RetainerPulse
Why This is an Opportunity
This is one of those 'every agency owner just felt a pang of recognition' problems. The build is straightforward — time entries, budget math, email alerts — but the insight it delivers is genuinely valuable. Agencies would pay for this on day one.
Key Pain Points
- •You find out you over-serviced a retainer client by 60% AFTER the month closes and it's too late to bill for it
- •Account managers have no real-time visibility into how much budget is left so they keep saying yes to requests
- •Your most demanding client is on your cheapest retainer and nobody noticed for 6 months
Original Discovery
Agencies on retainer deals constantly over-service clients without realizing it until the month's over and they've burned 40 hours on a 20-hour retainer. RetainerPulse is a dead-simple time-against-budget tracker where each retainer client gets a visual 'fuel gauge' that fills up as hours are logged. When a client hits 75% of their monthly hours, it auto-emails the account manager. At month-end, it shows which clients are profitable and which are quietly bleeding you dry.
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