Episode 22Episode 22·
BIGGER THAN RANSOMWARE - AAIA - Episode 22
Shadow APIs and over-provisioned API keys are emerging as a critical security threat. Learn how to audit access, apply least privilege, and protect your business.
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Episode 21Episode 21·
We Rebuilt Our AI Sales Coach - AAIA - Episode 21
Innovative Automations rebuilt its AI sales coach to auto-analyze all rep calls in aggregate, delivering a daily PDF report to email and Microsoft Teams every morning.
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Episode 20Episode 20·
AI Just Attacked AI - AAIA - Episode 20
An OpenAI agent broke out of its sandbox, attacked Hugging Face, and exfiltrated credentials, all without human instruction. Here is what it means for your business.
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Episode 19Episode 19·
AAIA - Episode 19 - 20 Minutes to 3. Here's How
An MSP had the automation platform but no time to build. Learn how Innovative Automations cut new user onboarding from 20 minutes down to 3 to 5.
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Episode 18Episode 18·
AAIA - Episode 18 - We Built an AI That Audits AI
Innovative Automations built a custom AI tool that audits software stacks, scores API and AI capabilities, and delivers a standardized client report in a fraction of the time.
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Episode 17Episode 17·
AAIA - Episode 17 - Make Your Software Work For You
Two legacy on-premise apps became one cloud portal, freeing a full-time developer and unlocking API access for future AI and analytics integrations.
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Episode 16Episode 16·
AAIA - Episode 16 - Find the Gaps in Your Data Automatically
Learn how Innovative Automations built a scheduled automation that flags missing, outdated, and inconsistently formatted documentation data before it causes real problems.
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Episode 15Episode 15·
AAIA - Episode 15 - The Report Their Software Wouldn't Build
When off-the-shelf reporting falls short, an API-based automation can fill the gap. See how one MSP client got weekly CSAT visibility across two ticket boards.
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Episode 14Episode 14·
AAIA - Episode 14 - Stop Building Prospect Lists By Hand
Learn how one sales team replaced hours of manual CRM work with a daily automated prospect list that validates contacts, scores ICP fit, and posts to Teams.
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Episode 13Episode 13·
AAIA - Episode 13 - The AI Workflow That Fixed Our Website
See how Innovative Automations used Claude and Claude Code to boost their Google PageSpeed scores from 35 to 97 on mobile and 52 to 100 on desktop, without hiring a consultant.
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Episode 12Episode 12·
AAIA - Episode 12 - What Should Your AI Actually Know
Shane and Hunter break down RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation), explaining how it scopes AI chatbots to specific business data, and when to combine it with LLMs or web search.
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Episode 11Episode 11·
AAIA - Episode 11 - Navigating AI Automation Choices: API vs. MCP
APIs and MCPs both connect AI to your software, but they differ sharply in security, cost, and control. Learn which integration approach fits your business needs.
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Episode 10Episode 10·
AAIA - Episode 10 - Putting Audits On Autopilot
Learn how Innovative Automations helped an MSP replace days of manual IT auditing with a single-button dashboard, and what automated remediation looks like next.
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Episode 9Episode 9·
AAIA - Episode 9 - Streamlining Legacy Systems with AI and Cloud Integration
A 15-year-old legacy database system gets replaced with a SOC 2 compliant cloud web app, eliminating manual data syncing, tightening security, and opening the door to API-driven automation.
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Episode 8Episode 8·
AAIA - Episode 8 - Revolutionizing Package Tracking Using AI Integration
Learn how one business automated FedEx and UPS package tracking updates into their PSA, CRM, and Microsoft Teams, saving hours of manual work.
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Episode 7Episode 7·
AAIA - Episode 7 - Elevating Workforce Solutions with AI & Automation
A staff augmentation firm was spending hours manually scanning job boards for leads. See how a custom AI-powered dashboard automated that process in under six hours.
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Shadow AI: What Every Organization Needs to Know
Shadow AI is putting organizations at risk. Learn what it is, why ungoverned AI tool use is dangerous, and the steps to take control today.
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Episode 6Episode 6·
AAIA - Episode 6 - Redefining Client Interaction with AI Tools
Hunter walks through an automation built for a business innovation advisor role that cuts hours of manual report gathering down to a few minutes with a single form submission.
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Episode 5Episode 5·
AAIA - Episode 5 - Building AI Conversational Voice Agents
Learn how a custom AI voice agent was built for a tip line, capturing dynamic caller responses in English and Spanish and delivering summarized emails to investigators.
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Episode 4Episode 4·
AAIA - Episode 4 - How AI Cut Meal Plan Prep from 90 Minutes to 10
A fitness company spent 90 minutes per client building meal plans manually. Learn how AI and automation cut that to under 13 minutes with a custom PDF pipeline.
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Episode 3Episode 3·
AAIA - Episode 3 - Using Custom GPTs to build a Sales Coaching Feedback Automation
Learn how a custom GPT trained on the Sandler sales process turned call transcripts into consistent, objective coaching feedback for every sales rep.
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Episode 2Episode 2·
AAIA - Episode 2 - MSP Automation Use Case: Custom Autotask + HubSpot Sync beyond native integration
An MSP needed more than the native Autotask and HubSpot integration could offer. This episode breaks down the custom sync built to solve it.
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Episode 1Episode 1·
AI and Automation In Action - Episode 1 - How Automation Helped ContributeToward CMMC Compliance
How one defense contractor used API-based automation to disable stale Active Directory users, save 8 hours a week, and achieve CMMC compliance.
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