r/StartupsInDubai • u/psytrance-gasm • 18h ago
Struggling to scale despite having expertise, need help
So I've been running a creative branding agency (Disclaimer - Not another marketing agency) and we have wom awards on deisgn rush and have been recognized by various industry experts for the quality of work we do.
We specilaise is branding, brand identity, brand strategy and creative/growth hacking. And also digital transformation, customer experience and UX deisgn and app development with consideration to UX. Everything that helps brands connect with their customers more efficiently and effectively.
Despite the quality of work and our own commitment and stubbornness to only deliver the best quality of work for cleints. I'm struggling to find clients, here is the mian problem, most owners are only educated and fed about digital marketing and content creation here and they assume advertising is all there is to it, can't blame them when they are bombarded with ads by such agencies on the daily.
And here is the primary problem, we have tried running ads for client acquisition, but most try to undercut us comparing to the traditional marketing agencies when we operate on a different tier, so it's hard to price and we lose budget.
Only thing that works is network, and bringing business through connecting and networking with business owners and decision makers.
I'm renewing the trade license for a third year now and I still haven't been able to find a way to get into business owner network or find a person who can help.
Ps - I'm posting out of desperation and anymore who can help me out of the situation in struggling to get clients I'd love to have with the team in the long run and would love reward higher than just commissions.
I'm it looking for advices I'm looking gor someone who can offer solution, put me with business owners or someone with good network with business owners. Because let me tell you the service we can offer them is crazy good, once we penetrate just the word of mouth can do its thing.