Particle Accelerator: A Particle41 Podcast
Welcome to the Particle Accelerator Podcast, presented by Particle41. Hosted by Ben Johnson, a serial entrepreneur who has founded, built, and sold multiple businesses, this podcast delves into conversations with future-thinking business leaders about how to accelerate their business and grow their teams.
Each episode features in-depth discussions that reveal strategies for accelerating business growth, cultivating high-performing teams, and uncovering new technological advancements across various industries.
Catered for CEOs, entrepreneurs, and forward-thinking professionals alike, the podcast provides valuable insights to help you discover emerging technologies and stay ahead in the competitive tech landscape. It's highly relevant for those seeking to expand their horizons and make impactful connections in the technology world.
Tune in to stay ahead of the curve and gain a deeper understanding of the forces driving the evolution of technology and business. The Particle Accelerator Podcast—where innovation meets acceleration.
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Particle Accelerator: A Particle41 Podcast
What's Actually Working in Marketing Right Now | Jon Tsourakis
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Jon Tsourakis is President and Chief Revenue Officer at Oyova, a full-service digital agency serving clients from $3M startups to billion-dollar enterprises. He's been in digital marketing and web development for over two decades, built and scaled his own agency (Revital), and merged it into Oyova in 2019.
In this episode, Jon and I go deep on everything that actually matters if you're trying to grow a business right now: what's working in marketing, the danger of customer concentration, why most companies don't need AI (they need automation), and the one lesson that cost him the most to learn.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro & Jon's background
01:55 - First job & origin story
03:12 - What the old internet got right (and we lost)
05:48 - "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" - Leonardo da Vinci
08:00 - Why Jon merged Revital into Oyova in 2019
11:03 - What makes a great business partnership
14:33 - Most common mistakes agencies make scaling past $3–5M
16:35 - The customer concentration trap (the $12M agency story)
19:22 - What's actually working in marketing right now
22:00 - Referrals, SEO, and outbound - what converts today
24:28 - The "vein of gold" outbound strategy
26:07 - Account-based marketing, propinquity, and why you can't fake genuine
29:16 - Why podcasts and live human content will command a premium
30:52 - AI vs. automation: what most companies are actually buying
34:31 - Particle41's 3-stage AI framework: training → automation → agents
41:14 - SOPs vs. principles: why over-engineering process kills culture
43:00 - Special ops culture at Particle41
45:29 - How Oyova maintains quality with agency white-label partnerships
50:13 - The hardest lesson (it cost the most to learn)
53:09 - What Jon would do differently starting Oyova from scratch
55:49 - How to hire: strong no, weak yes
57:44 - Where to connect with Jon
Connect with Jon Tsourakis: linkedin.com/in/jontsourakis
Benjamin Johnson, Host, Particle Accelerator Podcast & CEO, Particle41
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The Particle Accelerator is hosted by Benjamin Johnson, CEO of Particle41, an AI and software development consulting company helping businesses build scalable products, automate intelligently, and grow with technology.
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