Fireside Chat on Agency Growth, Positioning and New Business with Zach Hyder – Episode 21
About This Episode:
In this episode Zach Hyder from ThinkDendro.com joins us to talk about how to prepare for a looming recession, how to position yourself, niching vs adding services, creating predictable pipeline, working with coaches & consultants, and more.
About Zach Hyder:
Zach Hyder is an advisor and coach to professional services agencies in advertising, marketing, media, and public relations. He’s the founder of ThinkDendro and the host ofThe Dendro Cast– The podcast about the disruption of the agency business
He spent his career working on agency business development and marketing, skills he now uses to help agency owners and executive teams rethink how they position and grow their business.
Resources from Zach:
- Website(CLICK HERE)
- LinkedIn(CLICK HERE)
- Podcast(CLICK HERE)
- Podcast Episode with Marcel(CLICK HERE)
- Wikipedia article on Dendros(CLICK HERE)
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Marcel Petitpas
CEO & Co-Founder
Based in Moncton, NB Canada Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto. He's on a mission to build the worlds best workplace at Parakeeto. He believes work should give us more energy and inspiration to serve our families and communities, not drain us of our will to live. He started Parakeeto so he could help agencies create and predictable and stable environment, so they can produce their best work and live a more balanced life.
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