She built First Movers around AI systems instead of headcount. Today her YouTube channel is run by her AI clone and reaches 300,000+ subscribers. She’s the author of 10+ books on content, marketing, and AI.
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On July 9, 2024, Sarah Franklin, the CEO of an HR software company called Lattice, posted on LinkedIn
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A woman messaged me last month to ask whether she should sell her house. She works in accounts
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We are on the verge of something extraordinary: humanity’s final invention. That invention is Artificial General Intelligence, and
Barna Group dropped a stat this year that stopped me cold: 48% of practicing Christians say they would
Everyone’s abuzz about the future of AI and human productivity. Whether you manage a team, work on one,
In March, the ARC Prize Foundation released a test where untrained humans solved 100% of the environments. The
MIT analyzed 300 enterprise AI deployments and found that 95% delivered zero measurable return. Billions invested. Nothing on
“AI consultant” might be the most abused job title on LinkedIn right now. Somewhere around 2023, everyone with
Here’s the truth nobody wants to say out loud. Your website is no longer the only place people
Everyone wants to know if AI consulting is worth it. If you’re running a business and you’re considering
You have ChatGPT open in one tab. Claude in another. Your CRM sitting idle. Your email platform waiting.
Let me start with the uncomfortable truth most AI vendors won’t tell you. Almost everyone trying to cut
Here’s a very real scenario playing out in marketing departments right now: One team creates 10 pieces of
Here’s the thing nobody tells you when you start building with AI. The prompt you wrote on day
I remember sitting in my office late one night at Express Writers, surrounded by spreadsheets of contractor invoices.
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Every week in 2026, another wave of agentic AI enterprise news hits your inbox — a new agent
Picture this. Your competitor just shipped three marketing campaigns this week. You shipped one this month. Both of
Picture this. Your bot just “deflected” 60 percent of incoming tickets last month. The dashboard looks beautiful. Your
You hire an AI consultancy. They show you their “AI labs” on a slide deck. Six months and
Here is the gap nobody talks about. The agentic AI category produced incredible demos in 2025, and now
Most people who ask me about AI consulting ROI can’t tell me how many hours a week their
Here’s the part nobody is saying out loud. Retail just had its biggest reorientation since mobile, and it
My AI marketing automation brought in $5,700 one day while I was sitting by the river with my
Here’s the uncomfortable truth about ai automation platforms for sales teams: most of them end up gathering dust
AI inbox automation is one of the fastest wins available to any operator right now. Not in six
Here’s the question I hear constantly from business owners and operators right now: which business processes should you
“Why most AI implementations stall in month two.” You typed this into Google for a reason. You bought
You’ve made the decision to automate. Good. That’s the hard part. Now you’re staring at three tools —
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AI for sales teams is one of the most misunderstood investments in business today. And I say that
You bought ChatGPT. Maybe you went all-in — Plus, Teams, or Enterprise. Your team got excited. Somebody made
Agentic AI explained simply: it’s AI that acts on its own, not AI that waits to be told
An AI sales automation platform is one of the most misunderstood investments in business today. Most founders I
AI email sequence automation is one of the highest-leverage things you can do for your business right now.
AI workflow setup is one of the fastest-growing investments in business right now — and one of the
If “ChatGPT not working for business” is your reality right now, you’re not alone — and you’re not
Every pricing guide I’ve found on this topic gives you the same non-answer: “It depends. Rates range from
How to choose the right AI consulting partner is one of the most important decisions your business will
Looking for the top consulting services for AI adoption in mid-sized businesses? You’re in the right place. Because…
If you’ve been Googling done with you AI services, you’ve probably already run into two extremes. On one
Somewhere on YouTube right now, a version of me is on camera in a video I never filmed.
“What is OpenClaw?” Ok, ok. Let’s start here. You know how hiring a virtual assistant is the dream?
As AI content generation takes the marketing world by storm, one question continuously pops up: how to humanize
“How to use Claude?” Maybe you’ve asked this. Cool. Maybe you’ve wondered what Claude can do to help
$420,000. That’s the spend. Every single year. Just to stay visible. Let’s break it down: A content team
Do you dream of growing your business — I mean, really growing it, exponentially? Have you heard about
