To complete projects successfully, you will need an effective resource management plan. With the right plan in place, you’ll be able to manage schedules, handle procurement, meet deadlines, and deliver a successful project to a happy client. So how do you create a resource management plan? And what are the benefits? Keep reading — we’ll explore it all below and give you an easy step-by-step guide to get you started.

Let’s face it, you didn’t start an agency because you’re obsessed with numbers. But whether you like it or not, understanding your business and how to set yourself (and your team!) up for success often starts with and comes down to numbers.

Figuring out what to charge for products is challenging. Determining what to charge for services is even harder. And when those services are both creative and wide-ranging — like they are at your agency — getting pricing just right can feel downright maddening. In this guide, we’ll show you what you need to know as you develop an initial pricing strategy for your agency, along with 14 strategies businesses across a spectrum of industries use to set their pricing.

You’ve been running your agency with a small but mighty team, and it's been working out for you…or so you think. How do you know when it's not? Agencies can get used to running lean out of pure necessity, stuck in survival mode while efficiency, profitability, and employee happiness suffer–and don’t have to! But the thought of hiring help can seem like a bigger burden than a simple solution.

Project managers know the success or failure of a plan rests primarily on their shoulders — that’s why staying focused and organized is critical. Keeping team members on task, handling the inevitable issues that rear their ugly heads, and moving the project forward so the deliverables are completed on time takes more than luck and skill. Project success depends on how well you stay organized. There are dozens, or hundreds, of ideas and methodologies for staying organized.

Project planning is one critical component of project success. But projects don’t happen in a vacuum: To get any project work done, an organization needs people to do the work, materials from which to build the product, and money to pay for the entire operation. This is where resource management enters the picture. It goes a step beyond project management and proactively manages all resources required to successfully complete a project.

The growing field of marketing resource management is transforming the way marketing departments and marketing firms organize their assets, structure their work, and allocate resources. This important discipline is still in flux and can mean different things to different audiences — and vendors. In this guide, we’ll define marketing resource management in a way that makes sense for creative agencies and marketing teams.

Every project has a life cycle: At minimum, a project has a start and an end. Those points and everything in between form the life cycle of a project. The real question is whether a business will plan that life cycle strategically through project management — or let the life cycle happen to them instead. If you ask us, we’ll tell you the first option is the way to go. Letting the project run the team rarely ends well, while proactive project planning frequently leads to success.

For anyone involved in project management, resource management is a crucial skill to learn. It’s how you ensure that you have the right resources to complete the project — but even more than that, it’s how you ensure that those resources don’t go to waste over the course of the project.

If you were profitable last year, congratulations! It's a good reason to celebrate and offer your employees some profit-sharing bonuses. However, past profitability doesn’t guarantee your future bottom line will always be as exciting. Business owners know they can never stop growing, improving, and reaching beyond their comfort zones.