Most agencies sell "on the side" — between client work, by feel. Yet you can sell data-driven without a sales team, with three numbers any CRM can track for you.
Number 1: win rate per source
Not your overall win rate — that hides everything — but per source: referrals may win 60%, cold enquiries 15%. That number tells you where your acquisition time should go, and which enquiries you can politely decline.
Number 2: time-in-stage
Where do deals get stuck? If "proposal sent" averages twelve days, that is your leak — and the fix (follow-up automation, a deadline in the quote) is cheaper than more leads.
Number 3: lost reasons
Three months of lost reasons tells you more about your pricing and audience than any consultant. "Too expensive" in one segment and never in another = not a pricing problem but a targeting problem.
The routine
Friday afternoon, ten minutes: the three numbers, one conclusion, one adjustment. That is all — but whoever keeps it up for a quarter demonstrably sells better. In The Agency CRM all three are live on your reporting dashboard.
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