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242 articles · last updated September 27, 2026 · written by Julia McCoy

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Picture this. Your bot just “deflected” 60 percent of incoming tickets last month. The dashboard looks beautiful. Your

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You hire an AI consultancy. They show you their “AI labs” on a slide deck. Six months and

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Here is the gap nobody talks about. The agentic AI category produced incredible demos in 2025, and now

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Most people who ask me about AI consulting ROI can’t tell me how many hours a week their

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Here’s the part nobody is saying out loud. Retail just had its biggest reorientation since mobile, and it

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My AI marketing automation brought in $5,700 one day while I was sitting by the river with my

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Here’s the uncomfortable truth about ai automation platforms for sales teams: most of them end up gathering dust

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AI inbox automation is one of the fastest wins available to any operator right now. Not in six

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Here’s the question I hear constantly from business owners and operators right now: which business processes should you

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You’ve made the decision to automate. Good. That’s the hard part. Now you’re staring at three tools —

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by the real Julia yes, handwritten. I’m sitting outside, in the sun. Inbetween journaling and reading and strategizing.

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AI for sales teams is one of the most misunderstood investments in business today. And I say that

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Agentic AI explained simply: it’s AI that acts on its own, not AI that waits to be told

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An AI sales automation platform is one of the most misunderstood investments in business today. Most founders I

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AI email sequence automation is one of the highest-leverage things you can do for your business right now.

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AI workflow setup is one of the fastest-growing investments in business right now — and one of the

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If “ChatGPT not working for business” is your reality right now, you’re not alone — and you’re not

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Every pricing guide I’ve found on this topic gives you the same non-answer: “It depends. Rates range from

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How to choose the right AI consulting partner is one of the most important decisions your business will

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Looking for the top consulting services for AI adoption in mid-sized businesses? You’re in the right place. Because…

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If you’ve been Googling done with you AI services, you’ve probably already run into two extremes. On one

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Somewhere on YouTube right now, a version of me is on camera in a video I never filmed.

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“What is OpenClaw?” Ok, ok. Let’s start here. You know how hiring a virtual assistant is the dream?

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As AI content generation takes the marketing world by storm, one question continuously pops up: how to humanize

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Julia McCoy

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Julia McCoy is a 10x author, entrepreneur, and trailblazer in AI adaption. As the founder and President of First Movers, she empowers work professionals to dominate in the AI revolution through her revolutionary educational platform: First Movers AI Labs.

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