I see a lot of agency owners building massive, 50-step automations that try to do everything (Lead Gen → Outreach → Invoice).
It feels efficient until one API breaks, and suddenly, your lead sourcing stops because your invoicing software had a glitch.
I just wrote a deep dive on why "Monolithic" automation is a trap, and how to fix it using the "Submarine Strategy."
Inside the breakdown:
- The "Frankenstein" Workflow: Why your "perfect" all-in-one system is actually a ticking time bomb (and why it usually explodes on a Tuesday).
- The "Submarine" Fix: How to create "watertight doors" between your agents so a bug in accounting never kills your sales pipeline.
- Clay vs. Legos: The engineering shift you need to make if you want to swap out AI models without rebuilding your entire business.
If you’re relying on giant N8N/Make workflows to run your agency, give this a read before the "House of Cards" falls.