Agency Advantage
Most agency owners don't have a marketing problem. They have a delegation problem.
You started your agency for freedom, and somewhere along the way you became the bottleneck. Every deliverable runs through you. Every fire gets put out by you. Growth just means more work.
The UnF*cked Agency is the show for agency owners ready to fix that. Every week, host Brad Starnes sits down with the operators, founders, and specialists who've cracked it: people who built teams that actually deliver without the owner buried in the work. We get into the real stuff like delegation, hiring, systems, retention, and the boring infrastructure that quietly scales an agency.
It's honest, occasionally uncomfortable, and built for owners who want an agency that runs without them.
Episodes
10 episodes
The Agency That Paid Everybody But Her
What happens when you cut your team in half and finally pay yourself more than you made in the OR?In this episode of the Agency Advantage Podcast, Brad Starnes sits down with Nisha Ryan, Founder and CEO of The Aligned Pretzel Inc, to unp...
He Sold His Agency in May. By October He Was CEO of 800 Shops. | Jono Long
What happens when you sell the agency you built, then buy one you didn't?In this episode of the Agency Advantage Podcast, Brad Starnes sits down with Jono Long, CEO of Leads Near Me, to unpack 20 years as a Metro Atlanta youth pastor, a ...
From HVAC Accountant to $9M Agency Founder | Josh Crouch
Josh Crouch built Relentless Digital by going deep before going wide. After eight years inside home-service companies, he launched with one focused offer for HVAC contractors and grew into a premium agency that he says has reached $750K in mont...
From a $14K Ceiling to $1.6M: The Power of Niching Down | Will Hanke
What happens when an agency owner stops serving everyone and becomes the obvious choice for one overlooked niche?In this episode of the Agency Advantage Podcast, Brad Starnes sits down with Will Hanke, founder of Window Treatment Marketi...
He Didn't Pick His Niche. His Niche Picked Him. | Nick Hoard
What happens when COVID wipes out every client except one?In this episode of the Agency Advantage Podcast, Brad Starnes sits down with Nick Hoard to discuss his journey from radio to founding Nick the Marketer at his kitchen table in Bir...
Build a Team or Borrow One? A White Label Founder Tells the Truth | Austin Benoit
Should your agency build its own delivery team or borrow someone else's?In this episode of the Agency Advantage Podcast, Brad Starnes sits down with Austin Benoit to discuss his journey from a corporate mechanical engineering career to f...
The Loom Close: How Frankie Fihn Sells Agency Clients Without Calls
What if you closed agency clients without ever getting on a sales call?In this episode of the Agency Advantage Podcast, Brad Starnes sits down with Frankie Fihn to discuss how he runs a $150K to $300K per month agency with a team of two ...
Kicked Out On Purpose: From $50M Sprint Territory to a Seven-Figure Agency Exit
Should you build an agency to run, or build one to sell?In this episode of the Agency Advantage Podcast, Brad Starnes sits down with Matt Coffy to discuss walking out on a $50 million corporate territory at Sprint, accidentally building ...
Too Stupid to Quit: From College Dropout to $300K/Month Law Firm Marketing Agency
Cyle Patnode started the same business three times before it finally worked.He dropped out of college at 21, got left holding the bag when his marketing franchise went bankrupt, and ended up broke at 23. He was waiting tables and valetin...
Your Agency Is Holding You Hostage
Your agency looks like it's working. You've got the revenue, the clients, the thing everyone else calls success. And you haven't taken a real day off in months, because the whole operation still runs on your hands and only your hands.The...