Your resources are your most valuable players at your agency. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for agencies to experience bouts of poor resource management which can lead to poor performance and dissatisfied employees and clients (which is never good!). Have you been wondering if your agency is struggling with resource management recently?

If you work in an agency or do any client work, your world likely revolves around your inbox. But what happens when what your world revolves around is completely and utterly...chaotic? Enter, inbox overload. In fact, it's more likely that most mornings you don’t even want to “enter” your inbox for fear of what you might find, or fall behind on! All joking aside, it is something to take seriously.

Effective resource management is a key component of any successful business, but it’s particularly important for teams that deliver client work. Why? Well, when you’re juggling multiple projects at a time and have hard client deadlines to hit, efficient resource management becomes core to what you do. Want to reap the benefits of increased transparency within your team, maximize efficiency, and also prevent burnout? It starts by getting your resource management problems in check.

Every project needs a plan. But sometimes, even the best, most carefully drafted plans need to change. That’s the basic premise behind agileproject management, a project managementmethodology that’s wildly popular among software development teams. In 2021, 86% of software development teams were using agile, and it's quickly becoming the dominant practice in industries where iteration and flexibility are essential.

Marketing teams bring so much to the table within an organization — but they aren’t typically known for their militant scheduling and detailed organizational skills. The same is true for creative agencies, from traditional marketing agencies to full-service digital marketing firms. On the flip side, project management as a discipline doesn’t have much of a reputation for being creativity-friendly or flexible.

Agency life can be incredibly rewarding and fulfilling, but that’s not to say that it doesn’t come with its fair share of challenges (there’s certainly no shortage of those!). From differentiating your agency from the competition to focusing on delivering for your client—rather than reaching for awards—there are a number of challenges many creative agencies face that are true across the board.

How can agencies leverage productivity to achieve profitability? While there certainly are already profitability perks to having a remote team (hello, office-related cost savings!), are there other ways that agencies can maximize the profitability benefits of WFH (work from home)? You betcha! The answer is process. We’re all familiar with the word process, and have likely thrown it around a few times in the workplace, but what exactly is it?

What do you do when an employee isn’t performing like they used to? All sorts of causes could be to blame: distractions in an employee’s personal life, fatigue due to taking on additional employment or having a new baby at home, or even broader mental or physical health issues could play a role. But so could the workload you’ve assigned.