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March 2023

The Accidental CEO: Track These Essential Metrics For Success | Scoro

Are you an Accidental CEO? If you’re a former solopreneur whose success has led to the formation of a company, you may just be. Do you find yourself overwhelmed with managing your business or agency, trying to balance your essential work with the operational and financial aspects of running an organisation? You’re not alone. Many solopreneurs who started as talented freelancers find themselves in this same position.

Scoro Nominated in Two Categories at The Global Business Tech Awards | Scoro

The Global Business Tech Awards recognize, reward and celebrate the best tech from around the world. They are judged by leading, international, industry experts following a transparent, ethical and fair judging model. Scoro’s two shortlistings include SaaS company of the Year, with the organizers saying that as tech develops at an ever-faster rate of knots, the need for software services is seeing exponential growth. The second category Scoro is up for is Tech Company of the Year.

Scaling Up and Going Remote: The Success Story of a Digital Marketing Agency You Won't Want to Miss

Discover how StrategiQ, a UK-based digital marketing agency, overcame growth challenges and adapted to remote work with Scoro. With over 20 tools considered, only one provided the end-to-end work management solution to fuel their ambitious growth plans. StrategiQ's Operations Director, Tyler Webb-Harding, shares how Scoro helped the agency track project profitability, resource utilization, and real-time collaboration during the national COVID-19 lockdown.

Innovating Architecture: How Mallol Arquitectos Streamlined Workflows

In this video, we take a closer look at how Mallol Arquitectos transformed its business operations by implementing Scoro. Before Scoro, the company faced the challenges of managing information on different platforms, resulting in data that needed to be synchronized and had no real value.

Switching to a 4-day work week could be a nightmare...

In this video, we dive into the implications of transitioning from a 40-hour work week to a 32-hour work week. From holiday changes to financial and legal operations, it's essential to address the underlying factors for a successful roll-out. Join us as we explore ensuring employee fairness and compliance with regulations, all while implementing the 4-day work week in different regions. Tune in to learn how we kept the operational processes under control while switching to a 4-day work week.

How a Creative Agency Started Using Data to Make Profitable Decisions

In this video, we'll explore how SAENTYS, a marketing agency with three offices and a team of 60 talented individuals, streamlined their business operations and improved overall efficiency with Scoro's work management software. Using Scoro's platform, SAENTYS has achieved consistency across their quoting, project management, time tracking, financial analysis, and data insights. This has allowed them to grow as a business and become true leaders regarding operational efficiency and the quality of their client work.

4-Day Work Week = Less Meetings?

Efficiency is key when it comes to the 4-day work week! Join us as we dive into the world of meetings and how to optimize them for maximum productivity. We share our own insights and the lessons learned from analyzing our meetings and how we're transitioning from unstructured and repetitive meetings to ones with purpose and a clear agenda. Tune in to learn how we make the most of our meetings at Scoro!

The Secret To A Successful 4-Day Work Week

In this video, we will discuss time management – an often overlooked business area crucial to the success of a 4-day work week. Time tracking, the team's knowledge of time management, and best practices of time management – we will cover all the aspects needed to switch to a four-day week. Tune in to learn how we track and manage our time efficiently at Scoro!

Why Your Agency Needs To Stop Over-Servicing Now, and How To Do It | Scoro

Over-servicing, where agencies spend more hours on a client’s project than quoted or billed for, is one of the oldest and most challenging issues in the professional services business. It bites into profits, lowers agency margins, and is generally seen as a self-destructive business practice. But, as our recent survey of over 100 professional service agencies revealed, it is a far more complex issue than can be ascribed to only bad planning or inefficient resource utilization.

Is 4-Day Work Week an Antidote to Burnout?

In this video, we'll dive into how reducing employee burnout can be achieved through a focus on work-life balance, including the implementation of a 4-day work week. Having more time to recharge is one of the critical aspects when it comes to avoiding burnout. Learn how this shorter work week can actually lead to increased productivity and happier, healthier employees. Tune in to learn how we keep our employees happy, rested and productive at Scoro!

Survey: What Are Professional Service Agencies Keen to Improve in 2023? | Scoro

To keep our finger on the pulse of what makes the professional services industry tick, we recently interviewed over 100 agencies for our 2023 Clockwork report – The Agency Operations Survey. The survey, which was conducted in partnership with Agency Hackers, aims to collect detailed insights into the processes that drive agencies, their best practices, and how they run their operations. We asked questions on agency structure, client management, and internal processes.