Smart Agency Masterclass Podcast with Jason Swenk

Bi-weekly interviews, strategy, and advice for building your marketing agency the smart way.

The popular agency podcast has just turned 10 years old and covers everything from starting a successful agency to selling your agency.

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How Firing Toxic Clients Leads to Stronger Relationships with Susan Finch | Ep #725
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How Firing Toxic Clients Leads to Stronger Relationships with Susan Finch | Ep #725

Have you ever fired a client? If you could do so without fearing for your agency’s future, would you take that step today? Most agency owners have horror stories about toxic clients who created an unhealthy work environment for the team. Deciding to cut these professional ties can be particularly daunting, but will bring more benefits in the long run.

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How Nicholas Kusmich Created a 4 Million Dollar Agency with No Employees | Ep #665
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How Nicholas Kusmich Created a 4 Million Dollar Agency with No Employees | Ep #665

Do you have a hard time letting go of agency operations and overall control? Have you embraced your role as the visionary and taken a step back from minor tasks? If you haven’t, why do you think that is? Today’s guest realized at one point that autonomy was his personal core value and that his agency would fail unless he prioritized it. This realization led to a new point of view, where he imagines how he would run his agency if he knew nothing about the business. This exercise has greatly helped him detach himself from agency operations and trust the agency can run without him. Tune in for an interesting discussion about autonomy in business, having employees vs. hiring contractors, and the benefits of building a personal brand.

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Getting to 7-Figures Fast by Juggling Curiosity and Control with Natalie Hogg | Ep #664
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Getting to 7-Figures Fast by Juggling Curiosity and Control with Natalie Hogg | Ep #664

Are you an agency owner or an entrepreneur who wants to take your business to the next level? Do you want to learn how to grow your revenue, profit, and impact in the world? Have you found yourself chasing only the money and feeling dissatisfied later? Today’s guest grew her agency from zero to seven figures in just two years, while also making a positive impact in the world through her social responsibility initiatives. She has transitioned from being a consultant to being a leader and aligned her business with her personal goals and values, and has used her agency as a platform to create social change and help others.

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Effective Delegation and Tips on Accountability for Faster Agency Growth with Zach Montroy | Ep #627
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Effective Delegation and Tips on Accountability for Faster Agency Growth with Zach Montroy | Ep #627

Is your team working together toward a clear agency vision? Do you trust your team and effectively delegate? Do the agency leaders also know how to delegate in order to scale the agency? The agency owner is the Visionary and needs an effective operations leader to align the team with the vision by holding them accountable and having hard conversations. Today's guest is an Agency COO offers insight into an operator's role in keeping the team focused on the agency owner's vision.

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Digital Agency Growth Starts with SOPs and Delegating with Alyson Caffrey | Ep #614
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Digital Agency Growth Starts with SOPs and Delegating with Alyson Caffrey | Ep #614

When was the last time you took a break from your agency? Do you stress out just thinking about taking time off? Do you feel like everything will fall apart with you? This is usually the case when agency owners need to create SOPs and delegate more to their team. Getting serious about SOP documentation levels up your agency, sets up the team for success, and increases its overall value. It starts with an important mental shift and understanding your agency will actually benefit from you taking a step back.

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Dan Martell on How to Calculate Your BUYBACK RATE & Maximize Time and Revenue | Ep #574
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Dan Martell on How to Calculate Your BUYBACK RATE & Maximize Time and Revenue | Ep #574

Are you running your agency, or is your agency running you? Are you lacking the freedom you thought you'd have in your agency? Many owners start growing their agency, getting more clients, and hiring more people and quickly find they’ve built a prison for themselves. Today’s guest went through this and came up with a method to regain freedom and buy back your time. He now helps clients set up systems to identify their buyback rates and delegate tasks so they can maximize time and revenue.

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Mike Michaelowitz on How to Be the SUPER VISIONARY in an Agency That Runs Without You | Ep #561
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Mike Michaelowitz on How to Be the SUPER VISIONARY in an Agency That Runs Without You | Ep #561

Is your digital agency too reliant on you? Are you always putting out fires and answering questions? Is your team empowered to succeed without you? It's all about being intentional with how you spend your time and creating the processes to support your role as agency CEO. In this episode, a time and profit expert shares ways you can stop being the superhero at your agency and instead be the super visionary.

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How to Grow Your Agency Without Constantly Working In It with Mike Michaelowicz
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How to Grow Your Agency Without Constantly Working In It with Mike Michaelowicz

Worried your agency will collapse if you’re not constantly working? Wish you could lead your agency without working 24/7? Feel like you sacrifice too much of your family and free time for your agency? Stop being a prisoner to your agency! This pace isn’t the best way to run your agency. And maybe your agency doesn’t actually need you as much as you think it does.

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About the Show

The popular agency podcast has been around since 2014 and covers everything from starting a successful agency to selling your agency. What makes this podcast a must-listen is Swenk’s background as the founder and CEO of an agency for over a decade. Swenk brings his own experience to the table, besides the expertise of his guests. He mostly covers topics that help growing agencies scale to the next level.

YOUR HOST

JASON SWENK

Smart Agency Masterclass

Jason is a family man who also happens to have created a couple big marketing agencies, helped thousands of agency owners, and had a big agency exit too.