{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Agency Forward","title":"085 Carl Smith: Why Traditional Agencies Are Getting Left Behind","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2442,"description":"Hey everyone, today I'm joined by Carl Smith.\nCarl is the founder of The Bureau, a community for digital agency leaders focused on connection, support, and operational excellence.\nHe previously ran a successful agency with a radically autonomous model and now helps shops modernize how they lead, hire, and scale. Carl’s insights come from hundreds of deep conversations with owners navigating the post-AI, post-pandemic world.\nI wanted to have Carl on because most agency owners are clinging to outdated models while the industry is reshaping beneath them—and he’s seen what’s working now.\nIn this episode, we discuss:Why agency complacency is the real threat in 2026What the “jellyfish model” teaches about scalable freedomHow AI is making clients savvier than everAnd more...You can learn more about Carl on LinkedIn.\n-----------\nLead Gen is the hardest part of running an agency.\nFor most, it's unpredictable, it's slow, and it's usually expensive.\nGia flips that.\nIt's the all-in-one growth platform that turns your existing relationships and client work into a steady pipeline.\nGia automates lead gen follow-up and content, and it's all from the work you're already doing.\nYou can check it out and get some free bonuses at getgia.ai/dynamicagency\n-----------\nNo one was asking for another community. But I've made one anyway.\nSo what's different?\nThe Dynamic Agency Community is designed around access rather than content.\nAccess to peers who've done it before.\nAccess to experts who've designed solutions.\nAccess to resources that have been battle-tested.\nAnd right now, the price for founding members is only $97/year.\nJoin today so your agency has immediate access to everything you need to grow.\nYou can join at DynamicAgency.Community. \n-----------\nHiring in the agency world is rough. Most job posting sites get you lots of applicants, but with their “easy applying” options, most of those are unqualified. And worse, they don’t understand what it’s like working at an agency.\nThis is...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/99f3GOOo4P0qUfXrSNZBIKh9Wgcfi9EJl0SvdLLBXZk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzUxMjM1LzE3MTEw/NDMxODQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}