AI for Agencies: The Simple Shift to Scale Faster with Less Stress

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September 14, 2025

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AI for Agencies that transforms bottlenecks into breakthroughs

When you’re running a 7+ figure digital agency, bottlenecks don’t just cost you time — they cost you opportunity. In this episode of the Catalytic Leadership Podcast, I explore how AI for agencies is helping leaders free their teams from wasted hours, unlock hidden revenue, and scale with less stress.

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How AI for Agencies Creates Six-Figure Breakthroughs

In this episode, AI for Agencies: The Simple Shift to Scale Faster with Less Stress, I had the privilege of interviewing Bryce DeCora, co-founder and CEO of Closebot. With a background in AI, engineering, and sales, Bryce shared how his company helps agencies qualify leads automatically, reactivate databases, and book appointments at scale.

One client reactivated 700 old leads and generated $150,000 in just two days. Another booked so many new clients that their calendar maxed out. These aren’t theories — they are practical, tested applications of AI for agencies that relieve pressure, reclaim time, and deliver exponential results.

What stands out most is Bryce’s clarity: automation isn’t about replacing leaders, it’s about equipping them to lead at a higher level.

For Agency Leaders Ready to Scale with Intention

If you are a digital agency owner scaling past 7 figures, this conversation will resonate if you’ve ever thought:
“I’m sitting on a database of leads, but don’t have the bandwidth to reactivate them.”

“I need my team focused on high-value work, not qualifying unfit leads.”

“I feel behind on AI and automation, and I don’t want to lose ground.”

“I want clarity in my systems so my team knows exactly what winning looks like.”

Clarity is the Antidote to Bottlenecks

When I coach high-performing leaders, I often say that clarity is one of the rarest and most valuable assets in leadership. Teams don’t stall because of lack of effort — they stall because of lack of direction.

What Bryce highlighted in this episode is that AI can handle the noise — the unqualified leads, the wasted touches, the repetitive booking tasks — so leaders can bring clarity to the signal. When your people no longer spend hours in the weeds, you as the leader can elevate the conversation to vision, mission, and measurable outcomes.

That’s the shift. The true power of AI for agencies is not the tool itself but what it enables: leaders freed from firefighting, teams aligned around a clear vision, and organizations positioned to scale with speed and sustainability.

If you want your agency to grow without burning out your best people, start with clarity. Identify where your time and theirs is leaking. Automate what can be automated. And then double down on the uniquely human work of leading with vision.

Episode Highlights You Don’t Want to Miss

00:02 – Introducing Bryce DeCora, CEO of Closebot
01:24 – How becoming a parent sparked early leadership growth
03:50 – Lessons from Boeing and stepping into AI projects
06:26 – Leaving corporate for entrepreneurship
08:59 – Resilience through real estate and hard times
10:30 – How Closebot was born from automating sales work
12:14 – Case study: $150K in two days with database reactivation
13:54 – When automation books too many clients
15:04 – Why few agencies are using AI — and the advantage that creates
17:14 – Leadership clarity: vision, KPIs, and team alignment
20:52 – Scaling product maturity vs. chasing revenue
22:06 – Overcoming imposter syndrome and raising bigger goals
29:38 – Navigating uncertainty in the AI landscape
31:03 – Building a team to remove bottlenecks and sleepless nights

Books Mentioned

The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

Connect with Bryce DeCora

You can connect with Bryce on LinkedIn for business and AI insights, or follow his AI research on X. Links are in the show notes.

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About Dr. William Attaway:

Dr. William Attaway is a seasoned Executive Mindset and Leadership Coach who helps 6-, 7-, and 8-figure digital agency owners scale their businesses with clarity, systems, and confidence. With over 30 years of experience, he equips growth-driven entrepreneurs to build high-performing teams, implement scalable systems, and transition from freelancer to CEO.

He hosts the Catalytic Leadership™ Podcast—ranked in the Top 1.5% of podcasts globally (source: Listen Notes)—with a weekly reach of over 50,000. Each episode features elite agency owners and top digital entrepreneurs sharing what actually works when scaling a service-based business.

From leadership development and visionary thinking to mindset transformation and team optimization, Dr. Attaway empowers agency leaders to build a business that thrives without their constant oversight—and a team that flourishes under intentional, scalable leadership.