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Rai Cornell Transitions from Solopreneur to Agency Owner
Note: The results shared in this post are not at all typical. Rai Cornell is the president and senior copywriter at Cornell Copywriting, which offers…
Chrissie Wywrot Carves out Her Niche
Meet Chrissie Wywrot, president and CEO of e-link Consulting. Chrissie works as a marketing consultant helping businesses gain visibility on LinkedIn and generate leads and…
Crystal Butler Refines Her Messaging and Doubles Her Revenue
Crystal Butler, founder of Crystal Marketing Solutions, is a marketing and business consultant for financial advisors. Her business offers financial professionals any marketing service they…
Episode 191: Knowing Your Agency’s Numbers with Christina Sjahli
When I started Scoop, I really had no idea what I was in for as an agency owner when it came to making and managing…
It’s Time for a New Breed of Agency
Back when we started off this decade, I was five years into my business and things were going pretty freakin’ awesome. At that point, I…
Episode 190: Behind-the-Scenes at Scoop with my #2 Sara Freeburn
Have you ever thought it would be nice to have someone to be the peanut butter to your jelly as a boss? That’s exactly what…
Episode 189: The Real Life Behind-the-Scenes of an Agency with Tressa Beheim
I don’t know about you, but I get some of my absolute best ideas by seeing how other people do things. It helps me connect…
Episode 188: The Recap: September 2019
Here we go! It’s time for the recap and the rundown on what went down in my business in September 2019. If September had a…
Is the Agency Model the Next Passive Income Dream?
You know that stage that most kids go through when they’re two or three and keep asking why? Growing up, my dad used to joke…