Empowered Agency Podcast

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Kate Ahl is an accidental agency owner living in Portland, Oregon. She's the CEO and founder of Simple Pin Media, a Pinterest marketing agency. In each weekly episode, Kate dives into what it's like to run an agency, passes on wisdom from the lessons she's learned, and shares practice advice that will help any agency owner. In addition to agency tips, she also shares leadership tips for those wanting to hire a team and not be a micromanager that everyone wants to run from. Subscribe to get your daily dose of agency lessons each Sunday, but of course, you can listen on Monday.

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Digital marketer vs. Agency owner

Jun 02 2024 9 mins

I’ve lived with this tension between agency owner and digital marketer for most of my agency career. Just this last year I’ve been able to identify the tension and figure out where I land. —See full show notes for all episodes at kateahl.com.Get more Agency Tips by subscribing to the weekly newsletter.—Work with me:1-1 Consult (1-hour) Executive Coaching

How the agency has changed me

Apr 21 2024 12 mins

When you’re an accidental entrepreneur it’s important to look back on how something that was accidental has changed who you are and what you’ve become. I think it’s important because we often grow in ways we don’t realize, or discover gifts we didn’t know we had. If we don’t celebrate those moments we’re missing the growth journey and self-discovery. If you’re loo

Our first sponsorship

Apr 07 2024 16 mins

We recently did an in-person sponsorship at a conference. It felt like a really big risk. Here are the details and what we learned from the experience. —See full show notes for all episodes at kateahl.com.Get more Agency Tips by subscribing to the weekly newsletter.—Work with me:1-1 Consult (1-hour) Executive Coaching

Swim Lanes

Mar 17 2024 9 mins

This idea of swim lanes revolutioned my thinking of how I work in my company more so than an org chart. Not sure if you knew this but I offer 1 hour strategy calls for all types of agency owners. Let’s dig in on your business and give you 1-2 action items that move the needle forward in the next few months. Scroll below and book a call. —See full show notes for all episodes at

Investments

Mar 10 2024 12 mins

How do you know when it’s time to make an investment in your business? Whether it’s coaching, education, or tech here are a few things to ask yourself before you hit the buy button. Also, did you know i do 1-1 coaching? Funny story. One of my recent coaching clients asked me in September about a mastermind vs. coaching 1-1. I told her my experience and how this had impacted the

My agency travel hack

Mar 03 2024 8 mins

I always find sharing the little things we do in our business to be fun and exciting for others who haven’t thought of it before. This is a little track hack I’ve been doing in my business now for 4 years and it’s been fun to reap the benefits. If you haven’t grabbed my free Dream Client Playbook the scroll below in your podcast player to snag it now for free. It’s a 4-pa

How AG1 is inspiring my marketing

Feb 25 2024 11 mins

After seeing countless ads on YouTube, Instagram and even TV i stepped back and started looking at AG1 and how they were marketing their product. It gave a me a few things to think about. If you haven’t grabbed my free Dream Client Playbook scroll below in your podcast player to snag it now for free. It’s a 4-part series + PDF that will walk you through the steps I take to find

Challenging my norms

Feb 18 2024 10 mins

I’ve realized over the last few months that there are a lot of tactics and marketing options for my agency that I’m trying to use but i don’t know why. So instead of taking it all as truth from other marketers I’m challenging what I know and coming up with a new plan. If you haven’t grabbed my free Dream Client Playbook scroll below in your podcast player to snag it now f

My new role in my agency

Feb 11 2024 15 mins

For the first time I’m stepping into the lead role as marketing director of my company. It’s something I’ve avoided for a really long time but it’s time to embrace the title. Here’s what I’m doing to prepare and get my mind ready for the challenge. If you haven’t grabbed my free Dream Client Playbook the scroll below in your podcast player to snag it now for free. It�

Overcoming Failure… An Agency Talk

Jan 26 2024 15 mins

This was an agency talk I gave at Agency live last October. It was probably the most vulnerable and candid I’ve been about the journey of agency ownership over 2022 and 2023. I hope what you take away today is that you’re resilient, you’re given ideas, and you’ll know when it’s time to throwin the towel. I also want to invite you to attend Agency Live hosted by my friends