This is goodbye. That's right, I'm saying farewell. (For now, that is :) It will probably come as no surprise to many of you that I've been building a house in Durango, CO for the last few months. And the goal was always to take off Summer 2019 to be there with my family to enjoy Colorado. So this is goodbye and see you later.

Do you wish you could take an entire summer off? You can! But only when you get yourself out of the day to day operations and establish yourself as the agency CEO. Let your team do the client-facing work, sales, and deliverables. And transition yourself from agency owner to agency CEO.

As a CEO, you have 5 primary roles, which are:
1. Set the vision and communicate it to your team. Who are you going after? What's your "why"? What are your core services? Give your team the ammunition they need to execute on your behalf. They can do that if they understand the vision.

2. Be the face of the agency. Your prospects need to associate your brand with a personality. That's the best way to grow your agency. It's got to be you - not an employee. It must be tied to the owner.

3. Coach and mentor leadership team only. Don't have everyone reporting to you and relying on you for mentorship. When you just mentor your leadership team you can empower them to successfully mentor the layer(s) beneath them.

4. Understand the financials. Know where your financial opportunities exist and have a handle on NET profit rather than just gross revenue. Gross doesn't mean anything if your profitability is out of whack.

5. Assist sales. You should not be doing all the sales, but you can add color to key sales conversations. Let your sales team set things up and get all the people in the room. You just add a little flavor by being there.

Now, when you have all this in place and you're only operating these 5 roles you too can take off big chunks of time. Your sales pipeline won't dry up and your team will be able to make decisions without you. Sounds dreamy, right? I'll be honest when you reach this point it might actually feel depressing that people don't need you as much as they used to be. But trust me, this is a good thing!

Will you miss me this summer? I'm still working with my 1-on-1 clients and mastermind groups. Check it out: http://DigitalAgencyElite.com

In the meantime, comment below and tell me what changes you can make in order to transition from agency owner to agency CEO?

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JASON SWENK IS AN AGENCY ADVISOR THAT GUIDES MARKETING AGENCIES THROUGH A PROVEN FRAMEWORK FOR GROWING THEIR AGENCY FASTER & EASIER.

Fresh out of college Jason was off to work for Arthur Anderson, one of the big 5 consulting firms. He quickly realized that he could never work for anyone other than himself. He decided to change direction, launch a digital agency that quickly grew to a multi-million dollar operation working with brands such as AT&T, Hitachi and Lotus Cars. After 12 years of steady growth, the agency caught the attention of bigger agencies and Jason sold it in 2012.
Now, Jason leads http://JasonSwenk.com, a unique media company & consultancy helping marketing agencies grow & scale their agencies faster by applying the framework that he used to grow, scale and eventually sell his agency. Jason has helped over 10,000 agencies in 23 countries meet or exceed their business goals.
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