James Rose, CEO of Akura Technology and co-founder of Content Snare, sits down with Jame Blumer on this episode to discuss the nuance of Automation Engineering. He shares how the often difficult task of information exchange with clients has lead to building solutions, such as Content Snare. Jason and James further discuss how human nature plays a role in designing a product and a user interface for two very different groups of people - for the agencies themselves and then for the clients of those agencies.

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Automation Engineering with James Rose

Jason sits down with Methodical Coffee owners and business partners, Marco Suarez, Will Shurtz and David Baker. They share how their complimentary skill sets led to the thriving partnership they have today and how Methodical Coffee has captured branding being a wholistic approach to business.

Holistic Branding with Methodical Coffee

Jason speaks with Chase Clymer, founder of Electric Eye, and the host of the Honest Ecommerce podcast, on the process of building an ECommerce agency. Chase shares their journey of moving from a contractor-model company to a solid, committed team of Shopify experts. He describes a marketing strategy they've employed and the way they have built a content engine into their agency through a weekly podcast, Honest ECommerce, where they give advice to their core market.

The Three Levers of E-Commerce with Chase Clymer

Jason had the privilege of speaking with Shannon Langrand of Langrand agency, based out of Houston, TX. They discussed the process of how Langrand took the risk to their narrow niche specifically in the healthcare industry. Shannon shares how they crafted their team around that expertise and the importance of building a team model that reflects the promises you make to your market.

Narrowing Your Niche with Shannon Langrand

Jason Blumer chats with Joe Rinaldi, founder of That Was Clutch, on this episode of the Businessology Show. Joe brings to to the table a creative take on business development and avoiding the one-size-fits-all approach with his clients. He shares how beginning the process with general principles, but then allowing the nuance of each unique owner and client to shape his strategy has been key. They close the episode with discussing how agency math is often misguided and how future non-revenue generating projects are vital to sustainability.

Intentional Business Development with Joe Rinaldi

Jason Blumer welcomes Dan Englander of Sales Schema onto the Businessology Show. Dan shares his background and experiences as a salesman. Jason and Dan then discuss the difference between sales and marketing, which are most often thought of as being the same. Dan also provides some tips for lead generation in your market that you can implement no matter where you are in your agency journey.

The Sales Effect with Dan Englander

On this Businessology episode, Jason Blumer had the opportunity to talk with Jen Dary about what it looks like to coach clients through this economic disruption. Jen is the founder of Plucky, a leadership coaching and consulting firm based out of Berkley, CA. She shared with Jason her own personal transition and reframing her of goals through this season. As she has asked of herself and her clients “What is my COVID job right now?”, she has seen a new, more freeing frame of reference unfold.

What is your job today? with Jen Dary

Jason Blumer chats with Andrew Verboncouer on this episode of Businessology. Andrew founded Headway with his brother and another partner, which creates solutions for their clients using design strategies and intuitive thinking. Andrew explains the benefits of working with clients side-by-side and challenges with determining the capacity of a team.

Navigating Solutions with Andrew Verboncouer

Meghan Phillips of Honey joins Jason Blumer on this episode of the Businessology Show. Meghan and Jason talk about niching, designing internal processes and creating a tapestry with your team. Both Meghan and Jason are featured in Adam Davidson's new book, "The Passion Economy." <br />Come see Adam, Meghan and Jason at SXSW in Austin, TX!

Riches are in the Niches with Meghan Phillips

Jason Blumer is honored to have Adam Davidson as a guest for this latest episode of the Businessology Show. Adam Davidson has just launched his book call the "The Passion Economy" and talks with Jason about why he wanted to write this book and what we can learn from evolving into a passion economy. We usually tend to only look at the negatives when it comes to news about economic change, but Adam wanted to highlight the people who are creating positive opportunities as we continue to transform our economy in the twenty-first century.

Getting Passionate with Adam Davidson

On this episode of the Businessology Show, Jason Blumer reconnects with co-creater, Dan Mall! Dan is also the founder and director of SuperFriendly, which is a teaching agency. <br /> Meaning they help in-house design teams create systems to make a better design product. Dan gives Jason details on how this type of agency runs and the benefits of being a teaching agency.

Reunited with Dan Mall

Ben Aston joins Jason Blumer for this 95th episode of the Businessology Show. They discuss project management specifically for digital agencies and the benefits of having this position in the team. Providing structure for engagements, driving the timeline for projects and maintaining the overall view of the deliverable to the client are just some of the benefits Ben and Jason talk about.

Digital Project Management with Ben Aston

Jason Blumer talks with Ryan Berman about courage and what does that really mean. Ryan shares his experience with discovering courage and how you can tap into your own. Their discussion is deep, but will offer great tips for you to take your fear and dare we say befriend it. Plus Ryan shares his equation for what courage is made up of and why it takes all 3 factors to create courage.

Befriend Your Fear with Ryan Berman

Emily Cohen is a brutally honest consultant and talks with Jason Blumer about her design consulting experience and her new book, "Brutally Honest, No-bullshit business strategies to evolve your creative business." Emily shares her opinions on when to hire a project manager and the importance of building relationships with your clients.

Straight Up with Emily Cohen

Prentice Howe explains challenger brands and why he decided to focus on this specific market. Jason Blumer and Prentice then discuss the pros and cons with working in a narrow market and the type of impact it can make to a small environment. As well as discuss what it means to be a part of an internal team rather than a contracted agency working with an internal team.

Challenger Brands with Prentice Howe

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