The podcast features a conversation between Robert Craven and Phil from Yardstick, focusing on Phil's experiences as a business owner and the lessons learned from both successes and failures in his career.

In this GYDA Talks, Janusz talks to Steve Grant of Figment. Steve Grant is the founder of Figment, a multi award-winning UK SEO agency with a holistic approach that gets results. Figment makes it easier for healthcare practitioners and professional service providers to get found online by their ideal clients and grow healthy, sustainable businesses.

You need to ruthlessly claw back an hour a day so that you are being truly effective when you do work. Watch this video short from Robert on how to do so!

Listen as Rob talks about your mid-level managers and why you should be investing in their future, with leadership and management training to develop their skills and mindset. Your agency's future leaders need commercial awareness, strategic thinking and entrepreneurial flair.

Janusz and Andres discuss: Running an agency that has a waiting list of high quality clients, due to:

- Hiring only the best talent (1/100 of applicants)

- Saying no to clients that we aren't confident that we can deliver 100% quality for

- Saying no to services that we're uncomfortable with

In this GYDA Talks Bitesize, listen as Rob talks through how and why you need to build your team's commercial awareness and business acumen through leadership development and training..

In this GYDA Talks, Rob talks to Noel Andrews of JobRack. Noel is passionate about helping businesses to grow through hiring great people. With JobRack, Noel is telling the world about the incredible level of skills, education and cultural alignment available from remote workers.

In this presentation from GYDA Summit 2023, the awesome Jaye Cowle of Launch talks about why happy people are key to a productive, profitable and happy agency.

In this video, Rob discusses the concept of director fatigue and how it is affecting various aspects of our lives. He highlights the current state of affairs, the sluggishness in pipelines, the prolonged duration of tasks, and the exhaustion experienced by agency directors and clients alike.

Recorded at our 2023 GYDA Summit, Marion Gould of Microsoft shared highlights from Microsoft Advertising’s research on ‘Marketing with Purpose’ and how building trust and inclusion with your customers, drives long-term success.

In this presentation from GYDA Summit 2023, the amazing Oliver Zenglein of The Boutique Agency presents his thoughts on why you should be constantly changing and adapting your operations to ensure your agency grows and develops without becoming out of control.

n this GYDA Talks, Robert talks to Marek Mrazik of Devin Brand. In 2005, Marek co-founded TRIAD, a digital agency blending creativity and technology. Marek's current passion is Allfred which enables independent agencies to boost operational efficiency.

In this presentation from GYDA Summit 2023, Mike Crook of Nimbus talks through their journey of becoming a B-Corp and how you can build a successful, sustainable and more environmentally aware agency.

Watch the recording of our 2024 State of the Nation presentation where you'll learn the steps needed to get ahead in the coming year.

In this GYDA Talks, Rob talks to Rob Dando, Managing Director of Finally.

Alienate to Accelerate

Top 10 LinkedIn posts

You need to believe to commit

Fear of Missing Out

You need content… community…. thought leadership… case studies

Can we work with their competition…? exclusivity?

The Agency Growth Summit

GYDA Summit combines keynotes, short TED-Talk-style presentations, deep-dive exercises and peer-learning activities.

Our last presentation of the day was by our very own Neil Collard. Neil talked through the ever-evolving AI landscape, giving his insight into the challenges, risks and opportunities agencies have when implementing AI within their agency products, services and internal systems.

In our last GYDA Bitesize of 2023, Rob talks about our achievements at GYDA. Aren't we great? No compared to you, our awesome clients.

Have a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year... we can't wait to work with you in 2024!

Listen to Rob talking about what the problem is... not your agency problem, but the problem that you should be solving for your clients.

Anton is СEO of SkillsBooster Academy. Anton has been teaching Digital Marketing since 2012. During this time he has trained thousands of students who now work at some of the biggest international companies, such as Huawei, Ciklum, Metro, Auchan, Сoca-Cola and Sanofi.