Why I Fired My Marketing Agency and Became a Media Company

I ran an accounting company for 10 years, sold it, and now I'm building an AI accounting firm — and somewhere along the way I realized I'm actually building a media company.

In this solo episode, I break down why speed killed the agency model for me, and the exact stack I use instead: Claude Code connected to Netlify so every prompt pushes live to my website in real time, Higgsfield for polishing graphics, and AI handling my SEO and GEO directly from Google Search Console. I went from a 6-page website to 160 pages in one week — and a Google review onto my site in seconds instead of a week of back-and-forth.

⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 I'm Building a Media Company
00:17 Why Agencies Are Too Slow (Even the Great Ones)
00:42 My Stack: Claude Code + Netlify, Connected
01:35 Prompt to Live Website in Minutes
01:56 Polishing Graphics With Higgsfield
02:39 The Steering Wheel: Real-Time Control
02:59 A Google Review On My Site in Seconds
03:28 Why I'd Skip WordPress in 2026
03:49 6 Pages to 160 Pages in One Week
04:25 What I Still Do Manually (For Now)
04:35 SEO + GEO In-House: Claude Reads My Search Console
05:29 A Warning to Agencies
06:00 First, Fast & Furious: Why Speed Wins
06:37 The 1,000-Page Website Strategy (Steven Lau)
07:07 I Paid Tens of Thousands for #1 on Google. Now It's Free.
07:40 The Mindset Shift for Small Business Owners
08:19 It Only Gets Better From Here
08:28 Build It In-House — It Becomes the Asset You Sell
🎧 The Steven Lau episode I mention: [link to Stephen Lau episode]
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