The Digital Agency Show | Helping Agency Owners Transform Their Business Mindset to Increase Prices, Work Less, and Grow Profits
UGURUS Hosted by Brent Weaver
Helping digital agency owners transform their business mindset so they can increase prices, work less, and grow profits.
A weekly podcast where host Brent Weaver chats with today's most successful entrepreneurs running digital agency businesses in the web design, web development, and digital marketing industry.
Brent also chats with high-profile entrepreneurs and other smart people that can help listeners grow their digital agency.
Each interview deep dives into the emotional details of going on the entrepreneur's journey toward success. Each guest shares behind the scene moments of lessons learned and lives changed.
All episodes comes guaranteed with a gold nugget insight, book recommendation, resource link and productivity hack.
A weekly podcast where host Brent Weaver chats with today's most successful entrepreneurs running digital agency businesses in the web design, web development, and digital marketing industry.
Brent also chats with high-profile entrepreneurs and other smart people that can help listeners grow their digital agency.
Each interview deep dives into the emotional details of going on the entrepreneur's journey toward success. Each guest shares behind the scene moments of lessons learned and lives changed.
All episodes comes guaranteed with a gold nugget insight, book recommendation, resource link and productivity hack.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 18, 2024 • 28min
E346: Bringing in a second-in-command with Cameron Herold
Cameron Herold is the mastermind behind the exponential growth of hundreds of companies. He has been an entrepreneur since his teens, with 14 employees by the time he was 21. By age 35, he had helped build two $100M+ businesses. By 42, he had grown 1-800-GOT-JUNK from $2 million to $106 million in just six years. He has authored four acclaimed books and is a renowned speaker.
Jun 11, 2024 • 43min
E345: Brand, Content, and Chill vs. Hustle time with Rand Fishkin
Rand is the co-founder and CEO of the audience research software startup Spark Toro, He has dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through his writing, videos, speaking, and his book Lost and Founder.
Jun 3, 2024 • 29min
E344: Overcoming Operational Challenges in Digital Agencies with Alane Boyd
She is the co-founder of Workday Ninja, an operations and growth strategy expert specializing in AI and automation to enhance client efficiency. Her entrepreneurial success includes scaling her first business, a hybrid agency and software company, to eight figures and successfully selling it in 2018.
She has been featured in Entrepreneur, HuffPost, and South by Southwest. As a three-time published author, she now advises agencies on optimizing operations through project management tools like Asana, ClickUp, and Monday, and on automating workflows.
May 24, 2024 • 43min
E343: Disruption, Leadership, and how to let go and delegate with Charlene Li
For the past two decades, she has been helping people see the future. She's an expert on digital transformation, leadership, customer experience, and the future of work. She is the author of six books, including The New York Times best seller, opened leadership and co-author of the critically acclaimed book, groundswell her latest book is The Best Seller the disruption mindset.
She is the founder and senior fellow at altimeter, a disruptive analyst firm acquired in 2015, by profit, she has been named one of most creative people in business by Fast Company, and she's a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.
Mar 29, 2024 • 29min
E342: How to get targeted, long-term clients – with Tim Butler
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.
Mar 5, 2024 • 24min
E341: Your plan for getting on podcasts successfully – with Christina Lenkowski
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.
Feb 6, 2024 • 35min
E340: Getting through early agency years and on to mastering sales – with Jonathan Hinshaw
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!
Jan 31, 2024 • 31min
E339: How to find best-fit clients and the right niche – with Corey Quinn
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.
Jan 23, 2024 • 32min
E338: From selling an agency to starting an M&A firm – with David Rodnitzky
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.
Jan 16, 2024 • 37min
E337: The evolution from freelancer to a major success story – with Nate Freedman
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.
