Work Life: Stories & strategies

Outline project plans in advance with resource placeholders. Your secret weapon for forecasting unconfirmed work and identifying resource gaps early.

Understand how each project is impacting your bottom line with project rates. Forecast future income then compare that with billable revenue logged in timesheets for a clear view of your projects’ financial health.

See how agency Spindogs boosted billable time, and improved workloads and efficiency with Resource Guru.

Overtime can sometimes feel like a chore, but it has to get done. Whether you or your team are putting in extra hours regularly, or every now and then, this calculator helps take some of the…

Dive into proven agency sales models, processes, and strategies with input from agency and sales experts.

Understand total utilization, billable utilization, and hours available at a glance, with heatmap views.

Learn about revenue-driven resource planning from some of the best agencies in the world including TBWA\Chiat\Day, Ogilvy, Code and Theory, and others.

In this eBook, PM practitioners, authors, and agency insiders share the stories that defined their careers—and the lessons they learned along the way.

According to a recent AdAge article, 75% of multinational brands will seek pricing changes with their agencies in the next three years. Of course, agencies are no strangers to change. The great resignation, the growing omnipresence…

Project teams offer flexible ways to manage your project task force. Assemble teams for future work and choose who you see in the Schedule.

If we had to sum up agency teams in a word, “resilient” seems like the best fit. From securing business and retaining clients, to working against tough deadlines–the pace is often intense, and the predictability… less…

In 2024, AdAge reported that “budgets are down across the board, because there’s so much pressure with the economy and inflation.” If you work agency-side, you probably feel this every day. With less money to work…

Running a successful agency isn’t just about delivering great work—it’s about knowing how to measure your success. Agency key performance indicators (KPIs) are the handpicked metrics that facilitate that. They give you the insight you need…

Ad Age’s annual Revenue Report shows agencies in the U.S. saw 9.9% revenue growth in 2022. Worldwide, agencies reported a 7.5% uptick. But, times have changed. 2023 saw layoffs, restructures, and mergers following more pressure from…