How to Start a Marketing Agency | Ep. #267

<p>In Episode #267, Eric and Neil discuss how to start a marketing agency. Tune in to learn how to scale yourself up from zero to a million as well as how to create an effective marketing tactic when you’re just starting out. It’ll get you those clients and perhaps a date on Tinder, too!</p> <h3>Time Stamped Show Notes:</h3> <ul> <li>00:27 – Today’s topic: <em>How to Start a Marketing Agency</em></li> <li>00:40 – Neil shares why he named his first agency ACS <ul> <li>00:44 – ACS stands for Advantage Consulting Services</li> <li>00:47 – Neil and his co-founder thought of the name</li> <li>01:07 – ACS was created 16 years ago</li> </ul> </li> <li>01:30 – Neil is starting a new marketing agency</li> <li>02:03 – Neil wanted a website like <a href= "https://www.iprospect.com/en/ph/">iProspect’s</a>, which is one of the biggest marketing agencies</li> <li>02:14 – When starting a website, have your own unique angle <ul> <li>02:20 – Keep it simple</li> <li>02:22 – Go on <a href= "https://www.crunchbase.com/">Crunchbase</a>, find companies that are recently funded, email them their flaws in a full detailed document</li> <li>02:49 – From there, you can get clients and start having your own agency</li> </ul> </li> <li>03:05 – If you want to start a marketing agency, you have to be confident in marketing</li> <li>03:11 – You have to do business development <ul> <li>03:28 – If you’re starting out, use <a href= "https://mixmax.com/">Mixmax’s</a> sequences</li> <li>03:30 – Set up sequences and reach out to people like a cold outreach</li> <li>03:57 – Going from 0 to 1M, it all starts with you</li> <li>04:12 – Eric got a client from <a href= "https://www.quora.com/">Quora</a> by answering a question for SEO</li> <li>04:21 – Think about where your people are hanging out</li> <li>04:30 – Eric has a friend who currently makes money from Instagram</li> </ul> </li> <li>04:50 – Neil asks Eric the one thing he would do if he’s just starting <ul> <li>04:59 – "Give free advice every single day”</li> <li>05:24 – People will eventually res