Welcome back to episode 8 of Happy Porch Radio. Growth Driven Design has been mentioned a couple of times on this show already - both Karl Sagas and Matt Hodkinson talked about how much impact it can have for any Agency. Luke Summerfield is the force behind Growth Driven Design at Hubspot and it is an incredible honour to have him on the show this week to tell us all about this powerful system for rethinking the traditional web design project.

Welcome back to episode 7 of Happy Porch Radio. In this episode, I am going to be sharing a little bit of my own story of running an agency for 15 years in Edinburgh. I'll also be explaining why I think gardening is a really great analogy for some of the things we've been talking about in Season 1. You'll also hear some of the most valuable lessons that I learned from all of those years of running a web agency.

There were a few hidden gems in Episode 2 of Happy Porch Radio that just didn't make the cut. We thought some of the information that Janusz Stabik shared was so valuable that we decided to create a bonus episode. These few gems about the growing pains that come with an expanding digital agency are too good to miss. 

Welcome back to episode 6 of Happy Porch Radio. In this episode, we get an incredible insight into how powerful it can be to change your agency's mindset from project-based to a more retainer-based model. Matt Hodkinson is the CEO of Influence Agents, an inbound content marketing agency. Matt very clearly articulates why you would want to follow this path, along with some very specific and actionable approaches to this model.

Welcome back to episode 5 of Happy Porch Radio. This week, you'll be hearing from Karl Sakas, an agency consultant who has worked with a great number of digital agencies all over the world. This episode is packed with absolute gold for any agency. Karl's work focuses on helping digital agencies grow at an accelerated rate, without the usual growing pains. The information, the systems and the advice that he shares in this conversation are truly invaluable. 

In this episode, we look at the challenges of creating recurring revenue. Philip Morgan has literally wrote the book on positioning. He is incredibly generous about sharing his personal story about a failed recurring service, the lessons he learned from that experience, and how those lessons can be applied to our agencies.

Welcome back to Episode 3 of Happy Porch Radio. This episode is all about avoiding the feast and famine cycle that so many agencies struggle with, and how to foster long term client relationships. Matt Inglot of FreelanceTransformation.com is a genuine master at this. You will hear Matt share some invaluable insights on how he has made a career out of his web agency for the last ten years, as well as how he was able to transform his own agency into a powerful and consistent business machine.

Welcome back to episode 2 of Happy Porch Radio. In this episode, we will look into the practicalities of providing support and maintenance services. I'll be speaking with Janusz Stabik, who will be sharing some powerful lessons from his work with Bristol-based agency Mayfly. You'll hear about some of their most successful decisions and some of the complications that came along with them as well.

We’re delighted and honoured to have you join us for the very first episode of Happy Porch Radio. Season one is going to be all about the long haul. We’re going to be digging deep into how to build long-term client relationships, recurring revenue, repeat business, and more. On today’s episode, we’ve invited Brennan Dunn on to the show to talk all about the ins and outs of recurring revenue and how the concept of productized services can fit into our agencies.