Hiring, in general, is a challenge for 99.99% of agency owners. That next team member is crucial to your agency's growth and success. But who should you hire exactly? And what are the signs you need to start hiring?

Chris answers these questions in detail in this episode. He also talks about the bottlenecks that you can have as an agency owner and how you can use those as a way to identify who you need to hire next.

Tune in to this episode and learn how you can be more efficient in scaling your labor.

Discussion Points:

0:00 Introduction 2:00 Look at the departments in your agency 3:37 Look at the bottlenecks and create an actual plan to fix those 6:02 Think about the things you suck at 9:17 Two important things Chris learned over the past years 10:20 Your Pro Forma as a guide for your growth 14:40 Inconsistent sales means you're not going to grow 15:31 Project manager 16:18 Customers churn - customer experience person 18:40 Finance manager 20:19 An HR person 21:10 CEO 24:25 Recommendations for those with limited budgets for hiring

Resources:

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