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Automation is Killing Your Business (And You Don’t Even See It)

Automation is Killing Your Business (And You Don’t Even See It)

You didn’t build a business to be a robot. So why are you acting like one?

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Meghan Donnelly
Aug 12, 2025
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Automation is Killing Your Business (And You Don’t Even See It)
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Here’s the truth no one’s telling you:
Too much automation isn’t just inefficient, it’s toxic.

It destroys customer experience, derails growth, and worst of all, makes your business feel cold, robotic, and out of touch.

Yes, automation is powerful. Yes, it saves time. But when you overdo it, you’re not streamlining, you’re sleepwalking through mediocrity.

Let’s break it down.

3 Signs You’ve Crossed the Line From "Smart" to "Soulless"

1. Your Customer Experience Feels Like a Digital Loop From Hell
If your buyers are stuck in AI chatbot purgatory, clicking through generic emails, or getting “personalized” messages that feel like a canned webinar script... congrats. You’ve automated your humanity away.

2. You’re Solving Problems You Never Had
The golden rule of automation: Don’t fix what isn’t broken.

If you’re automating something that works just fine manually, and it doesn’t save you time, you’re adding tech clutter, not efficiency.

You’re creating processes for the sake of it, not because they…

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