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Tucker B. Robinson's avatar

"When you go solo, clients don’t want your contribution to their outcome. They want the outcome itself."

I agree with this wholeheartedly, knowing that the best partnerships are rooted in exchange. The results still come first. Great read 🙏

Kay Walten's avatar

Excellent article, right on target, and makes me think 🤔

Curtis Hays's avatar

The shift you're describing is real, but there's a dependency most people marketers miss: you can't own the outcome if you don't control the infrastructure.

The moment a client won't let you touch their tracking, their CRM, or their feedback loop — you've become a knowledge worker again whether you intended to or not.

Outcome production requires scope authority. That's the part that's hard to sell.