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Managing a Remote Marketing Agency Team Across 7 Time Zones with Janet Mesh
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Running a marketing agency is hard. Running one remotely across several time zones? Even harder.
So how do you keep a distributed team aligned, motivated, and growing together?
In this episode of Agency Journey, host Gray MacKenzie interviews Janet Mesh, CEO and co-founder of Aimtal, a fully remote marketing agency. We dig into the keys that accelerated Aimtal’s growth over the past 5 years.
Janet shares how Aimtal has doubled its team and revenue each year through an intentional focus on talent, culture, and streamlined operations.
Episode Insights:
- Implementing clear processes and documentation enabled Aimtal to effectively manage a distributed team across 7 time zones
- Hosting immersive annual retreats reconnects their remote team and aligns everyone on vision and goals
- How Aimtal structures retreats to maximize bonding and alignment
- Focusing on talent, values, and culture fit over geography gives Aimtal access to the best talent globally
- The importance of intention in building a thriving remote agency and team
- Relying on tools like Rippling to streamline operations and free up bandwidth as they scale
- Leading with transparency and vulnerability as keys to remote team success
Resources Mentioned:
- Rippling - For HR/IT management
- Guru - Knowledge base software
- TravelPerk - Travel management platform
- Anthropic - AI assistant tool
Whether you're building a remote agency or colocated team, Janet offers fantastic insights into leading with intention, investing in processes and culture, and scaling successfully.
👉 Don’t forget to follow and rate us on your preferred podcast platforms. We’re also on YouTube: @ZenPilot
309 episodes
Manage episode 380730437 series 2931858
Running a marketing agency is hard. Running one remotely across several time zones? Even harder.
So how do you keep a distributed team aligned, motivated, and growing together?
In this episode of Agency Journey, host Gray MacKenzie interviews Janet Mesh, CEO and co-founder of Aimtal, a fully remote marketing agency. We dig into the keys that accelerated Aimtal’s growth over the past 5 years.
Janet shares how Aimtal has doubled its team and revenue each year through an intentional focus on talent, culture, and streamlined operations.
Episode Insights:
- Implementing clear processes and documentation enabled Aimtal to effectively manage a distributed team across 7 time zones
- Hosting immersive annual retreats reconnects their remote team and aligns everyone on vision and goals
- How Aimtal structures retreats to maximize bonding and alignment
- Focusing on talent, values, and culture fit over geography gives Aimtal access to the best talent globally
- The importance of intention in building a thriving remote agency and team
- Relying on tools like Rippling to streamline operations and free up bandwidth as they scale
- Leading with transparency and vulnerability as keys to remote team success
Resources Mentioned:
- Rippling - For HR/IT management
- Guru - Knowledge base software
- TravelPerk - Travel management platform
- Anthropic - AI assistant tool
Whether you're building a remote agency or colocated team, Janet offers fantastic insights into leading with intention, investing in processes and culture, and scaling successfully.
👉 Don’t forget to follow and rate us on your preferred podcast platforms. We’re also on YouTube: @ZenPilot
309 episodes
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