Notes from the Helix team

Field notes.

Practical notes on AI GTM operations, audits, signals, and content systems. We run Helix on Helix first - what works ends up here.

LatestApr 26, 20265 min readJustin Henriksen

AI GTM Strategy Guide for B2B Leaders

LeanData's AI GTM guide shows the playbook: AI qualifies and books, humans close. Here's what SMB teams should take from it.

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Apr 26, 20264 min readJustin Henriksen

Why Your CRM Data Will Kill Your AI Marketing Before It Starts

AI amplifies your data problems rather than fixing them. Here's what that means for SMBs running GTM automation.

Apr 26, 20264 min readJustin Henriksen

Agent-to-Agent GTM Is the Next Architecture

AI agents have moved from assisting your go-to-market to running it. Here is what that looks like when you actually build the stack.

Apr 24, 20263 min readMatt Merrill

Agencies Face AI Agent In-Housing Threat

Dentsu and Dept built their AI agent offerings for clients. Now brands like Hyundai are running pilots to bring that capability in-house. Here's what SMBs should learn from it.

Apr 23, 20264 min readJustin Henriksen

RevOps AI Agents Turn Email Data Into Outreach That Actually Converts

AI-powered email agents now pull from keyword research, buying stages, and engagement patterns to personalize outreach at scale. Here's what that means for SMB teams running lean.

Apr 23, 20264 min readJustin Henriksen

AI GTM Fails When Your Data Foundation Is Broken

Forbes Council members say most AI GTM deployments fail before they start. The culprit is broken data. Here is what that means for SMBs running lean.

Apr 22, 20264 min readMatt Merrill

Best AI Marketing Tools We Use in 2026

The AI marketing tools actually delivering ROI in 2026: sentiment analysis, competitor tracking, and content automation that replaces your manual workflows.

Apr 21, 20264 min readJenna Maroney

Building AI Agents for Marketing Workflows: What Reddit Operators Actually Use

Reddit marketers share how they're using AI agents for segmentation, email drafting, and campaigns. Here's what's working in the wild.

Apr 21, 20265 min readJustin Henriksen

AI Marketing Automation Benefits Worth Tracking

Machine learning finds patterns in customer data that humans miss. Here's what SMBs should measure when deploying AI-powered GTM automation.

Apr 21, 20264 min readJustin Henriksen

Canva Grow 2.0 Closes the Creative-to-Performance Gap for SMBs

Canva's new Grow 2.0 platform unifies ad creation and optimization in one workflow. For SMBs without dedicated creative and performance teams, this consolidation matters.

Apr 19, 20265 min readMatt Merrill

Why We Stopped Recommending HubSpot to SMB Clients

Zapier, Make, and n8n give you actual workflow flexibility. HubSpot gives you a walled garden. Here's when to use which.

Apr 19, 20263 min readJustin Henriksen

Bad CRM Data Will Break Your AI Marketing

AI amplifies your CRM problems instead of fixing them. Here is what to clean before you automate.

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