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SUMMARYWhen we decided to host our client sites on Kubernetes, we needed a strong hosting partner whose values aligned with our own, and who was as interested in empowering small companies as we were. We chose DigitalOcean, and their Senior Growth Marketing Manager, Tim Dearlove, is our guest in this podcast. Tim and Ivan discuss DigitalOcean’s values, practices, future plans, and their very special Shark Week.GUESTTim Dearlove, Senior Growth Marketing Manager at DigitalOceanHIGHLIGHTS Digital Ocean Solutions Partner Program Empowering DO’s partners Digital Ocean’s stance on security and privacy DO’s core offering: Droplets (virtual machines) LINKS Digital Ocean Solutions Partner Program Hacktoberfest

SUMMARYWhen we decided to host our client sites on Kubernetes, we needed a strong hosting partner whose values aligned with our own, and who was as interested in empowering small companies as we were. We chose DigitalOcean, and their Senior Growth Marketing Manager, Tim Dearlove, is our guest in this podcast. Tim and Ivan discuss DigitalOcean’s values, practices, future plans, and their very special Shark Week.GUESTTim Dearlove, Senior Growth Marketing Manager at DigitalOceanHIGHLIGHTS<ul> <li><a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/partners/solutions-partners/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digital Ocean Solutions Partner Program</a></li> <li>Empowering DO’s partners</li> <li>Digital Ocean’s stance on security and privacy</li> <li>DO’s core offering: Droplets (virtual machines)</li> </ul>LINKS<ul> <li><a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/partners/solutions-partners/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digital Ocean Solutions Partner Program</a></li> <li><a href="https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hacktoberfest</a></li></ul>

Tim Dearlove of DigitalOcean: Empowering Customers Through Simplicity, Transparency and Love

One of the most rewarding aspects of AMI is that we can give agency owners a sense of perspective. Owning and running an agency is lonely and isolated. You make decisions based on what you know and usually you only know your own reality. I love it when I can shine a light on how other agencies are doing something or a best practice or metric that gives owners confidence that you’re on track or even that you’re ahead of the curve. Hubspot recently completed a survey of over 1,200 marketing agency decision makers and I was invited to comment on some of the findings. After reading the report, I knew the insights were something we needed to explore together on the podcast. Tim Dearlove is the Growth Marketing Manager at Hubspot, which as you know is a market leading inbound marketing and sales suite of tools that is very agency centric and they invest a huge amount of time and effort to support agencies all over the globe. (Note: And the presenting sponsor of Build A Better Agency) Some of the findings will touch on themes you live with every day – the fears and frustrations of any agency owner. There are some trends and practices we’ll call to your attention and some opportunities for you to take the lead over your competition. We’ll also look at how you can stay ahead of your clients – and the importance of ongoing learning not just for you, but for the talent you hire as well. It’s an episode full of big ideas and targeted actions you can take to make your agency better and your life a bit easier.     What you’ll learn about in this episode:  Retainers/long-term relationships: why they are great for your agency as well as your clients Retainers that allow your agency to provide services on an ongoing basis while keeping control Some of the mistakes agencies make by not clearly defining what the service is and tying the value directly to the offering Going through the process and making sure the decision to work on a retainer basis is thought out and not just tacked on at the end Why the paid discovery process is the ideal way to enter into a retainer agreement (and why it’s not always possible) The three categories a retainer should have to provide value to the client: optimization, insurance, and strategy How to talk to prospects so they understand the value of an ongoing relationship Three great ways to clearly define and price your services Why your clients will test the boundaries of your agreement if you don’t clearly define them The importance of saying “no” and the right and wrong ways to do it Why consistent, clear communication with ongoing clients is a great way to upsell services Building systems and processes for great internal and external communication Why you have to work on your processes in small increments or they will never get done  Ways to contact Tim Dearlove:  Twitter: @tdearlove Research Report  We’re proud to announce that Hubspot is now the presenting sponsor of the Build A Better Agency podcast! Many thanks to them for their support!

One of the most rewarding aspects of AMI is that we can give agency owners a sense of perspective. Owning and running an agency is lonely and isolated. You make decisions based on what you know and usually you only know your own reality. I love it when I can shine a light on how other agencies are doing something or a best practice or metric that gives owners confidence that you’re on track or even that you’re ahead of the curve. <a href="https://hubs.ly/H0bVnrq0" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hubspot recently completed a survey of over 1,200 marketing agency decision makers</a> and I was invited to comment on some of the findings. After reading the report, I knew the insights were something we needed to explore together on the podcast. Tim Dearlove is the Growth Marketing Manager at Hubspot, which as you know is a market leading inbound marketing and sales suite of tools that is very agency centric and they invest a huge amount of time and effort to support agencies all over the globe. (Note: And the presenting sponsor of Build A Better Agency) Some of the findings will touch on themes you live with every day – the fears and frustrations of any agency owner. There are some trends and practices we’ll call to your attention and some opportunities for you to take the lead over your competition. We’ll also look at how you can stay ahead of your clients – and the importance of ongoing learning not just for you, but for the talent you hire as well. It’s an episode full of big ideas and targeted actions you can take to make your agency better and your life a bit easier.     What you’ll learn about in this episode: <ul> <li>Retainers/long-term relationships: why they are great for your agency as well as your clients</li> <li>Retainers that allow your agency to provide services on an ongoing basis while keeping control</li> <li>Some of the mistakes agencies make by not clearly defining what the service is and tying the value directly to the offering</li> <li>Going through the process and making sure the decision to work on a retainer basis is thought out and not just tacked on at the end</li> <li>Why the paid discovery process is the ideal way to enter into a retainer agreement (and why it’s not always possible)</li> <li>The three categories a retainer should have to provide value to the client: optimization, insurance, and strategy</li> <li>How to talk to prospects so they understand the value of an ongoing relationship</li> <li>Three great ways to clearly define and price your services</li> <li>Why your clients will test the boundaries of your agreement if you don’t clearly define them</li> <li>The importance of saying “no” and the right and wrong ways to do it</li> <li>Why consistent, clear communication with ongoing clients is a great way to upsell services</li> <li>Building systems and processes for great internal and external communication</li> <li>Why you have to work on your processes in small increments or they will never get done</li> </ul> Ways to contact Tim Dearlove: <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/tdearlove" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@tdearlove</a></li> <li><a href="https://hubs.ly/H0bVnrq0" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Research Report</a></li> </ul> We’re proud to announce that <a href="http://hubs.ly/H06PywY0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Hubspot</a> is now the presenting sponsor of the Build A Better Agency podcast! Many thanks to them for their support!

Episode 134: Digging into the data with Hubspot’s Tim Dearlove