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  Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, you get me, Andy Baldacci. This is the final episode of the podcast, so I wanted to do things a bit differently. In the 77 interviews I’ve done for this show, I’ve learned so much about agencies from some amazing guests and over the next hour, I’m... Continue reading ? The post Andy Baldacci on 6 Steps to Building the Agency of Your Dreams appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background Andrew and his partners started White Shark Media in 2011. Six years later, when Andrew decided to leave the agency behind and launch SavvyRevenue, the company had 1,500 clients, 220 employees, and over $10,000,000 in annual revenue. He learned a lot in those six years, but even after building a successful agency, he is... Continue reading ? The post Andrew Lolk on Leaving An 8-Figure Agency To Start Again From Scratch appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Jason Swenk who shares how to use systems to grow your agency. Jason built his first agency, Solar Velocity, into a $13 million/year business before selling it, and now he shares his expertise with other agency owners. Having a system-oriented mindset is one of the... Continue reading ? The post Jason Swenk on Using Systems to Grow Your Agency appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background On today’s episode of Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m doing round two with Brent Weaver of uGurus, who walks us through the exact sales process he teaches agencies to help them close 5- and 6-figure deals. We’ve spent a lot of time on this show talking about methods for generating more leads through strong... Continue reading ? The post Brent Weaver on Closing 5- and 6-Figure Deals appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

In today’s episode of Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Dan Englander of Sales Schema, who shares how to grow your agency with cold email. Cold email is a subject that has been getting more and more attention over the last few years, especially in the startup world. In fact, you probably get more... Continue reading ? The post Dan Englander on How to Grow Your Agency With Cold Email appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background Today, I’m talking with Andrew Dymski of DoInbound, who shares how to build an agency sales system. Andrew’s company provides the software, processes, and training to build the agency you love. He also ran an agency himself and hosts the Inbound Agency Journey podcast, which is about to hit 100 episodes, so you could... Continue reading ? The post Andrew Dymski on How to Build Your Agency Sales System appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Siimon Sander, founder of Oscar Hamilton, a productized service agency that helps clients produce and edit their podcasts. Siimon built this agency on the back of his popular podcast, Entrepreneur Decoded, and today we talk about how other agencies could benefit from the same process.... Continue reading ? The post Siimon Sander on Using a Podcast to Build an Agency appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Chantell Glenville, author of the book What Clients Really Want (And the S**t That Drives Them Crazy). Chantell has worked at some of the world’s top agencies and also managed agencies in her role at Vodafone. It wasn’t until she made this switch to the... Continue reading ? The post Chantell Glenville on What Clients Really Want appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Pia Silva of Worstofall Design. We’re talking about how to badass your brand—which is also the title of her new book. Pia and her partner work one to two weeks a month, bring home around $250,000 a year, don’t have to spend all of their remaining... Continue reading ? The post Pia Silva on How to Badass Your Brand appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Simon Thompson of Content Kite who shares how to build a content marketing machine for your agency. Simon’s spent years working for agencies and big corporations, creating content strategies for major brands like Disney and BMW. He saw the power of content, but realized so... Continue reading ? The post Simon Thompson on Building a Content Marketing Machine appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Jason Blumer of Blumer and Associates, who shares how you can leverage your agency’s most valuable resource, your time. Jason is a CPA who provides his clients, agency owners, with bookkeeping services, but that doesn’t begin to cover all of the ways Jason and his... Continue reading ? The post Jason Blumer on Leveraging Your Agency’s Most Valuable Resource appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Greg Verdino of VERDINO & CO, the consultancy he started with his wife to help clients get the attention, engagement, and outcomes they need by giving their audiences content they’ll crave. Today he shares how content marketing is evolving and how your agency can stay... Continue reading ? The post Greg Verdino on Why Content Marketing Needs To Be More Than Blogging appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Justin McGill of LeadFuze who shares why he left behind a $360,000 a year service business to go all-in on a product. Justin launched his first agency back in 2008 and built it into a 7-figure agency. Along the way he had his first idea... Continue reading ? The post Justin McGill on Leaving Services Behind And Going All-In On Products appeared first on Remote Team Management, Startup Marketing & Growth Blog by Hubstaff.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Michael Gass of Fueling New Business who shares how to use content marketing to get more leads in just 30 days. Since 2007, Michael has pioneered the use of social media, content, and inbound marketing strategies to help agencies win new business, and he has... Continue reading ? The post Michael Gass on Fueling New Business With Content Marketing appeared first on Time Tracking Software.

Background Josh Steimle’s agency, MWI, was slowly killing him– he had no life, was in massive debt, and wasn’t making any money. He went four years without collecting a paycheck, all while putting in 80-100 hour weeks. Today, he shares how he was able to turn things around and build a profitable, growing agency by... Continue reading ? The post Josh Steimle on 10X-ing in a year by finding the right partners appeared first on Time Tracking Software.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’ve got Johnathan Dane of KlientBoost back for a fun and informative chat. I last had Johnathan on this podcast back in May of 2016, where he shared the story of how he and his team grew KlientBoost to over $100k/mo in recurring billing in the first year,... Continue reading ? The post Johnathan Dane on building a $3.6mm/yr (and growing) agency in two years appeared first on Time Tracking Software.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Blair Enns of Win Without Pitching who shares his 5 Rules for Selling Digital Services. Blair is a 25-year veteran of the business side of the creative professions and has over 30,000 hours invested in the question, “How do creative firms win new business without... Continue reading ? The post Blair Enns Shares 5 Rules for Digital Agency Growth appeared first on Time Tracking Software.

Background Today, on Hubstaff’s Agency Advantage Podcast, I’m talking with Derek Hart (Twitter) of Get the Gigs who shares how to grow your agency by niching down. Derek shares how he took his struggling web design business to new heights by narrowing his focus. Instead of building sites for anybody and everybody, today he specializes... Continue reading ? The post Derek Hart on Building Up an Agency by Niching Down appeared first on Time Tracking Software.

Background In this episode, I’m talking with Jake Jorgovan of Outbound Creative. I had Jake on the podcast almost a year ago. At that time he was focused primarily on using “eye catching outreach” like messages in a bottle or hollowed-out books to help his clients close deals. He was also ramping up his team.... Continue reading ? The post Building the Agency Business of Your Dreams with Jake Jorgovan appeared first on Time Tracking Software.

Background In this episode of Agency Advantage, Karl Sakas of Sakas and Company talks about how you can improve your management expertise as a leader inside an agency. At Sakas and Company, Karl helps agencies grow without the usual pains. By working with dozens of agencies, he has learned that you don’t need to be a... Continue reading ? The post Practical Tips for Becoming a Better Leader with Karl Sakas appeared first on Time Tracking Software.