GYDA - Grow Your Digital Agency

In this GYDA Talks, Janusz talks to Carl Sargunar. Carl is a technical consultant with a wide range of experience in the field of web and application development. From being the CTO of a thriving agency to helping his clients grow their technology to meet their ambitions, he can also be found tinkering in his garage with IoT devices. Janusz and Carl talk about the role and importance of the Chief...

In this GYDA Expert Seminar, Leon Milns of We Are Adam, joins Robert Craven to talk everything recruitment in 2022. They discuss what's happening in the digital agency space and the top five challenges facing every agency when recruiting.   The key points; Shortage of talent and huge demand – how do you attract / entice / seduce the best people to leave and join you? Retention – there’s a lac...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Mike Pagan. Mike is an expert in helping you achieve positive mental wealth through building hand-picked support networks. Surround yourself with your personalised Mental Wealth team, become happier in life, be more successful in business, and become mentally and physically stronger to navigate the path ahead.   Robert and Mike discuss: Why Mental Wealth? Mental...

In this GYDA Expert Seminar, Paul Barnes of MAP shares his insight into the key financial metrics that agencies should focus on. Whilst every agency is unique and should develop their own tailored business plan that meets it’s own vision and ambition, there are some key metrics that every agency should pay attention to. Paul explains not just what good performance looks like, but how to track and...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Simon Akers. Simon is Founder of Archmon, a growth marketing consultancy that delivers actionable media strategies that deliver performance and new customers. Simon is a regular contributor to the industry press and events, and is also author of the book Back to Basics. He documents his experiences from 15+ years working performance-first campaigns to some of th...

Welcome to another GYDA Masterclass with Michael Tipper on productivity. This presentation will help you and your busy agency eliminate distractions, get laser-focused and achieve much more with just a handful of tiny tweaks to what you’re already doing. Michael ends his presentation with a Q&A from the audience. This is a bite-size version of the hour-long video. To watch the rest head on ove...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Nigel T Packer. Nigel is a Digital Customer Experience Consultant and Trainer.  He is also an author and digital business speaker. For over twenty-five years he has used his extensive knowledge and broad range of experiences to engage, educate and entertain business audiences across the UK and Europe. His subject expertise includes customer experience optimisati...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Itai Sadan. Itai is the CEO and Co-Founder of Duda, a professional website builder for agencies and SaaS Platforms. Under Itai’s leadership, Duda rapidly expanded its professional website builder product suite with an emphasis on empowering web professionals with cutting-edge tools to help them create beautiful conversion-driving websites at scale. To date, Duda...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to James Ashford. James helps accountants and bookkeepers to grow their firms into profitable businesses by pricing consistently, selling more confidently and minimising risk. He first achieved this in his own firm – MAP – where alongside Founder Paul Barnes, they first developed GoProposal & implemented a sales culture to ensure they were maximising the value...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Paul Holbrook. Paul is an author and leadership rebel who, after 20 years managing rapid technology change in the City of London, decided that he’d had enough of standing by, watching the toxic effects that accidental managers had on their people and themselves. From that moment, he decided he wanted to spend his time creating a world of better-led people. As an...

In this GYDA Masterclass, John Jantsch of Duck Tape Marketing, gives his insight into the Customer Journey. Marketing today is less about demand creation and more about organising behaviour – marketers must understand how to guide customers through a full marketing journey. John will take you through the framework that has been created by Duct Tape Marketing and has been employed in thousands of b...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Michael Knorr. Mike has over seven years of providing hands on strategic internet marketing recommendations to clients and prospects. In his consultative business development role he helps companies (representing both That Company! and it’s numerous white label and affiliate partners) identify the digital marketing channels that will best help the prospect attai...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Shashwat Singh. Shash has over six years of experience in the digital marketing space, he is the CEO and head strategist for Linx Digital, and has extensive experience with both Facebook and YouTube ads. He has a passion for scaling businesses through paid traffic and helping clients achieve massive growth.   Robert and Shash discuss: Why do people resist YouTub...

In this presentation Luke Judge talks through the strategies that you need to build and sell an agency vs buying one to build your empire. He ended the session with a Q&A, so the video has loads of awesome insight from someone who’s been there and done it! If you want to talk further on the subject, send Luke an email here .   This is a bite-size version of the hour-long video. To watch the re...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Jon Tsourakis. Jon is a serial entrepreneur, seasoned leader and strategist. As a sales and marketing expert, he is constantly studying brand identity, business communications, buyer behaviour, sales conversions, marketing systems, product/service design and all things digital. He has created two companies that average 4X’s ROI for businesses with branding and m...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Adam Graham. Adam is founder of Gray Matters and is a creative, commercially focused new business and marketing specialist, driven by a desire to help B2B businesses stand out and grow by building reputable brands. He has honed his craft over the last ten years, having worked in new business consultancies and in-house for RAPP, Omnicom, Vizeum, Dentsu Aegis and...

Watch this masterclass in Content by Andy Lambert of ContentCal. Andy takes us through a How To session on content marketing. Including: Where content marketing fits in our marketing mix. What a good strategy looks like. How it can be done. Plus loads more!   This is a bite-size version of the hour-long video. To watch the rest head on over to GYDA Member Hub! 

In this GYDA Expert Seminar our special guest Pete Everett discusses Entrepreneur Mindset – why what got us here, might not get us there, and what you can do about it. Featuring David Gilroy of Conscious and led by Robert Craven, this hour-long video holds great insight for any digital agency leader.   This is a bite-size version of the hour-long video. To watch the rest head on over to GYDA Membe...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Ben Potter. Ben helps agencies to win the right clients. He is a mentor for agency owners and business development managers. In this session Robert and Ben discuss how to master qualifying. What is qualifying? How can you implement it in your agency? How to use qualifying to help you win new business   This is a bite-size version of the hour-long video. To watch...

In this GYDA Expert Seminar Gareth takes you through four strategies to help you with your people puzzle. Including: ‘Enabling and encouraging people to achieve greater knowledge, capabilities and performance.’ This is a bite-size version of the hour-long video. To watch the rest head on over to GYDA Member Hub! 

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Marcus Sheridan. Marcus is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker known for his unique ability to excite, engage and motivate live audiences with his simple, yet powerful transformational business approach. Marcus has been dubbed a “Web Marketing Guru” by the New York Times and in 2017 Forbes names Marcus one of 20 “Speakers You Don’t Want to Miss.”...

Tom is insisting about the critical nature of leadership in current conditions. These tumultuous times demand deep engagement, human connection, and, yes, EXCELLENCE. In response, Tom has started his Excellence Now Campaign, a trio of tools intended to be his final lessons in Excellence. Lessons which focus on these topics of surpassing importance; topics which are, in fact, more important now tha...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Paul Barnes. Paul is Managing Director of MAP, who specialise in helping digital creative agencies to climb the maturity curve and grow more profitably. They do this by giving the agencies total visibility and understanding of their finances, so they can make better and more timely decisions. An agency’s growth often outpaces the effectiveness of their finance f...

In this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Serena Humphrey. For almost 30 years Serena has been on a mission to help business owners get the life they want and deserve. She’s spent that time growing her knowledge around why, despite years of hard slog, most small businesses either fail or just survive.   In the early ‘90s three things happened that changed the course of Serena’s life and set her on a jou...

Our GYDA Talks special guest for June 2021 needs little introduction…   Bo Burlingham is an editor-at-large of Inc. magazine and the author of five books, the most recent being ‘Finish Big: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top’ (Portfolio/Penguin, 2014). A previous book, ‘Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big’ (Portfolio/Penguin, 2006), was one of five final...