The Ultimate List of Agency Coaches for 2025

Ever asked yourself ‘What do real agency leaders do?’ The short answer is, they invest in learning from others. So, if you’re an agency owner looking at 2025 wondering how you’re going to achieve your goals, consider this list a showcase of the top coaches, groups and resources in the agency industry.

The role of Agency Consultants & Coaches

Agency Consultants exist to help agencies improve their performance across an array of areas. They’re here ultimately to help you solve whatever is keeping your agency from reaching its full potential.

Perhaps you need guidance with pre-sale, such as lead gen, closing, marketing, etc. Whether your struggle is with getting more clients and generating new business, figuring out systems for delivering work and scaling operations, or leveling up your operations or financial insight.

Whatever it is keeping your agency at (or below) sea level, this list should point you towards the people we trust to help you improve in those areas and more.

The Merits of Digital Agency Coaching

In simple terms – it’s a shortcut.

How long would it take you to learn the ins and outs of every facet of your business? Add to the fact that the landscape changes so quickly; by the time you learn everything, you run the risk of being left for dust. Only then will you realize the true value of a coach.

Agency Coaching shortcuts the learning curve that may be in a transitional phase. Maybe it’s your next stage of growth, or the first time you’re bringing on an *insert applicable role here*… Whatever it may be, you haven’t done it before and costly mistakes are inevitable – irrespective of your legendary rockstar status!

Coaches bring a necessary level of expertise born from consistently collaborating with agencies like yours. They will teach you best practices that took them years to figure out, thus helping you reach results – in record time.

Does your Digital Agency Require a coach?

There’s an abundance of specializations that an agency coach can help you tackle. Let’s look at it from the POV of “what you’re struggling with right now”. You can bet there’s someone out there who knows how to jump your specific hurdle.

Ask yourself if you’re struggling with the following…

• Getting over your scaling bottlenecks
• Consistently keeping a full pipeline
• Profitability in general
• Knowing if certain projects are profitable at all
• Project Scope, Budgeting, Timelines
• Employee Retention
• Client Retention

If the above ring any bells, you could benefit from an agency coach. In doing so, you will get the answers you need, without having to learn through trial and error.

So, behold our lineup of Agency Coaches for 2025. Buckle up, you’re in for an informative ride!

Parakeeto

Why not kick off proceedings with what we’re up to at Parakeeto?! We exist exclusively to solve profitability problems. We help digital agencies account for every dollar of profit they’re missing by installing a proven, full-service Agency Reporting System. This is done without changing your tools or creating more work for your team. If you know your agency has the potential to skyrocket, but not sure where you’re going awry, we could be your solution. Watch this vid to see if we’re a good fit.

Side note: our Agency Profit Toolkit is a one stop shop for you to be able to outline some of these crucial profitability numbers to a potential buyer. Spreadsheets, templates and training videos, you name it, it’s all in the toolkit. Grab yours free at the link below:

Jason Swenk

Over 10,000 agencies in 23 different countries have used Jason Swenk‘s framework to sustainably scale their digital agencies. Jason is a long-time agency coach/mentor/advisor specializing in growth, with a particular niche helping systemize agencies to ultimately increase profits.

Jason appeared on Ep. 22 of the Agency Profit Podcast where the topic was eliminating scope creep, improving profits, and getting paid faster.

Website: jasonswenk.com

Drew McLellan @ Agency Management Institute

Drew McLellan is CEO of Agency Management Institute, an online membership community offering webinars, courses, workshops, podcasts, and blog posts, all centered on helping agencies to be more stable, sustainable, and scalable.

Drew joined us for our milestone 50th installment of the Agency Profit Podcast where the topic is centered around critical metrics you need to know to monitor the health/performance of your agency.

Website: agencymanagementinstitute.com

Mandi Ellefson @ Hands-Off CEO

Mandi Ellefson is the founder of Hands-Off CEO, where she helps consulting and service-based agencies increase profits by improving their pricing and positioning. Her “Scale to Freedom” method focuses on removing the founder from day-to-day operations, while training operations leaders and repositioning offers to command premium fees.

Mandi joined us on episode #129 of the Agency Profit Podcast to share how agencies can double their fees by repositioning their offers and pricing based on outcomes.

Website: handsoffceo.com

Corey Quinn

Corey has a 25-year record of extraordinary success as an entrepreneur, agency sales leader, and agency marketing executive. His most recent in-house role was Scorpion’s Chief Marketing Officer. While there, the SMB-focused agency grew from $20 to $150M in recurring revenue under seven years.

Today, he is on a mission to help 1,000 agency owners transform their businesses from market generalists to vertical market specialists in order to unlock sales, grow customer loyalty, and gain time freedom.

Website: coreyquinn.com

John Meyer @ Leadmore

John has built and sold two creative agencies for 7-figure exits. After his recent sale of Lemonly, which helped the world’s best brands tell their story, John is now coaching creative agency founders scale their teams to $1m+ in annual revenue. John launched January to provide 1on1 coaching to help move founders from working IN the business to working ON the business. 

Website: leadmore.com

Robert Da Costa

UK-based agency Da Costa Coaching specializes in marketing agency growth. If you’ve hit a roadblock and find yourself saying:

“I need more new business inquiries”

“I wish we were more profitable”

“I’m ready to scale my agency”

“I wish the agency was less dependent on me”

Then, it’s probably the perfect time to involve a coach like Rob.

Another recent guest of ours, Robert shared his expertise in niching and specialization, plus why it could be the key to unlocking higher, more sustainable profits.

Website: dacostacoaching.co.uk

Brad Farris @ Anchor Advisors

Brad Farris is the Principal Advisor at Anchor Advisors, where he’s spent over 20 years helping agencies in the $1M–$5M revenue range grow sustainably. Brad specializes in helping founders step out of the day-to-day, strengthen their leadership, and build systems that enable scale. His coaching focuses on mindset, pricing strategy, hiring, and creating structure around key operational cadences.

He offers 1:1 coaching, masterminds, and is a frequent speaker at agency-focused events. Brad also appears on podcasts like Agency Bytes, The Innovative Agency, and Clara CFO, where he shares actionable advice on scaling, delegation, and agency leadership.

We sat down w/ Brad on episode #101 of the Agency Profit Podcast.

Website: anchoradvisors.com

Brian Kessman @ Lodestar Agency Consulting

Brian Kessman is the founder and principal consultant at Lodestar Agency Consulting, where he helps creative agencies shift from billable hours to outcome-driven, scalable models. He specializes in strategy, value-led pricing, and organizational redesign, empowering agencies to improve margins and grow predictable revenue

Website: lodestaragencyconsulting.com

Tim Thompson @ RevThink

Tim Thompson is the founder and Chief Revolution Thinker at RevThink, a consultancy that helps creative studios balance creativity and profitability. He applies frameworks like The Factors Method™ and focuses on pricing strategy, operational systems, and studio leadership.

In episode #171 of the Agency Profit Podcast, Tim shared how agencies can stop overspending and start pricing for profit through smarter contracts and clearer value exchange.

Website: revthink.com

Audrey Joy Kwan @ AJK Consulting

Audrey Joy Kwan is a leadership, systems, and scaling coach for creative and marketing agencies. Through her AJK Consulting and Agency Together community, she guides small-agency founders to reduce stress and build scalable operations with strong leadership and processes.

On episode #143 of the Agency Profit Podcast, Audrey shared how agency leaders can adapt their leadership style to better empower their team.

Website: audreyjoykwan.com

Matt Essam @ Creative Life Accelerator

Matt Essam is the founder of Creative Life Accelerator, where he helps creative studio owners scale profitably and build businesses that support creative fulfillment. He runs one-to-one coaching programs and workshops tailored for established freelancers and small agencies.

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Website: mattessam.co.uk

The Bureau of Digital

The Bureau of Digital is a diverse mix of digital professionals collaborating across the digital agency space. A community of over 8,000 product owners, design leaders, project managers, among others, The Bureau is the go-to on-demand resource bringing collaboration opportunities, guidance, and invaluable feedback.

The founder of The Bureau, Carl Smith, was featured on Ep. 4 of our Agency Profit Podcast where he discusses his biggest lessons from a lifetime of #agencylife.

Website: bureauofdigital.com

Chris Bantock @ Agency Adventure

Chris Bantock is the founder of Agency Adventure, a community and coaching hub built to help agency owners grow with clarity and confidence. He offers support through curated retreats, small-group masterminds, and 1:1 coaching, all designed to help leaders step back from day-to-day operations and focus on long-term growth.

We sat down w/ Chris on episode #76 of the Agency Profit Podcast – here’s what he had to say.

Website: agency-adventure.com

Christian Banach

Christian is the Principal of Christian Banach LLC, which sees him collaborate with advertising agencies and marketing services companies. He aids new biz dev strategies, helping agencies land 6-7 figure deals predictably – without that risky RFP process.

We had 30 glorious minutes to pick Christian’s brain on Ep. 71 of the Agency Profit Podcast. Watch here to see how his team could help your business.

Website: christianbanach.com

Dan Englander @ Sales Schema

As founder of Sales Schema, Dan helps mid-to-large marketing agencies drive new business. They execute done-for-you programs, thus generating consistent deal-flow opportunities for clients. He’s also the host of The Digital Agency Growth podcast, where you can listen to successful agency owners talk about how they’re getting their new biz dev done.

Website: salesschema.com

Jody Sutter @ The Sutter Company

Founder of the Sutter Company, Jody Sutter, is committed to helping small marketing agencies win more new business via coaching, consulting, and done-with-you models. Her team helps optimize your pitch and even has workshops dedicated to sharpening core business development skills so that you are in control of your agency’s new business destiny.

We had the privilege of speaking with Jody on Ep. 55 of the Agency Profit Podcast, where the topic was operationalizing your new business development with routines and rituals. Learn how to set a sustainable foundation for your new biz dev by listening/watching here.

Website: thesuttercompany.com

Peter Levitan

Peter works with small to medium size agencies in the USA and abroad in advertising, digital, PR and design. His services include 1 on 1 coaching (primarily with CEOs) and detailed business development plans (from positioning to messaging – outbound and inbound to process including program assessment).

Peter applies his large USA and international agency biz dev management, medium agency CEO/ownership and client CEO experience to his agency growth program. His system is based on the art & science of business development and is designed to make your agency unignorable.

Website: peterlevitan.com

GYDA Initiative

GYDA (Grow Your Digital Agency) is a coaching and advisory collective led by agency veterans like Robert Craven and Janusz Stabik. They provide strategic support to digital agency owners through mastermind groups, 1:1 coaching, and consulting. The initiative focuses on helping agencies build scalable, profitable businesses, offering resources on leadership, pricing, delivery models, and more.

We had the pleasure of speaking to Robert on Ep. 7, where he outlined the three key pillars of a world-class agency. Want to learn whether your agency’s foundational pillars are in line? Listen now!

Website: gyda.co

Karl Sakas @ Sakas and Company

Karl Sakas is an agency coach that has worked with more than 400 agencies by solving immediate problems, while also building better underlying systems to prevent future issues. He does this by helping you implement smart strategy, smooth execution, and cultivate strong agency leadership.

We chatted with Karl on Ep. 9 of the #APP, centered around one question: are you building your agency to sell or to own? There is a big difference in terms of process; check out this episode to see if you’ve been doing it right.

Website: sakasandcompany.com

Chip Griffin @ Small Agency Growth

With two decades of experience running successful communications businesses, Chip Griffin has transitioned to coaching (or, as he would like to call it, a confidential sounding board and advisor) for PR & marketing agencies. As someone who has been in your seat before, he helps across a range of topics such as Growth, Positioning, Staffing, Partnerships, Client Challenges, M&A, Investments, and Leadership.

Ep. 28 of #APP sees Marcel and Chip diving into the ever-relevant topic of scoping projects (and protecting your profits).

Website: smallagencygrowth.com

Tim Kilroy

Agency Coach Tim Kilroy has worked with over 100 marketing agencies, solving a wide breadth of problems – from client acquisition and retention to creating more revenue, and profit. His Agency Growth courses are tailored to the size of your agency – we all know it’s not a one-size-fits-all industry.

As it happens, Tim is an upcoming guest on our Agency Profit Podcast, so if you’re interested in hearing more – stay tuned!

Website: timkilroy.com

Greg Hickman @ AltAgency

Greg & the team at Alt Agency have coached over 500 agency owners and specialize in helping them productize their service so they can scale beyond (and/or out of) custom projects and 1:1 fulfillment and expanding revenue streams so they get paid for their knowledge and thinking.

Website: altagency.com

Josh Nelson @ Seven Figure Agency

Josh Nelson is on a mission to help 500 Agencies scale to 7 Figures over the next 5 years. After building his digital marketing agency Plumbing & HVAC SEO to multiple seven figures (making the Inc 5000 list 4 years in a row) he decided to share what worked for him with other growing agency owners. His book The Seven Figure Agency Roadmap is the top-rated agency growth book on Amazon and his passion for helping agencies grow & scale is evident in the success of his members. 

Website: sevenfigureagency.com

Chris Rudolph @ The Freedom Agency Coach

Chris Rudolph is a husband, father of three, and business coach for digital agencies. He specializes in helping them accelerate growth and eliminate hustle. Also, Chris is a national speaker at digital marketing conferences and has presented for companies like AgoraPulse, Foxwell Founders, Sendible, Verblio, RepStack, and Cloud Campaign. A Madison, Wisconsin native, Chris and his family relocated to Kona, Hawaii, where he runs his business coaching practice remotely and volunteers part-time, serving families in need. After selling off two businesses, there is one lesson Chris has learned along the way: it’s challenging to do it alone. To be successful and finish well, you need a coach, just like any serious athlete.

Chris Rudolph, The Freedom Agency Coach

Website: freedomagencycoach.com

Anthony Gindin @ Agency Different

Anthony Gindin is the founder and CEO of Agency Different, where he helps agencies productize and systemize strategic, human-led services to achieve repeatable, profitable growth, especially in the age of AI. He’s built and sold multiple agencies, taken companies public, and authored the international bestseller The Agency Secret

Website: anthonygindin.com

David C Baker @ Punctuation

When it comes to positioning, there is no one we trust more than business growth coach David C Baker. Working with firms in the creative agency & digital agency space to solve their positioning and lead generation issues, David’s advice comes with years of demonstrated success backing it up. He’s also the author of multiple books, TEDx speaker, and co-host of the 2Bobs podcast alongside Blair Enns.

We had the pleasure of David’s company on Ep. 48 of #APP.

Website: punctuation.com

Blair Enns @ Win Without Pitching

Blair Enns is a 20-year veteran of the marketing industry, founding Win Without Pitching back in 2002. WWP offers sales and new biz dev training programs for owners and employees of design firms, ad agencies, and other creative businesses – providing the tools and confidence required to leave “most agencies” behind.

Ep. 15 sees Blair and Marcel delve into the concept of Win Without Pitching, and features tips on the fundamentals required to sell based on value, to command higher prices, and close more deals!

Website: winwithoutpitching.com

Melanie Chandruang @ WeConsult

Founder and Lead Ops Consultant at WeConsult, Melanie is a must-have on a list full of ops experts. WeConsult offers consulting (obvs) and operations support for creative agencies, with a focus on streamlining agency finances, ops, HR, and service offerings to lead to a more profitable business with less complexity (and headaches!)

We were delighted to speak with Melanie on Ep. 19, where she explained how to create a culture of operational excellence in your agency. Interested? You can view/read about the episode here.

Website: weconsult.io

Rachel Gertz @ Louder Than Ten

Rachel is the Co-Founder and CEO of Louder Than Ten, an agency offering digital project management training for digital agencies, departments, and product studios. Clients that have worked with Rachel’s team see productivity increases up to 40% and a reduction of project bleed by 27%. If you’re looking to upscale your existing team or train up a new PM, this is the expert for you.

Rachel recognizes that digital PMs are agency linchpins and wants to give back power to those leading projects. She outlines her mission to refine project management and ultimately deliver healthier, more profitable projects on this episode of the Agency Profit Podcast.

Website: louderthanten.com

Speaking of project management… do you have any insight into how profitable your individual projects are? With Parakeeto’s free Agency Profit Toolkit, you’ll get your own templates like the one below to review so that you know what’s up at your agency at all times:

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Ben Aston & Galen Low @ The Digital Project Manager

Ben & Galen are the founders of the DPM – a community for digital project managers brimming with templates, courses, workshops, and forums to help PMs up their game at managing and delivering projects. Recently, they’ve added a job board to connect you with like-minded agencies & talent.

As another recent guest on the Agency Profit Podcast, Ben chronicled the critical importance of project management and how to shift your process to make projects more predictable and less risky.

Website: thedigitalprojectmanager.com

Taylor McMaster @ Dot & Co.

Trailblazers in their space, the team at DOT & Company is the first agency dedicated to remote account management for agencies. They also offer training services to keep your Account Managers astride the top of their game.

Website: dotandcompany.co

Dev Basu @ Million Dollar Agency

Dev is the founder of the remote-first B2B SaaS Marketing Agency, Powered by Search. Having a management team has allowed his agency to to an 8-figure run rate, now growing 8-10% every month. He now also coaches digital agency owners to go find their first million dollars, or their next million dollars in recurring revenue through MillionDollarAgency.coach.

He’s been a guest on our podcast not once, but twice!

Website: milliondollaragency.coach

John Jantsch @ Duct Tape Marketing

John is an agency marketing firm speaker, consultant, and bestselling author of Duct Tape Marketing, among others. He helps independent marketing consultants and agency owners scale their business – and their life! His firm offers different levels of service based on unique needs, including programs that train, manage, and activate your marketing team, along with a marketing consultant network to connect you to the resources/answers you need.

John featured on Ep. 45 of #APP, where he discussed how to form strong client relationships by managing expectations, reinforcing the optimum outcome, and reverse engineering the client relationship.

Website: ducttapemarketing.com

Mike Reid @ Dent Global

If you’re looking to up your leadership or agency’s game, Mike Reid’s Dent Global offers multiple (and often free) accelerator courses, including StartUp, Becoming a Key Person of Influence, and Entrepreneur 21-day sprints. These accelerators include WebClasses, peer review, templates, and access to 1-on-1 coaching.

We took a deep dive with Mike for Ep. 60, tackling Dent’s service offerings, with a focus on how you can become a Key Person of Influence.

Website: dent.global

Robin Waite @ Fearless Business

Business coach Robin Waite is the founder of Fearless Business – a 12-week accelerator for coaches, consultants, and freelancers who want to confidently charge more for their services. This change is made possible by charging for results rather than time-for-money.

We also had a chance to sit down with Robin on Ep. 73, which outlines the shift in approach to pricing and productizing services.

Website: robinwaite.com

Rachel Jacobs @ eCommerceAgencyGrowth

Rachel is the leading trusted advisor for eCommerce agencies across the globe. From building scalable retainer models to coaching high-performing leadership teams, she works with eCommerce agencies to simplify the next steps in scaling their agency.

As a former COO of a leading eCommerce agency, she’s consulted with over 700+ and acted as fractional-COO for 80+ eCommerce agencies across the globe to help them implement best practice systems and processes to grow profitably. Leading authority in systematizing and scaling eCommerce agencies with a specific focus on maximizing agency efficiency, and enabling agency owners to get out of the day-to-day of running their agency. 

Website: ecommerceagencygrowth.com

Agency Owners: What’s your next step? Which area of coaching do you need in 2025?

We hope this list is a good guide. We think every successful agency should include coaching or consulting in their growth plans.