Operations consulting for agencies
Your agency is growing.
Your operations aren’t.
Budding runs a 30-day operations audit that finds exactly where money, contracts, and time are leaking, then hands you a 90-day plan to fix it.
Free 30-min call · No pressure, no pitch deck
Who it’s for
Agencies with 5–40 people
You’ll recognize at least one of these.
You already know what’s broken
Vendor payments slip, contracts live in six different inboxes, and fixing it keeps getting pushed to next quarter.
Operations still runs through you
Approvals, chasing invoices, and finding the right file still land on your desk. That time comes out of client work and new business.
You want priorities, not opinions
A short list of what to fix first, what the delay is costing you, and how much work each fix actually takes.
The offer
The 30-Day Operations Audit
A structured look at how your agency actually runs, not a vague “organizational assessment.” Four weeks, a handful of hours from you, and a concrete roadmap at the end.
What we go through
AP/AR
How invoices get approved and paid, and how overdue your receivables really are.
Vendor & Contractor Mgmt
Onboarding, rates, contracts, and which relationships are quietly at risk.
Contracts
Where MSAs and SOWs live, who tracks renewals, and what’s expiring unnoticed.
Payroll
System, ownership, compliance gaps, and what happens if that one person is out.
File & Knowledge Mgmt
Whether a new hire can find anything without asking around.
General Process
Where you get pulled into firefighting that shouldn’t need you at all.
Investment
Priced to your team size
Every tier gets the full audit, exec summary, 90-day roadmap, and quick wins.
Under 10 people
$1,500
10–25 people
$2,500
25–40 people
$3,500+
The output
What you walk away with
One document, walked through with you live. Not a PDF that sits in a folder.
- Executive summary. Top 3–5 risks, ranked by cost and urgency.
- Findings by category. AP/AR, vendors, contracts, payroll, files, process.
- 90-day roadmap. What to fix first, second, and third, with rough effort estimates.
- 2–3 quick wins. Things you can implement yourself immediately, no extra cost.
The process
How it works
Discovery call
30 minutes, free. We figure out if there’s a real fit and what’s actually going on.
The audit
4 weeks. Async document review plus two short working sessions.
Walkthrough call
Findings presented live, quick wins first, and the roadmap laid out as a menu. Not a hard sell.
Implementation (optional)
Project-based, retainer, or hybrid. Only if it’s the right fit, and only after the audit is delivered.
Questions
FAQ
Will this eat up my team’s time?
No. It’s 5–8 hours total from you across four weeks, mostly async. This is built to run alongside a busy agency, not on top of it.
What if we’re not that messy?
Good. The audit still surfaces risks you can’t see from inside, plus a few quick wins you can act on right away. Peace of mind is a valid outcome.
Do you implement the fixes too?
Optionally, and only after the audit is fully delivered and paid. We’ll present it as a menu: project-based, a capped monthly retainer, or a hybrid. Never a hard sell.
How is pricing determined?
It scales with team size: $1,500 under 10 people, $2,500 for 10–25, $3,500+ for 25–40. You’ll know the number before the audit starts.
What tools do you work with?
Whatever you’re already using: QuickBooks, Bill.com, Google Drive, Asana, and the rest. The audit meets you where your systems are.
Let’s find out what’s leaking.
30 minutes. No pressure, no pitch deck. Just a conversation about what’s actually going on.
Prefer email? Reach us directly at hello@buddingops.com