Perspective FM

By Jon Darke

Arts Business Design Careers Management & Marketing

What's Perspective FM about?

Perspective. A fortnightly podcast talking about the experiences of running and growing a creative/digital agency. This week Jon & Dan give some background to kick things off - exploring how their careers bought them to start their own agencies.

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Perspective FM episodes:

06.21.2017
#24 Starting an agency can be hard - why do we do it?
Why do people start their own companies, given that the rewards and workload can be tough?
04.28.2017
#23 Managing productivity and feeling productive
This week Jon is joined by Dan to talk about how we manage your time and feel productive while running our agencies.
03.06.2017
#22 Selling the value of design, and design process to clients
This week Jon is joined by Dan to talk about how to sell the value of the design process to clients.
01.30.2017
#21 Getting your story straight - brand & communication strategy for agencies
An interview with Anna McLoughlin from Inkspiller
01.16.2017
#20 A globally distributed product team - a new model for design agencies?
An interview with Matthew Lenzi from Hanno
11.14.2016
#19 What makes a company like Clearleft successful? A conversation with Andy Budd
This week Jon and Dan are joined by Andy Budd form Clearleft
10.30.2016
#18 Scaling an agency from 1 or 2 people to a growing and stable team, with Pete Campbell from Kaizen Search
This week Jon is joined by Pete Campbell from Kaizen Search - an SEO and digital marketing agency based in London. Pete started his agency 3 years ago as a one-man band, and has since successfully scaled to 9 people.
10.16.2016
#17 Introducing systems and process to give your business more structure, with Brad Flowers from Bullhorn Creative
This week Jon is joined by Brad Flowers from BullHorn Creative - a brand & communication strategy agency in Kentucky USA.
10.02.2016
#16 Delivering website development projects using agile processes, with Rory MacDonald from MadeTech
Jon is joined by Rory MacDonald from MadeTech - an agile development agency - to talk about how you can use agile methodologies to deliver website development projects.
09.03.2016
#15 How to create a winning proposal with Dylan Baskind from Qwilr
This week Jon is joined by Dylan Baskind - designer/developer and founder of proposal writing tool Qwilr.
08.14.2016
#14 How to sell an MVP
How to sell an MVP to a client and use it correctly to get best results
07.19.2016
#13 Brexit; concerns about the leaving the EU
Jon is joined again this week by Dan Gent. They talk about the UK’s referendum to leave the European Union and what effects Brexit might have on their design agencies.
05.29.2016
#12 Turning a side project into a business with Murat Mutlu from Marvel App
This week Jon welcomes designer founder Murat Mutlu from Marvel App to discuss what it's like for a designer to leave the agency life behind and found a product company.
05.10.2016
#11 Should you take on that project?
Filter checklist Every Interaction & Lighthouse both go through when deciding to take on a project
04.10.2016
#10 Mentorship for creative agencies
How Every Interaction have benefited from their mentorship
03.28.2016
#9 How designers and developers work together on a team
This week Jon is joined by Tom - Dan’s co-founder to talk about how their teams designers & developers work together.
03.13.2016
#8 Managing client feedback
How properly managing feedback can be an essential part of the design process
02.28.2016
#7 Tracking time
This we we talk about timesheets and how the data they gather is important to us as design business owners
02.13.2016
#6 Working on your own agency website
We talk about own agency websites and why this is one of the hardest projects we'll ever work on
01.31.2016
#5 Hiring and the hiring process
Process of hiring new employees into creative digital agencies
12.19.2015
#4 Having a specialism
Dan and Jon talk about what they think are their respective agency specialisms and how taking that approach benefits them in what they do for their clients.
12.06.2015
#3 Pitches and proposals
This week Jon & Dan talk about how they go about dealing with pitches and proposals.
11.22.2015
#2 How we charge our clients
This week Jon & Dan talk about how they go about charging their clients. How to determine if new business enquiries have appropriate budgets and how to approach the subject of money.
11.08.2015
#1 Hello world
Episode 1 of Perspective. A fortnightly podcast talking about the experiences of running and growing an indie creative/digital agency. This week Jon & Dan give some background to kick things off - exploring how their careers bought them to start...

What's Perspective FM about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Perspective FM episodes:

#24 Starting an agency can be hard - why do we do it?

#23 Managing productivity and feeling productive

#22 Selling the value of design, and design process to clients

#21 Getting your story straight - brand & communication strategy for agencies

#20 A globally distributed product team - a new model for design agencies?

#19 What makes a company like Clearleft successful? A conversation with Andy Budd

#18 Scaling an agency from 1 or 2 people to a growing and stable team, with Pete Campbell from Kaizen Search

#17 Introducing systems and process to give your business more structure, with Brad Flowers from Bullhorn Creative

#16 Delivering website development projects using agile processes, with Rory MacDonald from MadeTech

#15 How to create a winning proposal with Dylan Baskind from Qwilr

#14 How to sell an MVP

#13 Brexit; concerns about the leaving the EU

#12 Turning a side project into a business with Murat Mutlu from Marvel App

#11 Should you take on that project?

#10 Mentorship for creative agencies

#9 How designers and developers work together on a team

#8 Managing client feedback

#7 Tracking time

#6 Working on your own agency website

#5 Hiring and the hiring process

#4 Having a specialism

#3 Pitches and proposals

#2 How we charge our clients

#1 Hello world