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The Digital Agency Growth Podcast

Joe Ardeeser on The Secrets to Faster, Smarter, and More Profitable Proposals

Feb 5, 2025
44:01

The proposal process can be one of the biggest bottlenecks for agencies, leading to lost deals, scope creep, and unnecessary stress. Joe Ardeeser, founder of Smart Pricing Table, joins us to share how agencies can streamline proposals, close deals faster, and maximize profitability. 

Joe covers how agencies can eliminate inefficiencies, standardize their pricing, and leverage upsells to maximize every opportunity. This week, episode 248 of The Digital Agency Growth Podcast is all about optimizing your proposal process and closing deals faster!

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In this episode of The Digital Agency Growth Podcast, Joe Ardeeser shares insights on how agencies can improve their proposal workflows, reduce wasted time, and increase conversions by creating structured, client-friendly proposals that sell.

Joe Ardeeser is a former agency owner with over 12 years of experience working with brands like Bluetooth, Scantron, and T-Mobile. Now, as the founder of Smart Pricing Table, he’s helping agencies revolutionize their sales process with interactive proposal software designed for efficiency and profitability.

In this episode, Dan and Joe discuss the following:

  • The biggest mistakes agencies make with proposals—and how to fix them
  • How to create a sales catalog to speed up and standardize your pricing
  • The power of upsells and add-ons to increase deal size effortlessly
  • Why proposal review meetings can significantly boost your close rate

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