How To Resource Your Agency With Remote Workers With David Wain-Heapy And Bachir Smahi artwork
The Agency Accelerator

How To Resource Your Agency With Remote Workers With David Wain-Heapy And Bachir Smahi

  • S4E161
  • 37:09
  • March 30th 2023

Resourcing continues to be a challenge for most agencies. Should you hire in-house full-time staff, remote workers or can you build your agency using freelancers? To answer these questions and more I am joined by David Wain-Heapy And Bachir Smahi, former agency owners and now running a remote resourcing agency, Prodigi.

Time Stamp

[00:36] Introduction

[00:54] Running and selling your eCommerce marketing agency, Best Response Media

[02:08] When you started your agency, did you always plan to sell the agency one day?

[03:05] Where did the idea for Prodigi come from?

[05:40] What led you to sell, how did it come about?

[12:28] Tell us more about the clients you work for today and the challenges they have.

[13:56] What objections do people have to hiring remote workers (and how do you overcome them)?

[18:10] Can remote workers work for all roles (e.g. writers, account managers etc.)?

[21:20] How do you go about finding the ideal candidate for a client?

[23:30] How do I manage a remote worker and keep them engaged?

[26:40] How can we build our agency using freelance staff?

[30:17] Is there a point to switch from a freelancer to a full-time employee?

[32:44] If you could go back in time and give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be?

Quotations

“Focus on building a great business and everything else will follow.” - David Wain-Heapy

“Stop micromanaging and instead, focus on outputs.” - Bachir Smahi

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