{"id":9986,"date":"2025-03-26T11:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=9986"},"modified":"2025-04-07T08:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:09:33","slug":"agency-growth-series-with-liam-quirk","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/podcast\/agency-growth-series-with-liam-quirk\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Acquire and Retain Your First 50 Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many SEO pros think about starting their own agency. But, few make it past the hardest part: <\/span><b>getting your first clients<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it\u2019s understandable. Pricing, pitching, and building a client pipeline? That stuff is hard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s why, in Episode 2 of the <\/span><b>Agency Growth Series<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we\u2019re bringing in <\/span><b>Liam Quirk of Quirky Digital<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to share his <\/span><b>proven lead gen playbook<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for winning and retaining SEO clients sustainably.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What You\u2019ll Learn:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2705 <\/span><b>The easiest way to get your first clients (Hint: It\u2019s all about personal branding)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2705 <\/span><b>When to transition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from founder-led lead generation to employee-first client acquisition\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2705 <\/span><b>The one question you must ask<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before taking on new SEO clients (this alone can save you time and headaches)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2705 <\/span><b>How to create a repeatable lead generation system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that keeps your pipeline full\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2705 <\/span><b>How to compete with bigger agencies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and win high-value SEO contracts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ll also tackle something many agencies overlook until it\u2019s too late: <\/span><b>what happens after you start getting and closing leads \u2014 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because agencies often focus on lead generation but fail to plan for the workload that comes with it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liam will share a client capacity planner template \u2014 a tool designed to help you match your lead-gen efforts with your actual capacity. No more overcommitting, underdelivering, or scrambling to hire at the last minute. With this, you&#8217;ll know when to hire, adjust pricing, and take on new clients without stretching your team too thin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of this session, you\u2019ll leave with:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udca1 Quick-win strategies to start bringing in clients from day one<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udcc8 A scalable model for lead generation and retention<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f A reliable system to take on new clients without breaking your agency<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If scaling your SEO agency is one of your priorities this year, this session will give you all the tools to do that without burning out. Sign up to be the first to know when it goes live.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Liam Quirk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liam Quirk is the Managing Director of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/quirkydigital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quirky Digital<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a seven-figure digital marketing agency based in Liverpool. He has been featured in multiple media and SEO publications, including Ahrefs, MSN.com, and Liverpool Echo. Connect with Liam on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lquirk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many SEO pros think about starting their own agency. But, few make it past the hardest part: getting your first clients. And it\u2019s understandable. Pricing, pitching, and building a client pipeline? That stuff is hard.\u00a0 That\u2019s why, in Episode 2 of the Agency Growth Series, we\u2019re bringing in Liam Quirk of Quirky Digital to share his proven lead gen playbook for winning and retaining SEO clients sustainably.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9988,"template":"","class_list":["post-9986","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/9986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keyword.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}