Everybody’s working for the weekend (but they don’t have to)
Digital Project Management Operations consulting and training for digital agencies
Your team is burnt out.
Your clients are pissed off.
Your family misses you.
Your agency is stuck in an endless feedback loop. You have to cram new projects in the door to make up for the bleed on the last ones, but it’s only resulting in late, over-budget, low-quality work. You’re in a pressure cooker intensified by fear, scarcity, and panic.
You keep telling people things will get better, but the only thing you deliver on is broken promises.
This is not the dream you imagined. Your agency was designed to be something special. Something that stands for the healthy work environment you believe in.
Let’s get your agency back in tune
More time and space
Create space for creativity and innovation without missing budgets or deadlines and deliver work that sings boldly.
A better team
Train up a team that understands the dynamics of your agency, knows how to talk to clients, and plans work effectively.
Happier clients
Keep your clients smiling with meaningful communication, boundaries, and clear expectations. And celebrate projects that finish on time and on budget.
We know digital agencies
We’ve been there. We started as a digital agency in 2009, learned how to avoid project pain, and successfully trained over 200 digital agencies to do the same since 2016.
Our clients typically report at least:
20% higher client value (take pressure off of sales)
30% increases to project efficiency (faster, more profitable projects)
20% increase in net profit (reinvest and grow your team)
We’ve worked with over two hundred 15–100 person shops and creative departments that specialize in design, web, apps, and marketing.
Comparing our business before and after LT10 training is like night and day. Before, I felt more inclined to micromanage, because we lacked the processes in place for smooth projects. Trust was lacking; I was worried things would fall through the cracks, and I was always ready for that phone call from a client telling us how we messed up. Now, I don’t worry about projects. Most of the time, I don’t even think about project management or the account service side of the business in general. That frees me up to run our studio and focus on creative – which is what I’m supposed to be doing in the first place. We’ve always exuded confidence in our design, but now we’re confident in our management as well. Overall, it makes our business feel more legitimate and makes me feel great about our investment with LT10.
How it works
We teach and guide you in organizational design. Our unique combo of consulting and training means expertise and hands-on change. We don’t just deliver reports. We deliver results.
Step 1 Assess & learn
A short consultation to learn about your agency, what’s bleeding, and where in the pain cycle we’re going to make the quickest and most economical impact.
Step 2Design
We’ll design a training and consulting program designed for your agency’s unique challenges and priorities.
Step 3Level up
We train, support, and coach the key people on your team.
Step 4Rinse & repeat
We’re here to elevate your growth until you don’t need us.
Is Louder Than Ten right for you?
Most agencies are caught in an endless cycle of cramming projects in the door to make up for lost margins, and it’s burning out their staff, pissing off their clients, and resulting in late, over-budget, and sloppy work. Louder Than Ten training breaks the cycle and helps you build an agency that treats people well, makes money, and produces great work.
Common questions
This sounds expensive. What is the return on investment?
Our training is designed to give you a direct return on investment by helping you generate higher margins through project efficiency and revenue generation. Our clients typically increase net profit by at least 20% during their first engagement. The money you invest comes back in the form of profit and lower expenses. Read about how we increase agency profit.
Is now the right time?
Every month you wait is another month of wasted time, money, and energy, project overages, frustrated clients, and burnt-out teams. Can you afford to put off the most important function of your agency? Agencies typically have 3 – 6 months of runway and that’s it. If you have less, you could be in trouble. You need healthy projects.
Are we going to have enough time?
We get it. Finding time to fix things and work on the business seems impossible when you’ve got a wall of tasks and impending deadlines. So here’s our first free lesson: You will only see relief when you prioritize the most important things that improve efficiency and generate more money. Our training focuses on improving the health of your business and supporting the people who work there in the most focused ways. Nothing is more important than that.
How long is this going to take?
Lasting change does take time. Any change you make today takes 6 – 8 months to show up on the books. There are no quick fixes, but you can make big change when you have focus. That’s why we design our programs to be a low commitment over several months. We are here to support you as you grow and to make change that sticks.
Is it going to be too hard to change our ways?
What’s harder, changing a broken system, or staying in business while your system tries to drown you? Every change takes work and courage, but when you can show up for your team, clients, and family and keep your promises, it’s worth the effort.
Still not convinced?
Learn more about our approach and process.
