I just made $3000 I want to start my own web agency

I suggest you jump over into the Offline Marketing area of the Warrior Forum.

Read posts by Jason Kanigan, Claude Whitacre, Savidge4, IAmNameless, FreebieQueen, and others.

There is a lot of great advice floating around on this topic on a regular basis.

IAmNameless has a great WSO on the topic also.

Yeah OP I would just go get Nameless' WSO. At that price point you're not going to find anything better...or even close.

Savidge4 runs an agency too, and the rest of us have sold web design at some level or other, but Nameless is the only one I'm aware of who runs a company doing this and has put out a WSO after several successful years of operation.

People seem to really like Nameless' WSO, I haven't read it so I can't comment, but his posts can be good.

I run a nice little agency, I don't do social though as it's extremely time consuming and you need to really understand and know the clients business, I'm more interested in automation and putting systems in place.

Can any one offer good advice as to how I get more clients?

Start at the bottom, where are there people who need your services? freelance websites, every time I get asked by somebody how to get their first clients, I always tell them to join freelance sites and take on some jobs, you have to work for lower prices but it gets you used to dealing with clients and feedback and testimonials etc are online to be pointed to and used when approaching other clients in the future.

should I cold call? should I advertise?

Yes and yes, a lot of things work in getting clients so long as you put a load of effort into whatever you are trying, but I recommend trying out all of the methods you can think of, see what works best and most efficiently for you.

I made my first money from cold calling, now all of my money comes from organic traffic and PPC in various forms.

Just remember when calling, that the most important thing by an absolute mile, is who you contact and how you create your list.

I would like not to pay for advertising if possible. I would love more details in setting up a web agency?

I really think you are missing out by not paying for advertising (especially in terms of PPC), I am slowly moving all of my clients over to paid funnels to generate clients. The fact is that it straight up works and it's a lot less stressful to fulfil (once you have a system in place) than any other extremely time consuming services.

What forms I need the client to sign?? contracts etc etc?

I don't use any contracts or anything like that, sometimes clients require them, and sometimes they NDA's or non compete agreements. Never had any problems in this regard and I kind of think it adds pressure to the whole situation, especially when starting out.

Just make sure the clients know that you require payment up front, it sometimes requires a bit of trust being built but giving them your mobile number usually alleviates this.

Are there places you can get these forms online?

If you decide to use them, then yes there are tons of places to get them, I have some that I have had for years, that I don't use, if you'd like them shoot me a PM and I'll happily let you have them.

How I go about up selling?

I let this happen naturally, if you are providing them with service that is working and you offer something else that can help their business then tell them you can do it on their behalf. When it comes to client work, you can't really predict what services they will need and when so it's better to not try and force things until it occurs naturally.

up selling customers on to a monthly subscription?

In my opinion this should be your core service, and you should offer them a web redevelopment if you think it can help them, the problem with offering web dev first is that you are constantly chasing new clients.

I prefer recurring revenues, but that's your call.

I would almost NEVER suggest someone buy a WSO. Or almost any other information product for that matter.

But drop a couple bucks on iAmNameless's WSO if you're really serious about getting started. He hits a lot of great points and you can tell by the information that he walks the walk.

http://www.warriorforum.com/blogs/an...d-calling.html

One way you can get more clients would be to post your services on classified sites like craigslist (highly recommended), you can do it the traditional way which can still be effective and hand out business cards to active business owners. Cold calling still works great but I will suggest you find a reputable company that sell highly targeted leads or find a way to generate those yourself, which is the way most with experience would go. As for trying to do everything using ONLY free marketing... you are leaving a TON of high quality potential customers on the table, diminishing the speed at which you could scale immensely.

When it comes to a subscription site you could build one using something like wordpress or a site called wildapricot... you could use paypal or a merchant account to collect payments and should have no problem with integration.

Hope this helps
Rickey

Thanks everyone for your feedback it's been so helpful I am finding that most of my business to start with is coming from word of mouth!

How did you get your initial client, if you don't mind me asking.

I would recommend that you also look into the mobile space as well, the combination of both social media + mobile marketing together as been a great pairing for new age consulting firms and marketing agencies.

Interesting to hear everyone's different opinions.. Awesome thanks yes will be looking into the mobile space and app development for sure!! Does any one have a Link to this nameless or iAmNameless WSO please ?

here is Nameless' WSO (his blog is kinda good too - IncomeBully.com):

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ml#post9692532

Also, network/speak/offer free questions and answer sessions via Meetup, Chambers of Commerce, volunteer at community service groups of your choice such as Lions, Rotary, animal shelters...

Come up with a good "tripwire" - fairly low cost, high value service that helps with customer acquisition
because it's low risk for them. Starts your relationship.

When you are good enough and can handle more business, look for referrals or joint ventures with others who don't quite offer the same services as you.

Wow....lots of advice, however most of it has been gone over and over and over....if you search the forum.

Some of this advice is very biased IMHO so you should really use your own common sense.

I guess it goes without saying you should have a good website yourself. Networking locally you still need nice biz cards so get prepared. Get your own social media up and running. It look silly if someone offering these services has like 30 fans LOL. or a blog they have not updated for 5 months. Then reach out to everyone you now, everyone you knew, business owners you know, use etc....and then expand. Don't forget to ask for referrals.

Basically if you don't want to spend money on ads, you will need to cold call, run free ads, and I would suggest networking. The term "jv" is way overblown...with one client I doubt if many firms will just open up their email lists to you . However, you can find many networking opportunities , business breakfasts, etc.

I would not buy a list - you can get business lists right off the internet, create your own.. I guess if you are in the UK (you did say whilst LOL) they have do not call lists for biz so you may have to buy a list - here in the US we can call business public numbers.

hth

I have heard so many guys happily recommending Iamnamelss's wso, I would be jumping on it as well

I would recommend the IAmNameLess' WSO - The Ultimate Blueprint

You could search the forum for days on end and not come close to what is in the WSO for a new starter, be ready to cold call and cold e-mail though

Hey great story you shared. I am too much interested to know the method you use for success. Can you share something of it?