David Hoos

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At a glance

14
years marketing professional services (since 2012)
10
years with agencies (since 2016)
75+
episodes of Behind the Agency
90+
articles published
30+
agencies advised
12k+
newsletter and social audience

Work that attracted leads from brands like Nike, Columbia Sportswear, The Economist, and Magic: The Gathering. Numbers as of September 10, 2026.

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David Hoos is the founder of Haus Advisors and host of Behind the Agency. He helps founder-led agencies grow without the founder in every deal.

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David Hoos is the founder of Haus Advisors, a growth consultancy for founder-led agencies, and the host of Behind the Agency. He has marketed and sold professional services since 2012 and worked with agencies since 2016. His work has attracted leads from brands like Nike, Columbia Sportswear, The Economist, and Magic: The Gathering.

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David Hoos is the founder of Haus Advisors, a growth consultancy that helps founder-led agencies grow without the founder in every deal. He has marketed and sold professional services since 2012 and worked with agencies since 2016, including running growth inside one. His work has attracted leads from brands like Nike, Columbia Sportswear, The Economist, and Magic: The Gathering. David hosts Behind the Agency, a podcast with over 75 episodes on how agencies actually grow, and has published over 80 articles on positioning, proof, and demand for expertise businesses. He lives in Spokane, Washington.

Speaker intro (read aloud) · about 92 words

Our guest today is David Hoos. David is the founder of Haus Advisors, where he helps founder-led agencies build a growth engine the company can run without them. He's been marketing and selling professional services since 2012 and working with agencies since 2016, and his work has attracted leads from brands like Nike, Columbia Sportswear, The Economist, and Magic: The Gathering. He also hosts Behind the Agency, a podcast with over 75 conversations with agency founders about how they actually grew. Please welcome David Hoos.

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Topics

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For agency founders

Why the agency grows exactly as fast as the founder's calendar

Referrals come to the founder, the founder takes the first call and holds the biggest relationships, so the company can't grow past one person. What moves out of the founder's head first, and what it costs to leave it there.

For agency founders

A strategy document is not a growth system

Most founders have bought strategy before. Workshops, a good plan, a folder. Why the plan never leaves the founder, and how to hand each piece to a named person on the team.

For agency founders

More leads is usually the wrong first move

If the positioning is vague and the founder runs every call, more leads makes the bottleneck worse. What to fix before turning up the volume.

For high-ticket B2B

Expensive things need a different kind of marketing

When a purchase costs a lot and has to be justified to someone else, the buyer deliberates. Why proof beats promise, why the message has to survive being repeated by a stranger, and what that changes about positioning.

For high-ticket B2B

Reverse-engineering your 'why us' from your best five clients

The strongest positioning doesn't come from a brainstorm. It comes from what your best engagements had in common: not the industry, the problem. A method anyone can run in an afternoon.

For high-ticket B2B

Proof that transfers: case studies a buyer can check

Most case studies are adjectives with a logo. How to build proof around retention, outcomes, and the thing the buyer is actually afraid of.

For high-ticket B2B

Building a one-person advisory in public

What it looks like to run a solo practice on systems, agents, and a repo instead of a team: what got automated, what didn't, and what the numbers say.

Speaking and logistics

FormatsPanel, Breakout session, Keynote
Fee$2,000 plus airfare. Waived in some cases.
PromotionDavid promotes every event or show he's a guest on through his newsletter and personal channels.
For your audienceA free 30-minute strategy call for anyone who mentions they heard him on your show or at your event.
Based inSpokane, Washington

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