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17th Sep 2025

Lessons from Building and Selling Multiple 8-Figure Agencies: Scaling, Rev-Share & M&A Strategies

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In this episode, Jordan Ross sits down with Matthew Larsen, a marketing strategist and funnel builder behind 1000X Leads, to talk shop on scaling agencies, creating info-product empires, and the challenges of growing through operations and M&A.

The conversation spans from engaged life in New York City to building paper-lead businesses, repurposing SOPs into scalable products, and the differences between B2B and B2C roll-up strategies. Matthew shares his experience running rev-share deals with high-performing agencies, his philosophy on LTV-driven industries, and why most agencies struggle to make it past $1M in revenue.


If youโ€™re interested in funnels, agency growth, or the reality of acquisitions, this candid conversation offers insider lessons you wonโ€™t find in a playbook.


โฑ๏ธ Chapters


โ€“ Engaged life updates & life in New York vs. Miami

โ€“ Funnel building genius: Matthewโ€™s info-product & ad background

โ€“ Scalable templates vs. coaching/consulting models

โ€“ Which industries actually have sustainable LTV

โ€“ Why most marketing agencies struggle long-term

โ€“ Niche specificity: e-commerce vs. real-world businesses

โ€“ Rev-share deals: Matthewโ€™s strict criteria & success stories

โ€“ Structuring growth fees and scaling revenue share

โ€“ Paper-lead agencies: simplicity, automation, and scale

โ€“ Roll-ups, M&A, and the โ€œdream teamโ€ strategy

โ€“ B2B vs. B2C roll-ups: challenges and opportunities

โ€“ Billion-dollar exit vision & assembling top operators

โ€“ Closing thoughts and next steps


To learn more, go to 8figureagency.co

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About the Podcast

How to Scale an Agency ๐Ÿš€
Everything you need to know about scaling your marketing agency.
Jordan Ross, Lucas James, and AJ Cassata share everything you need to know about scaling your agency. The hosts are each running their own 7 figure agencies and while on the podcast, bring on guests and conduct solo episodes on how you can easily scale your agency. You'll gain expert insights on lead generation, sales, operations, offers, pricing, retention and SO much more!.

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