Get all 9 prompts here: https://www.vendasta.com/content-library/youtube-content-library/

LinkedIn reach is down ~80%, AI content is everywhere, and most agency owners are posting into the void. So how did Charlie Hills go from posts dying at 400 impressions to 200,000+ followers and a client pipeline in just over a year?

In this episode we break down the exact system — the profile setup, the content strategy, and the full library of AI prompts Charlie uses with Claude and Gemini to create high-performing LinkedIn content without sounding robotic.

You'll learn why "how I did it" beats "how to," the 70/20/10 content split that drives both growth and revenue, and how to engineer hooks, carousels, and infographics that actually stop the scroll. Whether you're an agency owner, founder, or solo creator trying to turn LinkedIn into a lead machine, this is the playbook.

✅ Post as much as is sustainable early on to gather data, then double down on what works

✅ Storytelling and a specific point of view beat generic "top 10 tips" content in the AI era

✅ Your profile is a landing page, not a CV — optimize the headline, banner, About, and Feature sections to convert

✅ Content is the engine of your pipeline: it generates intent signals from your ideal clients

✅ AI does the heavy lifting, but the ideas, perspective, and judgment have to come from you

✅ It's a long game — expect 3 to 6 months before real traction

🌐 Website: https://www.linked-agency.com/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlie-hills/

📩 Newsletter: https://charliehills.substack.com/

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We help digital agencies, franchisors, and MSPs scale profitably, deliver better outcomes for local businesses, and grow long-term revenue with less manual effort.

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Isabella was one of the first agencies on earth licensed to deploy AI voice agents — working 18-hour days, scaling fast, looking successful from the outside. Then she sat down with M&A lawyers to find out what it was all worth… and got the wake-up call that changed everything.

In this episode of the Conquer Local Podcast, she breaks down the exact difference between an agency capped at a 2X valuation and one building something worth 20X — plus the AI employee playbook agencies are using to target 70–80% margins heading into 2026.

If you run an agency, sell AI services, or want to start an AI business without a technical background — this one's a cheat code. 🚀

• Why "human-centric" AI services quietly kill your valuation
• The micro-SaaS founders making $30M–$80M with teams of 5 (or one 18-year-old)
• Productize vs. service: the real reason one founder builds 20X and the other stalls at 2X
• Why AI voice agents for cold calling is the WORST use case (and what to do instead)
• The 3 AI agents businesses are paying the most for right now: Speed-to-Lead, AI Receptionist & After-Hours Agent
• How to price agents like a real employee salary — and stop leaving 5–6 figures on the table
• The exact difference between a $3K/month agency and a $50K/month agency
• Isabella's 90-day, $100K playbook (and the #1 mistake that makes it crash and burn)
• Her 3 non-negotiable principles for starting an AI business today

The AI gold rush isn't consulting or "ChatGPT training." It's productized AI employees that do the work, scale without breaking, and get compared to a real salary — not a "bot."

🌐 Website: https://izzygpt.com/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/izzword/

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We help digital agencies, franchisors, and MSPs scale profitably, deliver better outcomes for local businesses, and grow long-term revenue with less manual effort.

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Luke Pierce has built 80+ AI systems with a near-100% adoption rate and he uses a 7-point scorecard to know which niches print $1M+ before he ever sends a single pitch.

In this episode, Luke Pierce (founder of Boom Automation) breaks down the exact framework he uses to score any industry and predict — before a single sales call — whether it'll make money or bleed you dry.

He's worked with everyone from small local businesses to mid-market investment firms, and he's learned the hard way that the niche you pick decides everything: your close rate, your deal size, your margins, and whether you're still in business in twelve months.

→ The 7-point scoring system that separates $1M niches from time-wasters (and the ONE criterion that overrides the other six combined)

→ Why the most painful, "perfect-on-paper" niches are actually the trap that kills agencies

→ The 5 local business categories with a pain point AI absolutely crushes right now — and the exact automation each one will happily pay for

→ How to find any industry's #1 AI opportunity without ever working in it

→ Why specialists get chosen while generalists fight for scraps on price

If you run an AI agency — this is the playbook.

Website: https://boomautomations.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-pierce-boom-automations/

💬 Which niche are you going after? Drop it in the comments.

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Vendasta is an AI-powered customer acquisition and engagement platform that helps businesses get more customers—and keep them. Our platform unifies fragmented tools across marketing, sales, and operations, and uses AI assistants plus proprietary SMB data to automate busywork, streamline workflows, and amplify the humans on your team.

We help digital agencies, franchisors, and MSPs scale profitably, deliver better outcomes for local businesses, and grow long-term revenue with less manual effort.

👉 Transform Your Agency with Vendasta – Book a Demo

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