The Problem
On Monday you tested the 3-step framework in ChatGPT. You saw how scoring → sequencing → personalization works. Awesome. But here's reality: you can't manually score 500 leads per day. One marketer spending 3 hours running prompts manually? That's $90/day in labor costs. Multiply that across a growing team and you're looking at $27,000/year just on lead admin. Plus the missed follow-ups that cost you deals.
See It Work
Watch the 3 steps chain together automatically. This is what you'll build.
Watch It Work
See the AI automation in action
The Code
Three levels: start simple, add reliability, then scale to production. Pick where you are.
When to Scale Up
Simple API Calls
- Sequential API calls (score → sequence → content)
- Basic error handling (try/catch)
- Manual CRM updates
- Single-threaded processing
- Local logging to files
Error Handling & CRM Integration
- Exponential backoff retries (3 attempts)
- Request timeouts (30s)
- Automated CRM updates (HubSpot/Salesforce)
- Structured logging (Winston/Python logging)
- Basic queue for failed jobs
Production with Queue & Analytics
- Async/parallel processing (10x faster)
- Redis queue for scheduled sends
- PostgreSQL for lead/sequence storage
- Analytics tracking (Mixpanel/Segment)
- Distributed locks to prevent duplicates
- Batch processing (process 100 leads at once)
- Health checks and monitoring
Multi-Agent System
- Multi-agent orchestration (LangGraph)
- Load balancing across regions
- ML-powered sequence optimization
- A/B testing automation
- Real-time personalization updates
- Advanced analytics dashboards
- Custom model fine-tuning
- 99.99% SLA with redundancy
Growth Marketing Gotchas
Real challenges you'll hit (and how to solve them).
CRM Data Quality Issues
Add a data validation layer before scoring. Standardize fields, dedupe, and flag incomplete records.
# Data validation before scoring
def validate_lead_data(lead: Dict) -> bool:
required_fields = ['name', 'company', 'email']
# Check required fields
if not all(lead.get(f) for f in required_fields):
logger.warning(f"Lead {lead.get('id')} missing required fields")
return FalseEmail Deliverability and Spam Filters
Add deliverability checks: avoid spam trigger words, personalize sender domains, warm up new IPs, and monitor bounce rates.
# Email deliverability checks
SPAM_TRIGGERS = [
'free', 'guarantee', 'limited time', 'act now',
'click here', 'buy now', 'special promotion'
]
def check_email_deliverability(subject: str, body: str) -> Dict:
issues = []Timing and Frequency Optimization
Track engagement by send time and adjust dynamically. Use timezone detection and A/B test send times.
# Optimal send time calculation
import pytz
from datetime import datetime, time
def calculate_optimal_send_time(
lead: Dict,
historical_opens: List[Dict]
) -> datetime:Multi-Channel Coordination
Centralize engagement tracking in Redis or a unified DB. Update sequences when leads engage on ANY channel.
# Multi-channel engagement tracking
import redis
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
redis_client = redis.from_url(os.getenv('REDIS_URL'))
def track_engagement(
lead_id: str,Personalization Token Management
Validate all tokens before sending. Have fallbacks for missing data. Test with sample leads before production.
# Personalization token validation
import re
from typing import Dict, List, Optional
def extract_tokens(template: str) -> List[str]:
"""Extract all {{tokens}} from template"""
return re.findall(r'\{\{(\w+)\}\}', template)
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