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Interview Connections | The Leading Podcast Booking Agency
Sold His Agency, Found His Calling: Steve Guberman’s Story
Episode OverviewSteve Guberman joins Jessica for a wide-ranging conversation that goes far beyond business strategy. From an accidental agency exit to an unimaginable loss, to launching a coaching practice, Steve shares the real, unfiltered story behind his company, Agency Outsight, and why authentic human connection is at the heart of everything he does.Key Topics CoveredThe Accidental Exit Steve never planned to sell his agency. After nine years of building it, burnout hit fast — triggered by losing a seven-figure anchor client and the painful layoffs that followed. On his br...
2026-03-19
31 min
Brand Groupies
#72 Steve Guberman of Agency Outsight
Steve Guberman is an experienced agency founder turned advisor who now helps agencies grow and strengthen their operations at Agency Outsight. In this episode, Steve shares his journey from launching and growing an agency in 2006 to selling it in 2015, and how those experiences shaped his approach to leadership and growth. He discusses the importance of niching early, delegating effectively, and building a clear long-term vision while balancing personal and business priorities. Steve also explores emerging industry trends, including AI, remote staffing models, and the power of podcasting as a thought-leadership and business development tool. Tune in for practical insights...
2026-03-10
30 min
Agency Darlings
047: The Delegation Mistakes That Keep Founders in the Weeds
Leadership is hard. Leading while running a business, managing a team of freelancers, and trying not to burn yourself out in the process? Even harder.In this episode, Melissa and Meredith sit down with Steve Guberman, founder of Agency Outsight, former agency owner who scaled to 12 people before selling, and now an agency coach who's helped hundreds of founders navigate the messy middle of growth.They get into the real stuff: How do you delegate without feeling like you're losing control? What does it actually look like to shift from doer to CEO? And what...
2026-02-17
47 min
Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy
Chapter 192: Day Tripper
In this study of Generation X manners, Cammie Smith (Winona Ryder), the valedictorian of her college class, camcords her friends in a mock documentary of post-education life. Bobby Fletcher (young Jimmy Fallon) is her best friend, a perpetually unemployed musical slacker. Hadassah Guberman (Janeane Garofalo) is a manager at the Gap who worries about the results of an A.I.D.S. test, while Terrence Catheter (Steve Zahn) has problems grappling with his sexuality. When Cammie meets Karl Malone (young Jimmy Kimmel), an earnest video executive who takes her homemade video to his MTV-like station, she must decide what...
2025-12-10
35 min
Garlic Marketing Show
How Niching Down Doubled This Agency’s Revenue and Helped Sell Another
What if the fastest way to grow your agency was by narrowing your focus, not broadening it?Steve Guberman is a seasoned agency leader and entrepreneur who knows firsthand the challenges of scaling without focus. After years of running a struggling generalist agency, he discovered the power of niching down that tripled his profitability, and eventually sold his business. Along the way, he uncovered the hidden costs of ‘figuring it out,’ the dangers of chasing every client, and why desperation almost always leads to bad deals.You’ll also hear real stories: how a manu...
2025-09-03
38 min
Content Lessons with Justin
How to Use Podcasting to Amplify Your Brand | ft. Steve Guberman | Content Lessons with Justin
In this episode, Justin sits down with Steve Guberman to unpack how podcasting can be so much more than another piece of marketing—it can actually become a powerful tool for business development.They talk about how podcasts help you grow your reach, build brand authority, and most importantly, create meaningful connections with the people you want to serve. You’ll also hear practical strategies and real-world examples for turning a podcast into an asset that works long after the mic is turned off.If you’ve been wondering how to...
2025-09-02
21 min
Agency Leadership Podcast
What to do when agency employees continue to over-service clients
In this episode, Chip and Gini focus on the issue of employees over-servicing clients. They discuss the reasons behind over-servicing, including fear of client dissatisfaction and insufficient initial project scopes. The hosts emphasize the importance of educating employees on the long-term negative impacts, both on agency profitability and client relationships. They advocate for involving employees in strategic planning and scoping processes to ensure accurate budgeting and foster accountability. Chip and Gini also highlight the benefits of regular communication and collaboration with team members to prevent recurring problems and enhance overall agency efficiency. Key...
2025-07-31
18 min
Agency Leadership Podcast
What to do when agency employees continue to over-service clients
In this episode, Chip and Gini focus on the issue of employees over-servicing clients. They discuss the reasons behind over-servicing, including fear of client dissatisfaction and insufficient initial project scopes. The hosts emphasize the importance of educating employees on the long-term negative impacts, both on agency profitability and client relationships. They advocate for involving employees in strategic planning and scoping processes to ensure accurate budgeting and foster accountability. Chip and Gini also highlight the benefits of regular communication and collaboration with team members to prevent recurring problems and enhance overall agency efficiency. Key...
2025-07-31
18 min
The Million Dollar Agency
#29 From Freelancer to 7-Figure Coach: Steve Guberman’s Agency Playbook
Want to know more? Message us here!"If you're still doing $10/hr tasks as an agency owner… you're robbing your business blind."In this episode of The Million Dollar Agency, Patric sits down with longtime agency veteran and coach Steve Guberman, who’s helped hundreds of founders escape the hamster wheel and scale with intention.🔍 We break down the real cost of doing it all, how to delegate without losing control, and the exact 6P Framework Steve uses to turn overwhelmed freelancers into process-driven CEOs.💡 You’ll learn:
2025-05-13
43 min
Agency Leadership Podcast
Limiting scope creep from the start
In this episode, Chip and Gini delve into the topic of scope creep in agencies. They discuss the bell curve of profitability and the importance of setting clear expectations from the first client conversation. They highlight strategies like dividing projects into 90-day scopes to regularly reassess goals and deliverables. The duo emphasizes the significance of internal communication, developing a culture of transparency, and ensuring team members understand project scope and costs. They also stress the need to build flexibility and cushion into initial pricing to manage minor scope changes and avoid financial strain. Finally, they...
2025-05-08
00 min
Agency Leadership Podcast
Limiting scope creep from the start
In this episode, Chip and Gini delve into the topic of scope creep in agencies. They discuss the bell curve of profitability and the importance of setting clear expectations from the first client conversation. They highlight strategies like dividing projects into 90-day scopes to regularly reassess goals and deliverables. The duo emphasizes the significance of internal communication, developing a culture of transparency, and ensuring team members understand project scope and costs. They also stress the need to build flexibility and cushion into initial pricing to manage minor scope changes and avoid financial strain. Finally, they...
2025-05-08
00 min
INspired INsider Podcast
[Top Agency Series] Scaling Sustainably in Agencies With Steve Guberman of Agency Outsight
Steve Guberman is the Founder of Agency Outsight, a firm that guides creative, digital, and marketing agency owners toward achieving sustainable growth and overcoming operational challenges. He is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience in the creative, marketing, advertising, and public relations industries. In 2006, Steve founded his creative agency, which he successfully led for a decade before its acquisition by a PR firm in 2015. Following the acquisition, he played a pivotal role in transforming the firm into a full-service strategic communications agency. In this episode… Many agency owners chase arbitrary goals like hitting a...
2025-04-17
55 min
Chats with Chip
CWC 104: How agency owners can avoid scope creep (featuring Steve Guberman)
In this episode, Chip talks with Steve Guberman of Agency Outsight about coaching agency owners through problems that they universally face. Steve shares insights into setting realistic expectations with clients, avoiding over-servicing, and adjusting scopes and pricing appropriately. Key topics include continuous communication, team involvement in the sales process, and the value of postmortems to learn from both successes and failures. Additionally, they discuss the benefits of asking questions, remaining curious, and leveraging referrals and testimonials for business growth. [read the transcript] The post CWC 104: How agency owners can avoid scope cr...
2025-02-12
31 min
The Deep Specialization™ Podcast
Building a Burnout-Proof Agency That Can Scale w/ Steve Guberman
Sick of burning out with little growth to show for it? In this episode, Corey welcomes Steve Guberman, an agency coach and Founder of Agency Outsight, to find out what it takes to build and scale a sustainable, thriving agency without burning out. Steve shares wisdom from his journey through the agency world and the hard-earned lessons that shaped his approach to leadership, specialization, and long-term success.From niching down to leveraging AI and mastering delegation, Steve breaks down the strategies agency owners need to move from reactive to proactive - and achieve an ROI that reflects...
2025-02-12
49 min
The Deep Specialization™ Podcast
Building a Burnout-Proof Agency That Can Scale w/ Steve Guberman
Sick of burning out with little growth to show for it? In this episode, Corey welcomes Steve Guberman, an agency coach and Founder of Agency Outsight, to find out what it takes to build and scale a sustainable, thriving agency without burning out. Steve shares wisdom from his journey through the agency world and the hard-earned lessons that shaped his approach to leadership, specialization, and long-term success.From niching down to leveraging AI and mastering delegation, Steve breaks down the strategies agency owners need to move from reactive to proactive - and achieve an ROI that reflects...
2025-02-12
49 min
Chats with Chip
How agency owners can avoid scope creep (featuring Steve Guberman)
In this episode, Chip talks with Steve Guberman of Agency Outsight about coaching agency owners through problems that they universally face. Steve shares insights into setting realistic expectations with clients, avoiding over-servicing, and adjusting scopes and pricing appropriately. Key topics include continuous communication, team involvement in the sales process, and the value of postmortems to learn from both successes and failures. Additionally, they discuss the benefits of asking questions, remaining curious, and leveraging referrals and testimonials for business growth.
2025-02-03
31 min
The Digital Agency Growth Podcast
Graduating Out of Owner-Led Sales
As an agency owner, transitioning from referrals to a scalable sales system can feel overwhelming. In this special episode of The Digital Agency Growth Podcast, our host Dan Englander takes the guest seat on Agency Bites with Steve Guberman to share actionable insights and strategies for agency growth. This week, episode 246 of The Digital Agency Growth Podcast is about building trust, creating scalable sales systems, and transitioning from owner-led sales to predictable growth! Watch our latest video training, How to Take Charge of Your Agency’s Future Revenue. During this training, you’ll le...
2025-01-22
33 min
The Digital Agency Growth Podcast
Graduating Out of Owner-Led Sales
As an agency owner, transitioning from referrals to a scalable sales system can feel overwhelming. In this special episode of The Digital Agency Growth Podcast, our host Dan Englander takes the guest seat on Agency Bites with Steve Guberman to share actionable insights and strategies for agency growth. This week, episode 246 of The Digital Agency Growth Podcast is about building trust, creating scalable sales systems, and transitioning from owner-led sales to predictable growth! Watch our latest video training, How to Take Charge of Your Agency’s Future Revenue. During this training, you’ll le...
2025-01-22
33 min
Agency Forward
038 Steve Guberman: Turning Creative Chaos into Business Clarity
Hey everyone, today I’m joined by Steve Guberman, founder of Agency Outsight and a business coach for agency owners. Steve has successfully launched, grown, and sold thriving agencies and now helps other agency leaders achieve balance, profitability, and operational excellence.I wanted to bring Steve on the show because his expertise in helping agency owners transition from creative professionals to effective business leaders is invaluable for anyone looking to scale and streamline their agency.In this episode, we discuss:How to transition from accidental agency owner to confident leader.The keys to effective go...
2025-01-07
32 min
Operation Agency Freedom - The #1 Podcast for Digital Agency Owners Who Want to Scale and Exit Their Business
178 OAF: Impostor Syndrome, Impersonal Goals, and Other Challenges with Steve Guberman
🎙️ Welcome to another exciting episode of Operation Agency Freedom! 🎙️ In Episode 178, our host Chris sits down with the insightful and experienced Steve Guberman, founder of Agency Outside and host of the "Agency Bites" podcast. With over 25 years in the agency space, Steve brings a wealth of knowledge to our discussion, touching on the challenges and triumphs of self-taught design during the COVID era, the invaluable role of drive and passion in learning, and the essence of living a life of service. Steve shares his journey from a soul-crushing stint in corporate America back to the creative a...
2024-10-31
30 min
The Digital Agency Growth Podcast
Steve Guberman on Overcoming Burnout and Building Successful Agencies
With a current economic downturn affecting agencies with slowed growth and uncertainty, many owners likely feel less than stellar about their businesses. But rather than get discouraged, now is the time to focus on strategic positioning, client retention, and, most importantly, your self-esteem and confidence in yourself and your agency. Steve Guberman is with us today, using his over 25 years in the creative, marketing, advertising, and PR industry, including a decade spent running and eventually selling his successful agency, to share insights into avoiding low self-esteem, avoiding burnout, defining your agency’s unique goals, and more. This week, episode 232 of...
2024-10-16
48 min
The Digital Agency Growth Podcast
Steve Guberman on Overcoming Burnout and Building Successful Agencies
With a current economic downturn affecting agencies with slowed growth and uncertainty, many owners likely feel less than stellar about their businesses. But rather than get discouraged, now is the time to focus on strategic positioning, client retention, and, most importantly, your self-esteem and confidence in yourself and your agency. Steve Guberman is with us today, using his over 25 years in the creative, marketing, advertising, and PR industry, including a decade spent running and eventually selling his successful agency, to share insights into avoiding low self-esteem, avoiding burnout, defining your agency’s unique goals, and more. This week, episode 232 of...
2024-10-16
48 min
Increase Your Impact
Steve Guberman on picking a niche + staying true to it
2024-07-09
59 min
Dead Tour Tales
Pete Sawyer of Brightshine and Pete Sawyer and The Left Hand Monkey Wrench Gang
Pete Sawyer is a songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and producer based in Santa Cruz, Ca. Sawyer is known for his kinetic songwriting, distinctive electric guitar style and soulful vocals that have been prominently featured in bands Seconds On End, Echo Street, Brightshine and Pete Sawyer and The Left Hand Monkey Wrench Gang. Pete saw his first Grateful Dead show during his senior year of college by catching 3 nights at the Richfield Coliseum in 1991 and his life path was set from then on! He went to as many shows as possible, including having seen Jerry play live over 50 times f...
2023-11-30
1h 27
Creative Outcomes
Steve Guberman: From Agency Owner to Agency Coach
Join us as we interview Steve Guberman from Agency Outsight. Having previously started and sold his creative shop, Steve now takes those lessons learned and helps coach agency owners. Tune in to learn about his journey. For additional help, contact us at https://upsourcedaccounting.com/contact-us/
2023-05-31
40 min
Creative Agency Success Show
Get Agency Insight from Agency Outsight with Steve Guberman
“I think right now the biggest problem is people, whether it's hiring or internal leadership challenges—people understanding how to lead generational shifts, work-from-home shifts, or cultural shifts. So, people in general is a constant; turnover is huge right now. The job market in the agency space is very cutthroat. People are getting stolen from agencies at premiums.” Steve GubermanThe finer details of this episode:Today’s biggest challenges in the digital agency industry Benefits of having a coach for agency owners (culture, leadership, operations, procedures, growth, etc.) Evaluating the health of your agency and when t...
2023-02-13
34 min
Reputation Matters
The Importance of Your Online Presence and How to Improve it with Outsight’s Steve Guberman
Steve Guberman is a strategic digital marketing leader with extensive experience in Enterprise-level search engine optimization, email marketing/campaign delivery, search marketing, and e-commerce. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Reputation Matters:Steve’s 20-year long experience working in customer relationsHow you build a trusted relationship with a clientThe importance of using innovation to show your clients you careThe biggest pushbacks Scott gets from clients when he talks about online reviewsThe importance of having authenticity in your online presenceThe best thing you can do to improve your onli...
2021-04-05
18 min
Mission Driven: Inspired Notable Conversations
Mission Driven | Ep 6 | The Entrepreneurs Entrepreneur | Chris Vaglio and Steve Guberman
In this episode of Mission Driven we discuss the help entrepreneurs need as they start—and as they grow. Chris Vaglio took time over the past few months to regroup and create an agency that helps entrepreneurs and creative find their way—or a new way—and succeed. Steve Guberman left corporate life to pursue his passion of helping people find their way as they start a new endeavor. Both men use decades of experience to help their clients and grow their business. What got you here will not get you there! Chris Vaglio: ht...
2020-10-19
19 min
EDGE of the Web - The Best SEO Podcast for Today's Digital Marketer
Google Tag Manager Hacks w/Steve Guberman
Steve Guberman, Director of Search Marketing of GolfNow.com, dives deep into Google Tag Manager with the EdgeTalk crew this week. Most search marketers are familiar with the Google Tag Manager tool, but how well do you know what all it actually can do? With a little imagination, Google Tag Manager […] The post EP 195: Google Tag Manager Hacks w/Steve Guberman appeared first on Digital Marketing Podcast | SEO Podcast | Edge of the Web.
2016-10-06
1h 25
Search Engine Journal Show
NBC's Golf Channel's Steve Guberman on Google Tag Manager | #MarketingNerds
Steve Guberman breaks down what Google's Tag Manager is, what it can do for publishers and businesses, as well as providing some interesting use cases you may just want to try yourself. The post NBC's Golf Channel's Steve Guberman on Google Tag Manager | #MarketingNerds appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
2016-03-11
24 min
Inside PR
Inside PR #146 - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Comments? Send us an email or an audio comment to insideprcomments@gmail.com, visit the Inside PR Blubrry site, or leave us a comment on the Inside PR show blog. This week on Inside PR Terry Fallis, David Jones, and Martin Waxman discuss the next steps for journalists who have been laid off and how these layoffs will affect the PR profession and welcome a comment from Steve Mullen. Show Notes: 00:27 Terry opens the show. 00:54 Terry and Dave introduce a comment from Steve Mullen of...
2009-01-14
31 min