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17th Nov 2025

How 7-Figure Agency Owners Lose Millions and How to Fix It with Amazon’s 3 Systems

UNLOCK THE 13 SYSTEMS EVERY AGENCY OWNER NEEDS TO REACH 8 FIGURES:

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In this episode, Jordan Ross (founder, 8Figure Agency) walks agency owners through the three operational concepts Amazon uses in its fulfillment centers, reframed for marketing agencies, so your agency stops being dependent on you, scales predictably, and turns execution into a repeatable system.


Episode summary (short)

Founder-dependency is the single biggest reason seven-figure agencies stall or collapse. Jordan breaks down a lighthouse management model (vs. the tugboat founder), the Operational Plan (OP) with benchmarks, and the cadence and checklists that create visibility, accountability, and reliable execution. Implement these, and your agency will have clear marching orders, measurable growth, and a team that runs the machine.


Chapters

— Intro: The Cost of Founder-Dependency

— Tugboat vs Lighthouse

— Benchmarking Basics

— The OP Meeting

— Example Dashboard

— Treat Yourself Like the Client

— Forecast to Marching Orders

— Weekly Business Review

— Operations Meetings

— Standard Work Checklist

— Bridge the Gaps

— Outro: Next steps and offers for hands-on help


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About the Podcast

How to Scale an 8 Figure Agency 🚀
Strategy and AI consulting for 6–7 figure agencies to help them scale to 8 figures.
Welcome to How to Scale an 8-Figure Agency, the show where I break down the exact operational, financial, and AI-driven systems that today’s top marketing agencies use to scale past seven figures — without burning out or getting trapped in fulfillment.

Every week, we go deep into:
• AI consulting for marketing agencies
• Operational infrastructure that actually scales
• Building automations, workflows, and agent-based systems
• Hiring and training world-class teams
• Improving margins, capacity, and client LTV
• Turning your agency into an 8-figure operation that runs without you

If you’re a founder stuck in the weeds, capped by systems, or wondering how to integrate AI into your agency the right way… this podcast is your blueprint.

I’m Jordan Ross — founder of 8 Figure Agency and the person behind hundreds of successful agency scale-ups — and this is where we turn chaos into clarity, and CEOs into true operators.

Let’s get into it.

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