About

Chris Willow

Chris Willow, founder of Wayfront

Chris Willow is a productized agency operations expert and the founder of Wayfront, an agency client portal formerly known as Service Provider Pro (SPP.co).

He founded Wayfront in 2014 after building its first version for his own agency and has spent more than a decade helping agencies systemize how they sell and deliver services.

He also runs Backlink Pilot, a free tool for checking backlinks.

Speaking at BrightonSEO 9 October 2026 · Brighton

Building an Agency Like a SaaS (With AI)

I’ll share how agencies can productize their services, automate delivery with AI, and build recurring revenue without joining the race to the bottom.

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Podcasts & conversations

No Custom Work podcast with Alex Zakka and Chris Willow
My podcast

No Custom Work

I co-host No Custom Work with Alex Zakka. We talk about pricing, systems, clients, and building an agency that doesn’t depend on custom work.

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On other people’s podcasts

A few conversations about bootstrapping Wayfront (formerly Service Provider Pro), productized services, and the business of running an agency.

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Let’s connect

If you own or operate a digital agency I'd love to connect.

If you create content in the agency space I'm always looking for cool people and projects to support.

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