Agency Bytes
by Agency Outsight
Ep 171 – How Agency Founders Escape the Founder Prison Without…
About this podcast
Agency Bytes is a podcast for owners of creative, marketing, and advertising agencies that packs a ton of important agency information on one topic, from one expert into a 25-minute brief. Why 25 minutes? Because who has the attention span for much more these days, and you can squeeze in a listen between meetings with time for a bathroom break or coffee refill before your next meeting. Agency Bytes is brought to you by Steve Guberman from Agency Outsight. Steve is a 20-year agency veteran who works as a business coach for agencies around the country. He coaches owners of branding, marketing, design, and PR agencies to conquer their goals and overcome their challenges. Learn more about Agency Outsight at www.agencyoutsight.com
Episodes
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- Ep 171 – How Agency Founders Escape the Founder Prison Without Burning the Business Down · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 171Featuring: George Rivera In episode 171, I sit down with George Rivera, a 31-year direct response and e-commerce veteran who now helps cash-rich, time-poor founders escape what…
- Ep 170 – How Cass Bailey Protects Deal Value With M&A Communication Planning · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 170Featuring: Cass Bailey, Slice Communications – In episode 170, I sit down with Cass Bailey, founder and CEO of Slice Communications, a national strategic communications agency…
- Ep 169 – How to Build a Sellable Agency From Day One: Why Your Network Is Your Net Worth · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 169Featuring: Taylor McMaster, Founder, Dot&Co In episode 169, I welcome back Taylor McMaster, founder of Dot and Co and host of the Happy Clients podcast, to talk about the sale…
- Ep 168 – Rachel Zorel, 7 Layer Studio – How a Small Agency Builds a Culture That Keeps Clients for a Decade · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 168Featuring: Rachel Zorel, 7 Layer Studio In episode 168, I sit down with Rachel Zorel, founder and creative director of Seven Layer Studio, a creative agency based in South…
- Ep 167 – Albert Banks, Apertus – How Merging With a Peer Agency Can Break Your Growth Ceiling · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 167Featuring: Albert Banks, Apertus In episode 167, I sit down with Albert Banks, founder and principal of Apertus and a twenty-plus-year agency veteran who built MyJive, merged…
- Ep 166 – Hope Is Not a Strategy: How Agencies Build Real Resilience with Audrey Kwan · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 166Featuring: Audrey Kwan, Agency Together In episode 166, I sit down with Audrey Joy Kwan, a coach and consultant who helps boutique agency owners get valued, priced, and chosen…
- Ep 165 – How Melanie Balke Turns Email Into a Retention Engine for E-Commerce · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 165Featuring: Melanie Balke. The Email Marketers In episode 165, I sit down with Melanie Balke, founder and CEO of The Email Marketers, an outsourced email marketing department…
- Ep 164 – Why AI Is Creating a Sea of Sameness in Content, with David J. Ebner · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 164Featuring: David J. Ebner, Content Workshop In episode 164, I sit down with David J. Ebner, president of Content Workshop, a story-first content marketing agency built for B2B…
- Ep 163 – James Kwon, Figmints – Boats, Not Moats - How AI Is Forcing Agencies to Build Products · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 163Featuring: James Kwon, Figmints In episode 163, I sit down with James Kwon, founder and CEO of Figmints, a digital creative and marketing agency celebrating its fifteenth year…
- Ep 162 – Megan Long, Second First – What Agency Owners Get Wrong About Delegating to Their Right-Hand Leader · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 162Featuring: Megan Long, Second First In episode 162, I sit down with Megan Long, founder of Second First, a company built for the COOs, integrators, and right-hand leaders who…
- Ep 161 – Lynn Juang, Frameworks Consulting – Agency Growth Without the Friction · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 161Featuring: Lynn Juang, Frameworks Consulting In episode 161, I sit down with Lynn Juang, founder of Frameworks and a strategic partner to founder-led creative agencies working…
- Ep 160 – David Shriner-Cahn, Smashing the Plateau – You Are Your Own Bottleneck — Here's How to Get Out of Your Own Way · 24 min · Season 4 Episode 160Featuring: David Shriner-Cahn, Smashing the Plateau In episode 160, I talk with David Shriner-Cahn, host of the Smashing the Plateau podcast and founder of the Smashing the…
- Ep 159 – Courtney Spritzer, Entreprenista - How Courtney Spritzer Built and Sold a Marketing Agency, Then Built a 3,700-Member Community · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 159Featuring: Courtney Spritzer, Entreprenista In episode 159, I sit down with Courtney Spritzer, co-founder of Social Fly and Entrepreneista, to talk about building a marketing…
- Ep 158 – How Matt Dean Built a Commercial Real Estate Branding Agency by Going All In on One Niche · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 158Featuring: Matt Dean, Dean&Co. In episode 158, I sit down with Matt Dean, co-founder of Dean & Co., the branding studio he and his wife Jackie built for the commercial real…
- Ep 157 – How Sam Shepler Grew StorySnap Through Acquisitions Instead of Retainers · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 157Featuring: Sam Shepler, StorySnap In episode 157, I sit down with Sam Shepler, founder and CEO of StorySnap, the holding company behind Testimonial Hero and Product Type. Sam…
- Ep 156 – Zack Rosenberg, Qortex – What Your Audience Watches Reveals More Than What They Search · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 156Featuring: Zack Rosenberg, Qortex In episode 156, I sit down with Zack Rosenberg, founder and CEO of Cortex, a video intelligence company decoding the connection between what…
- Ep 155 – Jessica Rhodes, Interview Connections – How to Land Agency Clients Through Podcast Guesting (Without the Spam) · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 155Featuring: Jessica Rhodes, Interview Connections In episode 155, I sit down with Jessica Rhodes, founder of Interview Connections and the entrepreneur who launched the world's…
- Ep 154 – How Mike Bodkin Built a Sellable Agency — and a Smarter Way to Hire · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 154Featuring: Mike Bodkin, Talent Scout In episode 154, I sit down with Mike Bodkin, former co-founder of the full-service digital agency Giant Propeller and now co-founder of…
- Ep 153 – Juliana Marulanda, Scaletime – You Can’t Scale Chaos · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 153Featuring: Juliana Marulanda, Scaletime In episode 153, I sit down with Juliana Marulanda, founder of ScaleTime, who's helped over 1,000 agencies turn themselves into lean…
- Ep 152 – Michael Perry, Tavern – Why Relationships — Not Design — Actually Grow Your Agency · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 152Featuring: Michael Perry, Tavern In episode 152, I sit down with Mike Perry, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Tavern, a Brooklyn-based creative shop building brands in…







