<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Randy Wattilete | AI for growth</title><description>Real leverage from AI, for founders and growth teams. Ten years in growth, now building the AI systems that turn it into real growth.</description><link>https://randywattilete.com/</link><item><title>AI assistant for business: how to set one up that actually works</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/ai-assistant-for-business/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/ai-assistant-for-business/</guid><description>An AI business assistant configured with your real context beats raw ChatGPT by a mile. 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From a growth operator who does this work.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI for agencies: reposition around judgment before the floor drops out</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/ai-for-agencies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/ai-for-agencies/</guid><description>60% of marketing leaders cut agency spend because of AI. The work isn&apos;t disappearing, it&apos;s moving. Here&apos;s how to reposition around judgment.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI marketing strategy generator: how to use one (and what it can&apos;t do for you)</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/ai-marketing-strategy-generator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/ai-marketing-strategy-generator/</guid><description>An AI marketing strategy generator gives you a skeleton, not a strategy. Here&apos;s how to use one well, and where to add the thinking it can&apos;t.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI outreach tool: how to pick one that doesn&apos;t torch your domain</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/ai-outreach-tool/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/ai-outreach-tool/</guid><description>How to evaluate AI outreach tools by the metrics that matter: deliverability, personalization depth, and reply rate. With honest tool picks and real data.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI SEO services: what you&apos;re actually buying (and what you&apos;re not)</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/ai-seo-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/ai-seo-services/</guid><description>What AI SEO services include, honest timelines, real pricing data, and how to spot the ones that are just traditional SEO with a new label.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI tools for affiliate marketing: one tool per job, skip the rest</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/ai-tools-for-affiliate-marketing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/ai-tools-for-affiliate-marketing/</guid><description>The best AI tools for affiliate marketing, organized by job. Real pricing, honest limits, and the stack that survives Google updates.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Barriers to AI adoption: what actually stops teams (and how to get past it)</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/barriers-to-ai-adoption/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/barriers-to-ai-adoption/</guid><description>The real AI adoption challenges aren&apos;t technical. Skills gaps, trust issues, and workflow fit stall most teams. Here&apos;s how to fix each one.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Best AI SEO tools for 2026 (I tested the ones that matter)</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/best-ai-seo-tools/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/best-ai-seo-tools/</guid><description>AI SEO tools sorted by the job they do, with real prices and no affiliate links. Plus the data on why most tools are the same AI underneath.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Best AI tools for startups: the five-tool stack that replaces a team</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/best-ai-tools-for-startups/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/best-ai-tools-for-startups/</guid><description>Five AI tools that let a startup founder run growth solo. Real costs, what each one replaces, and a simple rule for picking the right stack.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to build AI agents (a real playbook, not a Python tutorial)</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/how-to-build-ai-agents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/how-to-build-ai-agents/</guid><description>How to create an AI agent that does real work. Seven steps, no-code and code paths, honest cost data, and the part nobody tells you: where agents break.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to integrate AI in your website (without annoying your visitors)</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/how-to-integrate-ai-in-website/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/how-to-integrate-ai-in-website/</guid><description>How to implement AI in your website the right way. Five features that earn their place, a friction test to skip the gimmicks, and real costs.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Make automation: what it is, what it costs, and how to build your first scenario</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/make-automation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/make-automation/</guid><description>How Make.com automation works, what it actually costs (the math nobody shows you), and a step-by-step starter scenario for marketers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SEO automation: what to automate, what to protect, and a workflow you can copy</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/seo-automation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/seo-automation/</guid><description>Which SEO tasks are safe to automate and which ones break when you do. Real data, a copyable workflow, and the software worth knowing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Small business automation: find the three tasks eating your week and automate them</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/small-business-automation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/small-business-automation/</guid><description>A practical guide to small business automation. Find your three biggest time sinks, pick the right one to automate first, and get it running this week.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Task automation solutions: start from the task, not the platform</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/task-automation-solutions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/task-automation-solutions/</guid><description>AI task automation tools, how to spot an automatable task, and why 30-50% of automation projects fail. A practical guide with real data.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Best AI for marketing: one tool per job</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/best-ai-for-marketing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/best-ai-for-marketing/</guid><description>The best AI marketing tools organized by the job they do. One honest default per task, real pricing, and a decision rule that stops tool-hopping.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Generative AI for content creation: how to use it without sounding like a robot</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/generative-ai-for-content-creation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/generative-ai-for-content-creation/</guid><description>AI content creation works when you use it for the 80% that&apos;s grunt work and protect the 20% that actually wins. A step-by-step workflow with real data.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is AI content bad for SEO? No, but most AI content is bad</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/is-ai-content-bad-for-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/is-ai-content-bad-for-seo/</guid><description>Google doesn&apos;t penalize AI content. It penalizes unhelpful content. Here&apos;s what the data says and the editing layer that keeps you safe.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bake faster, or own the bakery</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/own-the-bakery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/own-the-bakery/</guid><description>Everyone&apos;s asking if AI takes your job. The economists already moved on, to who owns the machines. The move that&apos;s actually yours to make is ownership.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What is growth marketing (a practitioner&apos;s definition)</title><link>https://randywattilete.com/what-is-growth-marketing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://randywattilete.com/what-is-growth-marketing/</guid><description>Growth marketing explained by someone who&apos;s done it. The real job, the frameworks, why 88% of experiments fail, and what companies test for when hiring.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>