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- Industry page: Marketing, creative, and digital agencies
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Cash flow
How to build a cash flow forecast for your creative agency
How to build a 13-week cash flow forecast for a creative agency around retainers, project milestones, and pass-through costs, and run it weekly.
The Visory Team
16 min read -
Profit and growth
When to hire at your creative agency: the 5-metric hiring equation
Utilization alone is a bad reason to hire at your agency. A 5-metric hiring equation that puts studio utilization, revenue per FTE, GPM, cash, and DSO in one view.
The Visory Team
9 min read -
Bookkeeping
Cash vs accrual accounting for creative agencies
Accrual books are how you manage a creative agency. Cash basis has specific uses (the 13-week forecast, some tax situations) but shouldn’t be your management view.
The Visory Team
9 min read -
Profit and growth
How to calculate customer acquisition cost for your agency
Most guides to customer acquisition cost use a SaaS formula. This one shows agencies how to calculate the true cost of winning a new client, founder time on sales included.
The Visory Team
13 min read -
Profit and growth
How to improve agency profitability: 5 levers that actually move the numbers
There are only two ways to improve your agency’s profitability: raise your gross profit margin or reduce your overhead. Five levers, ranked by dollar impact, with the math at every step.
The Visory Team
14 min read -
Tax and compliance
Year-end checklist for creative agencies: the financial tasks most often left too late
Don’t let tax time catch you off guard. A year-end checklist for creative agencies, from unbilled work to Form 1099-NEC, plus tips to stay ahead.
The Visory Team
3 min read
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