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Chats with Chip — 91 episodes

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CWC 112: Building a Passion-Driven Agency (featuring Emily Allard)

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CWC 111: Providing your team with constructive feedback (featuring Ken Jacobs)

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CWC 110: Embracing change as an agency owner (featuring Tim Kilroy)

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CWC 109: Thought leadership for agency growth (featuring Melissa Vela-Williamson)

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CWC 108: Helping PR agency clients navigate a challenging communications climate (featuring Rachel Sales)

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CWC 107: How to support your team in times of stress (featuring Patrick Rogan)

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CWC 106: Client perspectives on agencies in 2025 (featuring Lee McKnight, Jr.)

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CWC 105: Communicating in the face of chaos, confusion, and conflict (featuring Karen Swim)

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CWC 104: How agency owners can avoid scope creep (featuring Steve Guberman)

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CWC 103: Building Effective Business Development Systems (featuring Jody Sutter)

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CWC 102: Content, consistency, and conversions for agency biz dev (featuring Lee McKnight Jr.)

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CWC 101: Expert advice on putting your agency in a position to succeed (featuring David C. Baker)

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CWC 100: Practical HR advice on new overtime and non-compete rules (featuring Patrick Rogan)

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CWC 99: Modernizing leadership in meetings (featuring Brad Farris)

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CWC 98: Storytelling and a helpfulness mindset for agency owners (featuring Kristian Alomá)

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CWC 97: Agency salary and compensation trends in 2024 (featuring Nicholas Petroski)

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CWC 96: Resiliency and remote teams in an agency (featuring Xaña Winans)

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CWC 95: Evolving as your agency grows (featuring Jason Swenk)

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CWC 94: How agencies should think about Wikipedia in 2023

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CWC 93: How to make conversations with your agency employees less difficult (featuring Allyns Melendez)

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CWC 92: Process matters for agencies (featuring Juliana Marulanda)

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CWC 91: Co-authoring a book with an all-star team (featuring Kami Huyse)

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CWC 90: Building a strong financial foundation for your agency (featuring Ryan Watson)

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CWC 89: Should Chip stop blindly hating RFPs for agencies?

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CWC 88: Jumpstarting your agency’s business development (featuring Adam Graham)

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CWC 87: Going from agency coach to agency leader (Part 2 of 2)

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CWC 86: Transitioning your agency to new leadership (Part 1 of 2)

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CWC 85: Grow your agency by developing relationships at scale (featuring Dan Englander)

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CWC 84: Leveraging overseas talent to grow your agency

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CWC 83: Getting a handle on your agency’s finances

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CWC 82: How to manage agency projects for profitable results

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CWC 81: The evolution of agency events (featuring Carl Smith)

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CWC 80: Growing an influencer marketing agency (featuring Jess Phillips and Dylan Conroy)

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CWC 79: Creating winning new business strategies for your agency (featuring Shannyn Lee)

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CWC 78: How agencies can manage the new work landscape (featuring Miles Everson)

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CWC 77: Managing your agency’s financials for better results (featuring Chris Hervochon)

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CWC 62: The power of creativity and community in difficult times (featuring Carl Smith)

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CWC 61: Transitioning agency ownership to the next generation (featuring Jonathan and Erik Bernstein)

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CWC 60: Making the transition to become a virtual agency (featuring Todd Zeigler)

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CWC 59: How podcasts can help agencies and their clients (featuring Kelly Glover)

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CWC 58: When students get a chance to run their own PR agency (featuring Amy Shanler)

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CWC 57: How PRSA Counselors Academy helps agency owners (featuring Chuck Norman)

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CWC 56: Leveraging freelance writers for your agency (featuring Gideon Stein)

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CWC 55: Metrics and benchmarks to improve agency profits (featuring Marcel Petitpas)

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CWC 54: Building a positive team culture at your agency (featuring Keith Scandone)

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CWC 53: Eating your own dog food and marketing your agency (featuring Aaron Strout)

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CWC 52: Non-obvious trends and thinking for agency leaders (featuring Rohit Bhargava)

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CWC 51: How agencies can avoid common legal mistakes (featuring Sharon Toerek)

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CWC 50: What it is like to sell an agency to a holding company (featuring Mitch Joel)

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CWC 49: Dr. Sandra Wills Hannon on why to get your agency certified as a Small, Minority, Woman, or Veteran-Owned Business

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CWC 48: How agencies can avoid scope creep with client projects (featuring Ben Aston)

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CWC 47: Starting an agency with an MBA in hand (featuring Paul Benson)

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CWC 46: Key financial metrics for agency owners (featuring Darryl Salerno)

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CWC 45: Building a large independent PR agency (featuring Ronn Torossian)

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CWC 44: Predictable growth stages for agencies (featuring Brad Farris)

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CWC 43: How agencies should think about AI and analytics (featuring Katie Robbert)

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CWC 42: Business development mistakes agencies make and how to solve them (featuring Jody Sutter)

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CWC 41: The PR agency as a news-driven organization (featuring Sean Cassidy)

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CWC 40: Rebranding after an agency merger (featuring Trevor Francis)

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CWC 39: Effective case studies for your agency (featuring Rachel Jacobs)

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CWC 38: Professional development for agency owners and employees (featuring Mike Rhodes)

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CWC 37: Transparency in the agency business (featuring Steve Parker, Jr.)

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CWC 36: The role and impact of solo PR agencies today (featuring Karen Swim)

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CWC 35: Is Outcome Relations the future of communications? (featuring Matt Rizzetta)

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CWC 34: Advice for agencies on better use of video for clients (featuring Doug Simon)

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CWC 33: How agencies can get the most out of LinkedIn (Chuck Hester)

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CWC 32: Leading an ethical agency (Mark McClennan)

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CWC 31: Using your lawyer as a business advisor with Matt Benson

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CWC 30: RFP advice for agencies from Robert Udowitz and Steve Drake

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CWC 29: Practical M&A advice for agency owners with Rick Gould of Gould+Partners

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CWC 28: Brent Lightner of Taoti Creative

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CWC 27: James Papiano on Leadership & Culture in Agencies

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CWC 26: Nick Petroski of Promethean Research

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CWC 25: Patrick Rogan on HR for small-to-midsize agencies

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CWC 24: Johna Burke of AMEC

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CWC 23: John Wall of Marketing Over Coffee

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CWC 22: Tim Hayden of Brain+Trust Partners

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CWC 21: CC Chapman, Storyteller

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CWC 20: Gordon Platt of Gotham Media Strategies

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CWC 19: Craig Carroll on corporate reputation and measurement

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CWC #18: Jason Booms on How Primary Research can Help Communicators

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CWC #16: Patrick Rogan on Strategies to Hire and Retain Talent in the PR Industry

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CWC #15: Joe Thornley on Evolution of the PR Business

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CWC #14: Scott Monty on Building a Consultancy to Help Navigate Digital Transformation

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CWC #13: Ryan Williams on Internal Communications and Measurement

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CWC #12: Terry Flannery on Higher Ed Communications and Marketing

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CWC #11: Doug Haslam on Social Identity Theft

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CWC #10: Neville Hobson on AI and Machine Learning in PR

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CWC #9: Gini Dietrich and the business side of PR

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Chats with Chip #7: Shonali Burke on Social PR, Measurement, & More

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Chats with Chip #6: Gini Dietrich of Arment Dietrich (and Spin Sucks)