Working Without Pants - Creative Entrepreneurship

Working Without Pants - Creative Entrepreneurship

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Working Without Pants - Creative Entrepreneurship episodes

  • 060: Implementing the Rockefeller Habits with Andy Bailey

    If your business is not utilizing the Rockefeller Habits, then listen up because this episode is for you.

    Over the course of my career, I have noticed a consistent trend across all of my best clients and successful entrepreneurs.

    All of them are implementing the Rockefeller Habits.

    That consistent trend I have seen across my best clients has lead me to asking Andy to come on the show. Andy is the CEO of Petra Coach which is a coaching and consulting company that helps firms implement the Rockefeller Habits.

    In this interview, Andy explains what the Rockefeller Habits are. The key components, and why all companies should consider implementing these practices.

    If you aren’t using the Rockefeller Habit’s already, then I highly recommend you listen to this interview and also check out many of the free resources on Andy’s website.

    32 min
  • 059: Reinventing the agency model with Bram Warshafsky of 5Crowd
    In an age where everyone is zigging harder, Bram Warshafsky of 5Crowd has decided to zag. While most agencies push for more sales, more revenue, and more growth as a means to profitability, Bram has approached things different.
     
    Bram created 5Crowd which I would best describe as a mixture between Upwork and a standard agency. 5Crowd goes out and wins the business of corporate clients, and then sends that work out to their community of on demand freelancers.
     
    This model keeps their overhead low, and profitability up, and enables them to scale up and down based on their client needs.
     
    And 5Crowd isn't just working with small companies, they are working with corporate giants. PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson, Hershey, InBev, and Twitter are just a few of their big name clients.
     
    In this interview, Bram shares more about his model and we dive deep into how more agency owners can think outside of the box when building their model.
     
    Also, if you are a freelancer wanting to work with bigger brands, then check out 5Crowd as they are eager for more talent to fill their client needs. 
    26 min
  • 058: Building a video agency and productizing a service with Sam Shepler of Skyscope
    Sam Shepler is the CEO of Skyscope and host of the Thoughtful Warrior Podcast. In this episode we talk about Sam's journey building up his video agency, how he got started, and how he has grown the business.
     
    One key point we talk on is the creation of a productized service offering within their agency. Sam has nailed this down with their video testimonials productized service that is rapidly growing and accounting for a significant piece of the companies profitability.
     
    Sam also talks about building a culture and keeping that strong as his company has grown from 3 partners to a team of employees. 
     
    Check out Sam's company and work at Skyscope.com
    36 min
  • 057: Growing an agency to 250+ employees through simplicity with Alan Siegel
    Today's guest is a little different than my normal guests, but incredible none the less. While he may be wearing a suit during the interview, don't hold it against him.
     
    On this episode I have Alan Siegel, founder of Siegel+Gale, an agency with over 250 employees, and his new consultancy SiegelVision.
     
    Alan's entire career and business is built on the idea of helping corporations and institutions simplify. One of his most notable clients that we can all be grateful for is the IRS. Alan's agency simplified and re-created the US Tax Forms. 
     
    In this episode, Alan talks about building his agency up to that level, how simplicity became their focus, and about his upcoming conference Call for Clarity. In the conference, Alan's firm has pulled together some of the brightest individuals throughout various industries, institutions and government agencies to talk about the accomplishments they have made by simplifying. 
     
    In simple terms: This episode is good, you should listen to it. 
    28 min
  • 056: Aaron Ross on making success inevitable
    Today I am honored to have Aaron Ross on the show, author of Predictable Revenue and his brand new book From Impossible to Inevitable.
     
    On this episode Aaron dives into his story of growing his personal income from $60k to over $800k over the past several years, and how he managed to do so while keeping a work schedule of 20-30 hours per week.
     
    Aaron also shares his world famous sales model that can change how you look at sales and building a sales team for your agency.
     
    He also dives into his philosophies on outbound marketing, what is effective and how you can use outbound to create predictable growth for your business.
     
    And lastly, he shares some incredible nuggets of wisdom from his new book From Impossible to Inevitable. It's an incredible book and I highly recommend picking up a copy. I guarantee you won't walk away disappointed!
    41 min
  • 055: Ryan O'Donnell on creating an email prospecting system for your agency or business
    On this episode I am excited to bring you Ryan O'donnel of SellHack. Sellhack is an incredible tool that I use on a daily basis at Outbound Creative. With SellHack you can find anyones email and contact information with the click of a button.
     
    For years I did this manually, BUT NO MORE! Sellhack has made my outbound research so much easier.
     
    In this episode, Ryan doesn't just talk about SellHack. We dive through and give an entire framework for creating an email prospecting system for your agency or business. 
     
    We take it step by step from identifying who to go after, determining what messaging to use when reaching out to them, the follow pus and then how to handle the lead once you get them on the phone. 
     
    This is an incredible episode with lots of actionable insights. 
     
    Also, check out Sellhack's blog for tons of great insights on cold emailing. 
     
    And download their free eBook on cold emailing which is a great resource.
     
    And seriously, go sign up for a free trial of SellHack, you will love it!
    42 min
  • 054: Michael Hardesty on the power of constraints and creativity
    On this episode of Working Without Pants, I am honored to have Michael Hardesty of MadeIn Network and 24Hr Records. On this episode Michael shares his journey of going from a freelance professional to running production at a rapidly growing Youtube Agency.
     
    Michael also gets into a lot of the creative dynamics that he sees with 24 Hour Records and how constraints with creativity can create even greater end results.
    36 min
  • 053: Blair Enns on how to win without pitching

    I am honored to have Blair Enns of WinWithoutPitching.com with me on today's episode. Blair has been a long time influence of mine back since I read his Win Without Pitching Manifesto several years ago.

    In this episode, Blair talks about some of the biggest mistakes that agencies make when selling their services and how to remedy those mistakes. He also shares more information about his own entrepreneurial journey and how he got to where he is today. 

    36 min
  • 052: Liam Veitch on evolving your creative business

    Liam Veitch of Freelancelift.com completely changed my mindset on freelancing when I read his book 'Stop thinking like a freelancer'.

    In this book Liam talks about the topic of evolution, and for anyone who has followed my own journey over the past year, I have drastically evolved from a web designer to running Outbound Creative which helps agencies and freelancers win their dream clients.

    Liam's mindset was extremely valuable for me when I read his book, and in this episode we discuss some of the key points from his book and how freelancers should be approaching their business.

    41 min
  • 051: Greg Hoy on owning and growing an agency

    Greg How is a partner at Happy Cog, a Philadelphia based digital agency, and he is a partner in the Bureau of Digital which is an organization that puts on events for owners and leaders of digital agency.

    In this interview Greg shares the lessons he learned building up Happy Cog over the past 15 years, as well as sharing stories of the expriences his team has had with Bureau of Digital.

    You can learn more about Greg and the amazing events he puts on at http://bureauofdigital.com/summits/owner/

    40 min

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Working Without Pants is the podcast for agency owners and consultants who are wanting to win more clients and better clients for their business.