The Hands-Off CEO Blog

Grateful for Growth: A Better Way to Scale Your Agency in 2025

As we gather around our Thanksgiving tables this year, I’m filled with immense gratitude for our incredible tribe of agency owners who’ve trusted us with their growth journeys. Your successes become our inspiration, and your transformations fuel our mission! But here’s the real feast for thought… While others are still stuffing their agencies with “scale at any cost” strategies, our…

Add $290k in profits (without new clients)

Here’s how an agency secures $290,000 in new profits from their existing client base – WITHOUT adding a single new customer. Looking at hundreds of consulting agencies, we’ve discovered a pattern: While most agencies chase new clients, the real profit opportunity is hiding in plain sight – your existing client base. We helped one of our agency clients analyze their…

Save 10+ hours every week on content creation with AI tools

“AI will not replace agency owners, but agency owners who strategically use AI will outperform those who don’t.” Over the past few months, we’ve hired an absolutely amazing marketing manager who’s transformed how we approach content creation and marketing automation. She’s an absolute whiz at utilizing AI tools to accelerate how quickly we can put out good, authentic marketing. I…

The CEO’s Playbook: 5 Essential Mindset Shifts for Transitioning From Doer to Bad-Ass Leader

The evolution of scaling business beyond 8 figures can feel daunting, but it’s an absolutely essential step if you want to unlock your agency’s full potential and hidden profits. By embracing these 5 key mindset shifts, you can blow up your business, transform your role, empower your team, and position your agency for exponential sustainable growth.   Let Go of…

3 Key Ingredients to Attract Higher Quality Clients Who Pay 50-200% Higher Fees

To attract higher quality clients into your world, you have to 1) attract their attention with a promise that they want, 2) confidently show them a clear path to results, and while you are doing this you 3) build trust. Lots of scammers promise the moon with just step #1. They are great at capturing our interest. But then neglect…

[Case Studies] Command Higher Fees to Scale Your Consulting Agency (Without Working More, or Hiring a Massive Team)

To scale growth without working more, you need highly SELLABLE service packages. And they must be more sustainable and profitable. Otherwise, you’ll have to work more and more with every client you sell. A LOT of the delivery work YOU will have to do because you’re the only one skilled enough to do it. Madeleine Silva had a fantastic service…

VALUE BASED PRICING GUIDE – How to Double or More Retainer Fees Even in Tough Market Conditions

Clients have always wanted results (not deliverables). But now they won’t invest in anything without a very CLEAR PATH TO SUCCESS. This means that to thrive in a downturn market, you may need to retool your services to communicate and deliver more certainty. In good times this framework I am about to share with you has added millions of dollars…

Consulting Agency CEO Added $3.4 in 3 Years – E23

Today, Philip Nickerson from Aqua Production Systems is here with me. Philip has a fantastic story about how he’s grown his company from quite humble beginnings. Now, he’s a Hands-Off CEO and has scaled up to multiple 7-figures. I wanted to share his powerful story because of the impact it’s had – not only for his family – but his…

Doubled the Revenue by Working Less – E16

Mandi and CEO Tom Shapiro highlight the journey of Stratabeat, Tom’s digital marketing agency. There’s so much to learn from Tom and the way he’s been able to grow his company; doubling in size in just 18 months. All while Tom was able to work less and depend on the incredible team he’s building. He used the “spare” time to…

How to Guarantee Results for Your Clients – E13

How much could you grow if you could guarantee results for your clients? Because many custom service providers only market their clients’ successes and aren’t honest about the rest, there are a lot of burned clients. And ethical providers tend to be less forward because they’re nervous about over-promising and under-delivering. You can stand out in the crowd by embracing…