🥅 Agency Tip: STOP charging per lead.
Do not, I repeat, do not charge per lead.
Sure charging per lead sounds like an easy pitch AND clients love this kind of guarantee. But the fact of the matter is, your agency’s growth is going to stall or potentially go in the opposite direction if you stay in this model.
Things might look good to start, you’ve got a few clients paying you cash per lead but what happens when you need to expand to new channels to boost volume or quality?
Answer: Your costs to deliver goes up and you start losing money.
You sell leads to a company at $15/lead in bundles of 20 leads per week.
That gets you roughly 80 leads per month or $1,200/month/client.
If you have 10 clients, you’re clearing $12,000/month so ~$144k/year top line.
That’s not factoring in your cost per lead, but in the case of most PPL companies they’ll be working on networks that have the lowest possible CPL, which translates to much lower quality.
If you’re going to grow your agency, you’ll need to keep your clients happy with volume and quality. Which means you’ll have to expand to new channels, which can prove costly.
Instead of charging per lead, charge per service offered and factor in your costs while setting this price point.
This will level up the kinds of clients you get and give you more flexibility to deliver results.
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