Seven Figure Agency Podcast with Josh Nelson

AI and the Future of Digital Marketing Agencies: What You Need to Do Now AI is not a future problem for digital marketing agencies. It is a right now problem. The agencies that are winning are the ones treating AI as the cornerstone of everything they do, not just a tool they use occasionally. In this episode of the Scaling [...] The post AI and the Future of Digital Marketing Agencies: What You N...

The 7 and 8 Figure Agency Bottlenecks Nobody Warns You About Crossing seven figures feels like the finish line. But for most agency owners, it is where a whole new set of challenges begins. Growth slows down, the team starts to strain, and it is not always obvious why. The bottlenecks between one million and ten million look completely different [...] The post The 7 and 8 Figure Agency Bottlenecks...

Why Your Agency Is Stuck at $50K Per Month and How to Break Through If you are running a digital marketing agency and feel like you are working harder than ever but not growing, you are not alone. Most agencies hit a wall somewhere between $30K and $100K per month and stay there far longer than they should. The good [...] The post Why Your Agency Is Stuck at $50K Per Month and How to Break Through...

Luke Truetken didn’t scale his agency by chasing more opportunities. He scaled by eliminating distractions and going all in on one niche. After years of running both a landscaping company and a generalist agency, Luke realized that trying to balance too many things was slowing down growth instead of accelerating it. You can watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDHhZlBsy0E...

From Side Hustle to Scalable Agency Josh Stockel didn’t start in digital marketing with a grand vision. After selling a pie shop and stepping into a Chamber of Commerce role, he needed additional income and turned to marketing as a side hustle. What began with social media services for local businesses quickly evolved into something bigger. But like many agency [...] The post How Niching Down Help...

From Generalist to Niche Authority In this interview, Jason Call shares how he transformed his agency from a scattered generalist model into a focused, niche powerhouse serving small handyman businesses across the U.S. and Canada. What started as taking on any client willing to pay evolved into a clear, strategic decision to go all-in on one market and build around [...] The post How Jason Call Sc...

In this episode of the Seven Figure Agency Podcast, we  sat down with Matt Foreman, founder of LA Lawn & Land Marketing, to unpack how he scaled his agency past $100K/month in recurring revenue. Matt’s story is one most agency owners will recognize. He started out as a generalist, taking on any client he could get, charging low monthly fees, [...] The post From $99 Clients to $100K/Month: How Matt...

Most agencies think growth comes from doing more. More services, more industries, more complexity. Pam Mashburn found the opposite. After running a successful generalist agency, growth started to feel heavy. Too many industries, too many variables, and a team constantly resetting for every client. So she made the shift most avoid. She niched into HVAC and everything started to change. [...] The po...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the digital marketing industry faster than most agency owners expected. Many agencies are already experimenting with AI tools to speed up tasks like writing content, building landing pages, analyzing data, or automating reporting. These tools can certainly help teams move faster. But what’s happening right now goes far beyond simply working faster. The agency m...

Who You Have to Become to Scale Scaling an agency is not primarily a strategy problem. It is a leadership evolution. Most founders focus on better marketing, better hiring, or better systems. But real growth begins when the leader changes first. In this episode of Scaling Together, we discuss the internal shifts required to grow a company without becoming its [...] The post Who You Have to Become...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the agency world faster than any previous shift, and the agencies that move early are already reaping massive rewards. In a recent live session, Brent Weaver, CEO of E2M, shared exactly how his 300+ person white-label agency is using AI to transform operations, delivery, and culture. This wasn’t theory. Brent walked through real case studies, internal [...] The...

Before Home Builder Marketers existed, Seth VanDaele and Nicholas Cormier were grinding harder than ever, but going nowhere fast. They spent years as generalists, cold-calling 200 people a day, closing random one-off projects, and watching revenue spike and crash with no predictability. “We were crushing it… but losing at the same time,” Nicholas admitted. It wasn’t for lack of effort, [...] The p...

Some agencies take years to find the right niche, build the right offer, and create real momentum. Duncan Metz and Benjamin Major did it in months. Their agency, The Mobile Home Guys, went from $6K to over $100K MRR in under a year, driven by smart niche selection, a simple but powerful offer, and a relentless bias toward action. And [...] The post How Duncan Metz & Benjamin Major Scaled to 7 Figu...

In a recent interview with Seven Figure Agency, Erik Huberman opened up about the mindset and structure behind Hawke Media’s rise to more than 621 million dollars in gross revenue and hundreds of active clients. What stood out most was not a single tactic, but a set of principles that shaped how he leads, scales, and stabilizes a large service [...] The post How Hawke Media Grew Past 600M, Insight...

If signing new clients has started to feel harder lately, you’re not alone. The digital marketing landscape has shifted. Prospects are more skeptical. Trust has dropped. And many agencies are seeing slower growth, or even a complete stall. But there are agencies that continue to grow, book high-quality clients, and consistently hit seven figures. They’re not relying on luck. They’re [...] The post...

Most agency owners feel pressure to stand out in a crowded market. They try ads, funnels, content marathons… yet still struggle to be seen as the clear expert in their niche. But there’s one move that instantly boosts your authority, attracts higher-value clients, and makes prospects come to you pre-positioned to buy: 👉 Publishing a book. Not a bestselling memoir. Not a [...] The post Why Publish...

Most agency owners think Q4 is the time to slow down. They assume everyone’s distracted, budgets are frozen, and new business will have to wait until January. That mindset is exactly why so many agencies start the new year behind. The truth is: Q4 is where the action happens. Your prospects are reviewing the year, what […] The post Why Running [...] The post Why Running a Strategic Marketing Plann...

The Offer Framework That Took 176 Agencies to $1M+ Most agency owners think the key to scaling is better marketing, more leads, or another sales script. But after helping 176 agencies reach seven figures and beyond, I’ve seen the same truth play out every time: 👉 Your offer structure is everything. When your offer is weak, […] The post The Offer [...] The post The Offer Framework That Took 176 Ag...

The agency landscape is evolving faster than ever. Whether you’re at $10K a month or already past seven figures, one thing is clear, the old ways of running an agency no longer work. A new era has arrived, and it’s leveling the playing field. The agencies that adapt quickly will scale faster than ever… while […] The post The 5 [...] The post The 5 Shifts Reshaping the Agency World in 2025 appeared...

If you’re spending 12+ hours a day buried in client work, managing campaigns, solving problems, and putting out fires, I get it. I’ve been there. When I first started my agency, I thought grinding harder was the path to success. I built websites, did SEO, managed ads, and somewhere along the way, I realized I had […] The post How I [...] The post How I Scaled My Agency to $7M, While Working Less T...

When it comes to building a successful digital marketing agency, the common advice is: specialize. But after working with over 170 agencies that scaled past $1M, one thing is clear,  agencies that only specialize in one service often hit a ceiling. The Problem with Single-Service Specialization If your agency focuses on just one offering, like […] The post Why Single-Service [...] The post Why Sin...

Everyone tells you to niche down. And for good reason, niching gives you leverage. It accelerates authority, simplifies marketing, raises prices, and builds trust faster. But here’s what most agency owners don’t realize: niching also raises the stakes. When you plant your flag in a vertical, you’re no longer one of many. You become the […] The post Why Retention [...] The post Why Retention is the...

  The Agency Hiring Roadmap: How to Build a Team That Scales to Seven Figures When we first started our agency, we made every hiring mistake imaginable. Random hires, the wrong roles at the wrong times, and no clear structure. But fast forward to today,our agency generates over $7M per year with 47 full-time employees, […] The post The Agency [...] The post The Agency Hiring Roadmap: How to Build...

Closing agency deals doesn’t have to feel awkward or desperate. In fact, with the right sales process, you can shift from chasing prospects to guiding them through a clear, confident conversation that builds trust and leads to higher close rates. My agency has used this exact process to close over $40 million in services, and […] The post The Sales [...] The post The Sales Script That Closed $40M+...

Running an agency is hard. You’re grinding 8–12 hour days, wearing every hat in the business, and still stuck at the same revenue you were six months ago. Some weeks are great, others are terrible, and you can’t figure out why your revenue feels like a rollercoaster. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Many […] The post The Client [...] The post The Client Shift That Can Add $20K–$50K MRR t...