I run a small AI automation agency — we build voice agents, WhatsApp bots, and CRM automations for roofing/HVAC contractors. The delivery side is solid, clients are happy with results.

My problem is client acquisition. It’s inconsistent — some weeks good, some weeks nothing. Mostly relying on outreach and partner referrals right now.

For those who’ve scaled past founder-led sales: what actually worked for you to get predictable client flow? Paid ads, outbound, referrals, something else?

I run a 10 person creative agency and I keep trying to use AI for real work beyond generic blog posts. and it keeps failing, not because the models are bad but because they dont know anything about our clients.

like, I tried getting it to draft a response to a client complaint. it wrote something professional and generic. but this specific client has a history, we gave them a discount last quarter, theres a specific way we handle them. the AI doesnt know any of that so the output is useless.

and its the same problem when I hire someone new or someone goes on holiday. all the context about how we actually work with each client, what they hate, what their tone is, who the difficult stakeholder is, all of that lives in peoples heads or buried in slack threads from 6 months ago.

we tried putting it in Notion but nobody maintains it. we tried custom GPTs with uploaded docs but they go stale in weeks.

genuinely asking, how do you lot handle this? where does your "how we do things" knowledge actually live? and has anyone found a way to make AI actually useful for client-specific work?

Posting here because I’d rather work with an agency that finds me through Reddit than one that finds me through a job board.

If your agency does SEO, AEO, or content for B2B SaaS and you need someone who can also run Reddit and LinkedIn as channel, I am your guy.

Here’s what I’ve actually done so far (all links are live, go verify):

Reddit Marketing (Agency Scale)
Ran end-to-end Reddit marketing at Scalerrs, a B2B SaaS SEO/AEO agency in SF. Built the ops system in Airtable: subreddit targeting, account infrastructure, brand monitoring with Styfen and Mention, content calendars. Ran campaigns for clients like Morgen, Pabau, and MediaValet.

Built r/AIAgentsStack from zero to 3K+ members and 5K weekly visitors for Markopolo.ai. Drove 15-20 product demos per week from it: https://www.reddit.com/r/AIAgentsStack/

AEO / GEO
Tracked client brand citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and AI Overviews at Scalerrs using Profound and manual prompt testing. Connected Reddit content strategy back to improving AI citations. This is the part most agencies are still figuring out.

SEO
Published 2 blogs/day at Facets.cloud. Ranked #2 for “KubeCon India” and drove 10K+ visitors. Ranked for BOFU keywords like “Dev Orchestration Tool” and “Humanitec Alternative.”

LinkedIn Ghostwriting
Ghostwrote for 6+ B2B SaaS founders. 700K+ total impressions. One founder went from 2K to 12K followers. Built full content systems: voice matching, topic calendars, distribution strategy.

Community Building
Reddit: r/AIAgentsStack (3K+ members). Slack: Facets community (200+ members). WhatsApp: MFStack channel (100+ members).

DevRel & Events
Ran Facets.cloud’s KubeCon India 2024 campaign. 1K+ likes on LinkedIn, 700K+ impressions, 20 SQLs, 10K+ landing page visitors from one conference: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/facets-cloud\_kubecon-kubeconindia-kubecon2024-ugcPost-7274751734583803904-xthc

Organized CTO roundtables in NYC and Bay Area. Ran 5 DevRel collaborations on a $600 budget for a product launch.

Tools I use daily:
Ahrefs, SEMrush, GA4, GSC, Profound, Styfen, Mention, F5Bot, GummySearch, Apollo, HeyReach, Instantly, HubSpot, Make.com, Airtable, Notion, Figma, Canva, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity

Full proof of work with every link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sDaoYLyCduekO_7Uxisxuh1UXnRUSIhfZ5hENllkO_k/edit?usp=sharing

Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BmVuGeqmn2sNookdfIKXlLDsev5Std6R/view?usp=sharing

Based in India, fully remote, flexible on timezone overlap. Open to full-time, contract, or freelance.

If your agency does SEO, AEO, or content for B2B SaaS and you need someone who can also run Reddit and LinkedIn as channels, DM me.

rohansrivastava2520@gmail.com

Please DM me, if my work interests anyone here!

We used to have 5 or 6 active clients on rotation, but we've been able to scale with AI, automations and harnessing a network of trustworthy partners. But our asset handoff process is now a bit of a mess. At the moment, when we finalize something (logo, social templates, etc.) we either zip and email, drop it into the client's Dropbox, or send a Wetransfer. Back in the day this process worked fine but thinking back we still often had back-and-forth about the assets... which was doable with a smaller team and retainers.

But now I really need to make our ops more efficient as stakeholders are starting to drop the ball and it creates a lot of confusion. I'm keen to hear what other agencies are doing or have tried to create a central brand portal. Anyone who can speak to the client experience side especially, that would be great (we're going to have to tie a lot of loose ends).

Curious to hear from people actually running agencies, not the polished conference talk version, the real day-to-day.

What's the bottleneck that keeps coming back no matter how much you try to fix it? Is it hiring, client churn, ops, sales, delivery, cash flow? Something else entirely?

And on the flip side, what's the one thing you're genuinely trying to get to this year? Like if everything else stayed the same but that one thing moved, you'd feel like it was a good year.

No agenda here, just genuinely want to understand what the actual problems look like from the inside. Would love to hear from people at different stages too, whether you're a solo operator or running a team of 20+.

Looking for motivated cold callers (or anyone skilled at generating leads) to book appointments with contractors for a performance-based marketing agency.
This is a 100% commission-based position.
We work on a pay-per-job model, meaning clients only pay us when they close jobs. Because of that, I’m looking for people who are hungry, coachable, and willing to earn based on results.
Compensation
✅ 25% of all commission generated from clients you bring in
✅ Typical payout: $250–$750+ per client
✅ No cap on earnings
✅ Potential for long-term recurring income
✅ Opportunity to grow into a larger role or partnership as we scale
What I Provide
Lead sourcing systems
Scripts and training
CRM access
Ongoing support and feedback
Who I’m Looking For
Strong communication skills
Comfortable talking to business owners
Self-motivated and consistent
Willing to learn and improve
No Experience Required
Experience is NOT required.
If you’re hungry, willing to put in the work, and I see potential, I’m willing to train you. I’d rather work with someone who is driven, ambitious, and coachable than someone with years of experience who isn’t motivated.
To Apply, DM Me:
Any sales, outreach, or business experience you have
Why you’re interested
What your long-term goals are
Looking for a few people who want to grow with us and potentially become long-term partners as the business scales.

I'm building a SAAS tool for marketers and everyday I find myself working on improving UX/UI thinking this will improve user traction, but then I see all the videos on Insta and see that everything can be done on claude.

Since everything is skills and tools now and everything can be connected through MCP, do users even need a traditional dashboard anymore?

Like the whole point of a dashboard was always to give you a query interface over your data, but it seems like it's easier to convince user to use the tool in claude then to come to your dashboard.

The only reason I think dashboard is good is visual representation of the data and not just text always.

Also dashboards are team coordination artifacts. Everyone in a meeting can look at the same screen. Agents feel personal, not shared.

Curious if anyone building SaaS right now is actually rethinking their product surface because of this. Are you leaning into dashboards, killing them, or building something in between?

Cold email subreddit getting nuked because people turned them into spam dumps.

Every LinkedIn "guru" is selling some content growth hack.

AI is flooding inboxes with garbage that gets filtered before a human ever reads it.

Meanwhile, I threw up a post a few weeks ago half-testing whether there was demand for a done-for-you cold calling service. Nothing serious, just gauging interest.

Close to 30 people responded - mostly people wanting a commission based structure or do something hourly, lol.

Booked 4 meetings from it - people who actually knew the price and answered a couple qualification questions in the DMs

Two people signed up on the spot - they said on the call they were going to move forward, two of the easiest closes in my career.

For a channel that everyone wrote off five years ago.

Here's what I think is happening: every channel gets arbitraged to death.

Cold email got spammed into the ground.

LinkedIn DMs are a meme at this point.

Content is so saturated that even good posts get buried.

The second something works, 10,000 people copy it and it stops working.

Cold calling never scaled the same way.

You can't automate a real conversation.

You can't send 50,000 cold calls a day from a burner number and call it a campaign.

The barrier is effort and most people refuse to do it.

That friction is exactly what makes it valuable right now.

I spent five years in sales.

Cold calling was always the highest-conversion channel when done right, just time-consuming and uncomfortable.

Those two things haven't changed.

But the relative advantage of picking up the phone has probably never been higher.

Question for the room: is cold calling actually making a comeback in your world, or is this just an anomaly on my end? And if you're running it as a service, what are you charging?

Hey everyone,

I'm the founder of Chameleon-CRM, an adaptive business operating platform built for service-based businesses like HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, auto repair, salons, pest control, and more. The feature we're leaning into is the Dispatching end of our software. Mostly all service contractors are paying for Service Titan ( hundreds maybe thousands ) every month. This service outperforms everything they have. For $79/month.

If I could get this moving I'd totally be open to bumping you to salary+commission.

I'm looking for someone who genuinely loves sales and wants to earn based on performance.

What I'm offering:

• Commission only
• Up to 50% commission on each sale
• Fully remote
• Flexible schedule
• No quotas or micromanagement
• Opportunity to help grow a startup from the ground up
• I can provide the leads

About the product

Chameleon-CRM isn't just another CRM. It combines:

• CRM
• Scheduling & Dispatch
• Invoicing & Estimates
• POS & Payments
• Payroll
• Inventory
• Customer & Technician Portals
• AI Automations
• Unified Inbox
• And much more...

The goal is to replace multiple disconnected subscriptions with one adaptive platform.

Who I'm looking for

• Experience selling SaaS, marketing services, CRMs, or business software is a huge plus.
• Comfortable prospecting and closing deals.
• Self-motivated and reliable.
• Interested in building a long-term relationship if things go well.

If you're confident in your ability to sell and want the upside of a generous commission structure instead of a fixed salary, send me a DM with a little about yourself and your experience.

I'd love to chat.

We offer annual pricing as well:

https://Chameleon-CRM.com/premium-annual

Looking for experienced closers to help sell a performance-based marketing service for contractors.
We operate on a pay-per-job model. Our clients only pay when they close jobs, and the average client is worth $1,000+ in commission to us.
To scale faster, I’m willing to give qualified closers 50% of my commission, meaning you can earn $500+ from a single closed deal, with some deals paying significantly more.
What you’ll get:
Qualified appointments provided
High-ticket offer with a unique risk-reversal
Fully remote
50% commission split
No cap on earnings
Looking for:
Proven sales experience
Strong objection handling
Comfortable on Zoom and phone
Self-starter who can consistently close
DM me with:
Your sales experience
Industries you’ve sold in
Any results or metrics you can share
Top performers will get first access to all incoming appointments

Putting together a short interview series with marketing agency founders on what's actually working as agencies scale in 2026.

It's a relaxed 20-30-minute conversation covering growth, operations, sales, and the industry's evolution. You'll get the full recording afterwards and can use the content however you like.

This is not a pitch or an agenda. Just an honest conversation worth documenting.

Would anyone here be open to taking part? Drop a comment below.