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Welcome to Indie HQ. Here's how to use it.

Everything Indie Agency News has built for independent agencies, in one place. This is the quick tour — what's here, and how to get the most from it.

First things first

Getting in — and bringing your team.

Indie HQ is open to everyone at your agency — there are no seats and no passwords. Anyone with a work email at your agency's domain can sign in, and we check your membership automatically.

STEP 1

Go to the sign-in page

Head to the Indie HQ login — bookmark it while you're there.

STEP 2

Enter your work email

Use your agency address. We verify your membership at the domain level — nothing to set up, no password.

STEP 3

Tap the link we email you

One tap and you're in. Everyone on your team signs in exactly the same way.

4 moves to start with

If you do nothing else this week, do these.

Just tell us what you need

What are you trying to do?

Find your move fast. You've already done the hard part — running the agency. Our whole job is to lower the friction, not add to it.

The shortcut: the Front Desk.

Not sure which of these fits? Don't overthink it. Type what you need right here — a real person reads it and either routes it or just handles it. An actual front desk, staffed by actual people.

Open the full Front Desk →
Got news to share?
A campaign, a hire, an award, a milestone — send it to the Front Desk. If it's a story, we'll cover it, or build a show around it.
Pitching a press release to the trades?
Drop your pitch into QuickCoach — we send back a sharpened version and a results page with the rewrites.
Got a strong opinion or a hot topic?
Tell the Front Desk — we'll often build a show around it (video, LinkedIn Live). You've got the take; we handle the production.
Want feedback before it ships?
Run your website, messaging, op-ed, or award entry through QuickCoach for a score and specific fixes.
Hiring? Got an open role?
Post it free on Indie Agency Jobs — just send us the link.
Wrestling with churn, pricing, comp, or AI?
Read the relevant Indie Blueprint — real playbooks and tools drawn from IAN's live summits and sessions.
Posted something great on LinkedIn?
We already track member posts via Indie Spin — but flag it to the Front Desk so we don't miss it.
Need vetted help you don't do in-house?
Browse Preferred Partners — media, data, measurement, finance, legal, social, talent. When there's a fit, we make the warm intro.
Want a mentor, or peers who get it?
Head to the Community. Find a mentor who's been there, or trade notes with peers. Every voice is a real, verified person.
Want to enter awards or see the best work?
Explore IAN Top 40 — the year's best independent work, people, and agencies.
Coming to the Summit?
Portland, April 13, 2027. $99 holds your seat at today's rate; members get 25% off the balance, and you can swap names later.
Not sure where to go?
That's exactly what the Front Desk is for. Tell us in plain words; we take it from there.
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Coverage — we tell the indie story, including yours.

Great indie work goes unseen. We put it in front of the industry every day — yours included.

The Newsroom

Indie Agency News

Get your wins in front of the whole industry. Send us a campaign, a hire, an award, a milestone — if it's good, we write it up.

Read the newsroom →
Signature series

Meet an Indie Agency

Become the shop people know. A full profile on who you are and why you're worth knowing — just ask to be considered.

See the series →
Real-time

The Live Tracker

See what's landing across indie right now — and catch your own LinkedIn wins in the feed.

Open the tracker →
2

Coaching — get sharper before it ships.

Expert eyes on your work before it ever goes out the door.

Members

Indie QuickCoach

Stop wondering if it's good enough. Send a website, pitch, op-ed, or award entry and get back a score and specific fixes — as a page you can open any time. About 4 business days, or 36 hours on a rush.

Open QuickCoach →
Members

Indie Blueprint

Skip the trial-and-error on churn, pricing, comp, M&A, or AI — read the playbook other indie leaders already pressure-tested.

Open Indie Blueprint →
3

Community — you're not doing this alone.

A mentor who's been where you are, and peers who get it. Every voice is a real, verified person — never anonymous.

Mentoring + peers

The Community

Get unstuck faster. Find a mentor who's already solved what you're facing, or post a challenge and let peers who get it weigh in. Kind and useful; no selling.

Find a mentor →
4

Celebration — get the recognition you've earned.

Put your work, your people, and your shop in the spotlight.

Awards

IAN Top 40

Win recognition that wins you business. Enter your best work when the window opens — or study what's taking home the wins.

See the winners →
In person

Events & the Summit

Be in the room with the people moving indie forward — Show Offs, Trivia, Indies @ Cannes, and the Portland Summit. $99 holds your Summit seat at today's price.

See all events →
5

Connections — the right people, the right help.

The right introduction, exactly when you need it.

Open to everyone

Preferred Partners

Need help you don't do in-house? Get a warm intro to a vetted partner — media, data, finance, legal, social, talent — and we make it personally.

Meet the partners →
Members post free

Indie Agency Jobs

Fill your open role in front of the whole indie world — post it free, just send a link.

Open the job board →
Members · Concierge

The Front Desk

Don't know where to start? Ask in plain words and a real person routes it — or just handles it for you.

Open the Front Desk →

Not sure where to start?

That's exactly what the Front Desk is for. Open it and tell us what you're trying to do — we'll take it from there.

Open the Front Desk →