Agency Health Podcast

Welcome to the Agency Health Podcast, where we dig deeper into key agency topics – the what, why, and how – mining actionable insights to help build a better firm. In this episode, Arlen chats with Mark O’Brien and Jake Goldman about the evolving realities of agency new business, marketing, and the strategic shifts agencies need to thrive in the next 2–3 years. From the dominance of LinkedIn to the increasing role of multi-channel content and human-centric strategies, this conversation is pac...

Welcome to the Agency Health Podcast, where we dig deeper into key agency topics – the what, why, and how – mining actionable insights to help build a better firm. On this episode I’m joined by Aviral Mittal, Director of Marketing for rtCamp, an enterprise WordPress agency with clients like Penske Media, Aljazeera, and Cox Automotive. Avi is a college dropout who started his career in the non profit sector, moved to hospitality, and then embraced entrepreneurship starting his own events compa...

Welcome to the Agency Health Podcast, where we dig deeper into key agency topics – the what, why, and how – mining actionable insights to help build a better firm. And what is a healthy agency? A healthy agency is one that creates great value for its clients, people, and owners in a sustainable way. In this episode Arlen and Piotr kick off a new series on agency new business and talk about why it’s hard, what success actually looks like, and how to replace heroics with a system you can operat...

Welcome to the Agency Health Podcast, where we dig deeper into key agency topics – the what, why, and how – mining actionable insights to help build a better firm. And what is a healthy agency? A healthy agency is one that creates great value for its clients, people, and owners in a sustainable way. On this episode, I’m delighted to be joined by Piotr Delawski, my cofounder at Agency Partners. Piotr has been building for the web for 2 decades and has spent much of that time in the agency worl...

Welcome to the Agency Health Podcast, where we dig deeper into key agency topics – the what, why, and how – mining actionable insights to help build a better firm. This episode is part of a mini-series on beginning with the end in mind. As we’ll find, building for your exit from the start helps create a thriving agency that delivers great value for you, your team, and your clients. On this episode, I’m talking to Peter Kang of Barrel Holdings about optionality and the lessons from his experie...

Welcome to the Agency Health Podcast, where we dig deeper into key agency topics – the what, why, and how – mining actionable insights to help build a better firm. This episode is part of a mini-series on beginning with the end in mind. As we’ll find, building for your exit from the start helps create a thriving agency that delivers great value for you, your team, and your clients. On this episode, I’m talking to Sarah Durham of Compton Durham, comparing her experiences successfully selling...

Welcome to the Agency Health Podcast, where we dig deeper into key agency topics – the what, why, and how – mining actionable insights to help build a better firm. This episode is part of a mini-series on beginning with the end in mind. As we’ll find, building for your exit from the start helps create a thriving agency that delivers great value for you, your team, and your clients. In this episode, I’m talking to Shaun Tyndall of Inclind about how to play the long game well. Very few agenci...

This is episode 1/4 in a mini-series on beginning with the end in mind. As we’ll find, building for your exit from the start helps create a thriving agency that delivers great value for you, your team, and your clients. In this episode I’m talking to Jonathan Baker of Punctuation about exit preparedness. Only a small percentage of firms are successfully sold. But you can better the odds, as Jonathan will share. His journey includes business school, marketing strategy for Fortune 500 CPGs, a...

On this pilot episode, Arlen is joined by Lance Robbins, an HR leader and advisor, remote work expert, keynote speaker and podcast host. We share the backstory for Agency Partners and the Agency Health Podcast: How Arlen got into the agency worldThe experience and values that led to Agency PartnersWhat is a healthy agency?The complexities of assessing and improving agency healthThe approach we take to growing agency healthWhat to expect from the podcast going forward and who it's forThe visio...