Before you hire a marketing agency, make sure they eat their own food!!! How do marketing agencies self-promote? Do they post as often as they are telling you to post? Why or why not? How do they generate leads? Is it the same way they are telling you to do it? I'm gonna cut right to it friends! If a marketing agency is telling you to do paid ads to generate leads, is that what they are doing? Or do they say "no, that doesn't work for us?" If they say you have to post twice a day, take a look at their social media accounts to find out how often they are posting. Ask them about their own lead g ..read more

Have you ever wondered who would buy your marketing agency? Wonder no more as Trice Alford and Ryan Parshall break down the 6 Buyer Types for Marketing Agencies on this episode of the Agency Growth Engine Show. Find out which ones are best equipped to take over and scale and grow it. Here's a sneak preview.... The Dreamer They dreamed of owning their own business, have plenty of money in savings and thought they would try their hand at running a marketing agency? For them, agency life seems glamorous and profitable. The Entrepreneur They have owned a business, have been very successful, sold i ..read more

Have you ever wondered if you could buy a digital marketing agency? In Episode 30 of the Agency Growth Engine Show, not only do you learn the 5 Ways to Buy a Marketing Agency, but how others create deal structures to acquire, grow and scale their agencies. You may have money burning a hole in your pocket and a strong desire to own your own marketing agency both. This podcast episode is for you. Or if you don’t think owning an agency is feasible, educate yourself on how deals get done. It often takes less money than you think! Let me break down the options for you…. 1. Cash Buys (doesn’t happen ..read more

Are you ready for the storm a brewin'?  You're being told to cut back on business expenses and marketing is traditionally the first thing that goes! Maybe you should rethink that for a minute. In Episode 11 of The Growth Engine Show we discuss how to weather the economic storm that's about to hit. Get tips and ideas from CMO Trice Alford and me, Ryan Parshall, Business Growth Coach. When wrestlers match up against a bigger, stronger opponent, they have to use a strong counter strategy to win. They use the weight advantage against their opponent and then really get on top of the situation ..read more