I’m Harry O’Connor. I’ve run digital agencies for 25 years and I still run two of them. If you own a web, design or digital marketing agency, I’ve probably had the problem you have now.
Agencies have their own problems. Scope that creeps, prices that were guessed, a pipeline that depends on referrals, and a team that waits for you to decide everything. I’ve had every one of them in my own agencies, and some of them more than once.
I’ve mentored hundreds of digital agency owners around the world. I don’t claim to have worked everything out. I still run two agencies, so I’m still solving these problems most weeks.
Agency mentoring is me telling you what worked for me, what didn’t, and what I’ve seen work for other agency owners. Then you decide what to do with it.
The three stages of agency I mentor
Starting an agency
You’re setting up, or moving from freelance to a team. We work on the fundamentals: getting clients, and building a sales pipeline you can predict.
Growing a small agency
You have clients and a few people. We work on raising your prices, building out the team, and the processes that let the agency grow without you doing every job.
Running an established agency
The agency works, and you know something is missing. It’s hard to see the wood for the trees from the inside. I can mentor you here, though Founder Counsel is built for this stage.
What agency owners bring to our calls
You set the agenda. Bring whatever is on your desk that week, and we’ll work through it together.
A price for a project, and how to ask the client for their budget
A proposal that has to go out this week
A client who keeps adding to the scope
Where the next clients come from when referrals go quiet
Whether to pick a niche, and which one
Whether to hire, and who to hire first
Getting out of delivery, so the agency doesn’t need you in every job
What agency founders say
More than 100 five-star reviews, all independent.
Monthly turnover has increased over 300% as a direct result of the changes we’ve discussed and actioned together! As well as his friendly, helpful approach it was encouraging to work with someone who had direct experience of the industry that I work in.
Tim Ryan Founder, Echo Eighty
In a matter of weeks of speaking with Harry he’d devised a straightforward plan, one thing to focus on for that specific quarter. I got to work with what Harry had proposed. As a result of working with Harry and the referrals he sent our way, which were greatly received, our business went from a struggling agency of one to a growing agency of 3 including a graphic designer and a freelance web developer.
Robert Haylor Web design agency founder
Harry is a great mentor and has a vast experience in setting up and running a web design and development agency. His insight and knowledge was really helpful when trying to handle difficult strategic business decisions.
Ash Hewins Virtual reality agency founder
Harry is an amazing mentor! Very knowledgeable & effective. He helped me solve every single problem I had + solve problems I DIDN’T KNOW I had. I wholeheartedly recommend him, you will be amazed.
Answer a few questions about you and the business. It takes about three minutes.
I reply within one working day
Either with a link to book the call, or an honest no and somewhere better to look.
We talk, then you decide
Fifteen minutes on where the business is, where you want it to be and which plan fits.
A single Power Hour is $250. Ongoing mentoring is $500 a month, and you can stop whenever you like. See plans and prices.
Agency mentoring questions
Does agency mentoring really work?
It did for me. My own agency only started to move when I hired a mentor, and he had built his agency with a mentor before him. The reviews are from people I have worked with, in their own words.
What size of agency do you work with?
From a freelancer about to make a first hire to agencies turning over about a million dollars. If yours is bigger than that, Founder Counsel on harryoconnor.co.uk is the better fit.
What kind of agencies do you mentor?
Web design and development, branding, SEO, paid ads, content and software. If you sell a service to clients and price it by the project or on a retainer, the problems are much the same.
Do you mentor freelancers too?
Yes. Some of my mentees work alone, and moving from freelancer to agency is one of the three stages I work with.
Is there a contract?
No. Plans are paid monthly and you can cancel at any time, so you only stay while it’s useful.
