015 Content First – Isaac Szymanczyk of Conveyor

Conveyor is an agency that specializes in content creation and strategy. They develop content for websites, social media campaigns, blogs, print materials, and more. In this episode, Conveyor’s Isaac Szymanczyk talks about a ‘content first’ approach to design. He also explains how Conveyor started out and discusses content strategy, content management, content planning, and more. Whether you […]

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014 Onboarding with Robby Russell of Planet Argon

No, Planet Argon is not actually a far away planet where redheads are considered evil (As depicted in the novel “Still Life with Woodpecker“). It is a Portland based design and development agency that specializes on building apps and websites using a programming language known as Ruby on Rails. Planet Argon’s founder, Robby Russell, dropped

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013 The Art of Discovery – David Yarde of Sevenality

Sevenality is a florida-based husband and wife creative agency run by Angelica and David Yarde. Sevenality specializes in branding and website design. David talks about the importance of the discovery process, how they approach discovery, and how it influences the success of the projects they undertake. While discovery comes in many shapes and sizes, the goal is to

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012 Learning From Our Mistakes – Ross Beyeler of Growth Spark

Agency owner, Ross Beyeler recorded every mistake his agency made for over a year. He published his findings in an article on Hubspot’s Agency Post blog, titled “We Documented Our Agency’s Mistakes Every Week for a Year. Here’s What We Learned.” After reading the article, we knew we had to have Ross on the show.

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011 The Creative Agency Lawyer – Josh Barrett of Create Legal

Are your contracts protecting your business and informing your client? Do you have a partnership agreement that protects and prepares your business for inevitable change? Josh Barrett, a creative agency lawyer and owner of CreateLegal, talks about common legal issues that creative agencies face, including scope creep, bad contracts, intellectual property, ownership agreements, profit sharing,

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010 Building a Product In-House – Kyle Racki of Proposify

Kyle Racki of Proposify shares his story of growing an in-house software product while running a digital agency. Kyle explains how he and his business partner built Proposify while simultaneously running their former agency, Headspace. And how they struggled while trying to sell their agency in order to concentrate on Proposify. Whether or not you’ve

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009 Award Winning Culture – Keith Scandone of O3 World

When Keith Scandone decided he wasn’t cut out to be an actor in Hollywood, he moved back to Philadelphia and started his own agency: O3 World. 10 years later that agency has 27 employees and an award winning culture. Keith puts a high value on community and learning and inspires his employees to do the

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008 Work That Matters – Jeremy Pelley of OMFGCO

Jeremy Pelley is co-owner of the Official Manufacturing Company (OMFGCO) a branding and design agency located in Portland, OR. Jeremy and his partner, Fritz Mesenbrink, founded OMFGCO in 2009. Jeremy and Fritz had little business experience but shared a passion for creating great work. Together they grew a successful and principled creative agency that does

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007 What You Need to Know to Grow – James Loomstein of Rogue Marketing

James Loomstein is co-founder of Rogue Marketing in Dallas, Texas, a college professor, and regular speaker at digital marketing conferences such as Pubcon. James talks indepth about marketing, project management, specialization, and pricing. The story that runs through the interview is how to take your business to the next level by transforming yourself from a

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006 Our Story Part 1 – Chris & Andrew of Murmur Creative

In this episode of The Creative Agency Podcast we turn the mic on ourselves and explore how our own creative agency has achieved success. Chris interviews his younger brother, Andrew Bolton, owner of Murmur Creative, a 10-person creative agency that has grown quickly over the last few years. Andrew describes how he came up with

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