Most AI Workflows You See Online Are Just Demos, Not Solutions.
Most publicly shared AI Automation workflows have little to no commercial value.
AI Workflows Built for Content Marketing (aka the Demo workflows).
When you build a real end-to-end automation for a business, there’s usually one piece that looks shiny on its own or is the easiest to share without giving away all of the value for free. That’s the part you often see on social media: the demo workflow.
The demo workflows look good in a video or post, but since they aren’t end-to-end solutions, they provide little to no commercial value.
They’re just one piece of a puzzle, usually the easiest or most visible part.
On the surface, Demo workflows look impressive. But in the real world, without CRM integration and a connected system, they have no business value.
Examples of demo workflows:
AI Workflows Built for Real Business Results.
AI workflows built for business results are end-to-end solutions, closing the loop so every action ties back to:
Since these workflows deliver real business value, they’re rarely shared publicly for free.
They’re too valuable to be shared online for free. If they are shared, you usually have to pay a premium fee (license).
Once you obtain the license, you can resell these pre-built workflows to different clients with minor modifications.
Public Tutorials on AI Automation Workflows Often Skip the Hard Part: Connecting Workflows to CRMs, Pipelines and the Rest of the Infrastructure.
Without that, you lose the ability to:
That’s why most workflows you see on YouTube or LinkedIn feel incomplete.
They show you what’s possible, not what drives business outcomes.
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