Influencer – Ben Jeffries | Take The Plunge Podcast

It’s the final episode of season one of our ‘Take The Plunge’ podcast series. We’re thrilled to be joined by Ben Jeffries who is the Co-Founder of Influencer, a marketing agency building meaningful relationships between brands and creatives. Ben shares his story from starting the business from scratch to growing his team to 50 employees, and being listed in Forbes ‘30 under 30’. 

Tune in to hear Ciaran and Ben discuss:

  • The idea behind Influencer 
  • Raising capital and bringing investors on board 
  • The importance of creating a good culture within the business
  • Retaining clients and key learnings
  • How Influencer adapted to COVID-19
  • Setting future goals for the business 

Play Podcast on Spotify or iTunes, or watch it on Youtube above.

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