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The Scratch Agency Podcast

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The Scratch Agency Podcast is a business podcast hosted by The Scratch Agency Podcast. It has 161 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

The Scratch Agency Podcast is for scratch insurance agents by scratch insurance agents. Shawn Fitzgerald and Stephen Turnbull discuss all aspects of opening a new insurance agency and provide real-life examples of their experiences. Whether it's obtaining new carrier appointments, sales strategies, virtual assistants, or marketing The Scratch Agency Podcast dives into what you need to know to kill it in the scratch agency game.

business ·en-us ·161 episodes

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1

Building a Scratch Agency with Partners | The LionSure Playbook

2

How Nicholas Sakha Built a $28M Agency Through Content & Consistency

3

How Rick J. Lindsey Is Fixing the Broken Insurance Market | The Story Behind XINSURANCE & Specialty Risk

4

Restarting From Scratch (Again) with LUIS LEAL | Independence, Niches & Building Smarter the Second Time

5

Selling Smart: How Rob Bowen Turned Growth into Leverage | From Farmers to Independence to Strategic Exit

6

From High School to Niche Authority with Hunter Nelson | Trucking Insurance, Content & Scaling Young

7

Vision, Growth & Scaling Smart with Jeff Roy | From Scratch to Strategic Scale

8

Cash Flow, Trust Accounting & Financial Discipline | Avoiding the Most Costly Agency Mistakes

9

Evolving AMS, Empowering Agents with Rushang Shah | HawkSoft, AI & Data Ownership

10

From Quote & Hope to Precision Qualifying | How to Pre-Filter Leads Like a Pro

11

Hiring Your First Producer with Tamron Manning | Expectations vs. Reality

12

New Year, New Focus | Big Goals, Gifting & Smarter Tech Stacks

13

AI Hype vs. Real Impact | How to Filter Tools That Actually Move the Needle

14

2025 Recap with Stephen & Shawn | Paid Ads, Producer Hires & Planning Chaos

15

Planning with Purpose with Don Shampine | Annual Themes, Team Buy-In & Culture that Sticks

16

How to Build a Remote Referral Machine with No Cold Calls with Beth DeLaForest

17

Building Producers from the Ground Up with Billy Wagner | Pathways, Planning & Leadership That Sticks

18

Selling Insurance Inside a Dealership with James Itell

19

From Reshop Chaos to Proactive Control: Our Exact Renewal Process

20

Hiring Against the Grain | Part-Time, Remote, and Building on Your Terms

21

How Aaron Farmer Built a Flood Insurance Empire | From Captive Agent to MGA Success

22

How to Run Team Meetings Like a Pro | Structure, Culture & Vision for Scratch Agencies

23

Why Leadership and Legacy Matter More Than Leads by Jason Kilgo

24

Growing Through Acquisitions with Josh Dott - Systems, Strategy & Scaling

25

David Watson Reveals the Future of Agency Tech

26

How I Turned $4K Into $37K Using Google Ads Insurance Lead Gen That Actually Works

27

THROWBACK: TSAP Community Call - Annual Planning With Brett Young

28

THROWBACK: Writing One Million in Premium Year One with Mike Sharp

29

THROWBACK: Building a Scratch Insurance Agency with Dr. Billy Williams

30

From Private Equity to Insurance Leadership wtih Michael Streit

31

The First 90 Days as a Scratch Agent with Brian Mahon

32

From Scratch Agent to Restaurant MGA with Brennen Grone

33

Do Leads Actually Work? with Andrew Rasson

34

Doing It From Scratch...Twice with Colton Hunter

35

How To Launch a Podcast and Make Real Connections

36

Year Three with Jason Armogida

37

Day in the Life of a Scratch Agent

38

The Scratch Agency Mindset in an AI World

39

MTV Spring Break Webinar: How Virtual Employees Can Give You the Break You Deserve!

40

The AI Customer Service Rep, with Nikhil Kansal

41

Simplifying AI in your Agency with Landry Fields

42

The Evolution of Prime Risk with Kody Houk

43

Stephen & Shawn Talk AI in their Agencies

44

From CSR to Agency Owner with Elis Umana

45

Quote Vids + Agency Proposals with David Watson

46

Whitney Ricci on Vision, Hiring, and Building a Scalable Agency

47

Builders Risk, Terrorism Coverage & Wholesaler Wins with James Monreale

48

From Zoom to the Room | Spring Webinar & DC Meetup Preview

49

Building Business Through Schools with Scott Cox

50

Streamlining Agency Operations with AI with Mitch Gibson

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