If you can't take a two-week vacation without your agency falling apart, you don't own an agency. You ARE the agency.

This week's guest Steve Guberman built one, sold one, and now coaches others to stop making that mistake.

In this episode of Strategy Talks, we will be talking about

1. what actually builds value,
2. what silently kills it,
3. and how to build something worth buying, and worth running.

This episode is your wake-up call.

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00:00 You Are the Agency

01:20 Welcome to Strategy Talks

02:55 Owner Dependency Warning Signs

06:34 Delegation That Enables Growth

09:05 CEO Role and Focus

10:13 Copycat Goals vs Real Success

12:01 Profitability and Niching

13:45 What Buyers Really Value

14:57 AI Adoption Stages for Agencies

25:05 Sellable and Enjoyable Agency

Steve Guberman is the founder of Agency Outsight, where he helps agency owners build the business of their dreams—with clarity, purpose, and profit. A former agency founder who successfully exited his own firm, Steve now guides creative, marketing, and digital leaders through growth, positioning, and the complex decisions that come with scaling or selling an agency.

Drawing on his experience as both a coach and M&A advisor, he helps owners understand what truly drives long-term value—financially and personally. As host of the Agency Bytes podcast, Steve shares real stories and lessons from top agency leaders to help others grow with intention.

'Strategy Talks: Content Strategy for Small Teams', Season 5, is where content marketing meets real business results. Hosted by hands-on content strategist Dorien Morin-van Dam, each episode delivers a focused conversation with a guest expert who shares a specific, repeatable play. You'll leave with a clear problem definition and a set of steps you can take this week.

No fluff. No theory. Just strategy you can use.

New episodes each week! We stream live on LinkedIn, YouTube and Facebook.

Rebranding feels productive, right? But it rarely fixes what’s broken.

In this episode of Strategy Talks, Dorien Morin-van Dam hosts Beatrice Gutknecht as she breaks down why most companies don’t have a brand problem; they have a positioning problem.

And how that misalignment shows up everywhere: in unclear messaging, content that doesn’t convert, and sales conversations that stall.

You’ll learn how to spot the difference, and what to change, so your brand actually drives pipeline.

If your content isn’t converting or your message keeps changing, this is the conversation you need.

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Beatrice Gutknecht is the Founder of Badassery by B, shifting how businesses are seen with ROI (like increasing brand value, AKA business value, and reducing sales and marketing costs) and practical operations-focused brand strategy, and Host of The Art of Branding Podcast.

Beatrice is a firm believer that the classic ‘rebrand’ is BS and a great way to spend a bunch of money while losing market share and trust and restart the growth cycle from scratch. What’s effective? Repositioning and refreshing your brand.

'Strategy Talks: Content Strategy for Small Teams', Season 5, is where content marketing meets real business results. Hosted by hands-on content strategist Dorien Morin-van Dam, each episode delivers a focused conversation with a guest expert who shares a specific, repeatable play. You'll leave with a clear problem definition and a set of steps you can take this week.

No fluff. No theory. Just strategy you can use.

New episodes each week! We stream live on LinkedIn, YouTube and Facebook.

Ever notice how the post is basically done… but somehow it never publishes?

That “last 10%” is where small teams lose momentum: endless tweaks, one more review, waiting on someone to approve it, waiting on someone to “have time.”

And here’s the hard truth: most small teams don’t have a content problem. They have a shipping problem.

In this episode, Dorien is joined by Robin J. Emdon, creator of GetResultsology, to break down what’s actually happening when smart teams procrastinate, and how to replace the chaos with a simple system that compounds: clear ownership, a real definition of done, and lightweight accountability that doesn’t add more meetings.

If your content is stuck in draft mode, this is your reset, so you can ship consistently and get results.

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Robin J. Emdon is the creator of GetResultsology® – The Science of Getting Stuff Done!, a practical system designed to help solopreneurs and self-starters overcome procrastination, build momentum, and follow through on what matters most. Known as The Procrastination Slayer and The Momentum Architect, Robin helps turn scattered effort into consistent progress — one focused action at a time.

Robin's FREE resources

1. 5-Days to Skyrocket Your Productivityand Kick Procrastination to the Curb!
2. Really Useful Tips (FREE GetResultsology Book - PDF)

'Strategy Talks: Content Strategy for Small Teams', Season 5, is where content marketing meets real business results. Hosted by hands-on content strategist Dorien Morin-van Dam, each episode delivers a focused conversation with a guest expert who shares a specific, repeatable play. You'll leave with a clear problem definition and a set of steps you can take this week.

No fluff. No theory. Just strategy you can use.

New episodes each week! We stream live on LinkedIn, YouTube and Facebook.