Your digital systems should be compounding your revenue. Are they?
Most businesses are running on duct-taped infrastructure — paying vendors who don’t talk to each other, watching leads fall through gaps no one is accountable for. This page is a 4-minute read that explains exactly what to do instead.
You’re paying vendors who each own a piece. Nobody owns the whole.
One agency for SEO. Another for ads. A freelancer for the site. An MSP for IT. And you — the founder — are the only one with the full picture. So every fire lands on you.
Standard vendor experience
- Audits that become decks that become nothing
- 12-month contracts before a single thing ships
- Account managers who change every quarter
- Metrics that look good but revenue doesn’t move
- You explain your stack on every call
How 868 Digital works
- Audit week one. Roadmap week two. Ship week three.
- Fixed scope, fixed price — no billing surprises
- One operator accountable for the whole stack
- Weekly demos, async Loom updates
- Month-to-month after the 30-day pilot
Four steps. First results within 30 days.
Apply
15-question intake. We screen for fit before we schedule anything.
Strategy call
45 minutes. You leave with an honest assessment whether we work together or not.
Audit + roadmap
Written plan in week one. Priced sprints, fixed scope, no surprises.
Ship + compound
Weekly demos. Real progress every Friday. Optimization that builds over time.
Three ways to work together.
One deliverable. Fixed scope. Shipped in 2–3 weeks.
- Homepage rebuild, funnel, or audit
- 30-day post-launch support
- One revision round included
Ongoing digital operator embedded with your team.
- Strategy + implementation + optimization
- Weekly demos, async updates
- Month-to-month after 30-day pilot
- Priority response times
Full fractional CTO / Head of Digital seat.
- Embedded in leadership decisions
- Vendor + team management
- Quarterly business reviews
Results from founder-led businesses.
“Drew diagnosed in a week what two agencies spent six months ignoring. Our lead form wasn’t connected to our CRM. That’s it. Fixed in a day. Our pipeline doubled the next month.”
“I’ve worked with agencies that charged three times more and delivered a tenth of the output. Drew is the first consultant I’ve hired who actually understands both the strategy and the implementation.”
“We went from a $0 automation stack to a full email sequence, CRM integration, and conversion-optimized site in under 30 days. The ROI was clear inside the first week of going live.”
The honest answers, upfront.
Is this an agency or a one-person shop?
One-person shop, intentionally. The overhead savings go into faster delivery and direct accountability — you are never on a call with three layers of account management.
What size businesses do you work with?
Founder-led companies doing $250K–$10M in revenue, plus larger teams needing fractional digital leadership. Below that range we’ll point you to the free tools instead.
How fast do you actually ship?
Audit and roadmap in week one. First sprint shipped by week three. We measure delivery in Fridays, not quarters.
Do you require long contracts?
No. Tier 1 is project-based. Tier 2 and 3 are month-to-month after a 30-day pilot. If we’re not earning the relationship every month, you shouldn’t keep it.
What if my situation doesn’t fit a tier?
Apply anyway. Half of our work is helping founders define what they actually need before they buy it. The intake form lets you write it in plain language.
The next thing you build should be the last time you start from scratch.
Apply in 5 minutes. Strategy call within 24 hours. First results within 30 days.