https://www.agency.tiawof.com/posts daily 0.75 2026-01-12 https://www.agency.tiawof.com/posts/junior-talent-in-the-age-of-ai monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/1767696217394-VUA5KDG2JEMFAPCJATR8/article-juniors-in-the-age-of-ai.png Posts - Junior Talent in the Age of AI - Make it stand out The Hay Harvest by Pieter Bruegel the Elder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/f8c9796f-46a3-49f8-b266-f442e6a89158/dupuis-roadtrip-collage.png Posts - Junior Talent in the Age of AI - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/d52654dd-19f9-41fc-a286-ca46ca24160a/NH_52909_-_typing_pool%2C_Navy_Department%2C_Washington_DC.jpg Posts - Junior Talent in the Age of AI - Make it stand out Typing pool at the Navy Department, Washington DC ca 1918-19 (Wikimedia) https://www.agency.tiawof.com/posts/sponsored-goals monthly 0.5 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/1766525914252-2A3B7N7S96DSYZPOIZ23/hunters-in-the-snow-fire.png Posts - Sponsored Goals - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.agency.tiawof.com/posts/mid-level-team-members-and-culture monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://www.agency.tiawof.com/posts/hiring-full-time-employees-vs-contractors monthly 0.5 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/e18ca060-105f-4bb4-b535-fc5b2b8e73d3/Screenshot+2025-10-21+at+11.59.07%E2%80%AFAM.png Posts - Hiring Full-Time Employees vs. Contractors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/1b046519-07e9-42f8-9d76-82c6d0702e97/Screenshot+2025-10-21+at+12.01.22%E2%80%AFPM.png Posts - Hiring Full-Time Employees vs. Contractors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/73470dcb-f407-4f6d-9157-a33896add878/Screenshot+2025-10-21+at+12.03.46%E2%80%AFPM.png Posts - Hiring Full-Time Employees vs. Contractors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/7780f69b-138a-4f9b-b193-3be4f6f985cc/Screenshot+2025-10-21+at+3.08.19%E2%80%AFPM.png Posts - Hiring Full-Time Employees vs. Contractors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/43181dec-16b6-47df-a0af-febd9847acd9/Screenshot+2025-10-21+at+3.11.25%E2%80%AFPM.png Posts - Hiring Full-Time Employees vs. Contractors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.agency.tiawof.com/posts/annual-revenue-targets-for-small-agencies monthly 0.5 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/5df97beb-282e-4f89-a380-465b87547f45/Screenshot+2025-10-17+at+9.51.21%E2%80%AFAM.png Posts - Annual Revenue Targets for Small-Agencies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.agency.tiawof.com/posts/reference-class-forecasting-for-digital-agencies monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://www.agency.tiawof.com/posts/the-first-business-developer monthly 0.5 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/46914912-caec-4c3d-ad7e-eaf49aab2bd5/cHJpdmF0ZS9sci9pbWFnZXMvd2Vic2l0ZS8yMDIyLTA1L3BkMTg2LTAxOGEtbmFwLWpvYjU4Mi0yLmpwZw.jpg Posts - The First Business Developer - Make it stand out Paul Klee, May Picture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/ef72465c-a71d-4b53-80e1-8a19f8729ec8/founder-time-1.png Posts - The First Business Developer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/03bb2e4f-b12b-4abb-8794-7e7a4e3a53c5/founder-time-2.png Posts - The First Business Developer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.agency.tiawof.com/posts/qbr-anti-patterns-2025-q4 monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/aa6c065c-3595-4b5e-b4d2-932aaef688ce/qbr-anti-patterns-1.png Posts - QBR Anti-Patterns - Too much data, not enough discussion. Especially with leaders early in their careers, they sometimes struggle with “bringing others along for the ride.” They’re so in the weeds on their area of expertise that they don’t know what others don’t know. This can lead them to present data and assume that everyone else around the table knows how to interpret it. By leading with a hypothesis around action the agency should take in the coming quarter, and then using data to back that up, presenters must contextualize the data for the others. It also helps them filter out unnecessary data, as only data supporting their recommendations is brought into the conversation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/f3b21587-5d0f-424a-ac70-6ca431b8e0d6/qbr-anti-patterns-2.png Posts - QBR Anti-Patterns - Too little data, too much “let’s just see.” Agencies need to experiment. They need to do weird shit sometimes that fills their souls, and I’m all for that. 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Agencies like to joke about clients who have the budget for a Volkswagen but ask for a Porsche. Yet at QBR, agency leaders themselves often try to fit too much work into the next quarter. I think the work is a Porsche and the quarter is a Volkswagen in this analogy... Nevermind the analogy! The point I’m trying to make is that teams need to head into QBR understanding their capacity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d4009648a92335dd9f39f3/e74c1c0f-eae2-473f-b2ee-dae9a7e123bf/qbr-anti-patterns-5.png Posts - QBR Anti-Patterns - “Offline” decision-making. When you have your entire leadership team together, that’s an expensive meeting. 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