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Crystal Butler Refines Her Messaging and Doubles Her Revenue
Crystal Butler, founder of Crystal Marketing Solutions, is a marketing and business consultant for financial advisors. Her business offers financial professionals any marketing service they might need: graphic design, email marketing, social media, website design and management, advertising, and more. When I met Crystal a few years ago, she’d been in business for five years….
Episode 191: Knowing Your Agency’s Numbers with Christina Sjahli
When I started Scoop, I really had no idea what I was in for as an agency owner when it came to making and managing money. Talk about a learning curve! Over the last four years, I’ve had to master new money management skills, and in this episode, guest Christina Sjahli talks budgeting, cash flow,…
It’s Time for a New Breed of Agency
Back when we started off this decade, I was five years into my business and things were going pretty freakin’ awesome. At that point, I was simply joyful that I’d not had to return to a 9-to-5 or invoke my plan B of begging for my old job back. If you’d told 2010 Maggie that…
Episode 190: Behind-the-Scenes at Scoop with my #2 Sara Freeburn
Have you ever thought it would be nice to have someone to be the peanut butter to your jelly as a boss? That’s exactly what today’s guest is for me. In this episode, my #2 and sister, Sara Freeburn, joins us to go behind-the-scenes at Scoop, and I’m sure she’ll dish up all kinds of…
Episode 189: The Real Life Behind-the-Scenes of an Agency with Tressa Beheim
I don’t know about you, but I get some of my absolute best ideas by seeing how other people do things. It helps me connect the dots, affirm my experiences, and open up my mind to different approaches. This is why I’m thrilled to bring you another behind-the-scenes look at an agency. In this episode,…
Episode 188: The Recap: September 2019
Here we go! It’s time for the recap and the rundown on what went down in my business in September 2019. If September had a theme, it would be ‘It’s go time!’ Most of the month was on the intense side, and the work I did in August to get my head back in the…
Is the Agency Model the Next Passive Income Dream?
You know that stage that most kids go through when they’re two or three and keep asking why? Growing up, my dad used to joke with me about how I never left that stage and that I always had so many questions. Call it curious or hungry for knowledge, but that’s who I am, so…
Episode 187: The Real Life Behind-the-Scenes of an Agency with Kate Ahl
One of the most popular ways to scale a service business is by creating an agency, but there are a lot of things that can get overlooked along the way. While I’m always happy to share my experiences with you, I wanted to bring a real-life look at how successful agency owners are really doing…
My Fear of Feedback
Years ago, I had a client who delivered “feedback” in the most unkind, unhelpful way you could ever imagine. She was rude, and at times, downright nasty in her delivery. And worst of all, she didn’t know what it was she wanted, so you’d do what she asked and then she’d say it was all…
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