Phillip Hughes
@phil-techuk.bsky.social
🚀 Automate Your Business, Reclaim Your Time
💰 AI Solutions That Make You Money
🤖 Building Automation since '07
👉 FREE stuff bio.link/philh
💰 AI Solutions That Make You Money
🤖 Building Automation since '07
👉 FREE stuff bio.link/philh
Loving the evaluation feature inside N8N.
Coming from the dev world. I break things down into separation of concerns.
This means a lot of client builds are split into sub-workflows.
This makes testing a 1,000% better
#buildinpublic
Coming from the dev world. I break things down into separation of concerns.
This means a lot of client builds are split into sub-workflows.
This makes testing a 1,000% better
#buildinpublic
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Loving the evaluation feature inside N8N.
Coming from the dev world. I break things down into separation of concerns.
This means a lot of client builds are split into sub-workflows.
This makes testing a 1,000% better
#buildinpublic
Coming from the dev world. I break things down into separation of concerns.
This means a lot of client builds are split into sub-workflows.
This makes testing a 1,000% better
#buildinpublic
The end of the year is fast approaching.
2025 = me realising my dream of running a business.
It's been 5 months since I went full-time.
I can never go back to the corporate grind.
I'd rather watch Miracle on 34th St, while listening to Michael Buble
2025 = me realising my dream of running a business.
It's been 5 months since I went full-time.
I can never go back to the corporate grind.
I'd rather watch Miracle on 34th St, while listening to Michael Buble
December 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The end of the year is fast approaching.
2025 = me realising my dream of running a business.
It's been 5 months since I went full-time.
I can never go back to the corporate grind.
I'd rather watch Miracle on 34th St, while listening to Michael Buble
2025 = me realising my dream of running a business.
It's been 5 months since I went full-time.
I can never go back to the corporate grind.
I'd rather watch Miracle on 34th St, while listening to Michael Buble
Running a business at 45.
The last thing you want to do is work all night.
In bed by 9 PM
The last thing you want to do is work all night.
In bed by 9 PM
December 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Running a business at 45.
The last thing you want to do is work all night.
In bed by 9 PM
The last thing you want to do is work all night.
In bed by 9 PM
T'internet and phrases have gone mad!
Ask a question.
Get told it's "rage-bait"
Getting too old for this shit, ha ha.
Ask a question.
Get told it's "rage-bait"
Getting too old for this shit, ha ha.
December 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
T'internet and phrases have gone mad!
Ask a question.
Get told it's "rage-bait"
Getting too old for this shit, ha ha.
Ask a question.
Get told it's "rage-bait"
Getting too old for this shit, ha ha.
"What would this look like if it were easy"
I've still not been able to answer that.
I've still not been able to answer that.
December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"What would this look like if it were easy"
I've still not been able to answer that.
I've still not been able to answer that.
People keep asking me (well, stealing my 20+ years of automation experience).
"What automation should I learn to start my own agency?"
That's the wrong question.
I asked myself recently, "Which industry is time poor but cash rich?"
Now that's worth answering
"What automation should I learn to start my own agency?"
That's the wrong question.
I asked myself recently, "Which industry is time poor but cash rich?"
Now that's worth answering
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
People keep asking me (well, stealing my 20+ years of automation experience).
"What automation should I learn to start my own agency?"
That's the wrong question.
I asked myself recently, "Which industry is time poor but cash rich?"
Now that's worth answering
"What automation should I learn to start my own agency?"
That's the wrong question.
I asked myself recently, "Which industry is time poor but cash rich?"
Now that's worth answering
Today's edition of "The Automation Blueprint" is now live:
https://www.philliphughes.co.uk/ai/how-lean-ai-can-scale-your-business/
Subscribe so you don't miss future editions.
https://www.philliphughes.co.uk/ai/how-lean-ai-can-scale-your-business/
Subscribe so you don't miss future editions.
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today's edition of "The Automation Blueprint" is now live:
https://www.philliphughes.co.uk/ai/how-lean-ai-can-scale-your-business/
Subscribe so you don't miss future editions.
https://www.philliphughes.co.uk/ai/how-lean-ai-can-scale-your-business/
Subscribe so you don't miss future editions.
QQ: Have you developed any partnerships for your business?
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
QQ: Have you developed any partnerships for your business?
It's winding down for Christmas.
Everyone is saying, "Let's touch base in Jan"
2 client builds on the go still.
Initial testing of a 4-part workflow for a client reduced a 2-hour job down to 24 seconds.
MENTAL
#buildinpublic
Everyone is saying, "Let's touch base in Jan"
2 client builds on the go still.
Initial testing of a 4-part workflow for a client reduced a 2-hour job down to 24 seconds.
MENTAL
#buildinpublic
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
It's winding down for Christmas.
Everyone is saying, "Let's touch base in Jan"
2 client builds on the go still.
Initial testing of a 4-part workflow for a client reduced a 2-hour job down to 24 seconds.
MENTAL
#buildinpublic
Everyone is saying, "Let's touch base in Jan"
2 client builds on the go still.
Initial testing of a 4-part workflow for a client reduced a 2-hour job down to 24 seconds.
MENTAL
#buildinpublic
This shit is getting wild.
LinkedIn Profile Image + One sentence prompt + Nano Banana
Created this image
Used to prompt this course on LinkedIn: https://shop.philliphughes.co.uk/l/automation/XMAS2026
LinkedIn Profile Image + One sentence prompt + Nano Banana
Created this image
Used to prompt this course on LinkedIn: https://shop.philliphughes.co.uk/l/automation/XMAS2026
December 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This shit is getting wild.
LinkedIn Profile Image + One sentence prompt + Nano Banana
Created this image
Used to prompt this course on LinkedIn: https://shop.philliphughes.co.uk/l/automation/XMAS2026
LinkedIn Profile Image + One sentence prompt + Nano Banana
Created this image
Used to prompt this course on LinkedIn: https://shop.philliphughes.co.uk/l/automation/XMAS2026
Finally set up a proper (self-hosted) CRM over the weekend instead of using Notion.
Plugged into my automations and my VA AI Agent as well.
It's great to visualise the pipeline and see how much potential revenue is sitting there 🤯
#buildinpublic
Plugged into my automations and my VA AI Agent as well.
It's great to visualise the pipeline and see how much potential revenue is sitting there 🤯
#buildinpublic
December 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Finally set up a proper (self-hosted) CRM over the weekend instead of using Notion.
Plugged into my automations and my VA AI Agent as well.
It's great to visualise the pipeline and see how much potential revenue is sitting there 🤯
#buildinpublic
Plugged into my automations and my VA AI Agent as well.
It's great to visualise the pipeline and see how much potential revenue is sitting there 🤯
#buildinpublic
Most AI automation fails before it starts.
Why?
People automate the wrong things.
Instead of copying templates, look at what wastes your time. Rank 2-5 tasks by impact and simplicity. Then automate those.
Start from your process, not someone else's solution.
Why?
People automate the wrong things.
Instead of copying templates, look at what wastes your time. Rank 2-5 tasks by impact and simplicity. Then automate those.
Start from your process, not someone else's solution.
December 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Most AI automation fails before it starts.
Why?
People automate the wrong things.
Instead of copying templates, look at what wastes your time. Rank 2-5 tasks by impact and simplicity. Then automate those.
Start from your process, not someone else's solution.
Why?
People automate the wrong things.
Instead of copying templates, look at what wastes your time. Rank 2-5 tasks by impact and simplicity. Then automate those.
Start from your process, not someone else's solution.
Facebook is paying me $700+ just before Christmas
- I've grown the page to 20K followers (up from 3.5K a month ago)
- Had 4.6 million views on content in the last 28 days.
Best thing. It's all done on autopilot for a side project.
No daily engagement.
No dancing in my underwear
Wild!
- I've grown the page to 20K followers (up from 3.5K a month ago)
- Had 4.6 million views on content in the last 28 days.
Best thing. It's all done on autopilot for a side project.
No daily engagement.
No dancing in my underwear
Wild!
December 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Facebook is paying me $700+ just before Christmas
- I've grown the page to 20K followers (up from 3.5K a month ago)
- Had 4.6 million views on content in the last 28 days.
Best thing. It's all done on autopilot for a side project.
No daily engagement.
No dancing in my underwear
Wild!
- I've grown the page to 20K followers (up from 3.5K a month ago)
- Had 4.6 million views on content in the last 28 days.
Best thing. It's all done on autopilot for a side project.
No daily engagement.
No dancing in my underwear
Wild!
I've got to the age where Christmas is an inconvenience more than anything.
I'm a man of routine, and it gets in the way of
-Workouts
-Building my empire
Wake me up when it's done.
I'm a man of routine, and it gets in the way of
-Workouts
-Building my empire
Wake me up when it's done.
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I've got to the age where Christmas is an inconvenience more than anything.
I'm a man of routine, and it gets in the way of
-Workouts
-Building my empire
Wake me up when it's done.
I'm a man of routine, and it gets in the way of
-Workouts
-Building my empire
Wake me up when it's done.
The gap between 6-figure and 7-figure business owners isn't intelligence. It's leverage through automation.
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The gap between 6-figure and 7-figure business owners isn't intelligence. It's leverage through automation.
I wasted hours on automation tools that changed nothing.
Then I learned the real secret: most people automate the wrong tasks.
I took a 30-minute course that showed me what to fix first.
Now I save 10+ hours a week and stopped chasing busywork.
Here’s the framework I used:
Then I learned the real secret: most people automate the wrong tasks.
I took a 30-minute course that showed me what to fix first.
Now I save 10+ hours a week and stopped chasing busywork.
Here’s the framework I used:
December 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I wasted hours on automation tools that changed nothing.
Then I learned the real secret: most people automate the wrong tasks.
I took a 30-minute course that showed me what to fix first.
Now I save 10+ hours a week and stopped chasing busywork.
Here’s the framework I used:
Then I learned the real secret: most people automate the wrong tasks.
I took a 30-minute course that showed me what to fix first.
Now I save 10+ hours a week and stopped chasing busywork.
Here’s the framework I used:
My Automation Agency is slowing down for Xmas.
- 1 project in the build phase
- 1 handed over for final testing before PRD deployment
- 1 ongoing maintenance ready for phase 2 in the NY.
And leads are a little slow.
But I'm using the time to think instead of do.
How can I improve my lead gen?
- 1 project in the build phase
- 1 handed over for final testing before PRD deployment
- 1 ongoing maintenance ready for phase 2 in the NY.
And leads are a little slow.
But I'm using the time to think instead of do.
How can I improve my lead gen?
December 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
My Automation Agency is slowing down for Xmas.
- 1 project in the build phase
- 1 handed over for final testing before PRD deployment
- 1 ongoing maintenance ready for phase 2 in the NY.
And leads are a little slow.
But I'm using the time to think instead of do.
How can I improve my lead gen?
- 1 project in the build phase
- 1 handed over for final testing before PRD deployment
- 1 ongoing maintenance ready for phase 2 in the NY.
And leads are a little slow.
But I'm using the time to think instead of do.
How can I improve my lead gen?
December 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
At 45, one of the best things I've done for my health recently.
Is to start playing 7-a-side football now and again.
-Great HIIT session.
-Strengthen leg muscles that don't get used.
-Get to see my mates more than I have been doing.
Is to start playing 7-a-side football now and again.
-Great HIIT session.
-Strengthen leg muscles that don't get used.
-Get to see my mates more than I have been doing.
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
At 45, one of the best things I've done for my health recently.
Is to start playing 7-a-side football now and again.
-Great HIIT session.
-Strengthen leg muscles that don't get used.
-Get to see my mates more than I have been doing.
Is to start playing 7-a-side football now and again.
-Great HIIT session.
-Strengthen leg muscles that don't get used.
-Get to see my mates more than I have been doing.
Today, the latest edition of The Automation Blueprint has landed.
Legal folk. Or if you need signed NDAs as part of your onboarding.
This one's for you -> https://www.philliphughes.co.uk/automation/how-to-automate-standard-nda-contracts/
Legal folk. Or if you need signed NDAs as part of your onboarding.
This one's for you -> https://www.philliphughes.co.uk/automation/how-to-automate-standard-nda-contracts/
December 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Today, the latest edition of The Automation Blueprint has landed.
Legal folk. Or if you need signed NDAs as part of your onboarding.
This one's for you -> https://www.philliphughes.co.uk/automation/how-to-automate-standard-nda-contracts/
Legal folk. Or if you need signed NDAs as part of your onboarding.
This one's for you -> https://www.philliphughes.co.uk/automation/how-to-automate-standard-nda-contracts/
They say Facebook Pages are dead!
No! Your content is rubbish.
The FB page for a side project was at 3.5K for ages (and was losing followers).
Today, I've got 19.5K
< 4 weeks to have a 457% increase in followers.
The best part. FB are paying $650+ as well 😲
No! Your content is rubbish.
The FB page for a side project was at 3.5K for ages (and was losing followers).
Today, I've got 19.5K
< 4 weeks to have a 457% increase in followers.
The best part. FB are paying $650+ as well 😲
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
They say Facebook Pages are dead!
No! Your content is rubbish.
The FB page for a side project was at 3.5K for ages (and was losing followers).
Today, I've got 19.5K
< 4 weeks to have a 457% increase in followers.
The best part. FB are paying $650+ as well 😲
No! Your content is rubbish.
The FB page for a side project was at 3.5K for ages (and was losing followers).
Today, I've got 19.5K
< 4 weeks to have a 457% increase in followers.
The best part. FB are paying $650+ as well 😲
My predictions for 2026, in the AI & automation arena.
You won't be able to predict what is around the corner.
Sorry. Not sorry 🤪
You won't be able to predict what is around the corner.
Sorry. Not sorry 🤪
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
My predictions for 2026, in the AI & automation arena.
You won't be able to predict what is around the corner.
Sorry. Not sorry 🤪
You won't be able to predict what is around the corner.
Sorry. Not sorry 🤪
I've not heard "Fairtytale of New York" being played yet.
Best....Christmas song....Ever
Best....Christmas song....Ever
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I've not heard "Fairtytale of New York" being played yet.
Best....Christmas song....Ever
Best....Christmas song....Ever
If you're still working 60+ hours weekly despite having a team, you're not a leader; you're just terrible at delegation.
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If you're still working 60+ hours weekly despite having a team, you're not a leader; you're just terrible at delegation.
Automation gets messy fast.
We start every project with one rule: keep it simple.
Smaller workflows. Clear boundaries. Stack them like LEGO.
It’s easier to scale when each block does one job well.
Overbuilding on day one kills momentum.
We start every project with one rule: keep it simple.
Smaller workflows. Clear boundaries. Stack them like LEGO.
It’s easier to scale when each block does one job well.
Overbuilding on day one kills momentum.
December 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Automation gets messy fast.
We start every project with one rule: keep it simple.
Smaller workflows. Clear boundaries. Stack them like LEGO.
It’s easier to scale when each block does one job well.
Overbuilding on day one kills momentum.
We start every project with one rule: keep it simple.
Smaller workflows. Clear boundaries. Stack them like LEGO.
It’s easier to scale when each block does one job well.
Overbuilding on day one kills momentum.