Case Study: Agency Hackers builds a trusted peer-support community with Guild

Agency Hackers host agency leaders peer-support community in Guild

Agency Hackers is a membership community for agency leaders, founded by Ian Harris to provide regular events, talks, peer support, and networking. The team needed a private, ad-free online space where busy senior agency heads could have open, relevant discussions without the noise and distractions of social platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Slack. Guild was chosen for its simplicity, elegance, and mobile-first, message-based design.

Guild gave Agency Hackers a secure private community environment where members could connect organically and continue conversations beyond live events. The result was a thriving community of 500+ agency heads with discussions tailored to their needs, and the platform proved especially valuable during Covid-19, with members describing it as a “lifesaver.” Guild also enabled Ian Harris to expand into new community offerings, and he called it “probably the best investment I’ve made in my business so far.”

Agency Hackers

Ian Harris

Founder