Agency Blueprint
By Robert Patin
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The Agency Blueprint Podcast is for Agency Owners looking to explore strategies for scaling a truly profitably agency, reducing stress and getting your personal life back. Hosted by Robert Patin International Best Selling Author, Business Coach and Contract CFO for Creative Agencies.
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Season 20 | Ep 235 | How DOT & Co. built a specialized agency that was built to be bought with Taylor McMaster
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Season 20 | Ep 234 | The Art of Internal Feedback Loops
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May 29, 2026 |
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Season 20 | Ep 233 | How to Use Content as a Sales Tool
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May 22, 2026 |
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Season 20 | Ep 232 | Beyond the Hype: What AI Can (and Can’t) Do with Thanos Diacakis
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May 15, 2026 |
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Season 20 | Ep 231 | Relationship-Driven Growth: Building a Business Development Engine That Lasts with Dan Englander
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May 08, 2026 |
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Season 20 | Ep 230 | Why Clarity & Focus Beats Hustle
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May 01, 2026 |
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Season 20 | Ep 229 | Professional Services Automation and Agencies with Harv Nagra
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Season 20 | Ep 228 | The Revenue Plateau: What to Do When Growth Stalls
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Season 20 | Ep 227 | From Hourly to Outcomes: Packaging, Positioning, and Pricing That Scales with Jonathan Stark
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Season 20 | Ep 226 | The Myth of Scaling Fast - Scalability vs Sustainable Growth
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 225 | How to Build Systems That Don’t Kill Creativity with Melissa Morris
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 224 | Agency Hospitality - Elevating Client Retention Beyond Deliverables
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 223 | Burnout is the Symptom, Energy Drain is the Problem
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 222 | The Challenges of the Agency Market & Generating vs Capturing Demand With Tudor Dumitrescu
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 221 | The Hidden Costs of Manual Work in Your Agency and in Your Life
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 220 | How to Make AI Your Best Referral Source with Tom Schwab
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 219 | Most Agency Owners Overhire and Overdeliver
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 218 | Diagnose Before You Scale - The 3 Pillars and the Real Problems with Nick Avaria
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 217 | Radical Candor & Toxic Positivity
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 216 | AI Products with George Swetiltz
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 215 | AI Frontier - What’s Hype, What’s Real, What Matters
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Season 19 | Ep 214 | Embracing Irrationality: Progress Over Perfection in Building the Premier Agency with Ben Gaddis
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Season 18 | Ep 213 | The “Second Bite" with Todd Taskey
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Season 18 | Ep 212 | The Role of Storytelling in Winning New Business
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Season 18 | Ep 211 | Budgeting for Growth – How to Invest in the Right Areas
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Season 18 | Ep 210 | The Future of Agencies: Flexibility, Community, and Collaboration with Danielle Dufresne
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Season 18 | Ep 209 | Profit-First Thinking – What It Means for Agencies
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Season 18 | Ep 208 | Surprise and Delight – Elevating Client Retention Beyond Deliverables
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Season 18 | Ep 207 | Business with True Alignment with James Brown
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Season 18 | Ep 206 | Positioning Your Agency as the Obvious Choice
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Season 18 | Ep 205 | From Cold Outreach to Warm Relationships – The Authentic Approach
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Season 18 | Ep 204 | Making Strategy Sellable: How Agencies Can Build, Communicate, and Deliver Better Strategy Work with Anastassia Laskey
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Season 18 | Ep 203 | Building a Simple but Effective Sales Playbook
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Season 18 | Ep 202 | Decision Fatigue – How to Make Better Choices Faster
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 201 | Hiring Before You’re Ready: When It’s the Right Risk
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 200 | From Chasing to Choosing: Building a Pipeline of Right-Fit Clients
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 199 | How to Keep Your Team Bought In Without Burning Them Out
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 198 | Train Once, Never Again: Building a Self-Sustaining Onboarding Process
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 197 | Fear vs Numbers with Bill Coletti
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 196 | CEO Habits: Daily Practices that Keep You in Control
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 195 | Revenue Is Not a Win: Why You Should Care More About Cash Flow
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 194 | Non-Linear Agency Growth with Taylor Frame
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 193 | The Owner Bottleneck: How to Remove Yourself from Day-to-Day Chaos
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 192 | The Power of Saying No: Redefining Success for Your Agency
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 191 | Print Advertising for Agencies with Jessica Embree
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Season 17 | Ep 190 | Agency Burnout is a Systems Problem
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 189 | Unlocking Growth Through Automation with William Christensen
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 188 | Boosting Agency Profit Margins Without Raising Rates
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 187 | The Science of High-Converting Proposals
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 186 | The Transparent Leader
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May 30, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 185 | Success Shortcuts with TJ Slattery
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May 23, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 184 | Results, Results, Results
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May 16, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 183 | Team Incentive Structures
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May 09, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 182 | Creative and Design Talent Hiring with Fletcher Wimbush
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May 02, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 181 | Automation in Client Onboarding
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 180 | Your Freedom Through Setting Client Boundaries
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 179 | Rolling Projections with Dan DeGolier
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Season 16 | Ep 178 | Selecting Your Marketing Channels
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 177 | How to Qualify Leads Quickly and Close Faster
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 176 | Agency Data Insights – Client Feedback Issues with Masud Hossain
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 175 | Developing Subscription-Based Strategy Only Models for Agency Services
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 174 | Agency Investment – The Dos and Don'ts with Calvin Wilder
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 173 | A Balanced Scorecard for Performance Measurement
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 172 | Implementing a Client Feedback Loops to Drive Continuous Improvement
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 171 | State of Industry and Prediction with Emily Cohen & Hunter Vargas
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 170 | Client Churn Indicators with Masud Hossain
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 169 | Building Resilience: Preparing Your Agency for Economic Downturns
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 168 | Mastering Omnichannel Marketing
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 167 | Harnessing the Power of Data Analytics for Client Success
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Season 15 | Ep 166 | Developing a Comprehensive Client Onboarding Process
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Season 14 | Ep 165 | Planning for 2025
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Season 14 | Ep 164 | Building High-Performing Global Teams with Phillip Rivers
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Season 14 | Ep 163 | Account Based Marketing
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Season 14 | Ep 162 | Focusing Your Attention
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Season 14 | Ep 161 | Organic Search in the Modern World with Greg Brooks
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Season 14 | Ep 160 | Data Decision Making – Marketing (Part Two)
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Season 14 | Ep 159 | Data Decision Making – Operations (Part One)
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Season 14 | Ep 158 | Delegation for Reluctant Delegators with Ashlee Berghoff
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Season 14 | Ep 157 | Selling Through Stories & Models
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Season 14 | Ep 156 | Unifying Impact, Purpose, and Mission
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Season 14 | Ep 155 | Managing Client Communication with Xenia Muntean
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Season 14 | Ep 154 | Managing Pricing Sensitivity
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 153 | Modernizing the Marketing and Sales Funnels
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 152 | Revenue Concentration Risks & How to Diversify
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 151 | Personalized AI Adoption Strategies with Ana Santhosh
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 150 | Evaluating the Financial Health of Your Agency
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 149 | Building an Authentic Agency with Guillaume Wiatr
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 148 | Don't Settle for Less – Leverage Option C
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 147 | The Financial Risks in Creative Projects and How to Avoid Them
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 146 | Should the Goal Be to Sell Your Agency with Jonathan Baker
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 145 | Understanding Your Marketing Concentration
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 144 | The Client Retention Method
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 143 | Reducing Risk with Good Contract Drafting with Josh Barrett
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Season 13 | Ep 142 | Leveraging Case Studies and Social Proof
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 141 | Mentoring Your Team
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 140 | Strong Women in Marketing with Carmen Reed-Gilkison
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 139 | Sales Touchpoints like a Pro
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 138 | Authenticity in Sales
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 137 | Making Your Agency Newsworthy with Amanda Proscia & Mickie Kennedy
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May 31, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 136 | Your Worst Enemy
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May 24, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 135 | From $1M to $5M in 24 Months
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May 17, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 134 | Science of Decision-Making with Jon Morris
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May 10, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 133 | Productizing Your Agency with Greg Hickman
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May 03, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 132 | Managing Resources – Efficiency vs Effectiveness
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 131 | Agency Operational Excellence with Rob Sayles
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Season 12 | Ep 130 | From 8 Figures to 6 and Back Again
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 129 | Your Lead Nurture System
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 128 | Brand Trademark Considerations with Fernando Dutra
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 127 | The Process Balance – When it is too much, too much
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 126 | Agency Proposals with Joe Ardeeser
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 125 | Team Cultural Impacts
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 124 | Your Freedom Through Automation
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 123 | The Best Agency Lead Generation Strategy with Claire Hutchings
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 122 | Your Hiring Strategy
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 121 | Branding Your Agency – How to Use Brand Archetypes to Forget the Competition with Kaye Putnam
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 120 | Growing Your Agency by 10-50% with 1 Meeting Framework
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 119 | Agency Authority Building for Scaling Lead Generation & Sales with Rusty Shelton
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Season 11 | Ep 118 | Agency Profits – Managing a Budget Like a Pro
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Season 10 | Ep 117 | Creative Process Check-In – The Launch Method
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Season 10 | Ep 116 | Selling Your Art – Design Presentation Secrets
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Season 10 | Ep 115 | Agency Project Management – Systemize Your Success
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Season 10 | Ep 114 | Full-Service Agency Model with Inbound Back Office
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Season 10 | Ep 113 | Leveraging Your Network – The Non-Sales Pitch
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Season 10 | Ep 112 | Selling Value – Winning the Experience Game
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Season 10 | Ep 111 | Confidence and Value – Your Agency's Best Sales Tactic
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Season 10 | Ep 110 | Agency Sales Update – State of The Industry with Jody Sutter
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Season 10 | Ep 109 | The Industry Migration - Agency of Record to Boutique
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 108 | Managing Operational Chaos
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 107 | Selling a Brand Identity Business with Jane Bayler
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 106 | Researching Your Market - Validating Your Offer
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 105 | Operational Creative Process with Juliana Marulanda
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 104 | Transitioning Clients: How to Make the Shift
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 103 | Strategic Referral Partnerships with Dave Plunkett
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 102 | Leveraging AI For Documentation with Juliana Marulanda
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 101 | Selling the Research Phase
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 100 | Team Member to Manager with Allyns Melendez
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 99 | Money vs Culture with Allyns Melendez
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 98 | How to Manage Demanding Clients
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Season 9 | Ep 97 | Marcel Petitpas on Agency Pricing Models
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 96 | Low Hanging Fruit – Revenue in the Next 30 Days
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 95 | Finances and Agency Growth Management with Ryan Watson
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 94 | Client Coordination & Timely Projects
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 93 | Revenue Share For Agencies - True Alignment
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 92 | Challenges that Agencies Face at Different Stages of Growth with Phil Case
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 91 | Training High Performing Teams
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 90 | Email Copywriting - Assume Rapport
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 89 | Effective Delegation with Amanda Hamilton
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 88 | Scaling Sales In A Creative Agency
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 87 | Investing for Growth
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May 26, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 86 | Agency Resourcing & Capacity Planning with Alyson Caffrey
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May 19, 2023 |
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Season 8 | Ep 85 | Elevate Your Linkedin Profile
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May 12, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 84 | Your Differentiator - Stop Sounding The Same
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 83 | In Service Leader Agency Owner
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 82 | Simple and Sustainable Model with Crista Grasso
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 81 | Agency Complexity & Noise with Crista Grasso
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 80 | Creating Space to Take Time Off
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 79 | Creating Happy Long-Term Profitable Clients in 5 Easy Steps
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 78 | Borrowing an Audience to Get Leads
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 77 | Attract the Right Type of Clients to Your Creative Agency
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 76 | Agency Software Stack with Jamie Hawk
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 75 | Agency Pricing Models - Creative Flexibility & Retainers
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 74 | Agency Billing Models - Hourly vs Fixed Priced
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Season 7 | Ep 73 | Agency Scale Method
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Season 6 | Ep 72 | The Scaleup Mindset
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Season 6 | Ep 71 | Transition From Agency Owner To CEO With Darren Ward
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Season 6 | Ep 70 | Six Step Client Onboarding Process for Creative Agencies
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Season 6 | Ep 69 | Simplifying Operations of Your Agency
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Season 6 | Ep 68 | How to Find a High-Value Niche for A Creative Agency
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Season 6 | Ep 67 | Setting Client Expectations for Long-Term Success
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Season 6 | Ep 66 | Get Your Creative Team To Sell Too - With Darren Ward
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Season 6 | Ep 65 | Scaling Lead Generation for Your Agency
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Season 6 | Ep 64 | Structuring A Kickoff Call That Sets You Up for Success
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Season 6 | Ep 63 | The Go-Giver Way - With Bob Burg
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Season 6 | Ep 62 | The Simple Follow Up System For Creative Agencies
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Season 6 | Ep 61 | Ingredients for Scaling a Creative Agency
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 60 | Referrals Without Asking with Stacey Brown Randall
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 59 | Becoming The Leader Your Creative Agency Deserves
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 58 | Get Targeted Publicity with Christine Haas
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 57 | Setting Client Boundaries, Mutually Beneficial Relationships
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 56 | Agency Packaging, Pricing & Positioning & Proposal with Ben
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 55 | Injecting Humor In Your Marketing To Stand Out
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 54 | How to Plant Your Flag of Authority with Erik Jensen
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 53 | Learning To Embrace the Plateaus
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 52 | Packing Strategy Services & Client Relationships with Jen
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May 27, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 51 | Audience Research For Agencies with Rand Fishkin
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May 20, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 50 | New Business Chaos with Jody Sutter
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May 13, 2022 |
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Season 5 | Ep 49 | Prioritization & Idle Time
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May 06, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 48 | Service Productizing
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 47 | Client Management & Proposals
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 46 | Your Superpower
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 45 | Estimating with Marcel Petitpas
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 44 | You Have The Time
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 43 | Leads & Energy
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 42 | Stop Overworking Yourself - Work - Life - Balance
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 41 | Recruiting & Talent Retention with Megan Kuethen
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 40 | Change
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 39 | Proactive Vision Meetings
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 38 | Roadmap To Growing An Agency
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Season 4 | Ep 37 | Ditching Limiting Beliefs Is the 1st Step In Building a Thriving Business
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Season 3 | Ep 36 | Bring Your Agency to a Higher Level by Embracing Remote Culture
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Nov 19, 2021 |