Jake Ward

Started an SEO agency in 2019. Making $20M/yr for Contact.so clients. Also building: Mentions.so Byword.ai Kleo.so

I’m 27 with 4 businesses and no home.

Here’s how I got here:

Age 0-15:

Spent early life growing up in a hippie commune.

Raised by an incredible single mother who wore both hats. Gave everything to support me.

Overly shy and didn’t speak much.

Seen as a problem by a teacher who suggested there was something wrong with me.

Age 16:

First job stacking supermarket shelves.

Completed high school with bang-average grades.

Started sixth form college.

Age 17:

Quit sixth form college after 3 months due to illness.

Doctor said I was 24 hours away from dying.

Spent my 17th birthday in hospital, tubes everywhere.

Became an apprentice at a print marketing agency. Learnt my way around Adobe’s design suite.

Started doing bits of design work on the side.

Age 18-19:

Discovered search marketing to help get more clients for the print marketing agency.

Became obsessed with SEO. Spent my free time messing around with the websites I built.

Age 20:

Wanted to take marketing more seriously. Quit my job to start a marketing degree.

Quit after 2 weeks.

Started an apprenticeship at an SEO agency where I managed 25 clients and attended college part-time.

Quit after 9 months.

Realised traditional education sucks. I learnt 100x more (and quicker) through self-education.

Went all-in on learning and building whilst living at home with my mum and 2 young siblings.

£0 income.

Age 21:

Got my first 2 freelancing clients on Upwork. They referred me to other clients.

Built a 6-figure business by the end of the year.

Age 22-23:

Started a podcast side project and quickly reached 300,000 listeners per month. Sold it for 5 figures.

Bought and sold 5 websites.

Maxed out my freelancing capacity.

Age 24:

Founded Content Growth and built a team to help companies turn their blog into a 7-figure sales channel.

Started posting on LinkedIn.

Grew revenue by over 200% in 6 months.

Age 25:

Co-founded Byword and launched a platform to help marketers generate articles at scale for SEO.

Sold my belongings, moved out of London and started travelling the world.

Merged Content Growth with Contact Studios to take the SEO agency to the next level.

Helped my mum quit her 15-year corporate job.

Age 26:

Lived out of a suitcase and travelled around 16 countries.

Grown the userbase of my SaaS tools to over 130,000.

Helped multiple unicorn companies scale their SEO with our 25-person team at Contact.

Age 27:

Continuing to levelling up, exploring, following my curiosities, collaborating with great people, and helping family and friends along the way.

Founder

We help software companies get more qualified traffic, sales and revenue through conversion-focused SEO and content marketing. Turn your blog into a 6 figure sales channel.

POV: Building a startup with your friends in London.

I met Lara Acosta on LinkedIn 3 years ago:

- Under 10,000 followers each
- Glorified freelancers grinding it out solo
- No team, no investment... we just had time

But a lot has changed since then:

- 500K+ combined followers
- Multiple 7-figure businesses
- DMs with people we want to talk with
- Inbound opportunities we have to turn down
- Speaking gigs, partnerships, collabs flowing in

All because of posting daily LinkedIn content.

This platform is undefeated for those who want to build a profitable online business in 2026 organically.

And yes, LinkedIn has changed massively since we started 3 years ago.

The algorithm's different. The audience's expectations are different. The competition's different.

But we just spent the last 3 months figuring out what actually works today.

The new playbook for 2026:

- How to get more reach and views
- How to grow your authority organically
- How to get inbound leads from content

All still just through content. And we're going live showing you exactly what we found...

So if you want to know what's actually working on LinkedIn right now, Lara and I are running a free webinar next week (22nd Jan).

It's called "Content to Clients" and we'll walk through the exact strategies we're using in 2026.

We're only letting 1,000 people in, so RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/eUMHYExB

Nigel Thomas

We help B2B Founders sign 5 high ticket clients in 90 days using our flywheel system (Used by 300+ clients). DM me ‘Scale’ if you are interested

You’re making it work. Just like most 'business' owners I meet.

But the truth?

You haven’t built a real business yet.

- You’re talented
- You’ve got some clients
- You know how to get results

But your sales call calendar? 
The inconsistent revenue? 
The never ending slack messages?

That’s the real problem.

Most agency owners I work with want three things:

1) Consistent pipeline with high quality leads
2) A team to delegate client work
3) Clarity on what to work on when

A business that works for you. Not a job.

Here’s how I help:

1) We position you to win premium retainers
2) We install a lead gen system to fill up your calendar
3) We fix your calendar so you can lead like a real CEO

And we do it together in a focused 90 day sprint

No fluff. No cookie-cutter advice. 

Just real support that drives results.

Here’s what that looks like:

📌 Tanner: From $15K with 1 client → $30K/month, in 4 months
📌 Sam: Doubled his agency and hired a new team in 90 days
📌 Tobi: Went from freelancer to $30K/month with A+ clients
📌 Alex: Scaled from $12k to $70k in 4 months
📌 Stephen: Scaled from $10k to $18k by increasing prices 
📌 Sammy: Grew by over 50% in 60 days and hired a team

And I’ve also done it all myself. Twice.

Built two 7-figure agencies from scratch.

Now I coach high-performing remote agency founders like you to do the same.

Minus the mistakes I made (LOL)

So if you’re:

- Running a marketing agency
- Already at $5K+/month
- Ready to grow without losing your sanity

→ Hit the ‘Book an Appointment’ button at the top of my posts

And let’s build the agency you actually want.

Consultant

Harry Phokou is one of the hardest working guys I know. 

We’re lucky enough to have him in our community. 

We joke that he has more hours in the day than the rest of us. 

Obviously not possible.
But not unbelievable either.
He works way harder than most.

He joined Undeniable in July.

Last month he launched the final part of his business.

He already does LinkedIn content.
He already runs a successful podcast.
He already offers appointment setting.
Now, he's launched events with sponsorship.

(he's running one right now in London!)

But the amount he gets done isn't what makes him so impressive.

It's the fact that he's always helping everyone else first.

Always offering to connect people.
Always offering solid business advice.
Always supporting others in the community.
Always believing in you before you believe in yourself.

It's all coming back around.

The opportunities.
The partnerships.
The growth.

Karma is a real thing. Harry is proof.

He's not just building a business.

He's building a reputation as someone who genuinely gives a damn about other people winning.

That's rare.

Big heart. Big impact. Big future.

That's Undeniable.


P.S. I'm sorry I couldn't attend your event this time Harry Phokou I'll make it up to you I promise 😘

Mischa Collins was great at building brands on LinkedIn.

But her prices didn’t show that. 

She’d built her LinkedIn to 40K followers.
Coached 30+ others how to do the same. 
Ghostwritten for a billion dollar company. 

But she didn't believe she could charge what she was worth.

So she kept her prices low.
Playing it safe.

She joined Undeniable in August. 

One week later she doubled her prices.
Signed a client straightaway. 

6 months later…
She’s more than tripled her MRR.

And, the results she got for clients got better.

Because when you charge more, everything changes:

- You attract better clients
- You take the work more seriously
- Clients value (and implement) your advice more

Mischa said something on our call that stuck with me:

"I didn't have confidence that I could do it for other people, even though I was literally already doing it for other people."

That's the trap.

You have proof it works but you're too scared to own it.

So you undercharge and overdeliver.

Mischa broke the cycle.

Now she finally believes what we could already see: 

She's really bloody good at what she does.


P.S. The confidence comes after you raise your prices. It’s scary but once you do it, you know your true value.

I went from charging $2K to $28K/month retainers. 

(and documented exactly how I did it)

After helping 300+ agencies scale, I can tell you…
More leads isn't the answer to your scaling problem.

Higher prices is.

You literally make more revenue by doing less work.

Then you have more money to:

- Hire better people
- Invest into your personal brand
- Invest in more marketing 

The problem?

Most agency owners don't know how to raise prices.

(Or they’re too scared to) 

So I recorded an 11-minute video showing the exact 5 techniques that took me from $2K/client to $28K.

What you'll learn:

- The reason why you're massively undercharging 
- The pricing psychology that guarantees yeses 
- How to position so price becomes secondary
- The technique that could double your revenue

If you want to:

1. Stop leaving money on the table
2. Charge what you're actually worth
3. Scale without burning out on more clients

This gives you the exact playbook.

Want it?

Comment "PRICE" and I'll send you the video.

Last week, whilst most people had their feet up…

I was in the gym with Mark Tweed at 6:30am. 

Mark started working for me 6 months ago. 
Last week, I flew to Northern Ireland to visit him. 
I wanted to see what his life looked like. 

So at 6:30am we went to the gym. 
Old-school bodybuilder gym. 

We did a brutal workout. 
Ended the session with the "Lose Yourself Plank" challenge.

Know what that is?

You hold a plank for the entire Eminem song.
5 and a half minutes.

And yes, we made it.

But in that moment I realised something. 

That feeling of pushing each other. 
Holding each other accountable. Not letting each other quit.

That's what Undeniable is all about.

That’s the community we are building. 

Because the truth is business isn’t fun. 

- Sending cold DMs isn’t fun. 
- Making sales calls isn’t always fun. 
- Tough conversations with clients isn't fun.

But if you're in the right environment with the right people?

You do it anyway.
You push through.
You start to enjoy it. 

That feeling I felt in the gym with Mark?

That’s what we're creating for ambitious founders. 
24/7 online and soon-to-be offline. 

If you're building something hard right now...

Stop doing it alone.

The right environment changes everything.


P.S. Are you brave enough to attempt a "Lose Yourself Plank"?

We help Agencies Sign 1-5 High Ticket Clients a Month using our FlyWheel System (Tested with 300+ Clients) DM Me “Scale” if you’re interested

My Grandmas 84 and she’s smoked for 70 years. 

Last week she thought she was going to die. 

She’s a larger-than-life character.
Life of the party.
A Northern British accent you can't miss.

Last week, she couldn’t breathe. 
Scar tissue on her lungs was killing her. 

She was in hospital thinking it would be her last breath. 

She’s okay now thankfully. 

But driving home from Yorkshire, I couldn’t stop thinking about what she said…

"Make the most of the time you've got."

I spend so much time worrying about things that don’t matter. 

Revenue targets. Competition.
What people think of my LinkedIn posts 😅

But all my grandma cares about right now is time. 

The time she has left.
The time with people she loves.

You can’t buy more time.
No matter how rich or powerful you are. 

So here's what I'm taking into 2026:

Stop sweating the small stuff.

Make the big moves while I'm young and healthy.

Because one day I'll be 84.

I won't care about how many followers I had.
I won’t care about who my competition was. 

I'll care about what I actually did with my time.

And, who I helped.

Who's with me?

I built an agency with clients worth $180,000 that stayed for 18+ months. 

I’ve just documented exactly how I did that: 

It was because of our onboarding system.

Most businesses lose 30-50% of new clients within 90 days.

Not because their service is bad.

Because their onboarding is broken:

- Generic welcome emails with no strategy
- No plan for the buyer's remorse window
- Waiting until delivery to ask for testimonials
- Treating onboarding like admin 

This system is different. It's what we actually ran. 

What you’ll actually get:

- How onboarding starts on the sales call (not after)
- Buyer's remorse window + how to close it in 48 hours
- Pre-delivery testimonial system 
- The $50 gift strategy that keeps you top-of-mind 
- Client check-in cadence that prevents churn
- Expansion triggers built into the first 90 days
- Referral system that turns clients into advocates

If you want to:

1. Stop losing 30-50% of clients in the first 90 days
2. Build a system instead of winging it every time
3. Turn new clients into long-term partnerships

This gives you one onboarding system to run.

Want it?

Comment "ONBOARDING" and I'll send you the full breakdown.


P.S. This isn't theory. It's the exact system that kept $180K clients for 18+ months.

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