Blair Enns is CEO of Win Without Pitching and the author of The Win Without Pitching Manifesto and Pricing Creativity: A Guide to Profit Beyond the Billable Hour. Blair joins the Creative Agency Podcast to talk […]The post 045 Pitching and Pricing Smart – Agency Advisor Blair Enns appeared first on .
Jared Mirsky is CEO of Wick & Mortar, a branding and marketing agency specializing in the cannabis industry. Jared started out as a freelancer working with local nightclubs on branding and marketing. He used a combination […]The post 044 The Cannabis Niche – Jared Mirsky of Wick & Mortar appeared first on .
Can you imagine hiring a new employee every month? Bajillion Agency is doing it. Andrea Engstrom president and founder of Bajillion Agency is setting goals and achieving them at a rapid pace. Established in 2015, Bajillion […]The post 043 A New Employee Every Month – Andrea Engstrom of Bajillion Agency appeared first ... more
In this episode, we explore the benefits of using The Entrepreneurial Operating System to grow your agency. And who better to interview on this subject than Mike Paton (pronounced Payton) the Visionary at EOS Worldwide. Paton has spent […]The post 042 The Entrepreneurial Operating System For Agencies – Mike Paton of E... more
Ryan Watson is the founder of a unique accounting agency, Upsourced Accounting, that focuses on creative agencies. Ryan discusses pricing strategies, profitability, taxes, and much more. He also explains how his business integrates with agencies and […]The post 041 Agency Finances With Ryan Watson of Upsourced Accoun... more
Once again we turn the mic on ourselves and talk about our own agency journey. Headquartered in Portland, OR (in an office located in a renovated high school), Murmur Creative is a branding and web agency […]The post 040 Our Story Part 4 – Murmur Creative Year in Review 2017 appeared first on .
One of the most important things about running successful digital projects is cultivating effective collaborations. Ellen De Vries, Content Strategist at Clearleft and author of Collaborate: Bring people together around digital projects joins us to talk about […]The post 039 Collaboration – Ellen De Vries of Clearleft... more
Ann Kaufman is a partner at Fuzzco. She runs their Portland, OR office. Ann cut her teeth in the agency world as an account director and recently put on an event in Portland called Not Not Creative. […]The post 038 The Account Director Role – Ann Kaufman of Fuzzco appeared first on .
Brad Flowers is founder of an agency called Bullhorn. Brad and his partners have taken a proactive approach to growing their business by focusing on integrating new systems and using inspiration from a very useful book called […]The post 037 Getting Down to Business – Brad Flowers of Bullhorn appeared first on .
Justin Dauer is a designer and author who just published a book called Cultivating a Creative Culture. The book comes from Justin’s experience working at a variety of creative agencies and focuses on the importance of […]The post 036 Cultivating a Creative Culture With Justin Dauer appeared first on .
Julian Leighton started his career as a consultant driving around in an orange bus. The name “Orange Bus” stuck. Julian partnered with Mike Parker to begin building an agency that they would eventually sell. Parker and […]The post 035 Risk and Reward – Growing Orange Bus With Julian Leighton appeared first on .
You can’t build a website without some form of content strategy. Rob Mills of GatherContent joins us to talk about “all things content strategy.” Rob worked as head of content at an agency for many years […]The post 034 The Importance of Content Strategy – Rob Mills of GatherContent appeared first on .
Rachel Zimmer co-founded 5Crowd, a unique agency that uses a vetted network of freelancers to accomplish creative work for fortune 500 companies. Rachel and her co-founder Bram Warshafsky both worked at Johnson & Johnson out of college […]The post 033 Remote Work Mastery – Rachel Zimmer of 5Crowd appeared first on .
Forbes contributor and agency veteran Will Burns joins us to talk about how agencies are changing and whether the “Agency of Record” model still exists. Will discusses his experience working at big agencies like Weiden & Kennedy, […]The post 032 New Agency Models – Will Burns of Ideasicle appeared first on .
CODO brilliantly targeted their ideal clients by creating an online resource called The Craft Beer Branding Guide. Not only does this website bring thousands of web visits and new business opportunities weekly, it’s allowed them to […]The post 031 Winning Business With Targeted Content – Isaac Arthur of CODO appeared ... more
Mike Arnesen founded UpBuild, a technical marketing agency that offers a winning cocktail of conversion rate optimization, analytics, and SEO. Mike leveraged his prior agency experience and reputation as a thought leader and speaker to build […]The post 030 Question the Defaults: Selling SEO with Mike Arnesen of UpBui... more
Did we hit our million dollar goal? What trials and tribulations did we face in 2016? What did we learn? What lies ahead? In this episode of the Creative Agency Podcast, we turn the mic our […]The post 029 Our Story Part 3 – 2016 Year End Review with Murmur Creative appeared first on .
Karl Sakas is an Agency Consultant and president of a global consulting firm called Sakas & Company. Karl has advised agencies on 6 continents about operations, strategy, and leadership. He is the author of The In-Demand […]The post 028 Stop Scope Creep with Karl Sakas of Sakas and Company appeared first on .
While virtual reality technology has been around for while, the technology has only recently advanced to the point where both consumers and companies are rapidly exploring the many applications. Immersive VR is a studio that focuses exclusively […]The post 027 The Virtual Reality Agency – Matthew Martin of Immersive V... more
Pek Pongpaet, of Impekable, joins us to discuss agency growth and UI/UX. Impekable is a silicon valley based creative agency that specializes in UI/UX design and development. Impekable works with big brands like Google, HP, Motorola, Twilio, […]The post 026 UI/UX Design Services – Pek Pongpaet of Impekable appeared fi... more
Managing interactive projects (websites and apps) ain’t easy. And it takes a special kind of personality to make sure all the necessary steps are followed and the feedback, deliverables, research, and “everything else” can happen in […]The post 025 Managing an Interactive Project Start to Finish – Part 2 appeared firs... more
Managing interactive projects (websites and apps) ain’t easy. And it takes a special kind of personality to make sure all the necessary steps are followed and the feedback, deliverables, research, and “everything else” can happen in […]The post 024 Managing an Interactive Project Start to Finish – Part 1 appeared firs... more
Dan Carlton is founder of The Paragraph Project, a 10 person agency in Durham, North Carolina that focuses on discovery, market research, and brand strategy. Dan talks about the importance of running discovery workshops and how to run them […]The post 023 Discovery Workshops – Dan Carlton – The Paragraph Project appea... more
Ladies and Gentlemen, get ready for the Creative Agency Podcast’s Open Office of Horrors in which we bring you spine-chilling tales from the dark regions of agency life. The show opens with Sharon McMullen of Ink […]The post 022 Agency Horror Stories – Client Possession, Vampirism, and More appeared first on .
In 2001, Rick Webb co-founded The Barbarian Group, an award-winning digital ad agency. He grew his agency to a 150-person-team that works with big brands like Apple, Google, GE, and more. Rick served as The Barbarian […]The post 021 Agency (The Book) – Rick Webb, Author and Agency Founder appeared first on .