The Agency Uplift Podcast
Episodes
Ep 35: The Agency Leaky Bucket: How to Patch Churn Before It Sinks You
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysClient churn often feels sudden but usually stems from deeper issues than just performance.Reacting to churn with more sales efforts alon...
Ep 34: Built for Impact: How Pasha Knish Turned Freelance Scraps into an Amazon Powerhouse
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysPasha’s agency journey started as a side hustle while bootstrapping his own Amazon brand.AMZ Optimized helps FBA sellers scale faster a...
Ep 33: Teaching & Talking: How Speaking Engagements Fueled Ollo Metrics’ Agency Growth
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysWarren transitioned from music to marketing, finding parallels in creativity and structure between both disciplines.He spent nearly 10 ye...
Ep 32: From Fired to Founder: Tyler Lane on Building an Analytics-First Agency
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysStrong professional relationships were crucial to Tyler's early success.Session Interactive’s core differentiator is their deep fo...
Ep 31: Why Most Agencies Fail at Finance (and What to Do Instead) with Eli Rubel of Profit Labs
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🔑 Key TakeawaysStart small, grow fast: Eli’s journey from solo consultant to $4.2M EBITDA agency shows the power of strategic hiring and rapid it...
Ep 30: The 3 Essentials Most Agencies Miss in Hiring and Management
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysHiring can make or break a digital agency's growth.Most agencies don't invest enough time or systems into hiring and management...
Ep 29: “We do marketing for everyone” is not a strategy.
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:ICP stands for Ideal Client Profile — the client you do your best work for.Most agencies say they have an ICP, but their actual client...
Ep 28: Building an Agency With ZERO Client Churn, With Marcus Taylor of Kohde
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:Marcus and his co-founder started Kohde with a simple mission: "let's do some sh*t together."The agency rebranded and nic...
Ep 27: Scaling Agency Sales With Grit and Strategy: Kristan Servidad of Sales Subs
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:Kristan’s sales journey started in B2C weight loss products before transitioning to B2B SaaS and founding Sales Subs.Grit and resource...
Ep 26: 10 Terrible Pieces of Advice That Will Ruin Your Agency
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysAvoid controlling clients' media buying accounts; always ensure client ownership.Don’t blindly give clients what they want—focus...
Ep 25: How Peter Kang Built a Multi-Agency Empire from Barrel to Barrel Holdings
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:Peter began his journey in web design at a young age, later founding Barrel with his college friend Se Wook.The early years of Barrel in...
Ep 24: Inside the Agency Journey: Tomás Reddy on Growing Your Lead Growth
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:Your Lead Growth helps agencies and small businesses optimize lead quality by integrating Google Ads and CRM tracking.Tomás transitione...
Ep 23: The System I Used To Scale My Agency Past $1M Annually With No Sales Team
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:Sean's former agency scaled past $1M in revenue using a podcast, despite a weak sales team.The podcast evolved from unfocused conte...
Ep 22: Nail It Before You Scale It: Launching with Intention and Impact, with Brad Quiring of Sidekick Fundraising
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysBrad launched Sidekick Fundraising to serve small nonprofits often priced out of traditional agency support.Sidekick offers a lower-cost,...
Ep 21: Hiring Hacks & Operational Breakthroughs with Casandra Barrett
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysCasandra transitioned from VA to operations consultant by solving problems and scaling alongside businesses.Agencies often mistake urgenc...
Ep 20: The Biggest Mistake I Ever Made as an Agency Owner
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🔑 Key TakeawaysThe biggest mistake agency owners make is becoming the bottleneck by doing everything themselves.Not all tasks are equal—your time...
Ep 19: Building an Agency with Pods, People, and Paid Ads, with Parker Kump of Tuff Media
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🔑 Key TakeawaysParker’s agency journey started with Facebook Ads and a beer with the founder of BrüMate.Being good at media buying doesn’t mak...
Ep 18: From Scrappy Startup to 175-Person Agency: Kyle Hitchcox on Building Pilot House
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysKyle and his co-founder launched their business as affiliate marketers using credit cards, eventually scaling into a 175-person agency.Ea...
Ep 16: Building a White-Label Powerhouse for Agencies, With Dmitry Fesenko of Haven
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🔑 Key TakeawaysDmitry runs two agencies: AdTribe (for DTC brands) and Haven (white-label media buying for agencies).Haven uses the same team and pr...
Ep 15: Simple Automation Fixes That Make a Huge Impact, with Grant Hushek of Grantbot
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:Grant started GrantBot after honing his automation skills as the first employee at Hampton, optimizing workflows to scale small teams.Be...
Ep 14: Finding Your Niche & Streamlining with SOPs: Lessons from Sully Chaudhary of SEO Army
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysSEO Army is a white-label SEO agency helping other agencies expand their SEO offerings.They specialize in content-based SEO, backlinking,...
Ep 13: How Happy Hub Built a High-Trust White Label Model, with Chris Suglia
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysChris built Happy Hub Marketing to create a more transparent and positive marketing experience for clients.The agency offers both direct-...
Ep 12: Key Levers of Agency Growth, with Deividas Tokaris of Triple Scale
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:Deividas started as a solo freelancer and grew Triplescale to a 15-person agency in just 8 months.The agency focuses on scaling DTC, e-c...
Ep 11: Building Partnerships for Agency Growth, with Landon Gartner of Vanspec Marketing
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysVanspec Marketing was co-founded by three friends from the same university and high school, starting as a side hustle in 2017.Initially f...
Ep 10: Don't Fall For The AI Learning Loop
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:AI is a powerful productivity multiplier—but only if you actually use it to execute.The “AI Learning Loop” is a trap where agency ...
Ep 8: Systematizing Case Studies
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:Most agencies treat case studies as an afterthought, updating them infrequently, which reduces their relevance and credibility.A consist...
Ep 6: Why Most Agencies Build in Reverse (And How to Fix It)
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysMost agency founders start as specialists, not business builders.Many agencies begin by delivering services, then scramble to find client...
Ep 9: Why Agencies Fail: Offers, Processes, and the Brutal Truth About Scaling, with Brennan Tobin of OddDuck Marketing
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:From Freelancer to Agency Owner: Brennan’s transition from freelance media buyer to running Odd Duck came with the hard truth: clients...
Ep 7: From Google to Amazon: A PPC Journey, with Igor Nuhanovic of Amazonia PPC
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysIgor started his agency by supporting his wife's Google Ads freelance work and transitioned into full-time agency life.Originally fo...
Ep 5: From Corporate to Agency, with Marina Fomina of Marketing Works
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysMarina spent over 10 years at Amazon before launching her agency, Marketing Works.Marketing Works specializes in performance marketing, w...
Ep 3: The Art of Creative Strategy in Performance Marketing, with Brett Friedman
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key TakeawaysThe Creative Strategy Agency specializes in modular creative strategy for e-commerce performance marketing.Services include everything fr...
Ep 4: Building a Better Recruiting Funnel For Your Agency
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key Takeaways:Hiring is a filtering game: your job post should repel the wrong candidates and attract the right ones.Treat your job post like a sales ...
Ep 2: Why You Need To Take Client Onboarding More Seriously
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🔑 Key Takeaways:Most agency owners are underestimating the importance of client onboarding.First impressions set the tone for the entire client rel...
Ep 1: Leveraging Creativity and AI in Agency Growth with Richard Mechaly of Provoke Agency
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
summaryIn this episode of the Agency Uplift Podcast, Sean Lang interviews Richard Mechaly, co-founder of Provoke Agency. They discuss Richard's j...
Ep 0: A Sneak Peek of What Is To Come
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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