SO, WHAT’S IN STORE
IN Oct 2025?

📣 Please note, these events are for Agency Hackers’ members only.

If your agency isn’t a member yet, get in touch with Anne or sign up here.

Event key:

🔴 Interview
🔵 Presentation
🟡 Workshop
🟣 Community

ALL our sessions are interactive, so cameras on and get your questions ready to ask!

NEW BIZ CLINIC: How to Stop Chasing Leads, and Start Nurturing Them

⏰ 2pm, Wednesday 1st October 2025

“Agency owners used to think about new business as lead generation. The classic line was, ‘Just get me in front of people and I’ll convert.’ Which was always bollocks – but it’s even more bollocks now.”
Jeremy Davies has been in the new biz trenches for decades – and he’s watched agencies make the same mistake: treating the first meeting as the finish line. In this session, we’re focusing on lead nurturing – the stuff that happens after the first meeting.
Jeremy will show you how to build a simple, structured process to stay in touch, stay relevant – and eventually close the work. If you’ve got leads that go quiet after a promising first chat, this session will help you turn warm conversations into real opportunities.

⏰ 11am, Tuesday 7th October 2025

AI is moving fast. Blink, and the playbook changes. That’s why we’re starting a dedicated AI Working Group: a monthly session where agency leaders compare notes on how they’re actually using AI – in client work, internal processes, tailor-made tools, and everywhere in between.
Each session, you’ll get together with your peers experimenting at the coalface of AI in agencies. Not consultants, not gurus, but people figuring it out just like you.
Our AI Working Group meets on the first Tuesday of every month – if you’re interested in being part of it, contact Anne Harlow.

⏰ 2pm, Thursday 9th October 2025

“If something lands, we haven’t got a clue who’s gonna work on it.”
Sound familiar? You’re not the only one staring down the barrel of over-capacity and second-guessing when to make your next hire. So, when is the right time to hire – and how do you do it without risking your bottom line?
Sarah White, co-founder of Smile Digital Talent, sees this dilemma all the time, and in this session, she’ll be on hand to help you find a better understanding of when, and how, you should make that next hire.

⏰ 11am, Tuesday 14th October 2025

New business is the lifeblood of every agency – but it’s also the hardest thing to get right. That’s why we’re starting a dedicated New Biz Working Group: a monthly session where agency leaders come together to swap strategies, pressure-test ideas, and talk honestly about what’s working – and what isn’t.
Each session, you’ll join peers facing the same questions you are: How do we keep leads flowing? What channels really work? Where do we waste time? We’ll run breakouts, spotlight stories, and make sure you leave with at least one practical idea to test before the next meet-up.
Our New Biz Working Group meets on the second Tuesday of every month – if you’re interested in being part of it, contact Anne Harlow.

⏰ 11am, Wednesday 15th October 2025

When referrals dried up, Silvia Del Corso’s instincts kicked in. “We used to get 90% of our work through referrals. When that dried up, I couldn’t sit and wait – I needed to do something. I wanted to make sure I’d done everything I could to change the story.”
As founder of PinkSEO, Silvia set to work on building a lead generation engine she could rely on.
In this session Silvia will share how she turned things around, to refocus her agency and rebuild a reliable lead gen engine that’s tried and tested.

⏰ 11am, Tuesday 21st October 2025

Catherine Warwick knows all about challenging client behaviours. As the client partner for digital agency Numiko, she wanted to get to the bottom of why clients sometimes default to these patterns.
“If you can uncover the reasons behind those behaviours, you can turn potential friction into collaboration,” she says.
In this session, Catherine will share how she uncovered the root causes behind tricky client challenges, and turned those insights into practical systems that improve collaboration, reduce friction, and strengthen client relationships.

⏰ 11am, Thursday 23rd October 2025

Jake Cawdery thought growth meant more – more people, more process, more complexity. But at Curated, that mindset eventually hit a ceiling: £1.2m in revenue, year after year. “Every year we’d set the ambition to grow,” he says. “But each year we’d stay still. Ultimately, we realised we couldn’t keep working the same way.”
So they stopped chasing scale – and started chasing impact. The result? A more efficient agency, with £134k revenue per head – and a culture focused on outcomes, not overhead.
If you’re feeling the pressure to grow, or wondering whether your agency structure is really working for you – this is the session for you.

⏰ 2pm, Wednesday 29th October 2025

An employee fed everything into ChatGPT — it spat out a grievance with blue headings, costing the company thousands. A five-minute chat with their manager could’ve solved it.
For Siobhan Brunwin, founder of Blossom HR Consulting, these AI mishaps are real — from accidentally hiring bots to staff secretly outsourcing jobs.
In this session, she shares cautionary tales, ethical blind spots, and practical ways to set AI boundaries that work. If your agency lacks an AI policy, now’s the time to act.

⏰ 11am, Thursday 30th October 2025

It’s been a while – but speed networking is back!
Each month, we’ll host this interactive session to get you talking with likeminded people in the community.
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, share, and grow with the AH community.