A 12-person agency was burning 90 minutes a day on email triage. They didn't need an assistant. They didn't need a new inbox tool. They needed the inbox they already had to stop demanding their attention. A few hours of setup. €5 a month to run. 7 hours a week back to the founder. The real question for 2026: how much of your week is still spent reading messages a model could sort in seconds? #AIforSMBs #WorkflowAutomation #EmailAutomation #SMB #Flowstart
SMBs: Stop Wasting Time on Email Triage
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