Agency Consulting
Beyond my ongoing advisory relationships, I provide focused consulting services to address specific agency challenges and opportunities. These engagements deliver targeted expertise when you need additional senior capabilities for critical projects and transformations.
My consulting practice brings the same rigorous approach and industry expertise as my advisory services, but applied to discrete projects with defined outcomes. Each engagement is fully scoped, with clear deliverables and timelines to drive measurable results for your agency.
“Mat has helped us to push forward, setting clear goals and holding us accountable to them. His insights in the industry have also been incredibly useful. To top it all off we knew he was good at content marketing, but his recent work to support us has blown me away.”
-Daniel Jones, 1994
Areas of Expertise
With 25+ years of agency leadership experience, I offer consulting across key operational and strategic areas:
Agency Operations & Systems
- Implementation and optimization of agency management platforms
- Workflow design and process improvement
- Resource allocation and utilization optimization
- Financial systems integration and automation
Technology & Transformation
- Digital transformation strategy and implementation
- AI adoption and integration planning
- Technology stack assessment and recommendations
- Marketing technology implementation
Growth & Service Development
- Service offering evaluation and refinement
- Pricing strategy and commercial model development
- New service line development and launch
- Client portfolio analysis and optimization
Marketing & Business Development
- Agency positioning and differentiation
- Content strategy development
- Case study development and thought leadership
- Sales process optimisation
Recent Consulting Work
My consulting engagements span a range of agency challenges:
- Agency Management System Implementation: End-to-end planning, configuration, and adoption of comprehensive project management and resource allocation tools
- AI Strategy & Integration: Developing practical AI adoption frameworks tailored to agency service offerings and operations
- Financial Systems Optimization: Streamlining billing processes and integrating with accounting platforms for improved revenue recognition and reporting
- Service Delivery Transformation: Redesigning retainer service delivery models to improve profitability while enhancing client value
- Knowledge Management Systems: Creating sustainable systems for capturing and leveraging agency expertise across client engagements
Pricing
Consulting engagements are priced according to scope, complexity, and duration. Most projects follow one of these models:
- Fixed Project Fee: Comprehensive fee for clearly defined projects with specific deliverables
- Day Rate Packages: Blocks of consulting days to be used across a specific timeframe
- Retainer + Project: Combined ongoing advisory with dedicated project implementation
All engagements begin with a scoping phase to ensure alignment on objectives, approach, and investment before commencing work.
Discuss Your Project
I’d love to hear more. Get in contact, tell me a little and we can arrange a call to discuss further if it seems like something I can help with.