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Latest post · Sales & Marketing

A CRM your sales team will actually use

Most CRM implementations fail because the sales team hates using them. Here's how AI changes the equation and makes CRM something your team wants to open.

Mark Blair··8 min read
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Operations

Small business automation: where to start

Small business automation is less intimidating than it sounds. Here are the nine highest-ROI candidates and how to pick the right first project.

Mark Blair··9 min read
Case Studies

How a manufacturing firm cut admin time by 40%

A UK manufacturing business with 45 staff used AI to cut admin time by 40%. Here's exactly what they did, what it cost, and what they learned.

Mark Blair··7 min read
Automation

AI in recruitment: saving 20 hours a week on hiring

How UK businesses are using AI to cut recruitment admin, screen candidates faster, and fill roles in half the time. Practical steps, not hype.

Ben Morrell··7 min read
Sales & Marketing

The CRM nobody uses

Most SMEs have a CRM. Most teams barely use it. Here's why CRM adoption fails, what AI can do about it, and how to finally get value from your customer data.

Ben Morrell··7 min read
Case Studies

The automation that paid for itself in a week

A real example of how a small automation project delivered immediate ROI for a UK business, and what it teaches about picking the right starting point.

Mark Blair··6 min read
Automation

How we pick what to automate first

Not every process is worth automating. Here's the framework we use to identify which tasks to tackle first, so you get the fastest return with the least disruption.

Mark Blair··7 min read
Operations

The invoice problem every growing business hits

As your business grows, invoice processing becomes a bottleneck. Here's what happens, why it matters, and how AI solves it without replacing your finance team.

Ben Morrell··6 min read
Automation

The real cost of manual data entry

Manual data entry costs UK businesses far more than most owners realise. Here's how to calculate the true cost and what to do about it.

Mark Blair··6 min read
Operations

Your spreadsheet is not a system

If your business runs on spreadsheets held together with copy-paste and good intentions, it's time to rethink. Here's the real cost and what to do about it.

Mark Blair··6 min read
About this blog

Written by founders, for founders

The aim is to give a UK small business owner one useful idea per post. No hype, no listicles you have read before, no thinly-disguised vendor pitches.

We started this blog because the public conversation about AI for small businesses is dominated by two voices: enterprise consultancies trying to scale their playbooks down (it does not work), and AI-tool vendors trying to scale their sales pitch up (also does not work). Neither speaks for a UK SME owner who has 20 staff, a tight cash position, and a real job to get on with.

Most posts here come straight out of conversations with our clients. If three people ask us the same question in a week, that question becomes a post. The full archive sits above; you can filter by category or tag if you are looking for something specific. If you would rather skip the reading and get a personalised view of where AI could help your business specifically, the Free AI Opportunity Report takes 2 minutes and lands in your inbox the same day.

Frequently asked questions about the blog

Who writes the gofasterwith.ai blog?

Ben Morrell and Mark Blair, the two founders. Both posts run through a quick review by the other before publishing. No ghost-writers, no AI-generated filler — though we will write about AI tools we have actually used in our own work, which is most of them.

How often do you publish new posts?

Roughly weekly through 2026. Posts are scheduled in advance via the publishedAt date in each post's frontmatter, so the cadence is consistent rather than bursty. You can also browse the archive by category or tag using the chips above.

Can I republish or quote your posts?

Quote freely and link back — that is the deal. If you want to republish a full post on your own site or newsletter, drop us a line via the contact page and we will usually say yes provided you credit the author and link to the original.

What topics does the blog cover?

Practical UK SME AI: where AI saves time and where it does not, how to scope a first project, what an AI consultant actually does, automation patterns we see repeatedly, and honest reviews of tools we use. No hype, no jargon. If a post is in the archive it is because we genuinely think a small business owner can read it once and act on it.