In this YouTube video, the presenter (Joshua Nelson of Seven Figure Agency) shares a curated list of the top podcasts that digital marketing agency owners should listen to in order to stay current on agency growth, marketing automation, client acquisition, retention, scaling, SEO, and social media. He begins by highlighting his own 7 Figure Agency Podcast, where he discusses how his agency grew to over $5 million in annual revenue and helped more than 118 agencies reach seven‑figure revenues, totaling over $250 million in cumulative revenue. He then recommends nine additional podcasts: Small Steady Steps, Smart Agency Podcast (hosted by Jason Swank), Build a Better Agency (Drew McClellan), The Growth Show (HubSpot), Marketing School (Neil Patel), The Gary Vee Experience, Social Media Marketing Podcast (Michael Stelzner), Duct Tape Marketing (John Jantsch), and Edge of the Web SEO Podcast. For each, he briefly describes the focus—whether it’s agency scaling, profitability, SEO, social media ads, or broader marketing strategy. He points viewers to a full list of 20 podcasts with direct links at 7figureagency.com/top-podcasts and invites audience comments on other valuable agency‑specific podcasts. The video’s purpose is to provide actionable listening resources that can help agency owners accelerate growth and stay ahead of industry trends.
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On this video, I want to share the top podcasts for digital marketing agency owners. So if you're an agency owner and you want to stay on the cutting edge of what's happening with digital marketing agencies, marketing automation, where digital marketing is going, these are the podcasts I recommend you listen to. Check it out. So there's lots of great podcasts and lots of great information about digital marketing. I want to share some of the, the digital marketing podcasts specific to running an agency, growing an agency, and remaining on the cutting edge. Now, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the 7 Figure Agency Podcast, because on that podcast I share some of my best ideas and strategies on how we've grown our digital marketing agency to over $5 million per year, how we've helped over 118 digital marketing agencies grow to 7 figures, and multiple 7 figures for cumulative revenue of over $250 million in annualized revenue. I also interview highly successful agencies from across the country on what they're doing to land clients, deliver results, retain, and scale. And so, I highly recommend if you're looking for a great podcast, you check out the 7 Figure Agency Podcast at 7figureagency.com/podcast. It's available on Apple iTunes, Spotify, all of your favorite podcast platforms. Now, of course, there's other great podcasters and other great thought leaders that I'm gonna recommend that I suggest you tune in and check out. So there's a great podcast called Small Steady Steps that is a great podcast that shares lots of ideas on growing and scaling your digital marketing agency. One of the longtime known experts in growing an agency is Jason Swank from the Smart Agency Podcast. He's got a great podcast. He talks about a lot of different aspects of growing, scaling, and taking your digital marketing agency to the next level. Build a Better Agency with Drew McClellan. Great podcast, really gets into great strategies around profitability, around client retention, around the, the really the, the ins and the outs of growing a truly successful digital marketing agency. The Growth Show by HubSpot. Not as specific to agencies, but I'm a big fan of HubSpot, their thought material, and their podcast is great called The Growth Show. When it comes to SEO, one of the biggest names in the industry is Neil Patel. He's got an amazing podcast called Marketing School. So this isn't 100% agency-specific, but if you wanna be on the cutting edge of what's changing in digital marketing with SEO, with all of the different aspects of it, this is a great podcast to listen to. I'm a huge fan of Gary Vee, The Gary Vee Experience. He's got a great, great podcast. Anytime you can sit down and listen to a couple minutes of Gary Vee, you're gonna be inspired, you're gonna be motivated, and you're gonna get some great insights and ideas on how to grow and scale. The Social Media Marketing with Michael Stelzner from The Social Examiner, very, a little bit more social specific, Facebook ads, Twitter, X, Instagram, lots of great information and content there. John Jantsch from Duct Tape Marketing, who's got an amazing book if you haven't ever read it called "Duct Tape Marketing." He does also talking a lot about building a CMO-type business, which is more marketing strategy and how to be a chief marketing officer Lots of great content and information there to level up how you think about marketing, not just in the digital sphere, but across the entire spectrum of how to generate better results for your clients. And number 10 on my list here would be Edge of the Web SEO Podcast. Just a great podcast, lots of great SEO-specific information. These are the first 10. I've got a list of 20 of my favorite podcasts I would invi— invite you to go check out. If you'd like to get the full list with the links so that you can add this straight to your favorite podcast RSS feed, you can go to 7figureagency.com/top-podcasts. I'll be adding to this as I get new podcasts that I start listening to that I think are great and relevant to the agency growth experience. So, that's 7figureagency.com/top-podcasts. Let me know in the comments, is there an agency-specific podcast you listen to that you love, that you get tons of value from? If so, please let me know that in the comments, and I look forward to talking with you again real soon.