Notes from the build.

Long-form writing on AI sales automation and what's actually working for 10–50 person B2B service teams. New post roughly twice a month.

July 3, 2026 HubSpot

HubSpot's AI Agents Now Charge Per Result. Here's What That Means for Buying vs. Building Sales AI.

HubSpot's Breeze agents now charge per outcome. Here's why that works inside one CRM, and where it breaks down elsewhere in your sales process.

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June 28, 2026 Claude

Claude Can Now Run Agents on a Schedule. What That Changes for a Small B2B Sales Team.

Claude's June 2026 scheduled agents run unattended on a cadence and reach your CRM. Here's what a small sales team can put on a schedule, and where a human still belongs.

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June 20, 2026 sales stack

What a 10-person B2B sales team's stack actually costs in 2026 (and what to cut)

Most small sales teams overpay for tools their reps don't use. Here's the real stack: three jobs, two tools, under $300/month.

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June 16, 2026 AI SDR

Why Your AI-Written Outreach Keeps Failing (It's Not the AI)

AI SDR tools underperform because most teams skip enrichment. The AI isn't the problem. The data feeding it is. Here's how to fix the layer that actually matters.

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June 12, 2026 lead routing

Why Your Inbound Leads Never Get a Reply (And How an AI-Drafted First Response Fixes It)

Inbound leads sit unanswered because outbound-focused teams have no inbound process. Here's how routing plus an AI-drafted reply fixes that.

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June 8, 2026 sales automation

Why Your Sales Reps Are Doing the Work Your Automation Was Supposed to Do

Your CRM is connected and your tools are set up, but your reps are still copying data between them manually. Here's the diagnosis and the fix.

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June 6, 2026 lead enrichment

How to build an automated lead enrichment pipeline that runs before your SDR touches a lead

SDRs spend 20 minutes per lead on manual research. Here's the n8n + Claude workflow that enriches leads the moment they enter your CRM.

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May 30, 2026 sales automation

Why Your Sales Team Ignores Every AI Tool You Roll Out (And the One Fix That Actually Works)

95% of sales AI pilots produce zero ROI. The problem isn't the AI. It's that every tool lands in the wrong place in the rep's day. Here's how to fix that.

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May 22, 2026 AI SDR

The Autonomous AI SDR Is Dead. Here's the Human-in-the-Loop Stack That Actually Works.

Fully autonomous AI SDRs underperformed in 2026. The winning model is human-in-the-loop: AI handles signal detection, research, and drafts. Humans own judgment and send.

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May 20, 2026 sales automation

Why AI Feels Underwhelming in Your Sales Process (and the 3 Workflows That Actually Deliver)

Most sales teams try AI on open-ended tasks and get generic results. Here are 3 narrow, trigger-based workflows that consistently save real time for B2B teams.

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May 16, 2026 HubSpot

What Anthropic's Claude for Small Business Actually Does for Your HubSpot Sales Team

Claude for Small Business connects Claude directly to HubSpot. Here's what a sales rep can actually do with it today, where it helps, and where it falls short.

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May 9, 2026 CRM

Why CRM Automation Makes Your Follow-Ups Worse (and the Trigger Fix)

Time-based sequences don't know what just happened in your deal. Here's the trigger architecture that actually works for a small B2B sales team.

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