Promethean’s 2026 Digital Agency Growth Guide found a 49-point spread between the fastest and slowest growing agencies, and the difference isn’t luck. The shops pulling ahead have made deliberate moves: building referral systems that run without them, turning account management into their highest-leverage growth function, and integrating AI in ways that actually move the needle on revenue.

Along with reviewing the report, Carl Smith & Nick Petroski will interview agency leaders about what they built, what changed when they did, and what lessons you can take back to your own shop.