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How many accounts can one of your account managers actually run well?

If your answer is somewhere between 10 and 25, you're probably operating with the current model.

Social Ordeals' answer is 40 to 90.

Their team isn't burning out. They built an AI workforce their account managers direct, and the results are changing what the job looks like entirely.

Simon Papadopoulos is walking through exactly how that works on June 10 at 11am ET.

Save your seat 👉 https://1l.ink/BZZTVDL

Vendasta Vibe is here. 🎉

Describe what you need. Vibe builds it.

✅ Production-ready websites, apps, and dashboards
✅ Already knows your business from the first prompt
✅ Connected to your CRM automatically
✅ Live in minutes, not weeks
✅ Starts free

No code. No developers. No blank page.
If you can describe it, you can deploy it.

Read the full press release here: https://1l.ink/5T7F2XC

They were 6 months into building a CRM. Deadline approaching. Nothing to ship.

Their engineering team had hit a wall. Building a multi-tenant CRM from scratch was harder, slower, and more expensive than expected — and the customer-committed deadline wasn't moving.

So they made a call: stop building, start embedding.

What happened next is a case study in what the right build-vs-buy decision actually looks like in practice. Swipe through 👉

🔗 Full story in the comments.

This started with one piece of feedback we couldn't shake.
Software wins deals. Service wins clients.

"I love what the AI can do. I just don't have time to keep managing it."
"My client's business changed and the AI didn't change with it."
"I want to sell this without becoming the prompt engineer."

So we started to build a solution.

That's what the new AI Workforce Optimization Plan is really about.

Our team becomes the manager of your client's AI workforce.

Setup handled.
Adjustments unlimited.
Monthly check-ins are built in.
Real humans to talk to when you need them.

But underneath all of that, it's peace of mind.

If you want to learn more about this exciting new service, make sure to join the webinar on Jun 17, 2026!
https://1l.ink/CPDVVPX

Your competitor just shipped what used to take you six weeks.
They did it in an afternoon. From their phone.

Ninety days ago, we handed early access to Blue River Digital, Black Feather, and Incept.

What came back broke our assumptions about what an agency can build, how fast, and what it's worth.
→ A $16,000 contractor quote replaced in two weeks.
→ A customer's problem solved before he finished describing it — built from a phone, in a parking lot, in eight minutes.
→ A reporting platform every agency in the industry pays for, rebuilt in a single Vibe session. Same data. Their rules. None of the seat tax.

It's three founders walking on stage to show what they shipped — and what it replaced.

For 40 years, software was something you bought.
Starting June 3, it's something you describe.

Vendasta Connect — June 3 · Free · Live · 2 hours
🔗 Registration link in the comments.
Drop a 👋 if you'll be there live. See you June 3.

Ideas on Tap brought the conversation offline to talk about what AI is changing online.

From digital identity to authenticity, last week’s discussion challenged how we think about showing up in the AI era.

A huge thank you to our panelists — Allan Wolinski, Brendan King, and Katrina German, for sharing their perspectives on AI, personal branding, digital twins, and the future of online identity.

And of course, thank you to everyone who came out, volunteered, grabbed a drink, and helped make the night what it was. The support from the Vendasta team and the Saskatoon tech community helped us raise important funds for Autism Services of Saskatoon!

$30,000 commission. At 11:00 PM. Zero humans involved.

That's one story in our new AI Employee Success Story Library.

Here are a few others:

→ A BBQ pitmaster tripled his catering revenue while working a full-time job, with AI handling every wedding inquiry and event vetting in the background
→ A car rental company captured 778 qualified leads in 4 months by ensuring no inbound call ever hit voicemail
→ A 9-location vet clinic generated $47,000 in a single month by capturing late-night searches that would have otherwise gone to competitors
→ A construction company tripled its sales close rate from 15% to 50% by identifying exactly where leads were slipping through the cracks

These aren't projections or pilot results. They're documented outcomes from real businesses using a 24/7 AI workforce.

We built this library because "AI employees drive ROI" shouldn't be a claim — it should be something you can read, verify, and see yourself in.

15 stories. Specific industries. Real numbers.

Link in the comments.

Which result surprised you most?

Marketing and sales as one department.
That's the future Howell Studios is already shipping.

Congratulations to Howell Studios — one of the first agencies to earn Vendasta AI Certified Partner status.

Howell Studios does not just use AI. They build with it.

And the businesses they serve feel it. An award-winning pitmaster tripling his catering revenue while he's still on the grill. A B2B client watching their qualified lead list triple in a single month. Cold outreach handled entirely by AI, with four meetings booked in a single week and zero BDRs on payroll. With Howell Studios in their corner, SMBs are competing with companies ten times their size, without hiring a team to match.

As Patrick Howell puts it: "Marketing and sales are going to be one department, especially with AI. We're trying to push that way and lead the charge."

Swipe through to see what Vendasta AI Certified actually looks like in practice.

If you are a small or midsize business looking for a partner who already knows how to put AI to work for you, meet them here:
https://www.vendasta.com/partners/howell-studios-ai-marketing/