**Cold open (Jake takes a deep dive into agency Reddit and it sucks)****Skip the Cold Open at 10:20**Last year, we recorded from our hotel in Colombia and recapped our finances from 2022 and how much we grew.This year, we're doing the same thing and recapping 2023. We had some explosive growth and also faced some challenges along the way that caused us to not grow as much as we wanted to.We also cover things we spent more on and things we spent less on.----------------------------------If there's anything we've learned about owning a digital agency, it's that your online security is #1. After facing a Facebook hack with the hacker spending $30,000 on our ads account in a matter of 2 days, we've partnered up with Aura to monitor our online presence and secure our accounts.Secure yourself and your agency while supporting the podcast by running a scan of your personal information for free when you sign up for a free 14-day trial at aura.com/everbros (aura.com/everbros).You can also get up to 50% off security and monitoring plans with the same link after your trial expires!----------------------------------⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐As always, if you enjoyed this episode or this podcast in general and want to leave us a review or rating, head over to Apple and let us know what you like! It helps us get found and motivates us to keep producing this free content.----------------------------------Want to connect with us? Reach out to us on the everbrospodcast.com (everbrospodcast.com) website or connect with Jake on socials:* Twitter/X: @HundleyJake (https://twitter.com/HundleyJake)* LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jake-hundley/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-hundley/)* Facebook: facebook.com/jake.hundley.1 (https://www.facebook.com/jake.hundley.1/)* Instagram: instagram.com/jakehundley/ (https://www.instagram.com/jakehundley/)* Reddit: u/JakeHundley (https://www.reddit.com/user/JakeHundley)