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How to Scale Your Agency the Right Way

Season 2 opens on how to scale your agency. Local media analyst Gordon Borrell, whose research is quoted by the Wall Street Journal and Ad Age, on where agency growth actually comes from.

March 22, 2022

Agency Talk, Season 2, Episode 1

The guest

Gordon Borrell

Founder and Analyst, Borrell Associates

Leading analyst in the local media industry and sought-after conference speaker. Top 2% among Gerson Lehrman Group's 150,000 consultants. Quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Ad Age and Forbes. Previously VP for new media at Landmark Communications for 22 years.

“Reduce friction and scale to your vision”

borrellassociates.com

Hosted by Tim Burke and Marcus Murphy.

This is season 2, episode 1 of Agency Talk, released March 2022. Watch the full conversation above, or on the Agency Talk playlist on YouTube.

About Agency Talk

Agency Talk ran from October 2021 to October 2022: three seasons of conversations with agency owners, operators and advisors about scaling profitably, hosted by Tim Burke and Marcus Murphy. Every episode is on the Agency Talk hub.

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