211: M&A for Agencies with Amanda Dixon

Digital agencies are very different from traditional businesses, thus buyers and sellers of these agencies need to approach M&A in a particular way.


In this episode of the Working Without Pants podcast, I sit down with Amanda Dixon, co-founder of Barney, to discuss how agency owners should be thinking about M&A to maximize their exit. We also talk about what buyers are looking for when acquiring digital agencies.

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Jake Jorgovan
210: Finance For Agencies

Though making money is a key goal of any business, many business owners aren’t very financially savvy. If you’re a business owner that simply hands off your finances to a bookkeeper without involving yourself at all, you’ll likely have a finance problem at some point in time.

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Jake Jorgovan
208: How To Think About Marketing

One of the most common mistakes I see business owners and marketers make is spreading their marketing efforts across too many channels. The focus needs to be on the scalability of a few channels instead of getting caught up in launching as many campaigns as possible.

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Jake Jorgovan
203: Why We Are Happy about LinkedIn’s Limits with Isaac Marsh

If you’ve been a user of LinkedIn over the years, you’ve probably witnessed the shift from it being a very relationship-focused platform, to one where your inbox is filled with spammy messages and connection requests.

In this episode of the Working Without Pants podcast, I sit down with Isaac Marsh, Partner at Lead Cookie, to discuss these changes and explore why hand-qualifying leads and boosting the quality of your outbound efforts is necessary for success when prospecting on LinkedIn.

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Jake Jorgovan
202: Packaging and Pricing for Productized Services

When productizing services, it can be a challenge to figure out how to package and price those services. Additionally, having the discipline to stick to a productized framework is often more difficult than people realize.
In this episode of the Working Without Pants podcast, I share a methodology that has helped me productize services successfully, and the benefits it can bring to your business.

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201: A Framework for Improving Work-Life Balance

Work-life balance is crucial for the sustainability of any entrepreneur.

Most of us have some method, activity, or way to find this balance, but sometimes this balance can only be found through the prioritization of your tasks at hand.

In this episode of the Working Without Pants Podcast, I share an effective framework of prioritization I have been using to find more work-life balance.


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200: Systems Development and Credit-Based Pricing with Corey Northcutt

Building and implementing robust processes and systems for your business is a must when trying to create more efficiency and scalability within your business.
In this episode of the Working Without Pants podcast, I sit down with Corey Northcutt, Founder and CEO at Northcutt, to discuss the processes he has built for his SEO enterprise agency, and why using a credit-based pricing model was the right fit for his business.

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Part 5 - How to Conduct a Great Podcast Interview

Though hosting your podcast and interviewing guests may seem a little intimidating when you’re just starting out, it’s much easier than you think.

As a host, you’ll actually only be speaking a small portion of the time. It’s your guests and their insight that fills most of the conversation.

On this episode of the Working Without Pants podcast, I’ll cover the tips and strategies you can use to conduct engaging interviews with world class guests.


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Part 4 - Preparing for Your B2B Podcast Launch

On this episode of the Working Without Pants podcast, I’ll dive into everything you need to accomplish to be well prepared for your B2B podcast launch. Beginning with podcast artwork, I discuss how to find a graphic designer and what details you need to communicate to them.

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Part 3 - How to Build Your B2B Podcast Strategy and Plan

All great podcasts start with an idea to share valuable information. But, the idea alone isn’t enough.

You need to refine this idea into a functional strategy for targeting a specific audience with a distinct message.

In this episode of the Working Without Pants Podcast, I’ll explore some of the things you need to consider before ever hitting record on your first podcast episode.


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