Client Acquisition Strategist for Growing Digital Marketing Agency (not ads/lead-gen execution)

I run a digital marketing agency (TikTok Shop growth specifically — affiliate programs, creator outreach, paid social). Delivery and onboarding aren't the issue — I can service clients well once I have them. What I need is the client acquisition engine itself, and a picture of how agencies actually scale from roughly $10k/mo to $100k/mo+. Important constraint: I'm a young founder without an established industry network yet. I'm NOT looking for advice that boils down to "leverage your existing relationships" or "ask your network for referrals" — I don't have one to leverage. I need someone who's helped an agency acquire clients from a cold start, with systems that don't depend on pre-existing connections. I'm NOT looking for someone to run ads, do cold outreach for me, or teach generic growth marketing frameworks. I'm looking for someone who has personally helped a service-based agency (not SaaS, not e-commerce brand) build a repeatable client acquisition system from scratch and scale through the early revenue tiers. You should have specific, nameable experience with: Agency owners specifically (not general B2B growth) Building acquisition systems for someone without an existing network or reputation to draw on Scaling an agency through the $10k-$100k/mo range specifically — this is a distinct stage with its own bottlenecks (past founder-led sales, before real brand recognition) In your proposal, answer this instead of a generic pitch: Tell me about one specific agency you've helped acquire clients when they had no existing network to lean on — what did you build, and what was the result? Proposals without a specific example will be skipped. Budget: open to a single deep-dive paid call ($150-400) or a light monthly retainer, depending on fit.