Doncho Dan Miladinov

PSA: Start using AI today in your workday.

Random tasks that would have taken me 2-3 hours to finish before AI.

I only used Claude Desktop + Smartlead MCP and Smartlead API today.

1. Update the text of a 3 email body subsequence across 16 different subsequences.
Without AI: Probably an hour.
With AI: 15 minutes. 🦾 

And only because Smartlead's MCP endpoint for changing the text in the email body of a sequence is bugged inside their MCP and doesn't work. 

So I had to figure out why it didn't work for like 10 minutes.

After that Claude wrote the script for the .json and the shell script to run this from my terminal. 

2. Remove a few inboxes connected to 8 different campaigns by mistake.
Without AI: Probably 20 minutes
With AI: 2 minutes 🦾 

3. Change the lead category from Interested to Meeting Requested to 40 leads in Smartlead.
Without AI: 45-50 minutes
With AI: 3 minutes 🦾 

One of our automations failed 2 days ago, so I had to suddenly finish these before our client wakes up on the west coast and my day ends.

These are totally random basic manual tasks that poped up during the day that got removed as fast as they showed up today.

This isn't even scratching the surface of all the things being done with the help of AI.

So start small, but please, start today, there is no reason not to in 2026.

Done Miladinov

⚙️StackOptimise | GTM Engineering and Ops | Outbound systems for 200+ companies

Hiring 2x GTM Engineers 🚀

Apply here: https://tally.so/r/m6a5rY

** You must be able to speak fluent English.

Founder - SARAL | The Influencer Operating System for Ecommerce

Make no mistake about it.

Influencer marketing is the next big thing. In fact, it's already here. Most of the DTC world just needs to catch up to the right ways of executing 😉

If you don’t have big names talking about you, loving you, and recommending you, you’re missing out on millions of dollars of revenue that could be yours 💸
Imagine letting that much money go down the drain because there isn't a simple enough way for you to capture it. 

When you consider that just one tag, one mention, or one recommendation could result in tens of thousands in sales, you owe it to yourself to try SARAL: The Best Influencer Marketing Tool on the Planet right now 🔥
 
🤔 What makes it the best?

Because it makes influencer marketing as simple as 1-2-3.

With a few clicks of a mouse, you’ll be able to:

1️⃣ Identify top influencers in your niche
2️⃣ Connect with them and build a relationship
3️⃣ Monetize you relationships 

And not just with one or two influencers but hundreds. Imagine 100 influencers promoting your brand on socials week on week. It brings in crazy $$$. 

That’s why you’re going to absolutely love Saral and the money it will make you 💰

Here's the best part: 

It brings in eyeballs and sales without you spending a dime on Facebook ads.

Don’t take my word for it, here’s what our users say:

💬 "This is insane. you are literally replacing a whole team of people with these features"

💬 "Holy shit just watched your demo – your product is absolutely revolutionary."

💬 "Love how organized the app is. It looks SO clean. I think the Drip part is key, glad you have that in there. Especially with the templates"

As my thanks for giving us a try, you’ll receive a FREE copy of my Quick Start Guide to Influencer Marketing, that will take your brand from nobody to superstar in no time 🌟 

Remember, it's as simple as 1-2-3 after you read the guide and you're all set  🚀

Get them talking about you NOW! 

Try here: https://www.getsaral.com

Yash Chavan

Execution years feel very different from transformation years.

In SaaS, not every year is about shipping more or growing faster. Some years are about changing the shape of the company, aka transforming 💜

- Who you sell to
- What you say no to
- The standards you hold the team and yourself to... 
- ...and the hard decisions that follow

In 2025, we made deliberate shifts in how we build the product, who our customers are, and who stays on the team.

We went upmarket, attracted better customers, improved retention and profitability, and built a healthier business 📈

We also shipped foundational updates, including a unified Superhuman-like Inbox built for influencer marketers, and SIA, our influencer assistant! 

But what I’m most proud of is how much the team has grown over 2025.

Our quality of thinking is higher. Systems are better. Alignment with our core values is stronger 💪

That kind of progress compounds quietly. High standards are not abstract. They show up in what we ship, how fast we learn, and what we refuse to accept.

We’re already seeing it internally, and I’m excited to show it to customers this year ⚡️

2026 is about making influencer marketing something brands can rely on, not just operate. Proving impact. Tightening the loop between effort and outcome. 

Building trust where there has been skepticism for years. I think we’ll change how a lot of people think about this space.

Now comes the hard part. Very excited to do it with you all - cc: Muskan, Kalwani, Sneha, Praful, Omkar, Vishv, Pranav, Abhishek, Gold, Michael, Priya, Iuliana, Chris, Jim ❤️‍🔥

“Influencer marketing doesn’t work.”

I hear this every month. And I get it.

🧨 Brands have been burned:

- With sky-high expectations
- With terrible tracking setups
- With short-term hacks that fail later

But here’s the truth: Influencer marketing does work -- when you do it right.

The problem? Most people stop at "doing it right."

They forget to track it right ‼️

If you judge a long-term brand channel with short-term metrics, of course it won’t make sense.

It’s like measuring a car only by how fast it goes 0 to 100 mph... great for a drag race, useless for a road trip.

There’s too much content on “how to do influencer marketing.”  

But not enough on how CMOs can prove its ROI to CFOs.

⚡️ Some of the best people I know who've been consistently talking about this are Dan Wilson and Sasha Jeppesen from Charlie Oscar.

So we decided to bring them on a live webinar for an hour to chat about it.  

🗓️ Wednesday, Jan 14th.
🕙 10 AM CT

Link in comments. Save your spot 👇

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