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From One Case Study to 160 Clients: Jacob Neffendorf’s Land Clearing Agency Story

How Jacob Neffendorf Grew His Agency to $350K/Month Serving Land Clearing Companies Jacob Neffendorf started Rise Online Advertising in 2020. Today the agency is over $350K in monthly recurring revenue with about 160 clients, all of them land clearing companies, and a team of 31, most of whom work together in person at his office. He recently joined me on…

Josh NelsonNovember 4, 2026

Agency Challenges

Why Deals Keep Stalling in Your Agency’s Pipeline

You have no problem convincing prospects to schedule strategy calls with you. And yet your client acquisition rates are dismal. Why do these potential deals keep stalling in your pipeline? At Seven Figure Agency, we've developed an effective strategy to keep prospects moving and close the sale. If you want to scale your marketing agency, continually expanding your client base is…

Josh NelsonOctober 25, 2026

How Jacob Baadsgaard Scaled Disruptive Advertising to $18M: Hires, Budgets, and Weekly Metrics

Agency Growth Client Retention Scale A Digital Marketing Agency

How Jacob Baadsgaard Built an $18M Agency: Firing 450 Clients, Rolling Scope, and 1,000+ Reviews

Jacob Baadsgaard fired 450 clients and scaled Disruptive Advertising to $18M. His playbook on clients, rolling scope, hiring, scorecards, and retention.

Josh NelsonOctober 19, 2026

Agency Growth Agency Interviews

From $30K to $5 Million: How Cris Rodriguez Built a 600+ Client Martial Arts Marketing Agency

Cris Rodriguez grew GrowPro from $30K MRR to $5M+ a year with 612 martial arts and dance studio clients. Her niche, offer, retention, and acquisition playbook.

Josh NelsonOctober 15, 2026

Delivering Results Operations

How to Add Lead Follow-Up and AI Services to Your Agency (GrowPro’s Playbook)

GrowPro turned client requests into a 200-client lead follow-up call center and an AI program. Here's how to build and package your next agency service.

Josh NelsonOctober 12, 2026

Agency Growth Client Retention

The Client Retention System Behind a 612-Client Agency

How GrowPro keeps churn under 4% across 612 clients: monthly master classes, traffic-light NPS texts, weekly ROI outreach, and client health scores.

Josh NelsonOctober 8, 2026

Agency Growth

Why Selling a Transformation Is More Effective Than Selling a Service in Your Marketing Agency

As a marketing agency owner, you know how important effective digital marketing strategies are to business success. You have seen firsthand how strategies like SEO, paid advertising, and Google Business Profile optimization have generated more sales and better retention for businesses. But just because you know these strategies work doesn't mean your potential clients do. Business owners aren't as excited…

Josh NelsonOctober 7, 2026

Agency Growth Scale A Digital Marketing Agency

What Breaks Your Agency at $1M, $3M, and $5M (And How Cris Rodriguez Fixed Each One)

Cris Rodriguez scaled GrowPro to $5M+ a year. Here's exactly what broke at $1M, $3M, and $5M, and the moves that got her agency through each plateau.

Josh NelsonOctober 5, 2026

Agency Growth Scale A Digital Marketing Agency

Expense or Investment? The Mindset Shift Behind an 8-Figure Agency

Michael Tasner credits one distinction for how he buys: expense versus investment. Here is how to run the compounding math and turn purchases into playbooks your team can run.

Josh NelsonSeptember 28, 2026

Agency Growth

The Importance of Quarterly Business Reviews for Marketing Client Retention

How often is your agency meeting with clients for strategic planning? Our founder, Josh Nelson, has discovered that one of the biggest drivers behind his agency's 97% client retention rate is the quarterly business review (QBR) meeting. Meeting with clients every quarter for a strategic conversation gives you a chance to review their business goals and create a plan for…

Josh NelsonSeptember 25, 2026

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How to break $1m in your agency in the next 12 months

From One Case Study to 160 Clients: Jacob Neffendorf’s Land Clearing Agency Story

Why Deals Keep Stalling in Your Agency’s Pipeline

How Jacob Baadsgaard Built an $18M Agency: Firing 450 Clients, Rolling Scope, and 1,000+ Reviews

From $30K to $5 Million: How Cris Rodriguez Built a 600+ Client Martial Arts Marketing Agency

How to Add Lead Follow-Up and AI Services to Your Agency (GrowPro’s Playbook)

The Client Retention System Behind a 612-Client Agency

Why Selling a Transformation Is More Effective Than Selling a Service in Your Marketing Agency

What Breaks Your Agency at $1M, $3M, and $5M (And How Cris Rodriguez Fixed Each One)

Expense or Investment? The Mindset Shift Behind an 8-Figure Agency

The Importance of Quarterly Business Reviews for Marketing Client Retention

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