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Profit and growth
When to hire at your creative agency: the 5-metric hiring equation
Five numbers to check before your creative agency hires: utilisation, revenue per FTE, gross margin, cash reserve after ramp and debtor days.
Jordan Bevans
21 min read -
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.
Jack Bickersteth
16 min read -
Bookkeeping
Cash vs accrual accounting for creative agencies
Why creative agencies should run their management books on accrual, where a cash forecast still matters, and how the ATO's GST and income tax rules differ.
Jordan Bevans
19 min read -
AI, Tech & Operations
AI for creative agencies: how to implement it (5 workflows worth standardising first)
Five agency workflows to assess for AI assistance, with human sign-off and a practical way to measure time, cost, quality and financial results.
Jordan Bevans
20 min read -
Profit and growth
How to calculate customer acquisition cost for your agency
How to include founder time and pitch hours in an agency's acquisition cost, and compare it consistently with gross-profit lifetime value.
Jordan Bevans
14 min read -
Profit and growth
How to improve agency profitability: 5 levers that actually move the numbers
Five levers to improve agency operating profit before finance costs and tax, with worked examples of gross margin and overhead.
Jordan Bevans
15 min read -
Tax and compliance
EOFY survival guide for creative agencies: the most commonly forgotten financial tasks
The year-end tasks creative agencies most often miss, from unbilled work and prepayments to the TPAR test and next year's forecast.
Stacey Walsh
4 min read
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