Agency Giants

By Jordan Platten

Welcome to Agency Giants, the podcast that delves into the minds of the world's top 1% agency owners. Join us as we explore the secrets behind their remarkable success and gain invaluable insights

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The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.

Agency Giants episodes:

January 17, 2026 How I Made $1.8M In My First Year Running an SEO Agency | Carrie Rose | #28
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The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 28 (Carrie Rose)
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Most agencies spend their first year struggling to hit $100k...

Carrie Rose scaled to $1.8M in 12 months!

In our latest episode of Agency Giants, you'll discover:

• How she grew 6x faster than her target by focusing forward instead of looking backwards

• The exact gap she found in the SEO market that nobody else was implementing

• The simple partnership model that drove insane growth

• The "winner mentality" principle that transformed her team

This one's packed with gold for agency owners ready to scale!

Carrie’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrieroseballoch/
Rise at Seven: https://riseatseven.com/
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00:00 From $0 to $1.8M in Year One: The Rise at Seven Story
08:30 Finding the Gap: Creativity Meets SEO & Digital PR
17:45 Building Confidence Through Partnership & Investment
25:00 Mastering Sales: Learning to Close at 100% Success Rate
35:15 The Apprentice Journey & Turning Down Lord Sugar
42:30 Scaling Strategy: Growing from 8 to 70+ Team Members
52:45 Client Acquisition: The Power of Personal Branding & Content
1:02:00 Managing Creative Teams & Avoiding Micromanagement
1:12:30 Pricing Strategy: Moving Upmarket & Premium Positioning
1:22:45 Work-Life Balance: Setting Boundaries as a Founder
1:35:00 Rapid Fire: IKEA Dreams, Mental Health & Winner Mentality
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1h 27min
December 17, 2025 How I Sold My Influencer Marketing Agency At Just 24 | Suhit Amin | #27
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The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 27 (Suhit Amin)
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Suhit's IG: https://www.instagram.com/suhitamin/?hl=en
Saulderson: https://saulderson.com/
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-agency-podcast/id1755717870
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00:00 The Unconventional Path to Success
08:45 Gaming's Hidden Entrepreneurial Lessons
17:30 Building Without a Blueprint
26:15 The Influencer Marketing Goldmine
35:00 When Clients Pay Six Figures
43:20 The Acquisition Nobody Expected
52:10 What Makes Agencies Valuable
1:01:45 Resilience Through Adversity
1:10:30 The Next Chapter Begins
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1h 33min
December 01, 2025 From $10k to $100k+/mo With an AI Lead Generation Agency | Nico Ciraolo | #26
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The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 26 (Nico Ciraolo)
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Most think scaling above $100k a month means adding more services, hiring massive teams, & saying yes to every opportunity...

But Nico did the opposite.

He focused on one thing & did so much volume it would be unreasonable not to succeed.

The result? £2.2 million in client revenue last quarter.

In this week's episode of Agency Giants, Nico breaks down how hyper-focus & building unstoppable demand allowed him to disrupt an entire industry & cherry-pick his dream clients.

Nico's IG: https://www.instagram.com/nicociraolo/?hl=en
Dentology: https://dentology.ai/
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-agency-podcast/id1755717870
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0jmr989Mkl4EJQ6AyAzJfE
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/64e31809-88d4-43a3-b2e3-e59caf73aec4/the-agency-podcast
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00:00 The Secret to Rapid Agency Growth
03:40 Why Nico Started an Agency for Dental Practices
14:43 Building Integrated Systems: Ads, Creative, CRM & Lead Conversion
22:30 Niche vs Horizontal Scaling
28:45 From £300 Clients to £2.2M Quarter
35:20 Content Production Strategy: In-House Teams & Client Collaboration
42:15 Client Acquisition Methods: Outbound, Inbound & Reputation Building
48:30 The Power of Volume
55:10 Team Building & Scaling: Hiring, Training & Managing Growth
01:00:45 AI Integration: Efficiency Gains & Future of Agency Operations
01:09:34 Final Advice for Stuck Agencies: Building Pipeline & Demand Generation
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1h 11min
November 04, 2025 How I Left a Corporate Agency to Build a 7-Figure Business | Jack McLaren | #25
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The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 25 (Jack McLaren)
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You’d think billion-dollar brands would always choose the biggest agencies...

But they’re not!

Jack McLaren left Jellyfish & Dentsu, two of the world's largest marketing agencies, to start PATTRNS.

A lean 40-person agency that’s now working with JD Sports & Gorilla Glue

In this week’s episode of Agency Giants, we break down why big brands are switching to smaller boutique agencies like his.

Jack's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-mclaren-340a01a6/
PATTRNS: https://www.pattrns.uk/
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-agency-podcast/id1755717870
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0jmr989Mkl4EJQ6AyAzJfE
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/64e31809-88d4-43a3-b2e3-e59caf73aec4/the-agency-podcast
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00:00 From Big Agency to Boutique: Why Jack Left Dentsu
15:20 Landing the First Major Client & Building Transparency
28:45 Performance Models, Equity Deals & The Future of Agency Pricing
41:30 AI's Impact on Media Buying & Creative Strategy
53:15 Building Company Culture & Hiring for Curiosity
1:01:00 Major Client Wins: JD Sports, Gorillas & Hammerson
1:08:40 Working with Challenger Brands & Leadership Lessons
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1h 16min
October 10, 2025 From £0 to Global Agency in 8 Years (300+ Employees) | Lucy Jameson | #24
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The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 24 (Lucy Jameson)
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Our latest guest on Agency Giants is Lucy Jameson, who walked away from leading Grey London to start Uncommon in 2017.

Now they're working with British Airways, Google, ITV, & BT across their London, New York, & Stockholm studios.

This is a masterclass in building brands that matter, not just campaigns that convert.

Lucy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-jameson-906512
Uncommon Creative Studio: https://www.uncommon.studio/
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-agency-podcast/id1755717870
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0jmr989Mkl4EJQ6AyAzJfE
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/64e31809-88d4-43a3-b2e3-e59caf73aec4/the-agency-podcast
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00:00 From Grey London to Founding Uncommon: Lucy's Journey
08:30 Landing Major Clients: The OVO Energy Success Story
17:15 Pitching to Corporates: The Reality of Time, Cost & Win Rates
25:14 Beyond Advertising: Building Brands Through Creative Strategy
34:00 AI's Impact on Creativity & Agency Work
42:07 Building Core Teams: Structure, Chemistry & Resource Management
50:26 Future Vision: Design, Retail Experiences & Brand Britain
58:13 The Power of Respectful Disagreement Among Founders
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1h 1min
September 23, 2025 How We Built the UK's Leading DTC Agency in Just 7 Years | Loukas & Olly | #23
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The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 23 (Loukas Hambi & Olly Hudson)
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Meta just certified them as the UK's leading DTC agency 🚀

But how did Loukas & Olly build a 7-figure agency group with nearly 100 team members in just 7 years?

In this episode, you'll discover:

• The content flywheel that makes them the UK’s most in-demand DTC agency.

• The biggest mistake they made after merging, & how they’d do it differently.

• Why they’d rather lose a client than a team member (& how that mindset fuels growth).

This episode is pure gold for any agency owner serious about scaling beyond the chaos.

Loukas's LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/loukas-hambi-388067152
Olly's LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/olly-hudson
For You Advertising: https://www.foryouadvertising.com/
Hambi Media: https://www.hambimedia.com/
Soar With Us: https://www.soarwithus.co/
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-agency-podcast/id1755717870
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00:00 The Secret Formula Revealed
07:00 Why Organic Growth Changes Everything
13:30 The Merger That Almost Failed
20:25 What Nobody Tells You About Scaling
29:15 The Gray Hair That Transforms Teams
36:30 Building Culture That Actually Works
46:50 The Content Strategy Goldmine
58:45 Where AI Takes Us Next
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1h 25min
September 04, 2025 Why LinkedIn is The Best Platform to Get Clients in 2025 | Lara Acosta | #22
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The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 22 (Lara Acosta)
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From failing forwards, to building a 360K+ follower brand & turning it into a $1M+ business.

In this week’s episode, Lara reveals:

• Why “weaponized incompetence” is her secret weapon for growth (& why most overthink it)

• The exact LinkedIn content that changed her life & business

• How she turned her first viral LinkedIn post into an $80K cohort launch while still at university

• How to manufacture charisma & authority online without faking it

Lara's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laraacostar
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-agency-podcast/id1755717870
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00:00 The Weaponized Incompetence Secret
08:30 From Immigrant Rejection to Viral Success
17:00 Engineering Your First Breakthrough
25:15 The Personal Brand Reality Check
34:40 Becoming Your Brand Character
43:20 The 4-3-2-1 Content Formula
52:30 Authority Borrowing Strategy
1:01:45 Why LinkedIn Beats Every Platform
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1h 10min
August 20, 2025 From Fitness Coach to $150k/mo Agency in Less Than 2 Years | James Vogle | #21
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The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 21 (James Vogle)
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From selling fitness programmes to running a $150k/Month agency working with some of the world's biggest fitness influencers. James's journey is anything but typical.

In this episode, he reveals the strategic pivots that transformed his business & why he deliberately downsized his team to become more profitable than ever.

James's IG: https://www.instagram.com/jamesvogle/?hl=en
James's Agency: https://fitpreneuragency.com/
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-agency-podcast/id1755717870
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00:00 From $0 to $150k/Month
08:30 Why James Ditched Personal Training for Agency Life
16:20 How to Land Million-Follower Creators as Clients
25:00 The 12-Month Campaign Strategy
33:45 Love Island Launch: Six-Figure Weekend
42:15 Why Bigger Teams Make Less Money
50:30 The Office vs Remote Agency Debate
58:45 What 99% of Agencies Get Wrong
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1h 4min
July 18, 2025 I Built a $10M Email Marketing Agency, Now I Buy Them (M&A) | James Matthewman | #20
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The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 20 (James Matthewman)
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From uni dropout to 100+ employees, to now building a multi-agency empire 🚀

In today's Agency Giants episode, James Matthewman from Underground Ecom just dropped the blueprint, most agencies will never hear!

James's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-matthewman-68262b153/
Underground Ecom: https://www.undergroundecom.com/
Supergroup: https://super.group/
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00:00 The University Secret That Built an Empire
08:30 The $50 That Started It All
17:45 Hidden Growth Strategy Revealed
25:00 What Nobody Tells You About Scaling
35:15 The Game-Changing Partnership Move
45:30 Real Results From Going Stealth
52:00 Building the Ultimate Sales Machine
1:02:30 Why We Never Relied on Referrals
1:12:45 The Mistake That Nearly Killed Us
1:23:15 From Agency to Empire Blueprint
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1h 32min
June 24, 2025 From $0 to $500K in 8 Months: How to Scale Your Agency Fast! | Alisha Conlin-hurd | #19
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The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 19 (Alisha Conlin-hurd)
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If you're still waiting to feel "ready" before going all in...

You want to hear from Alisha.

She went from $0 to $500K in just 8 months, without a team, a website, or even a company name.

In this week’s episode of Agency Giants, we break down how she did it.

Alisha's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AlishaConlinHurd
Alisha's Agency: https://www.persuasionexperience.com/
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-agency-podcast/id1755717870
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0jmr989Mkl4EJQ6AyAzJfE
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/64e31809-88d4-43a3-b2e3-e59caf73aec4/the-agency-podcast
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0:00 The Secret Behind $500K Growth
8:30 From Side Hustle to Agency Empire
17:45 Why Authority Beats Everything
24:00 The YouTube Client Machine
35:15 What Nobody Tells You About Content
45:30 Building Your Dream Team
52:40 The Economics That Matter
59:21 What's Coming Next
1:07:39 The Personal Brand Revolution
1:20:04 Why Most Agencies Fail Below $100K/mo
1:28:35 The Final Growth Secret
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1h 41min

FAQs about Agency Giants:

How many episodes does Agency Giants have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.