Agency selection has always run on referrals and reputation — the exact signal AI assistants try to reconstruct from public writing, case studies, and mentions. Mentioned checks whether your agency actually shows up when a buyer asks.
These are the shape of questions Mentioned asks on your behalf — buyer intent tied to company stage, budget, and channel, not generic "best marketing agency" prompts.
"Who should I hire" used to get crowdsourced on X or in Slack communities. A growing share of that question now goes straight to an AI assistant — which means agency shortlists are increasingly written by a model, not a peer group.
An agency that specializes in "B2B SaaS demand gen" competes in a much smaller, more specific answer set than "marketing agency" broadly — but only if that specialization is legible enough that an AI model can surface it. Vague positioning tends to get outranked by agencies with sharper public messaging.
If your agency pitches clients on visibility and channel performance, showing up in an AI-generated shortlist is a credibility signal in its own right — and not showing up is an awkward thing for a prospect to notice.
Same free tool, same 5-question check — enter your agency name and a category like "marketing agency for B2B SaaS" or "paid social agency for DTC brands."
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