The Agency Uplift Podcast
By Sean Lang
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Episodes: 119
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The Agency Uplift Podcast: Agency Scaling Strategies & Growth Tips
Unlock proven frameworks, AI‑powered workflows, and client acquisition blueprints to scale your digital agency from freelance to Fortune. Each week, host Sean Lang, co‑founder of Social Commerce Club and agency growth coach, sits down with a wide array of agency leaders—sharing battle‑tested tactics on profitability, processes, and people management.
Whether you’re aiming to double client retention, streamline operations, or boost ad ROI, you’ll walk away with actionable insights and playbooks you can implement today. New episodes every Monday and Wednesday, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
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EP 119: The “Founder Dependency” Problem Keeping You Stuck
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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EP 118: The “Problem First” Positioning Strategy That Prints Pipeline | with Chris Dubois of Dynamic Agency OS
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Ep 117: The Profit Tracker Framework I Use to Expose Bad Clients
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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EP 116: Live Consult: The Soft ICP Strategy That Simplifies Agency Chaos | with Nick Desrocher of GroClix
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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EP 115: 10 Ways Agency Owners Train Their Teams to Depend On Them
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Ep 114: The “Embedded Partner” Strategy That Turns Agencies Into Irreplaceable Growth Drivers | with Nikki Lindgren of Pennock
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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EP 113: The 10 Truths Agency Owners Are Too Afraid to Say Out Loud
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Ep 112: The Niche Within a Niche Strategy That Made Sales Easy | with Allan Khazak of Vroom Media Group
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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EP 111: Why Hiring an Operations Manager Too Early Can Sink Your Agency
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Ep 110: Stop Hiding Behind Client Work (If You Want to Scale) | with Kelly Schuknecht of Two Mile High Marketing
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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EP 109: Your Expanding Service List Is Destroying Your Agency
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Ep 108: How a 16 Person Agency Landed Global Brands Like Disney and Jack Daniel’s | with T. Christian Helms of Helms Workshop
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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EP 107: Why Most Agencies Fail Without These 3 Operating Principles
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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EP 106: The Accidental Agency Framework: How One Freelance Project Turned Into a Scalable Business | with Ryan Burch of Tobie Group
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Ep 105: Why SOPs Don’t Fix People and What Actually Does
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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EP 104: Why Most Agencies Collapse Right After Their “Best Year” (And How to Survive It) | Greg Shuey of STRYDE
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Ep 103: Why Your Agency Isn’t Broken, You’re Just Training It to Fail (And Don’t Know It)
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Ep 102: We Had $347 Left in the Bank After Payroll, Here’s What Changed Everything | with James Kwon of Figmints
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Ep 101: Why Saying “No” to Full Service Saved This Agency | Matt Dorman of Ndevr
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Ep 100: How Real Agency Owners Scale Past Chaos (100 Episode Breakdown)
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Ep 99: The Two Decisions That Quietly Destroy Agency Margins
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Ep 98: Why Adding More Services Is the Fastest Way to Kill Your Agency | with Tim Keen of Modern Agency Sales
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Ep 97: How I Delivered 18+ ROAS for 6 Months and Still Got Fired
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Ep 96: TikTok Shop Isn’t Saturated, Agencies Just Aren’t Ready | with Collin Cavanaugh of Commerce Social
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Ep 95: Why Most Agencies Will Break in 2026 (And How to Avoid It)
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Ep 94: How One Agency Unlocked Real Growth by Firing the Founder from Delivery | with Anthony Morgan
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Ep 93: Why Your Agency Can’t Survive Without You (And How to Fix It)
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Ep 92: How He Built a 7-Figure Agency With Nothing but LinkedIn and Then Burned It Down | with Justin Oberman of Oberman & Partners
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Ep 91: Why “The Client Is Happy” Is the Most Dangerous Phrase in Your Agency
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Ep 90: How a Boutique Agency Stayed Profitable by Doing Less, Not More | with Mark Meyerson
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Ep 89: The Relationship Engine Most 7 Figure Agencies Accidentally Discover Too Late
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Ep 88: Why “Just Posting More Content” Is Terrible Advice for Founders | with Justin Vajko of Dialog Video Marketing
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Ep 87: My Custom GPT Playbook for Doubling Team Output Without Burnout
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Ep 86: How Saying No to Big Contracts Saved the Business | with Roberto Martinez
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Ep 85: Why Most Agency SOPs Fail and the AI Workflow That Finally Fixed Mine
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Ep 84: The Flexible Agency Model That Replaces Full-Time Staff With AI + Specialists | with Stephanie Zhuang
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Ep 83: Why “Bad Employees” Are Usually a Leadership Failure
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Ep 82: The Vertical Funnel Playbook That Helped This Agency Escape the Red Ocean | with Joe Romeo of Aperitif Agency & Rocket Fuel Agency
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Ep 81: Build an Agency That Runs Without You
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Ep 80: Systems Over Chaos: How Performance Partners Scaled with Intention | with Frederic Jean-Bart of Performance Partners
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Ep 79: Different Paths to $1M
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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EP 78: Building EverBoost: A Retention Marketing Story | with Tobi Chapman of EverBoost
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Ep 77: 5 Changes to Eliminate Cashflow Stress in Your Agency
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Ep 76: 4 Businesses, One Mission: How Bradley Benner Built His Agency Empire
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Ep 75: The $10K Client That Got Away: What We Learned in 14 Days
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Ep 74: How AI Is Changing Agency Growth with Eric Emerson of In Your Hand Media
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Ep 73: Would This Be Easier With a Partner?
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Ep 72: From Amazon Seller to Agency Builder: Lessons from Insiders | With Sebastian Eduard of Insiders
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Ep 71: How to Know If Your Team Can Actually Scale with You
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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EP 70: Niche, Mentor, Scale: The Building Blocks of Agency Success | With Wes Towers of Uplift360
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Ep 69: Why Messy Operations Aren’t the Real Problem
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Ep 68: Thriving Through 38 Years of Change: The Smart Finds Story | With Melih Oztalay from SmartFinds Marketing
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Ep 67: From Operator to CEO: The Shift That Unlocks Agency Growth
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Ep 66: Why Retention is the Secret to Scaling an Agency | With Andrew Dilullo of AdCrunch
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Ep 65: The Hidden Reason Your Agency Isn't Growing
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Ep 64: Why Referrals Nearly Broke My Agency, and How Systems Saved It | With Adam Paine of NUBRAND
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Ep 63: Inside the Current State of Agencies
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Ep 62: Scaling with Trust: Don Martelli on Growing PR Bunker
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Ep 61: How to Eliminate Chaos in Service Delivery
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Ep 60: From Google Interview to Agency CEO: David Feinman’s Story
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Ep 59: What Most Agencies Don't Want You to See
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Ep.58: The Power of Saying “No” in Business with Alexis Young and Danielle McNeill of Definitely Real Agency
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Ep 57: Turn Your Secret Sauce into Systems That Scale
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Ep 56: Strategy Over Tactics: Building Trust and Culture in Agencies | with Andrei Stoica of Stoica
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Ep: 55 Why Most Agencies Build in Reverse (Throwback Episode)
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Ep 54: From Zero Marketing Experience to Agency Founder | with Oliver Optican of Optican Edge
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Ep 53: Why 90% of Ad Ideas Should Fail and How AI Helps You Find The 10% | with Brett Friedman of The Creative Strategy Agency
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Ep 52: When Dream Results Aren’t Enough: The Client Who Fired Us at 18x ROAS
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Ep 51: Why Client Communication Beats Killer ROAS | with Colby Flood of Brighter Click
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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EPISODE 50! Ask Yourself THESE Questions in Order to Scale
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Ep 49: Everyone Is on the Sales Team: Agency Growth Lessons from Cody Wittick
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Ep 48: Why Your A-Player Hire Turned Out to Be a C-Player
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Ep 47: From Fired to $4M Leads: Phil Bacon on Building a Productized Agency
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Ep 46: 3 Incredibly Useful Tools to Help Scale Your Agency
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Ep 45: From Acquisition Layoff to Agency Launch: Nick Svetlichny’s Future Tilt
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Ep 44: 3 Reasons Why Your Agency Will Never Hit $1M / Year
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Ep 43: From Scaling to Streamlining: Why Magnet Monster Trimmed Down to Power Up, with Weihan Britz
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Ep 42: What It Really Takes to Sell a Digital Agency (and Why Timing Is Everything), with Gene Sower
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Ep 41: Accidental Agency: How Referrals Sparked a Marketing Business , with Evgeniya Polikarpova
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Ep 40: From Musician to Email Marketing Pro: How Shopé Built His Agency from the DMs Up
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Ep 39: Scaling DTC Brands with CRO: Inside Customers Who Click, with Will Laurenson
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Ep 38: Are You Losing Money on Clients? Two Steps to Financial Clarity
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Ep 37: Niche Down, Level Up: Why Specialization Changed Everything for This Agency, with Chase Clymer of Electric Eye
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Ep 36: Inside a Latin American Agency: Growth, Challenges, and Opportunities with Ale Zanetti
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Ep 35: The Agency Leaky Bucket: How to Patch Churn Before It Sinks You
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Ep 34: Built for Impact: How Pasha Knish Turned Freelance Scraps into an Amazon Powerhouse
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Ep 33: Teaching & Talking: How Speaking Engagements Fueled Ollo Metrics’ Agency Growth
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Ep 32: From Fired to Founder: Tyler Lane on Building an Analytics-First Agency
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Ep 31: Why Most Agencies Fail at Finance (and What to Do Instead) with Eli Rubel of Profit Labs
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May 28, 2025 |
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Ep 30: The 3 Essentials Most Agencies Miss in Hiring and Management
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May 26, 2025 |
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Ep 29: “We do marketing for everyone” is not a strategy.
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May 22, 2025 |
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Ep 28: Building an Agency With ZERO Client Churn, With Marcus Taylor of Kohde
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May 21, 2025 |
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Ep 27: Scaling Agency Sales With Grit and Strategy: Kristan Servidad of Sales Subs
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May 19, 2025 |
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Ep 26: 10 Terrible Pieces of Advice That Will Ruin Your Agency
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May 15, 2025 |
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Ep 25: How Peter Kang Built a Multi-Agency Empire from Barrel to Barrel Holdings
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May 14, 2025 |
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Ep 24: Inside the Agency Journey: Tomás Reddy on Growing Your Lead Growth
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May 12, 2025 |
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Ep 23: The System I Used To Scale My Agency Past $1M Annually With No Sales Team
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May 08, 2025 |
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Ep 22: Nail It Before You Scale It: Launching with Intention and Impact, with Brad Quiring of Sidekick Fundraising
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May 07, 2025 |
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Ep 21: Hiring Hacks & Operational Breakthroughs with Casandra Barrett
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May 05, 2025 |
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Ep 20: The Biggest Mistake I Ever Made as an Agency Owner
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May 02, 2025 |
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Ep 19: Building an Agency with Pods, People, and Paid Ads, with Parker Kump of Tuff Media
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Ep 18: From Scrappy Startup to 175-Person Agency: Kyle Hitchcox on Building Pilot House
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Ep 16: Building a White-Label Powerhouse for Agencies, With Dmitry Fesenko of Haven
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Ep 15: Simple Automation Fixes That Make a Huge Impact, with Grant Hushek of Grantbot
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Ep 14: Finding Your Niche & Streamlining with SOPs: Lessons from Sully Chaudhary of SEO Army
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Ep 13: How Happy Hub Built a High-Trust White Label Model, with Chris Suglia
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Ep 12: Key Levers of Agency Growth, with Deividas Tokaris of Triple Scale
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Ep 11: Building Partnerships for Agency Growth, with Landon Gartner of Vanspec Marketing
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Ep 4: Building a Better Recruiting Funnel For Your Agency
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep 3: The Art of Creative Strategy in Performance Marketing, with Brett Friedman
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep 5: From Corporate to Agency, with Marina Fomina of Marketing Works
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep 7: From Google to Amazon: A PPC Journey, with Igor Nuhanovic of Amazonia PPC
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep 9: Why Agencies Fail: Offers, Processes, and the Brutal Truth About Scaling, with Brennan Tobin of OddDuck Marketing
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep 6: Why Most Agencies Build in Reverse (And How to Fix It)
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep 8: Systematizing Case Studies
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep 10: Don't Fall For The AI Learning Loop
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep 2: Why You Need To Take Client Onboarding More Seriously
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep 1: Leveraging Creativity and AI in Agency Growth with Richard Mechaly of Provoke Agency
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep 0: A Sneak Peek of What Is To Come
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Mar 28, 2025 |