The Agency Uplift Podcast
Episodes
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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