
The Agency Uplift Podcast
The Agency Uplift Podcast: Agency Scaling Strategies & Growth Tips
Unlock proven frameworks, AI‑powered workflows, and client acquisition blueprints to scale your digital agency from freelance to Fortune. Each week, host Sean Lang, co‑founder of Social Commerce Club and agency growth coach, sits down with a wide array of agency leaders—sharing battle‑tested tactics on profitability, processes, and people management.
Whether you’re aiming to double client retention, streamline operations, or boost ad ROI, you’ll walk away with actionable insights and playbooks you can implement today. New episodes every Monday and Wednesday, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
▶️ Subscribe now to never miss an episode.
▶️ Leave a review and help fellow agency owners find us.
▶️ Interested in sharing your story? Apply to be a guest: https://forms.gle/XLZ7aTSMdXGVkoELA
The Agency Uplift Podcast
Ep 53: Why 90% of Ad Ideas Should Fail and How AI Helps You Find The 10% | with Brett Friedman of The Creative Strategy Agency
Takeaways:
- Claude’s “style” prompts let you analyze accounts through fresh lenses.
- You can simulate 100s of expert perspectives to improve creative ideation.
- Use Notion and Asana to build real-time dashboards powered by LLMs.
- Bain’s 30 value props make for powerful messaging test frameworks.
- AI can help uncover underserved audiences using identity + hobby data.
- Power laws mean chasing quantity can yield quality — with strategy.
- Skip the “AI agent” hype—insert AI where it enhances your decision-making.
Taste is learnable: train on real ad performance, not assumptions.
Check out Brett's agency here:
Identify & Fix your critical gap now: www.agencyuplift.co/mini
Agency Uplift - Free Stuff to Scale Your Agency:
https://www.agencyuplift.co/sop (I saved $20K/mo using this system)