Hi, I’m Blair
Gaining freedom through automation and consulting
I’m a developer and marketing automation consultant, based in London, UK. I run an independent automation and integration consultancy: Automation Sprints.
On this site, I write about gaining freedom through independent consulting and automating the busy work. I share the automation & productive tools I’m using, how I serve my clients and build an independent consulting life.
latest blog posts
Setting default values with Make’s ifempty() function
When you are copying data from a field in one system to another in Make, you are relying on that the field in the originating…
This blog is in the fediverse
I have setup the ActivityPub plugin to federate this blog with the fediverse. All posts will automatically be broadcast to @blair and all comments will…
Want to send more relevant broadcast emails? Use segments
You can send broadcast emails to everyone on your list. But what if you want to make them more relevant to the people receiving them?…
Formatting dates to be human-readable in Make.com
When you send dates from one system to another via Make, the date from the original system may not be in a human friendly format….
Using the WordPress AFL UTM plugin
I recently completed a project for a client where I needed to track the effectiveness of the various marketing channels they have in play. They…
Reusing content in ConvertKit sequences with content snippets
Using ConvertKit means you are sending a lot of automated emails. These emails are in sequences and will drip out over weeks and months. But…