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AI Automation for Sales & Marketing: From Cold Outreach to Closed Deals

Is your sales and marketing team spending too much time on repetitive tasks and not enough time building relationships? In today's competitive landscape, manual outreach and generic messaging are no longer enough.

Join our live webinar to discover how AI automation is revolutionizing the sales and marketing process. We'll move beyond the hype and provide a live demonstration of how AI can:

  • Handle Inbound Requests: Instantly qualify, route, and respond to lead and customer inquiries, 24/7.

  • Automate Cold Outreach: See how AI can build targeted lists and initiate contact without manual effort.

  • Create True Personalization at Scale: We'll show you how AI drafts deeply personalized messages that resonate with individual prospects, dramatically increasing your response rates.

This session is for sales leaders, marketing managers, and business owners who want to learn how to leverage AI to increase sales, improve efficiency, and free up their teams for high-value work. Register today to save your spot!

Every Wednesday from 11am-12pm CST

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About the Host

Nick Rustad, MBA, CSM, CSPO, is a highly accomplished former technology executive, strategist, and coach. With 25 years of experience in IT, including executive leadership roles as a CIO and Director of Cloud Transformation, Nick is an expert at aligning complex technology with core business objectives. Throughout his career, he has driven large-scale initiatives in strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions, and global cloud migration, consulting for major clients like The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and General Mills.

As the founder of CoreTactic and 1stContact.ai, Nick now focuses on leveraging his deep operational expertise to help others simplify their technology landscape and streamline business processes for measurable growth and success.

Nick and his husband Travis live with Nick's 99 year old father in Minnetonka, MN. They also have some cute cats and a retired racing greyhound named Violet.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Our AI CRM

Everything you need to know about choosing the best AI-powered CRM for your business

What is an AI CRM and how does it work?

An AI CRM (artificial intelligence customer relationship management) system uses machine learning and automation to intelligently manage customer relationships. Unlike traditional CRMs, an AI-powered CRM like 1stContact.ai automatically qualifies leads, personalizes communication, predicts customer behavior, and automates repetitive tasks. The AI learns from your business patterns to improve sales processes, marketing automation, and customer engagement over time, making it far more efficient than manual CRM systems.

Why is 1stContact.ai a better CRM than Salesforce?

While Salesforce serves enterprise clients well, 1stContact.ai is specifically designed for small businesses and startups that need powerful features without the complexity and cost. We offer AI-native functionality built into every feature from day one, whereas Salesforce bolts on AI as expensive add-ons. Our pricing starts at free for up to 5,000 contacts, compared to Salesforce's steep per-user costs. Plus, 1stContact.ai includes marketing automation, sales automation, appointment scheduling, and payment processing in one unified platform—features that require multiple expensive Salesforce modules.

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AI Automation for Sales & Marketing: From Cold Outreach to Closed Deals

Is your team spending too much time on repetitive tasks and not enough time building relationships? Discover how AI can automate your entire funnel, from instant lead response to hyper-personalized outreach.

Live Every Wednesday | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | Watch Previous Episodes

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Are You Suffering from "Tool Sprawl"?

The average small business uses 4-7 different apps just to manage customers. This "tool sprawl" creates bottlenecks and wastes your most valuable resources: time and money.

  • Expensive: Monthly subscriptions for your CRM, email, scheduler, and funnels add up fast.
  • Time-Consuming: Manually copying data between systems that don't talk to each other.
  • Inefficient: Hot leads fall through the cracks because your data is in five different places.
  • Disconnected Data: You have no single, clear view of your customer's journey.
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The Solution: One Platform, One Login

1stContact.ai replaces your entire tech stack with a single, intelligent platform. Stop paying for 7+ tools and consolidate everything into one system built to grow with you.

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What You'll See in the Live Demo

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Handle Inbound Requests 24/7

See how AI can instantly qualify, route, and respond to lead and customer inquiries the moment they come in, ensuring you never miss an opportunity.

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Automate Cold Outreach

Watch as we build targeted prospect lists and initiate automated, multi-touch cold outreach sequences that run without any manual effort from your team.

Personalize at Scale

We'll show you how AI drafts deeply personalized messages that resonate with individual prospects, dramatically increasing your response rates and closing more deals.

Your Entire Business in One Place

Full CRM & Pipeline

A visual, drag-and-drop pipeline to track every lead.

AI Lead Scoring

Automatically identifies your hottest prospects.

Appointment Scheduling

Replaces Calendly. Syncs with your calendars.

Website & Funnel Builder

Create high-converting landing pages with ease.

Email & SMS Campaigns

Nurture leads on autopilot with smart sequences.

Forms & Surveys

Capture new leads directly into your CRM.

Voice AI

Answers your phone 24/7 and books appointments.

Content AI

Writes your emails, social posts, and blogs for you.

Workflow AI

Builds complex automations with simple commands.

Unified Inbox

See Email, SMS, & Social DMs in one place.

Reputation Management

Automatically requests Google & Facebook reviews.

Payments & Invoicing

Get paid directly via Stripe & PayPal.

The AI-First Advantage

1stContact.ai (AI-Native)

  • AI is built into every feature from the ground up.
  • Proactively automates work (e.g., "AI, build me a follow-up campaign").
  • One simple, affordable price for all AI features.

Traditional CRM (AI Bolt-On)

  • AI is a separate, expensive add-on.
  • AI features are limited to one area (like email writing).
  • Complex pricing with multiple "Clouds" or tiers.

Built for Businesses That Want to Grow

This session is for anyone who wants to leverage AI to increase sales, improve efficiency, and free up their teams for high-value work.

Service Providers Marketing Agencies Small Businesses Startups & Solopreneurs Coaches & Consultants

Stop Juggling Tools. Start Growing.

See for yourself how 1stContact.ai can replace your entire tech stack and automate your growth. Register for the live webinar now.

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