Automation Wizard/Soloneer - Exploring how we can use the latest technologies such as AI, automation tools like n8n, and 3D printing to make our lives easier and better.
I went quiet on you, here’s why (+ a free guide to make it right)
Hello there, friend!
You might've noticed it's gone a little quiet from me. No dramatic reason — I've had my head down building automation systems (the irony of the automation guy being too busy to email is not lost on me).
But while I was heads-down, I kept picturing you still doing the manual, 2am, copy-paste version of running your business — the exact thing automation is supposed to rescue you from. So I'm back. Consistently, this time.
And I want to make the quiet up to you with something genuinely useful: the 5 automations every creator should set up this week — the battle-tested ones I actually use to go from "always behind" to "surprisingly organised" (Taty's words, not mine). Each takes 30 minutes or less, works with tools you already have, and quietly buys back hours every week.
Set up even one this week and you'll feel it by Friday.
More soon — and this time I mean it,
Andrew
The Automation Wizard
Andrew Molloy
Automation Wizard/Soloneer - Exploring how we can use the latest technologies such as AI, automation tools like n8n, and 3D printing to make our lives easier and better.
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