

Digital marketing isn’t one smooth road; you’ll be facing some curves every now and then. The difference between good agencies and the great ones is the latter are more accepting to changes and implementing new strategies.

If you’re too hesitant to try new strategies, fulfillment will suffer. Clients will see that what you’re doing now is not effective, and this results in business loss. The worst thing you can do is remain stagnant and plateau growth.

Agencies that know how to adapt to what’s current and have the confidence to implement new, scalable strategies are usually the ones that emerge on the top and be successful.

Solution: Don’t Be Afraid to Try and Test New Strategies

 

One word: experiment.

With how volatile the digital marketing landscape is, you can always find opportunities to learn. The more you expose your agency to innovation, the closer you get to finding out what works best for your agency and your clients. This is something that you can get when you start working with a white label SEO provider.

But, why do you need a white label provider when you can strategize on your own? Simple – you get expert knowledge from specialists. They’re trained to learn how the digital landscape works, so you have an extra set of minds to help you try and test new strategies. This also makes it easier to implement a methodology that suits your client’s business.

Highlights:

To sum, here are key points your agency should always keep in mind:

  • Focus on executing excellent service; your work defines you more than your pitch.
  • Hire the right talent to work on your distractions so you can focus on growing your business.
  • Leverage software solutions to manage your team, your clients and your time together.
  • Understand your business workflow and create scalable processes that can be replicated.
  • Don’t be afraid to test new tools and implementations to improve your business—the worst thing you can do is remain still.

This post was sponsored by SEOReseller.com, the leading provider of White Label SEO services and software.

Swonkie makes its UK debut at UnGagged London 2018!

The Swonkie platform will be available this month for UK digital agencies – and it’s being presented at the UnGagged Conference, as part of London Tech Week!

UK social media managers just got a new best friend.

Swonkie is a new social media platform that focuses on content creation, team collaboration and competitor analysis. Targeted for Agencies, Brands and Publishers, Swonkie makes easy work of monitoring your social media activity; it supports all major social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram (even Stories), Twitter, Linkedin, Google Plus, Pinterest, Tumblr, WordPress, Blogspot and Medium.

Everyone knows how difficult it can be to manage all your social media channels at the same time. There’s tons of content to be shared, to be approved, and more importantly, to be measured with a multitude of KPI’s. Time is a precious commodity. We’re completely immersed in swift news cycles and online trends that put a lot of demands on an effective social media presence. The endless social media nightmare: a lack of time.

Swonkie

This is the platform that can make your Social Media time really worthwhile. You can publish your content in one shot through multiple social networks while keeping your brand and social presence consistent. If you struggle to fully deliver on all social networks, Swonkie helps manage your team with real-time collaboration, editing and notification.

Swonkie

Even as you’re creating your posts, the platform advises on how to improve your content with an SEO analysis. Ok, so the time problem is partly resolved, but what about the analytics demands from clients? Swonkie tracks your accounts metrics, and any other KPIs (such as competitor performance) and automatically generates your reports.

Why is Swonkie so Powerful when compared to other tools?

  • Community Management: Reply to your comments and messages in one spot, expedite your customers feedback!
  • RSS Feed: Turn on your RSS feed, choose when and where to post and Swonkie will do the rest. The perfect RSS Feed mode for publishers
  • Integration with content platforms and SEO Analysis for content
  • Instagram Stories and specific Stories Analytics, plus Repost mode post
  • Most complete Analytics for Facebook and Instagram
  • Spy tool integrated to follow activity, track keywords, get rankings and competitors’ Analytics
  • Collaborative flow for teams

Swonkie

For more information, check out Swonkie.com – Use Promo Code: 2018UG60 for a free 60 day trial available for all Swonkie plansTo redeem the code, just chat with them on the platform!

And check out Swonkie at UnGagged!

 

UnGagged isn’t just another digital marketing event. There are a lot of conferences that specialize in SEO pep talks and Google-sanctioned best-practice lists.  What’s more, a quick Social Media search will likely bring up all their best sound-bites and powerpoint decks. So what’s the point in attending?

UnGagged is the first digital marketing conference to allow its speakers to be completely off-the-record. All recording devices are banned, sales-pitches are verboten and the session content is for attendee’s ears only. If you want to implement these highly-profitable strategies before they become common practice, you need to physically be there!

Returning to London for the fourth time, UnGagged takes place at The Grange St. Pauls, a luxury five-star hotel overlooking the iconic St. Paul’s Cathedral. Held across 2 days, with one additional Masterclass day, UnGagged is designed to provide the latest actionable real-world methods and strategies.

 

Want 10 reasons to Get UnGagged? Here’s 11.

Our No Recording, No ‘Fluff’, No ‘Sales Pitch’ Policy

Our biggest value, it’s the perfect way to get a leg-up on your competitor. You’ll gain a treasure trove of lucrative information that can’t be found anywhere else. Forget about sitting through countless software pitches and book mentions; we’re here to educate and share the most successful methods from the greatest minds in digital.

The Action

These days most conferences claim to provide “Actionable Methods”, and yes, it’s a buzzword we helped make happen. When it comes to monetization, we are where the ‘action’ is.

We’re Unfiltered, Uncensored and Unapologetic

Because there’s no recording, UnGagged speakers share insights and tactics that might be too… controversial(?) for other leading conferences. If you’re looking for frank discussions about PBNs or the truth behind Black Hat analytics, You need to get UnGagged.

GDPR is on Your Mind

It’s certainly playing on ours! Though it’s mere weeks before it comes into play, it’s not too late to get caught up and explore some strategic opportunities. Compare notes and get advice on your GDPR compliance with those who know, like Jenna Tiffany.

Gain Insights From the Inner Circles

The networking events draw attendees back every year. There is an almost tangible feeling of collaboration and innovation in the air; you’ll have open discussions about methods, strategies, and techniques that could only ever take place face to face; it’s a truly liberating experience. In many cases, the conversations attendees have with one another turn out to be just as valuable as the talks given by the speakers!

The Food Situation

We not only feed minds but stomachs as well! UnGagged provides a delicious breakfast, a hot lunch, afternoon tea and some vital caffeine throughout. You won’t have to settle for a cold boxed lunch or an overpriced slice of cold pizza from a vendor, everything is served under one roof!

Road Map to Success

The experts that take the UnGagged stage have been hand-picked for their demonstrable experience and success in the internet marketing industry. Speakers will share (in no uncertain terms) what they are currently utilizing to generate their substantial online success. Many speakers literally spoon-feed the audience a step by step guide to bringing home the bacon.

The UnCrowd

If you’ve been to an UnGagged event before, you’ll know what we’re talking about. If you haven’t, you’ve got something great to look forward to. As an UnGagged attendee, you aren’t just considered a number in the crowd; we keep our conferences intimate and interactive. You’ll come to personally know many attendees, speakers, exhibitors and staff, these lasting connections are the core of many highly successful partnerships and joint ventures.

A Snazzy Showcase 

Looking for a shiny new digital toy? Discover the latest, greatest and most up to date digital marketing tools to boost your productivity. Our sponsors and Exhibitors are all situated amongst the food and beverage area! Peruse at your leisure.

Did We Mention the 5-Star Venue?

UnGagged is returning to the luxurious Grange St. Pauls hotel where we’ll have the run of the show across a whole level of the hotel. Fancy exploring London with fellow attendees? You’re right in the heart of the city with some of the best restaurants, cafes, and bars at your doorstep!

That Certain Un Factor

Our aim is to go well above and beyond the ‘Conventional’ and redefine the notion of SEO conferences. Many of our sessions are designed to share enough monetizable information to cover the cost of the conference itself! Take notes, and don’t expect to Google this information the next day.

And that makes 11. We could do this all day, but why not just come see for yourself?

 

See You There!

The London 2018 agenda is one of the best that UnGagged has arranged to date (which is saying something). If you want to share the knowledge and you don’t already have a ticket, getting UnGagged might be one of the best decisions you’ll make all year.

UnGagged 2018