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S01 E01 How Marketing Agencies Can Survive AI and Win in 2026 | with Jon Tsourakis | The Winning Edge

S01 E01 How Marketing Agencies Can Survive AI and Win in 2026 | with Jon Tsourakis | The Winning Edge

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 Marketing agencies are facing an extinction event. According to Jon Tsourakis, President and Chief Revenue Officer of Oyova, 20 percent or more of marketing agencies will disappear within two years as AI reshapes the industry. But the agencies that survive won't just adapt to technology - they'll double down on deep expertise, team selling, and genuine curiosity.Jon shares battle-tested insights from leading a 30-person marketing and development agency through massive market shifts. From the death of content mills to why he fires clients who don't respect his team, this conversation reveals what it really takes to win in today's brutally competitive agency landscape. Skip and Jon dig into the realities of losing deals to insiders, why price objections mean you already lost, and the surprising power of walking away from bad-fit prospects.If you're selling complex services in a commoditized market, this episode delivers hard-won wisdom on qualification, team-based selling, and building a sales process tight enough that clients feel zero pain from discovery to delivery.Key learnings: Why most marketing agencies will disappear in the next two years and which ones will surviveThe real reason agencies lose deals and why price is never the actual problemHow to qualify ruthlessly so you stop wasting time on deals you'll never closeWhy flying out to meet prospects in person still wins deals in the Zoom eraThe one question that reveals true urgency in every sales conversationHow curiosity became the most valuable trait in modern salespeopleWhy Jon fires clients who don't deserve to get rich from his team's workThe framework for team selling that protects both your salespeople and your delivery teamHow to reposition competitors without ever talking about your own solutionWhat makes a sales process so tight that clients experience zero frictionWant more insights on building your competitive edge in sales? Follow Your Winning Edge and connect with Skip Balch.Jon TsourakisPresident & Chief Revenue Officer, Oyovahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jontsourakisjon@oyova.comChapters:0:00 Introduction1:03 Why 20% of marketing agencies will disappear2:01 What happened to inbound-focused agencies4:00 Deep expertise as a survival strategy5:07 The final 10%: why clients come back to experts7:09 Positioning and the danger of patching yourself together8:17 What deep expertise actually means at Oyova9:48 The biggest sales challenge: getting to the decision maker10:44 Why team selling wins over solo selling12:10 How Jon structures the sales meeting13:47 Why Oyova loses: price and US-based labor costs14:40 Why getting on a plane can make or break a deal16:57 Qualify to disqualify: price conversations upfront18:47 What is Oyova's winning edge?20:02 How references and stories close deals21:16 How to hire for gratitude and attitude22:27 Where leads actually come from22:52 State of the business and optimism for 202626:13 You can't teach curiosity: what to look for in salespeople27:40 Curiosity as the fuel of AI28:54 How Jon opens a sales conversation30:49 Qualification is not a stage, it's the whole process34:42 The real reason companies don't buy35:09 Losing to insiders: the toughest deal to win37:20 The power of walking away from a deal40:14 When to send a prospect to your competitor41:33 Repositioning your competitor instead of yourself41:47 Jon's question to leave the audience withListen to The SalesHandicapper on these podcast platforms: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yfFwczRTqruBsyi3PMD7pApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-saleshandicapper/id1878682655Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4b791f16-e916-45cf-a66d-4efb324e24f3/the-saleshandicapper-your-winning-edgeWe hope you enjoyed this episode of SalesHandicapper!– Skip and the SalesHandicapper Podcast team :)Connect with me: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/skipbalch/#SalesHandicapper #SkipBalch #B2BSales #SalesStrategy #TechSales #SalesLeadership #StartupSales #SalesProcess #ICP #PipelineManagement #SalesCoaching #RevenueGrowth #FounderSales #SalesEnablement #GTMStrategySalesHandicapper is a podcast for B2B tech founders and sales leaders building and scaling their sales engines. Hosted by Skip Balch, a sales strategist with over 45 years of experience in B2B sales and product development, each episode explores the real challenges of creating repeatable, scalable sales processes. Skip brings a diagnostic approach to sales, helping leaders distinguish between people problems, process problems, and ICP problems.The podcast features candid conversations with founders and sales leaders who share their journeys from early customer wins to scaling sales teams. Whether you're a founder systematising what's working, a VP of Sales managing inconsistent team performance, or a sales leader navigating the shift from early stage to scale, SalesHandicapper delivers practical frameworks and honest insights to help you build your winning edge.
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