AI, Agents & The Future of Marketing: Remy Skerjanz’s Playbook for Outbound Success

26/11/2025 44 min
AI, Agents & The Future of Marketing: Remy Skerjanz’s Playbook for Outbound Success

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AI is already transforming how businesses connect and grow. In this episode, Jennifer Bagley sits down with Remy Skerjanz, co-founder of Sales Blaster AI, for an inside look at what’s truly changing in digital marketing, lead generation, and customer experience.Remy breaks down his partnership journey with Max, why they bet on AI voice and agentic technology, and how their tools help businesses outperform competitors in a future where AI agents do the booking, research, and heavy lifting.From helping a major political campaign harness AI outbound calling to building scalable, performance-based solutions for clients, Remy reveals exactly where agencies and trades businesses need to adapt—and what happens to those who don’t. If you want to know what “agentic optimization” really means, or how to future-proof your company against the rapid pace of change, don’t miss this episode.Ideal for agency owners, marketers, tech-savvy trades professionals, and any entrepreneur ready to embrace the next wave of AI-driven business.Timestamps: 00:00 — Introduction & Welcoming Remy Skerjanz01:09 — Remy’s Early Entrepreneurial Journey & Meeting Max05:18 — Building a Partnership: Philosophy & Contracts06:27 — Turning Down a Big Money Offer to Build Their Own Path07:06 — AI Success in Politics: Kennedy Campaign Story09:31 — The AI Shift: When Everything Changed10:05 — Impact of AI on Google Search and Digital Marketing11:09 — AI Agents & the Agentic-Ready Future12:21 — Humans vs. AI Agents: Where Businesses Struggle13:48 — AI for Customer Support: The Case for Real Impact16:20 — What Agentic Optimization Means for Businesses18:43 — How Sales Blaster AI Scales & Stays Ahead of Change22:21 — Outbound AI, Platform Agnosticism, and Performance-Based Approaches24:23 — Jennifer’s Support & The Importance of Young Innovators27:15 — Can You Trust AI? Guardrails, Hallucinations, and Best Practices31:56 — Training AI vs. Training Humans32:24 — Remy’s Framework: Purpose-Driven, Modular AI Architecture34:04 — Human in the Loop: When to Rely on People35:44 — Architecting Systems & Staying Agentic-Ready37:22 — Shared Memory, Multiple Agents & What’s Next in AI Tools39:34 — What’s Coming Next: SaaS and Opportunities with Sales Blaster AI42:07 — Building a Podcast Fast: Lessons in Modern Content Marketing43:05 — Final Thoughts & Advice for Trades and AgenciesGuest Details:Remy SkerjanzTitle: Co-founder of Sales Blaster AIBackground: Remy is a serial entrepreneur and innovator in the agentic AI and outbound automation space. After a start in commercial real estate and a stint providing pre-foreclosure data—and teaching himself digital marketing—he partnered with Max, a government tech team alumnus, to build scalable AI tools. Together, they developed voice and outbound agents, scored political campaign wins, and committed to helping businesses become agentic-ready. Remy is also the co-host of The Autonomous Growth Show and an advocate for performance-driven, high-leverage AI adoption.Relevant Links:Sales Blaster AIThe Autonomous Growth Show PodcastCatalyst for the Trades PodcastCI Web GroupThe Opus & Golds GroupEnjoyed this episode? Subscribe to "The Catalyst for Trades" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred platform. Share this episode with aspiring and established leaders, and stay tuned for more insights on driving business success and personal leadership growth.

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