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How can you grow your agency's client list beyond referral clients? Would you sacrifice price or length of contracts in order to attract new business? Today's featured guest has successfully established his agency by prioritizing higher prices and maintaining a clear vision of his offerings. He emphasizes the importance of being selective with the opportunities that arise. He shares the challenges and strategies involved in growing his agency, as well as how he prioritized long-term relationships over new business.

Seth Odell is the founder and CEO of Kanahoma, a performance marketing agency specializing in the education sector. With over 15 years of experience in marketing and education, Seth shares his journey from being a chief marketing officer at a university to launching his own agency during the pandemic.

He discusses the pivotal moment when UCLA became his first client, propelling him to leap into entrepreneurship and the strategies he used to secure more clients and start managing the agency's growth.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

• Getting your agency on its feet with a clear strategy from day one.

• Tactics for landing long-term contracts and increasing client retention.

• Getting the agency owner out of sales.

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Seth had dedicated fifteen years to marketing in the education industry before starting his agency, working in-house in roles like Chief Marketing Officer at a university system in San Diego.

Initially, becoming a CMO seemed like the pinnacle of his career. However, after achieving this position, he realized he could keep pushing himself and decided to take the leap into entrepreneurship.

Seth's first client at his agency was UCLA, an amazing opportunity for a starter agency and a great chance to launch his business to success. It was a consulting agreement that covered Seth's salary, his mortgage, and most of his expenses.

1. Build Relationships After landing UCLA as his first client, Seth formed a plan to send personalized letters and small gifts to fifty industry contacts who had influenced his career over the past 15 years. It was a sincere acknowledgment of the relationships he had built throughout his career and a good way to announce his new venture. This tactic had a tremendous impact and his agency secured two additional clients through referrals generated by this strategy. It led to immediate business opportunities and also laid t