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15 contributions to Deacon Nick GHL Agency Support
The agency owners I've seen grow fastest all did one thing early 👇
Over the last year I've been the "tech guy" behind the scenes for a few agencies, building the automations, CRM setups and AI stuff their clients see. The pattern I keep noticing: The owners who grow fastest don't build everything themselves. They stay on sales and client relationships, and hand off the technical delivery. The ones who get stuck are usually brilliant at selling... but spend their nights fixing workflows, debugging GHL, or rebuilding the same follow-up system for the fifth client. One owner told me the turning point was simple: "I stopped being the bottleneck on delivery and started closing again." So I'm curious, for the agency owners here: What's the one part of delivery you wish you could just hand off? - CRM / GHL setup - Automations & follow-up flows - AI chatbots / voice agents - Something else? Drop it below. I'll share how I'd structure it so it runs without you 🙌
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Good share. The agencies that pick one niche and one problem early always seem to move faster.
How "rank & rent" websites can get your first clients!
There are dozens of ways for a marketing agency owner to reach out to potential customers, and just as many things to sell them... but rank and rent websites are one of the best things for a new agency owner to sell to get your first customers. I explain how "rank and rent" websites work in this video, taken from our team meeting today. I later share where our DM, Email, and cold call scripts a bit. (found in our "classroom" section) We get our R&R website builder, and directory builder at - https://aisprinkled.com/rankandrent . (it's free at first btw) If you're interested in learning more about "rank and rent" websites, this is the group I joined to get an incredible R&R website builder... I put in the info, it gives me a code I add to AI Studio in GHL, and "poof"... optimized website. https://aisprinkled.com I do make edits afterwards, and add a phone number and AI and such, but still, it's a great system. It built all of the sites we sell, and that are shown in the video... I can get a site out in around an hour.
How "rank & rent" websites can get your first clients!
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Nick, coming from contracting, I’d want the handoff to include the town, the type of work and when the homeowner is available. That would help me tell whether I can actually take the job before calling. When you forward an inquiry, how do you check that the contractor reached the homeowner so it doesn’t disappear after the notification?
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@Deacon Nick Thanks for the straight answer, Nick. Calls going directly to the contractor is different from the forwarded-form handoff I had in mind. I was mainly asking who owns the follow-through after the enquiry arrives. Your distinction between a free lead and a rented site clears up how you're handling it. From the contractor side, I'd want that responsibility stated plainly before starting.
What would help you the most?
What do YOU need from ME to help you get your first job/client? If you have access to the course/video section of the group, (it comes with free GHL accts too) you'll see that we have stuff on how to find leads, how to contact them, how to deliver products etc.. BUT: I am putting them in a new order so you have a "do this, do this, do this", then have your first client. (kind of a rank and rent agency in a box, with fulfillment even done for you if you want) What can I show you how to do, to make this happen for you?
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Nick, one complete handoff example would help me: the owner explains the problem, we agree on exactly what is being delivered, then we test it together before calling it finished. I am learning the agency side alongside my closer role. Seeing how you keep the initial job small and handle a request that falls outside the agreed work would be useful, especially before promising a local business more than I can deliver.
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@Deacon Nick Sure, Nick. Say a landscaper asks for a one-page website. I'd like to see how you agree on the service area, photos, contact button and number of revisions, then show the owner a working page on their phone before handing it over. If they then ask for online booking, how do you explain whether that's included or a separate job? That's the small, start-to-finish example I meant.
Tuesday recording! Selling with Loom Videos
We covered "selling with Loom videos" and we talked about this cold or warm outreach script for rank and rent: "I'm just wondering if you are open to some more sales or leads? You only pay us when you get paid!" When they reply: "Yes we do paid on performance deals. We get a % of any sales we bring you." (ad-lib from here) We'll be getting together Tuesday, Oct 19th, live at 9:00 AM US Central time. Check the calendar to see what time that is in your area. Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89152972741
Tuesday recording! Selling with Loom Videos
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Nick, I haven't watched the recording yet, but the written outreach example raises a practical question for me. Before a performance arrangement, I'd want us both clear on what counts as a sale and how the owner will report it. From my contracting background, the handoff after an enquiry matters a lot. At what point in your conversation do you work through that with a business owner?
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Yes, Nick, I can see why an owner would want to protect a source of good leads. From the contractor side, I'd still want a simple shared record of the enquiry, the job and whether payment came in. That's less about assuming dishonesty and more about making sure neither person has to reconstruct the job from memory later. Appreciate you being clear about how much you've personally tried it.
Hi group! New member here
Hope you all are having a good start to the week! I joined yesterday to help learn more about the rank and rent model. Just curious how things are going for others after the Google spam updates. Also trying to learn more about what to do for a new local site once you’ve had it live for 1-2 months. Not sure how to read GSC data that’s very new and has gone through two Google updates now. No idea how to spot bottlenecks! Any help is appreciated!
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Sam, the detail that you’re still getting clicks but fewer calls and forms stands out. From the customer side, I’d first try one inquiry on my own phone and follow it all the way through: is the next step obvious, does the form arrive, and does the call reach the right place? That won’t explain every traffic change, but it checks a practical gap before rebuilding pages. What service and area is the site focused on?
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