For recruiting firms

The best recruiter they've never heard of.

Referrals got you here. Getting known gets you the next search. The Recruiting Growth System is built only for recruiters.

Sound familiar?

The recruiting roller coaster.

The highs feel great. Then come the lows, when you can't figure out why nothing will close.

01
Your best quarter ever

Searches are closing and the phone keeps ringing.

02
The pipeline dries up

You were too busy to market. Now there's nothing in the queue.

03
You scramble

And land one or two searches.

04
The lowest low

Months of conversations, no searches.

Marketing can't be switched on overnight. The best time to start was before you needed it.

The real problem

Referrals only take you so far.

Referrals are the best new business there is. But you can't control them. Sometimes the people who want to help you just don't know anyone who's hiring.

You ask for referrals. You hear:
×Not hiring right now
×Doesn't know anyone looking
×Already has a recruiter
דI’ll keep you in mind”
✓Hiring now

Your work is great. Some months, no one is out there actively referring you.

Getting known means the hiring managers you've never met already know your name when the search opens.

The shift

They're judging you first.

Prospects look at your profile, posts and website before they ever call. You never hear the verdict.

Not impressed
They go quiet. A referral said they’d call and never did. A great first conversation went silent.
Nothing changed. They checked you out, didn’t see the expertise they wanted and moved on.
You never find out. Nobody calls a stranger to say “I don’t think you’re qualified.”
Impressed
They see your authority. Your posts, articles and point of view show you know their market.
An inbound lead. They reach out first, excited to talk, because they already see you as the expert.
Two kinds of recruiters

Unknown or known.

Being the better recruiter doesn't win new clients. Being the one they know and trust does.

Unknown
Starts every pitch from zero
Depends on referrals
Competes on fees
Markets only when business is slow
Leads with capabilities, not expertise
Known
Walks into calls already trusted
Gets inbound messages from their niche
Competes on expertise
Stays visible every week, busy or not
Is known as the recruiter for their niche
We get recruiting

We know your week.

We've worked with more than 250 recruiters since 2017. These come up in almost every first call.

Pipeline panic

Every prospect goes quiet at once, and you're refreshing LinkedIn like it's a lifeline.

Referral droughts

Referrals are great until they stop, and you can't make them start again.

Candidate drama

Everyone said yes. Then the counteroffer showed up.

“Urgent but slow”

“We need this filled ASAP.” Then three weeks of silence.

What you've tried

The usual options.

There are other ways to do this. They cost more and give you less.

Hire a full-time marketer

One person can't cover strategy, writing, design and video. And you still have to hire, onboard and manage them.

Patch together freelancers

Hours of weekly project management. An inconsistent voice and no strategy behind it.

Do it yourself

It lasts until you land a big search. Then the marketing stops, and people forget you.

What's at stake

When you're busy, you stop marketing. When you stop marketing, people forget you. Right now, a hiring manager is calling a worse recruiter they've heard of.

Nobody hires a stranger.

How it works

Be seen. Be believed.

To get that call, you need both. Do them consistently and new clients start reaching out first.

Visibility
Seen.

Short posts every week keep your name in front of clients and candidates.

Authority
Believed.

In-depth content proves you know your market and can deliver.

The payoff
Inbound.

New clients reach out first, because they already see you as the expert.

The Recruiting Growth System

Two ways to get known.

Both start with your Recruiter Brand OS: your story, niche, messaging and voice, captured before we write a word.

Get seen
Visibility
Your time: 20 minutes a month
✓Your Recruiter Brand OS, delivered in 15 days
✓Studio 26 interviews for your first four months
✓15 LinkedIn posts a month
✓5 videos a month
✓15 quote tiles a month
✓Placement news and job posts, whenever you want them
✓Post scheduling and monthly results tracking
Get seen and believed
Authority
Your time: 40 minutes a month
✓Everything in Visibility, with a Studio 26 interview every month
✓2 blog posts and 2 LinkedIn articles a month
✓A monthly newsletter on LinkedIn, Substack and email
✓1 case study a month
✓A LinkedIn profile refresh
✓Your own 150+ page book after 12 months
✓An annual performance review
We do everything

You run your desk. We do the rest.

We put your expertise in front of new clients every week.

01
We write it.

Every post, article and newsletter, in your voice.

02
We design it.

Quote tiles, placement graphics, case studies and emails.

03
We publish it.

Every post scheduled, every blog live on your site.

04
We track it.

Reach, engagement and inbound conversations, every month.

05
We refine it.

We spot what's working and update the plan.

Built for recruiting's ups and downs
If business slows down, hit pause.

Freeze all content and billing for 90 days, up to twice a year. Your agreement simply extends by the days you paused. No penalties and no awkward conversations.

Proof

Recruiters who got known.

Here's what happened when they stopped being the best-kept secret in their niche.

Executive search firm: industry image
Case study
796,882 impressions in 90 days, and two new searches that came to her

Weekly posts in her voice took her from 22,420 to 161,546 impressions a month, 7.2 times where she started. New clients now reach out first, many of them for exactly the searches she focuses on.

Read the case study
Search firm: industry image
Case study
4.09 million impressions, 72% of them from people outside his network

269 posts in 12 months earned 4.09 million impressions and reached 26 times more people than he has followers. People call to say they love his posts, and some of those calls turn into deals.

Read the case study
Recruiting firm: industry image
Case study
1.2 million impressions in 12 months, and dozens of new connection requests a week

350 posts in 12 months earned 1.2 million impressions and reached 399,565 people, 27 times his follower count. His followers grew 23% after he started saying what he really thinks.

Read the case study
Case study
Impressions up 47% and engagement up 37% in six months

Impressions grew 47% and engagement grew 37% from the first half of the year to the second. One recent post brought in a wave of inquiries about her services, and the engagement is turning into business.

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Why 26 Characters

Recruiting is our specialty.

Five things worth knowing before you book a call.

01
Specializing in recruiters since 2017

More than 250 recruiters helped.

02
Every recruiting model

Retained and contingent, RPO, staffing and executive search.

03
A LinkedIn advisor on the team

We review new LinkedIn products and give feedback before they launch.

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Strategy in every package

Your Brand OS and a full year of content are planned before we write a word.

05
It sounds like you

Every piece starts with your interviews and your real stories. You approve all of it.

A fair warning
This isn't for every recruiter.
×You need to prove an ROI in two to three months.
×You're not ready to put your name and face out there.
×You'll stop marketing the moment you land a big search.
×You see marketing as a cost to cut, not an investment.

Let's get you known.

Start with a free LinkedIn analysis. We'll show you how prospects see you today and what to fix first.

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