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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?

♻️ Share your opinion in comment section bellow

AI-driven strategies for your business. I helped Fortune 500 companies to scale their marketing with data-driven insights.

For years, I helped Fortune 500 companies optimize strategy with data. But behind the dashboards and models, I saw the same problem everywhere: brilliant people buried in manual work, overwhelmed by complexity, and disconnected from impact.

That’s what pushed me to pivot — from analytical consulting to empowering businesses with AI that’s practical and human-centered.

Through my company AIMS (AI Made Simple), I now help forward-thinking teams turn AI from a buzzword into real, everyday results.

You can work with us in two ways:

1. Bespoke AI Training for Companies
We design custom learning journeys that empower your teams to solve real problems with AI — from prompting for better insights, to building custom AI assistants, setting up automated workflows, or deploying agents that handle repetitive work. Ideal for business like Marketing, Sales, Ops, L&D and beyond — no technical background needed.

2. AI Revenue Accelerator (for SMBs)
A 6-week program for small business owners who want to use AI to scale sales, marketing, and operations with plug-and-play AI systems. Zero fluff. No coding. Just proven results and step-by-step guidance.

Whether I’m on stage speaking at industry events or building AI workflows with your team — my mission is simple: Make AI accessible, practical, and profitable.

Valeriya Pilkevich

Swinging into 2026 (literally) with purpose, not overwhelm 
(a practical take on learning AI in 2026) ⬎

After taking a short holiday break (which I hope many of you did too), I spent last couple of days preparing upcoming AI training sessions.

And gosh.. how many things have changed in just a few weeks.

Google Workspace Studio now allows automation across Google apps. Microsoft Copilot Studio comes with a completely new look - and dozens of new features.

And I spend MOST of my days in these tools.

Yet even I feel overwhelmed by the pace of updates and the pressure to “catch up” fast enough to explain everything clearly in trainings.

So if you're feeling the same way, here's my honest advice for learning AI in 2026 without burning out:

First: for what it’s worth, don’t subscribe to another daily AI newsletter.
Most of them increase anxiety more than understanding.

Instead: follow curated content from people who are deep in your specific domain (most of them have newsletters too). 

For example:
→ AI for SEO: Anna York
→ AI for Sales: Jérémy Grandillon
→ AI for Finance: Gerlyn Tiigemäe
→ AI for Non-profits: Kyle Behrend
→ AI for Educators: Paul Matthews
→ AI for HR: Magdalena O.
→ AI & Behavioral Science: Fendi Tsim
→ AI for E-commerce: Joanna Lambadjieva
→ AI for Pharma & Life Science: Marcelina Dutkiewicz
→ AI for Marketing & Creative: Audrey Chia, Roisin Bennett
→ Agentic AI & Automation: Nadia Privalikhina, Marcel Claus-Ahrens
→ AI for business leaders & strategy: Pooja Jain, Dr Nici Sweaney, Nufar Gaspar

Second:
If you’re just starting and need a 360° foundation: AI for Non-Techies academy from incredible Heather Murray is the best place to begin.

If you’re already more advanced and want curated knowledge bites: The AI Daily Brief podcast from Nathaniel Whittemore is my go-to.

And if you’re looking for a guided way to apply all of this in your own business, the AI Revenue Accelerator is where we help consultants turn AI knowledge into working systems (DM me for more info).

Third: if you’re learning a specific tool, every major company has a free academy:
→ OpenAI Academy https://academy.openai.com
→ Google Skills https://www.skills.google
→ Microsoft Learn https://lnkd.in/ga4GxvGd
→ Anthropic Academy https://lnkd.in/gq7im8RF
→ Make Academy https://academy.make.com

Let's make 2026 a year of practical, purposeful AI - not another year of AI noice.

P.S. This list is by no means exhaustive: what’s your go-to AI source? Drop it in the comments.

P.P.S. If you received emails from me at unreasonable hours lately (think 3am): I’m not ignoring work-life balance - I’m just spending a few months in Asia (and the image is not AI-generated 😉)

Upskilling teams in AI | Certified Trainer | Keynote Speaker | Ex-Kantar (Analytical Consulting)

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