Dear Spreadsheet: It’s Not Me, It’s You
(An Open Letter to the World’s Most Overrated Planning Tool) Dear Spreadsheets, Look, I don’t want to make this weird. But we need to talk....
Focal Point: Insights from the Parallax Blog
Discover the best practices for sales pricing, project accounting and resource management needed to evolve your digital agency.
How Agencies Are Actually Using AI (And What That Means for You)
How are agencies actually using AI right now? That’s what we explored in our recent webinar with Parallax VP of Customer Success, Grant Hultgren and...
AI Won’t Clean Up Your Mess. It’ll Magnify It.
Written by Kurt Schmidt, Agency Business Consultant, Schmidt Consulting Group If your agency’s basically just winging it with duct tape and good vibes, and projects...
AI Is Killing Effort-Based Pricing—Here’s What Agencies Must Do Instead
Agency pricing models are under more pressure than ever. Not because clients are being difficult, but because the traditional effort-based model just doesn’t hold up...
Cracking the Code on Running a Smooth Agency
A Recap of the Parallax Webinar on Breaking Through Growth Ceilings and Escaping Agency Survival Mode Sometimes running an agency feels like trying to solve...
Escaping Agency Survival Mode
If you’re running an agency and it feels like every month is a scramble to stay afloat — you’re not alone. Not enough time. Not...
Burnout is Real (And Your Team Might Be Toast): A Manager’s Guide to Spotting and Fixing Employee Burnout
Explore why burnout happens, how to spot it, and what you can do to create happier, more productive teams, without sacrificing sanity or humor.
How To Create a Strategy for Resourcing
Streamline your resource planning with this witty, practical guide to building a resourcing strategy. Get tips, KPIs, and tools for success.
What Is Operational Efficiency? How To Measure And Improve It
What is operational efficiency? Boost operational efficiency with strategies to measure, track, and improve performance using resource management.