Tim Butler is a seasoned marketing professional with more than two decades of experience in sales, marketing, and consulting. He is the founder and CEO of Innovation Visual, a well-regarded marketing consultancy that has assisted clients across various sectors including manufacturing, technology, healthcare, consumer products, finance, and professional services since its inception in 2014. He has earned recognition from Google, which placed Innovation Visual among the top 30 digital agencies.

Christina Lenkowski is a forward-thinking podcast publicist and educator for entrepreneurs, speakers and authors looking to expand their credibility and go from “best-kept secret” to “go-to expert” in their industries through being a guest on other people’s podcasts. In 2019, after 13 years working in the PR realm, Christina discovered what being a guest on podcasts did for her online-based business. Since then she’s dedicated her work to helping other business owners, particularly women, see the same kind of results.

Jonathan Hinshaw is an integral part of the UGURUS business. He’s mentored over 500 members, he owned a 7-figure agency called EBWAY, he’s produced courses with us, and has also had a very successful sales career outside the agency space, selling over $750 million in products in the car and motorsports space. We’re now happy to have him as part of the UGURUS team!

Former CMO of Scorpion, Corey Quinn, talks about the benefits of vertical specialization for agency owners, including higher profits and greater freedom. He also discusses finding the best-fit clients and niche, validating the market, and building relationships. Quinn emphasizes the importance of caring for the industry and having a specific positioning strategy.

David Rodnitzky is the founder of Agentic Shift, a consulting firm that helps marketing agency founders through the mergers and acquisitions process. Prior to Agentic Shift, David founded 3Q Digital. He grew 3Q from one person in a coffee shop to more than 325 people in 11 offices, managing more than $2 billion of online media spend.

Nate Freedman is the CEO of Tech Pro Marketing, a leading marketing agency in the IT services space. He is also the co-founder of Creative IT Agency, the ONLY IT support and cybersecurity company specifically dedicated to helping digital agencies with their IT problems. He is also a UGURUS mentor and longtime member.

Hans Skillrud is the co-founder and VP of Termageddon, an auto-updating website policies solution created for agency owners and their clients. Termageddon has generated over 50,000 website policies for its customers, and their agency partner program has helped agencies around the world make more than $1,000,000 in combined annual recurring.

David C. Baker is an author, speaker, and advisor to entrepreneurial creatives worldwide. He has written five books, including his latest book titled, The Business of Expertise. Baker has advised over 900 firms, was the keynote speaker at conferences in 30 countries, and his work has been discussed in dozens of international publications. The New York Times referred to him as the “expert’s expert”. He is also the co-host of the 2Bobs podcast.

Marama owns Oracle Tree, a digital agency in Australia. She has decades of business experience and has spent extensive time mentoring, including for UGURUS. Her recent best-selling book, Fixing Frankenstein, is available now. In this episode, we discuss how she’s built a successful agency that fits HER lifestyle.

Aaron Wrixon has been shaping words into strategic narratives since the late 90s—and has been paid for writing well over 8 million words. That's the equivalent of more than 13 copies of War and Peace. He runs WRIXON, a copy, content, and digital marketing agency that has helped agencies and their clients grow in more than 120 industries throughout the English-speaking world. He’s also written multiple best-selling books, including co-authoring Get Rich in the Deep End with Brent.