Agency Giants
Jordan Platten
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Agency Giants is a podcast hosted by Jordan Platten that interviews top agency owners and entrepreneurs. Each episode explores how guests built and scaled their agencies, covering specialties such as digital marketing, advertising, branding, and PR. The conversations focus on strategies, key decisions, obstacles, failures, and lessons learned along the way. The show aims to give listeners practical insight into the mindsets and journeys behind successful agency businesses.
Episodes
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How I’d Build a 1-Person AI Web Design Agency from Scratch | Gautam Khorana | #41 12.10.2026 1h 31mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 41 (Gautam Khorana) __________________________________________ Today's guest runs a web design agency with 100+ developers! But if he started today? One man. No team. Just AI Gautam Khorana, the co-founder of Seahawk Media, shares with us: • The $60 a month AI tool he’d give any broke founder to start making money tomorrow • Why “pinch and zoom” websites are the easiest clients you’ll ever find • How he builds recurring revenue with ma... -
I Lost £300k/Month... So I Cloned My Team With AI Agents | Kelly Allison | #40 23.09.2026 1h 20mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 40 (Kelly Allison) __________________________________________ This week on Agency Giants, I sat down with Kelly, founder of KVA. She started the agency in the back bedroom of a tiny flat, on maternity leave, with £100 in the bank. Over a decade later, KVA is one of the UK's top digital transformation agencies & one of the 50 Most Inspiring Places to Work in the UK. But it's not been a smooth ride. Trust me. Almost overnight, revenue... -
How We Scaled Our SEO Agency From £1M to £6M+/Year | Ben Foster | #39 11.09.2026 1h 7mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 39 (Ben Foster) __________________________________________ This week on Agency Giants, I sit down with Ben from The SEO Works, one of the UK's leading SEO agencies. When Ben joined the business, it was doing just under £1M in turnover & making zero profit. Fast forward to today, they've grown to £6M+, a team of 65, & over 20,000 top-three Google rankings for their clients. Ben's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfoster99 T... -
Why Apps Are the REAL AI Gold Rush (13x Incoming) | Sam Olsson | #38 30.08.2026 1h 22mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 38 (Sam Olsson) __________________________________________ Websites went from 150 million to 2 billion once Shopify & simple website builders made them easier to build. Apps are about to do the same thing, because AI has made building one effortless. That's a projected 13x wave of new apps, & every one of them needs an agency to grow it. Sam Olsson saw it coming. He pivoted Kurve into app growth when most agencies wouldn't ... -
We Send 100,000 LinkedIn DMs a Month (Here's What Works) | Niall Ratcliffe | #37 07.08.2026 1h 21mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 37 (Niall Ratcliffe) __________________________________________ Niall Ratcliffe runs the UK's #1 LinkedIn agency, & he says everyone is using the platform wrong! His argument is simple. LinkedIn isn't a social media platform. It's a rolodex. It's the easiest platform to get in front of your dream clients & start a conversation with them. If you've been posting on LinkedIn & getting nothing back, this one will make everything... -
How We Manage 100+ B2B Podcasts & Make $4.5M/yr | Tom Hunt | #36 16.07.2026 54mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 36 (Tom Hunt) __________________________________________ Most people think scaling content means... More views. More downloads. More followers. Not entirely true. I sat down with Tom Hunt this week (founder of Fame, a $4M/year podcast agency), and he told me about a client that stopped me in my tracks. Cybersecurity software company. About 100 people listen per episode. That's it. Sounds like a flop, until you realize their entire buye... -
How I'd Start a 1-Person AI Agency With Claude AI (2026) | Ricky Solanki | #35 03.07.2026 1h 13mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 35 (Ricky Solanki) __________________________________________ He's spent 17 years building an agency: 50 staff, 400 clients at its peak. If he were starting again in 2026, he'd run the whole thing with one person… & make more money! In this episode of Agency Giants, Ricky Solanki, founder of Push Group, walks through exactly how he'd build a 1-person AI agency from scratch. • Why one person & a few AI agents can now run an entire... -
Why We're The Agency Netflix, Amazon & Spotify All Hired | David Ogiste | #34 11.05.2026 1h 34mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 34 (David Ogiste) __________________________________________ How is it possible that brands are reaching more people than ever & being remembered less than ever? AI. It doesn't just make content cheaper. It makes it forgettable. The more brands flood every screen with AI-generated ads, the more consumers tune out. In this week's Agency Giants, I sat down with David Ogiste - founder of Nobody's Cafe, working with Amazon, Spotify, Net... -
How We've Generated £41M+ From Cold Emails (4-Step Strategy) | Ashleigh Holmes | #33 30.04.2026 1h 4mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 33 (Ashleigh Holmes) __________________________________________ Most agency owners treat cold outreach like a numbers game. More volume. More templates. More spray and pray. And then they wonder why nobody replies. In this week's Agency Giants, I sat down with Ashleigh Holmes, co-founder of Flowed, an international B2B outbound agency that has generated £41 million in client returns through cold outreach alone. If your outreach isn't la... -
How Our Small Agency Lands Brands Like BBC & Marvel | Dan Knowlton | #32 01.04.2026 1h 7mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 32 (Dan Knowlton) __________________________________________ Most agencies do great work… Then they share it once, move on, and hope referrals magically appear. 𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴. That’s how you stay invisible. In the latest episode of Agency Giants, I sat down with Dan Knowlton, who went from starting an agency in his parents’ spare room… to working with brands like BBC & Marvel. His “unfair advantage” isn’t a secret funnel. It’s a simple ru... -
How I Built India's Leading Creative Agency (150+ Employees) | Chirag Gander | #31 05.03.2026 1h 5mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 31 (Chirag Gander) __________________________________________ Not many agencies can say their first inbound enquiry was Coca-Cola... 🤯 Chirag Gander built one of India's most recognised creative agencies, without a single cold pitch! In this episode, you'll discover: • The organic brand-building strategy that drove 90%+ inbound leads from day one • How he built The Minimalist from a college passion project • The "Include, Exclude, Focu... -
Scaling a Fashion Marketing Agency to 72 People (The Truth) | Paul Rogers | #30 20.02.2026 1h 5mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 30 (Paul Rogers) __________________________________________ Never hired a single salesperson... Never ran outbound marketing... & still built one of the most respected ecom fashion marketing agencies in the UK, with 72 employees! In this week’s Agency Giants episode, Paul Rodgers shares: • How one client went from tiny fashion startup to £100M+ in months • Why Paul and his co-founder were terrified of growth & how they were for... -
From the Poorest Street in London to Multi-Millionaire at 27 | Timothy Armoo | #29 30.01.2026 1h 25mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 29 (Timothy Armoo) __________________________________________ Most agency owners dream of one big exit someday... Timothy Armoo built and sold TWO companies for multiple eight figures by 27! This episode's packed with gold for agency owners ready to scale or maximise their exit, enjoy! Timothy's New Book: https://amzn.to/3MeYcnV Timothy's IG: https://www.instagram.com/timarmoo/?hl=en __________________________________________ Get your ne... -
How I Made $1.8M In My First Year Running an SEO Agency | Carrie Rose | #28 17.01.2026 1h 26mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 28 (Carrie Rose) __________________________________________ Most agencies spend their first year struggling to hit $100k... Carrie Rose scaled to $1.8M in 12 months! In our latest episode of Agency Giants, you'll discover: • How she grew 6x faster than her target by focusing forward instead of looking backwards • The exact gap she found in the SEO market that nobody else was implementing • The simple partnership model that drove insane... -
How I Sold My Influencer Marketing Agency At Just 24 | Suhit Amin | #27 17.12.2025 1h 32mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 27 (Suhit Amin) __________________________________________ Suhit's IG: https://www.instagram.com/suhitamin/?hl=en Saulderson: https://saulderson.com/ __________________________________________ Get your next 10 clients, guaranteed 👉 https://www.affluent.academy/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=agencypod&utm_term=interview&utm_content=812d __________________________________________ FREE Agency Owners Com... -
From $10k to $100k+/mo With an AI Lead Generation Agency | Nico Ciraolo | #26 01.12.2025 1h 10mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 26 (Nico Ciraolo) __________________________________________ Most think scaling above $100k a month means adding more services, hiring massive teams, & saying yes to every opportunity... But Nico did the opposite. He focused on one thing & did so much volume it would be unreasonable not to succeed. The result? £2.2 million in client revenue last quarter. In this week's episode of Agency Giants, Nico breaks down how hyper-focus &... -
How I Left a Corporate Agency to Build a 7-Figure Business | Jack McLaren | #25 04.11.2025 1h 15mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 25 (Jack McLaren) __________________________________________ You’d think billion-dollar brands would always choose the biggest agencies... But they’re not! Jack McLaren left Jellyfish & Dentsu, two of the world's largest marketing agencies, to start PATTRNS. A lean 40-person agency that’s now working with JD Sports & Gorilla Glue In this week’s episode of Agency Giants, we break down why big brands are switching to smaller bouti... -
From £0 to Global Agency in 8 Years (300+ Employees) | Lucy Jameson | #24 10.10.2025 1hSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 24 (Lucy Jameson) __________________________________________ Our latest guest on Agency Giants is Lucy Jameson, who walked away from leading Grey London to start Uncommon in 2017. Now they're working with British Airways, Google, ITV, & BT across their London, New York, & Stockholm studios. This is a masterclass in building brands that matter, not just campaigns that convert. Lucy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-jame... -
How We Built the UK's Leading DTC Agency in Just 7 Years | Loukas & Olly | #23 23.09.2025 1h 24mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 23 (Loukas Hambi & Olly Hudson) __________________________________________ Meta just certified them as the UK's leading DTC agency 🚀 But how did Loukas & Olly build a 7-figure agency group with nearly 100 team members in just 7 years? In this episode, you'll discover: • The content flywheel that makes them the UK’s most in-demand DTC agency. • The biggest mistake they made after merging, & how they’d do it differently. • Wh... -
Why LinkedIn is The Best Platform to Get Clients in 2025 | Lara Acosta | #22 04.09.2025 1h 9mSend us Fan Mail The Agency Giants Podcast - Episode 22 (Lara Acosta) __________________________________________ From failing forwards, to building a 360K+ follower brand & turning it into a $1M+ business. In this week’s episode, Lara reveals: • Why “weaponized incompetence” is her secret weapon for growth (& why most overthink it) • The exact LinkedIn content that changed her life & business • How she turned her first viral LinkedIn post into an $80K cohort launch while still...
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