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◇ Agencies

New business, from people who do this for a living.

Agencies are the hardest possible audience. Your prospects run outreach themselves, recognise every template, and have heard every pitch. We know — because we are one, and because agency new-business has produced our single strongest result.

◇ Inbox · founder of a 40-person agency
Tuesday · 9:04am
Agency ALoved your recent post!template
Agency BQuick question, {{first_name}}template
Agency CJust bumping this up 👆template
Agency DCircling back on my notetemplate
Growth RhinoYour positioning vs. Ueno — one observationread
Agency EAre you the right person?template
5 / 6
Templates spotted
1
Replies today
High
Bar
◇ Why this audience is unforgiving

What's different about selling to agencies.

Not generic pains — the operating reality of prospecting into a room full of people who prospect for a living.

◇ Truth 01

They can see the mechanics.

A merge field wearing a costume gets spotted instantly. So does a fake "just bumping this up."

◇ Truth 02

New business is the first thing dropped.

When client work spikes, prospecting stops — which is exactly why agency pipelines are so lumpy.

◇ Truth 03

Referrals have a ceiling.

Most agencies grow on reputation until the network is tapped, then discover they never built a repeatable way to find anyone new.

◇ What actually lands

Selling to people who sell.

The bar is higher here than in any other sector, which is why a motion that works on agency buyers tends to work everywhere else.

◇ Doesn't work on agency buyers
◇ Does

Personalisation theatre — "Loved your recent post!"

A specific, informed observation about their positioning or client mix.

Generic case studies.

A number from a comparable agency, stated plainly.

Multi-step nurture with manufactured urgency.

Being direct about why you're writing and what you want.

Disguising that it's outbound.

Owning it — they respect competence more than camouflage.

Agency buyers don't reward camouflage. They reward specificity, honesty, and the sense that whoever wrote the email actually reads their work.

◇ What we run for agencies

The stack behind an agency new-business system.

01

Positioning sharpened first

Before a single send. Vague positioning is the actual reply-rate problem most agencies have.

Coming soon
02

Signal-based targeting

Funding, hiring, leadership changes — the triggers that name a real reason your prospect should care right now.

Coming soon
03

Direct, non-templated messaging

Written by senior operators. Reviewed against a live agency buyer's inbox — not a generic checklist.

Open the service
04

Prospecting that doesn't stop

Runs through delivery crunches. That's the whole point — a system, not a side project.

Coming soon
◇ FAQ

Common questions from agency founders.

Yes — and that's fine. We don't hide it; we make it worth reading. Agency buyers respect a direct, well-informed message far more than a disguised one.

◇ Let's build

New business, without the theatre.

A 30-minute call. We'll tell you honestly whether agency new-business is a positioning problem, a prospecting problem, or a discipline problem — and what shipping looks like.