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I'm Tim Sergev, the COO at Pipeline Upgrade. We help UK IT providers fill their calendars with qualified meetings without the gamble of retainers or hiring SDRs.

We've delivered 2,500+ qualified meetings and generated £10M+ in client revenue by solving one critical problem: getting IT providers in front of buyers exactly when they're ready to switch.


HERE'S HOW WE WORK:

You tell us your ICP (company size, sector, services, buying signals). We find them, qualify them, and book the meetings. You only pay when they show up qualified.

No retainers. No ramp periods. No wasted ad spend.


WE CAN HELP YOU IF:

- You're an MSP, VAR, or IT reseller doing consistent revenue but growth has plateaued. You need predictable pipeline without hiring a sales team

- You've burned cash on retainer agencies (£5K+/month) that delivered reports instead of meetings. You want results you can actually measure

- You want 10-20 qualified meetings per month with IT buyers actively evaluating new providers


REAL RESULTS:

• One client got 80 meetings in 60 days and created a £2M pipeline. 

• Another invested £10K with us and signed a £250K contract.

• Our meeting rejection rate sits below 10% (most agencies are 30%+).


SO IF YOU:

- Are a UK IT services provider doing £10M+ annually
- Sell solutions with contract values £20K+
- Want your sales team calendar filled with qualified IT buyers

Send me a DM, or book free consultation at 👉 https://www.pipelineupgrade.com/

Tim Sergeev

Most marketing agencies sell visibility.

Very few sell outcomes.

Our appointment setting delivers 4x higher ROI than traditional marketing services.

Not because we are smarter.
Not because we are louder.

Because we optimise for the only metric that matters.

→ Qualified appointments
→ Real conversations
→ Actual opportunities

SEO looks good.
Content looks good.
Social media looks good.

But none of them pay salaries.

Appointments do.

And that is why appointment setting is not sexy.

No fancy graphs.
No vanity metrics.
No dopamine hits.

Just booked meetings and close rates.

Businesses do not need more exposure.

They need more conversations with the right people.

Everything else is noise.

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Tim Sergeev
COO @ Pipeline Upgrade
I make business run smoothly

COO @ Pipeline Upgrade | Predictable Revenue for UK IT Providers 👉 pipelineupgrade.com

Lately I keep coming back to the same thought.

Most service businesses are not limited by sales.

They are limited by operations.

I did not fully realise this until we hit the wall ourselves in 2025.

We were working hard but every new client made the business harder, not better.

That was the warning sign.

So instead of pushing for more growth, we slowed down and fixed delivery.

We've made one clear way of doing things.

Nothing fancy.

However the outcome was astonishing.

With the SAME TEAM, we started handling around 4x MORE CLIENTS.

Thats insane, right?

4x revenue doing the same thing.

That changed how I look at growth.

If operations are messy, growth just amplifies the mess.
More clients do not fix the business.

I genuinely believe this will become obvious to a lot of founders in 2026.

Not because it is trendy, but because the ceiling becomes impossible to ignore.

If growth feels hard, it might not be a demand problem.

It might simply be how your business runs.

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Tim Sergeev
COO @ Pipeline Upgrade
I make business run smoothly

I do not believe in New Years resolutions.

I believe in written goals and brutal focus.

I have been writing my goals every year for the last three years.
And every year, I achieved them.

Not because the goals were easy.
And not because I knew how to achieve them.

But because written goals change how you operate.

Here is what writing goals really does:

→ It forces you to choose
→ It removes ambiguity
→ It turns ideas into commitments

When goals are written, everything else becomes noise.

You stop asking
"What should I do next?"

You start asking
"Does this move me closer to the goal?"

That shift changes everything.

The days when you feel lost?
↳ The goals tell you what to do.

The days when everything feels urgent?
↳ The goals tell you what to ignore.

The days when you doubt yourself?
↳ The goals keep you moving.

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So here is the question for you:

Did you write your goals or are you hoping the year figures it out for you?

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Wondering how AI can actually make your work and life easier?

That’s what I share every day.

Hey, I’m Ayan 👋

In 2023, I was just a student experimenting with ChatGPT no audience, no plan, just curiosity.

Fast-forward to 2025, and I’ve built a Newsletter, grown to 100k+ followers, reached 50M+ views, and connected with people who love discovering what’s next in AI.

I share my learnings, favorite tools, and real examples that help students, creators, and founders use AI in simple, practical ways.

You’ll find me on LinkedIn and Twitter (X) posting daily about AI and tech content

I’ve also had the pleasure of collaborating with some incredible brands and AI tools, such as:

Qodo, Kling, Lovable, Graphite, Superblocks, and many more.

I’ve also helped 10+ brands and clients with ghostwriting and marketing campaigns

Message me for AI content strategy and brand collaborations.

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It took me months to truly understand the difference between LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and Agentic AI.

Here’s the simplest breakdown you’ll ever read:

1️⃣ LLM (Smart Text Generator)
Creates text by predicting the next word.
Great for writing, not great for reasoning.
Forgets everything unless you remind it.

2️⃣ RAG (Search + AI)
Searches your documents before answering.
Less hallucination, more accuracy.
Perfect for company knowledge, policies, research.

3️⃣ AI Agent (Multi-step Problem Solver)
Follows steps, uses tools, completes tasks.
It remembers what happened earlier.
Ideal for research projects, audits, complex workflows.

4️⃣ Agentic AI (Team of Agents Working Together)
Multiple specialists working as one unit.
They plan, coordinate, review, and complete projects.
This is where AI becomes an actual workforce.

Think of it like this:

LLM → Writes
RAG → Knows
Agent → Acts
Agentic AI → Manages

The higher you go in this stack, the more your workflow compounds.

We’re not moving to smarter chatbots.
We’re moving to full AI project teams.

Big difference.

This is the shift that will redefine how work gets done.

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Breaking down AI tools & no-code workflows

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Most people use NotebookLM like a PDF summariser.

They're missing the real system.

Here are 7 underrated ways to use NotebookLM

that nobody talks about (save this):

1 - Cross-notebook answers with Gemini
Ask one question across multiple notebooks.
Perfect when your research is split by client or topic.

2 - Turn messy docs into clean tables
Pull structure from chaos in seconds.
Extract fields, compare sources, export to Sheets.

3 - Configure the notebook personality
Set a role once.
PhD advisor. ELI5 explainer. Executive analyst.
Then keep every answer in that lane.

4 - Deep Research to build a knowledge base
Let it search, compile, and import sources back in.
Your notebook expands while you keep working.

5 - Interrupt the podcast with Interactive Mode
Generate Audio Overview.
Jump in mid-play and ask questions out loud.
It pauses, answers, then continues.

6 - Create custom report formats
Turn the same sources into:
whitepapers, memos, blog posts, client updates.
Just set structure, tone, and language.

7 - Mind Maps for hidden connections
Instant branching diagrams from your sources.
Click nodes. Ask questions. Spot patterns fast.

NotebookLM isn’t a tool.
It’s a research workflow.
And most people are using 10% of it.

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Two years ago I thought PowerPoint was the only option.

15 AI tools I wish I found sooner:

1 — Gamma
AI-first deck creation.
Fast, clean, and structured automatically.

2 — Prezi
Non-linear zooming presentations.
Perfect for storytelling with motion.

3 — Canva
Thousands of templates.
Drag, drop, publish. Zero learning curve.

4 — Beautiful ai
Design engine auto-formats every slide.
Consistency without manual work.

5 — Visme
Presentation + infographic hybrid.
Great for data visuals.

6 — Decktopus
AI-driven templates.
Instant professional formatting.

7 — Keynote
Apple-grade animations.
Still the cleanest motion design tool.

8 — Zoho Show
Web-based collaboration with live editing.
Good for distributed teams.

9 — Plus AI
Rewrite, generate, and expand slides.
Works inside Google Slides + PowerPoint.

10 — PopAI
AI-created presentations from research.
Perfect for analysts and students.

11 — SlidesGo
Free templates with AI enhancements.
Quick customisation for any theme.

12 — Pitch
Team-focused presentation builder.
Modern workflows + real-time collaboration.

13 — AiPPT
One-prompt slide generator.
Fastest idea-to-deck workflow.

14 — Vidwud
AI tools for visuals + presentation content.
Ideal for educators and trainers.

15 — Google Slides
Cloud-native, real-time, reliable.
Everything syncs instantly.

Stop treating PowerPoint as the only option.
Match the tool to the deck you need.

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I saved hours every week once i simplified my ai tools  

Here’s the AI stack I recommend for 2026:

AI ASSISTANTS  

Claude Opus 4.5  
Brainstorm, research, and draft long-form pieces in one place.

DeepSeek-R1  
Fast, affordable model for coding help and tough problem solving.  

Grok 4.1  
Great when I need real-time, web-aware answers inside X.  

ChatGPT  
My everyday assistant for ideas, outlines, and quick content. 

Gemini 3 Pro 
My pick for long‐form writing, email, and general daily driver tasks 


CODING  

Cursor  
The only editor that makes me comfortable editing real code.

GitHub Copilot  
Good enough to turn rough pseudo-code into working snippets.

Replit  
Spin up full-stack projects in the browser in minutes.  

Bolt  
Turn rough ideas into working web apps ridiculously fast.  

Lovable   
Lets non-developers ship real products without touching complex code.  


MEETING ASSISTANTS  

Otter ai  
Live transcripts plus shareable notes right after every call.  

Fireflies ai  
Captures meetings, tags speakers, and sends action items automatically.  

Fathom  
Records, highlights, and summarizes key moments from client calls.  

Notion  
Turns messy meeting notes into clear tasks and documentation.  


PRODUCTIVITY  

Reclaim ai  
Auto-blocks focus time and protects my calendar from chaos.  

Grammarly  
Polishes drafts so everything I publish sounds sharp and clear.  

Zapier  
Connects my AI tools so workflows run while I sleep.  

Gamma  
Turns bullet points into clean, shareable slide decks in minutes.  

Notion AI 3.0  
Holds all my systems, templates, and playbooks in one place.


IMAGE GENERATION  

GPT Image 1.5  
Create on-brand visuals directly from the same chat window.  

NanoBanana Pro  
I reach for it when I want weird visuals that still look clean.

Flux 2 Max  
High-quality, editable images ready for client-facing work.  

Midjourney v7  
Best for aesthetic, scroll-stopping images with minimal prompt effort.  

Imagine Art  
Rapid iterations when I’m exploring different creative directions.  


VIDEO GENERATION  

Runway Gen-3 Alpha  
Cinematic shots for ads and promos without hiring a crew.  

Google Veo 3  
Sharp, detailed footage ideal for brand and product videos.  

Sora 2  
Generates believable scenes that feel almost studio-produced.  

Kling 2.0  
Excels at smooth, dynamic motion for social-first clips.  

Pika Labs  
Quick idea-to-video tool for testing hooks and concepts fast.

What's saving you the most time right now?

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I collected 25 Boolean search tricks on LinkedIn.

Most people don't know about these

Here are the ones you should master:

𝟭. 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀
Search "AI AND marketing" to show both skills.

𝟮. 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗢𝗥 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀
"Designer OR developer" casts a wider net.

𝟯. 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲
"Consultant NOT agency" filters noise.

𝟰. 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗣𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
"Content strategist" shows exact matches only.

𝟱. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀
"(CEO OR founder) AND AI" groups logic correctly.

𝟲. 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆
Use title:CEO to avoid past titles.

𝟳. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀
"past:Microsoft" helps you find alumni fast.

𝟴. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 + 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁
"company:Google OR past:Meta" expands reach.

𝟵. 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆
"title:(director OR VP)" finds leaders instantly.

𝟭𝟬. 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀
"marketer NOT (intern OR junior)" removes noise.

𝟭𝟭. 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻
"location:London" filters to one region.

𝟭𝟮. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁
"remote OR distributed" inside profile keywords.

𝟭𝟯. 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
"location:(NYC OR SF OR LA)" finds multi-city talent.

𝟭𝟰. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 + 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲
"title:engineer AND location:Berlin" tightens focus.

𝟭𝟱. 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
Search "5+ years" or "senior" to avoid beginners.

𝟭𝟲. 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲
"AWS certified" finds credential holders.

𝟭𝟳. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝘀
"Fluent in Spanish OR French" filters globally.

𝟭𝟴. 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲
"Salesforce AND HubSpot" finds platform pros.

𝟭𝟵. 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀
"market*" finds marketing, marketer, markets.

𝟮𝟬. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀
"hiring OR # opentowork" surfaces active seekers.

𝟮𝟭. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀
"newsletter OR podcast OR YouTube" finds creators.

𝟮𝟮. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶
"school:(Harvard OR Stanford OR MIT)" groups alumni.

𝟮𝟯. 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝘆 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
"Python AND 'machine learning'" finds ML engineers.

𝟮𝟰. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀
"new position OR I'm happy to announce" finds movers.

𝟮𝟱. 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀
"# opentowork OR seeking" shows active candidates.

Most people search LinkedIn the slow way.
Boolean is how you find the right people fast.

Which tip are you using first?

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