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Rob Riggs

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
107 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

Uh,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

We're looking to increase 15 to 20% each year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

Uh, so it's, uh, it comes down to, um, uh, small business is still my passion.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

Uh, and everything we do, even for the larger clients, uh, helps us put together packages that we can serve down market to the small mom and pops or the people with five, 10 employees.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

Uh, so that's still my target, but, um,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

I look to grow through relationships.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

90% of our work is referral-based, so we do a good job.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

Somebody recommends that I had a meeting yesterday with somebody that was a referral from an engineering firm that came as a referral from another engineering firm.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

That's what makes this happen, I think, is doing good service that gets your name out there in a positive light.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

But then just going out there and meeting folks, there's some level of strategy in who you're meeting, the types of associations you're attending.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

But I really focus on meeting people that are marketing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

Marketing agencies specifically have a lot of talent in-house with strategy and design, but a lot of times they don't have the technical resource in-house to help take those concepts and put them online.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

I believe in growing to support.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

And certainly there have been people that we can no longer support well that are that lower budget.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

But my strategy is hiring in a lot of times we can have

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

a system in place that will allow even some of our low level team members to support those quick turn websites that don't have a lot of that backend requirement.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

So we were able to keep probably close to 30% on that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

Is that right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

Uh, that is, uh, that is after paying myself now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
His Agency Has 30% Net Margin on 1,200,000 Top Line in 2015, EP 296: Rob Riggs

Um, and I'll say that, um, I do take a very small salary, uh, just to keep the bills paid.