Agency Insights for Scaling Your Marketing Agency

Order-Taker Agencies Are Dead! Here’s How to Survive AI
Jason Swenk Jason Swenk

Order-Taker Agencies Are Dead! Here’s How to Survive AI

If your agency is still saying, “Sure, we can do that” to every client request, you’re already in trouble.

AI isn’t coming—it’s here. And it’s gunning for the order takers.

The agencies that survive won’t be the button pushers. They’ll be the problem solvers. The strategists.

Let’s break down why the old “yes to everything” model is dead—and what to do instead.

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Pepsi Paid $2 Billion for Gut Soda?! Here’s What Your Agency Should Be Doing Right Now
Jason Swenk Jason Swenk

Pepsi Paid $2 Billion for Gut Soda?! Here’s What Your Agency Should Be Doing Right Now

Pepsi just dropped $2 billion to acquire Poppy.

Let that sink in.

A gut-health soda brand that didn’t even exist a decade ago is now a multibillion-dollar player—without some bloated VC war chest or Super Bowl ads. Why? Because they didn’t just sell a drink. They sold vitality without boredom.

Just like Liquid Death isn’t selling water. They’re selling rebellion in a can.

This matters to you because your agency clients are still playing the safe game. Bland branding. Forgettable messaging. Funnel tweaks and ad spend tricks. But the world doesn’t reward better. It rewards different. And that’s where you come in.

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