Growth is turning out to be the Achilles heel for inbound agencies. A hidden weakness within an overall strength. Some of the smartest, nicest and most driven people I know are throwing in the towel.
Thousands of small marketing outfits have jumped on the inbound marketing bandwagon. Large agencies, established sales organizations and software companies have also built out inbound teams so they can say "yes" to the services that clients are begging for. But there therein lies the problem. Agencies are being spoon-fed opportunities and they eventually get caught with their pants down having not thought through the SERVICES based business model at scale.
