14 Signs Your Agency Needs Automation (as told by Michael Scott)

You love your clients and your team, but there are some painful realities to running an agency that outsiders aren't aware of. You've spent all of your time growing the business, but might have been unprepared for how much management seems to suffer in the background. Here are the tell-tale signs that your agency is ready to graduate to business automation.

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1. You're starting to realize that status meetings are a waste of time

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2. You're winning more clients and making more money but not knowing how much or where it's coming from

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3. With so many emails coming to you and your team, somebody is bound to forget to respond to a client

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4. You don't have a life because your workload is too heavy

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5. Sometimes you feel like you don't know what everyone on your team is working on

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6. Even worse, sometimes you don't know what's happening with a client

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7. You're calling clients way too often

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8. There is too much work to be done at the last minute and your team is frustrated

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9. You have nightmares about things not getting done

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10. You feel like you do more than one role-- service, finances, administration and management

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10. This is how you feel trying to tie all of your tools and spreadsheets together for billing

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11. When you do work for clients that isn't part of their retainer and is not billable

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12. Doing a lot of work but still trying to keep your team motivated

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13. You wish you had more time to attend conferences

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14. And have fun with your team

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But no matter what, you will always love your job - except when you don't.

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