Debra Scarpa, president, and Ashley Blaesing, operations manager, of Friday Marketing work in the niche of Home Designer Marketing. They help home design professionals such as interior designers transform their businesses and brands to attract their dream clients, sell their projects for more, stay current online, and get their time back with automated systems.
Between them, they have over 40 years of award-winning design and marketing experience and absolutely love working with people who value design just as much as they do.
Debra and Ashley have been UGURUS members for several years.

E209: The great niche switch with Debra Scarpa and Ashley Blaesing

Helping digital agency owners transform their business mindset so they can increase prices, work less, and grow profits.

A weekly podcast where host Brent Weaver chats with today's most successful entrepreneurs running digital agency businesses in the web design, web development, and digital marketing industry.
  
Brent also chats with high-profile entrepreneurs and other smart people that can help listeners grow their digital agency.

Each interview deep dives into the emotional details of going on the entrepreneur's journey toward success. Each guest shares behind the scene moments of lessons learned and lives changed.

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For the past two decades, she has been helping people see the future. She's an expert on digital transformation, leadership, customer experience, and the future of work. She is the author of six books, including The New York Times best seller, opened leadership and co-author of the critically acclaimed book, groundswell her latest book is The Best Seller the disruption mindset. 
She is the founder and senior fellow at altimeter, a disruptive analyst firm acquired in 2015, by profit, she has been named one of most creative people in business by Fast Company, and she's a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.

E343: Disruption, Leadership, and how to let go and delegate with Charlene Li

Tim Butler is a seasoned marketing professional with more than two decades of experience in sales, marketing, and consulting. He is the founder and CEO of Innovation Visual, a well-regarded marketing consultancy that has assisted clients across various sectors including manufacturing, technology, healthcare, consumer products, finance, and professional services since its inception in 2014. He has earned recognition from Google, which placed Innovation Visual among the top 30 digital agencies.

E342: How to get targeted, long-term clients – with Tim Butler

Christina Lenkowski is a forward-thinking podcast publicist and educator for entrepreneurs, speakers and authors looking to expand their credibility and go from “best-kept secret” to “go-to expert” in their industries through being a guest on other people’s podcasts.

In 2019, after 13 years working in the PR realm, Christina discovered what being a guest on podcasts did for her online-based business. Since then she’s dedicated her work to helping other business owners, particularly women, see the same kind of results.

E341: Your plan for getting on podcasts successfully – with Christina Lenkowski

Jonathan Hinshaw is an integral part of the UGURUS business. He’s mentored over 500 members, he owned a 7-figure agency called EBWAY, he’s produced courses with us, and has also had a very successful sales career outside the agency space, selling over $750 million in products in the car and motorsports space. 

We’re now happy to have him as part of the UGURUS team!

E340: Getting through early agency years and on to mastering sales – with Jonathan Hinshaw

Corey Quinn is the former CMO of Scorpion and now a dedicated agency coach. Corey specializes in guiding agency founders to scale with vertical market specialization. At Scorpion, he played a pivotal role in growing the agency’s revenue 8x in 5 years to a remarkable $150M. Corey is also the author of Anyone, Not Everyone, a comprehensive guide for agency founders looking to move beyond founder-led sales.

E209: The great niche switch with Debra Scarpa and Ashley Blaesing

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