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I actually believe that the recipe for success with automation is simple, it goes like this:

Strategy + Tools + Training = Results

The strategy is your blueprint – it’s what you’re setting out to create. The tool is Keap – whether it’s Pro, Max, or Max Classic (formerly Infusionsoft) – and it’s a powerful one. And the training is where Monkeypod comes in – education and training is really all I’

m focused on. I think of it this way – if you’re setting out to build a house, you’re going to need a blueprint (that’s the strategy) and you’re going to need a hammer, nails, and a saw – right? Those are the tools. But if all you have are those things, it’s going to be difficult to follow the blueprint, because using those tools takes training, and expertise. And that’s where most people fall down – because when they buy Keap, they think of it as a solution, rather than a tool. That may sound like semantics on the surface, but it’s an important distinction – because a solution doesn’t require much of you – you just apply it and it solves the problem. But with a tool, especially a powerful one like Keap – using it successfully has a learning curve. Monkeypod exists for one simple reason: To help more businesses get past the initial learning curve and start seeing results. I think education is the key to maximizing your monthly software investment, and I’ve created a deliberate set of resources for anyone looking to reduce the amount of time they spend troubleshooting and sifting through help articles, or the amount of money they spend on outside consultants. I don’t have a silver bullet, or a quick fix – but I do have an arsenal of resources that are specifically designed to help you get past the learning curve, so you can use Keap with confidence, and reap the benefits of automation. If that sounds appealing, check out the courses I’ve created to help folks like you. And, if you’re feelin’ pretty good about your foundation, or you just need a place to ask specific questions as they come up – check out the OG Membership.

05/04/2026

It's event season.
Here's everything coming up that's worth knowing about.
Two big in-person events in May. Vancouver Web Summit is May 11 to 14 — general admission is sold out but Cam will be there. He's hosting a Monkeypod happy hour on Tuesday May 12th at the Hyatt lobby bar. If you're in Vancouver, no conference ticket required, just reach out.
The HighLevel Affiliate Accelerator is May 19 to 21 in Fort Worth. This one is built for people in the business automation partner and agency space — not the right fit if you're an end user of a HighLevel sub-account, but a good room if you're in the business of building on the platform. Cam is attending and hosting a Monkeypod happy hour on May 20th at the conference hotel lobby bar, about half an hour after the official agenda wraps for the day.
On the Keap side, three partner masterminds are on the calendar: Austin on May 15th, San Diego on August 7th, and St. Petersburg, Florida on October 23rd. Cam hasn't committed to one yet but has attended these in previous years and speaks well of them — especially when there's a good hot seat format and peer-to-peer discussion.
And the HighLevel Level Up Summit is back October 26 to 29. Cam and Jade both went last year in Dallas. Expect a Monkeypod happy hour there too.
For Monkeypod members: new virtual event dates are posted in the membership area. The community runs a regular cycle of Member Mingles and Tech Hours and there are more on the calendar now.

05/01/2026

This week in automation had a clear theme: price changes.

Two of them, both tied to AI costs, both handled well enough that there wasn't much to complain about. Thryv is bumping Marketing Center by around $6 a month to cover AI content and image generation features they're adding. HighLevel is moving AI voice from six cents to eight cents a minute as a more capable model becomes the default, but keeping the old model available for anyone who wants to opt out.

Cam and Jade break down both, including Jade's observation that HighLevel's opt-out option actually forces a higher level of transparency about what you're paying for and why.

Also this week: HighLevel announced commerce updates inside communities, Keap's new Partner Hub surfaces billing status, plan info, and automation health across all client accounts in one dashboard, and Jade shares how she has been using HighLevel's workflow AI builder to sketch out the skeleton of an automation before she starts building.

And Cam received a phishing email impersonating Keap this week. He didn't click the link. He explains what tipped him off and what to do instead.

04/20/2026

Happy Monday. This week at Monkeypod is all about dates.

Three member events are now confirmed and on the calendar. First up: a Monkeypod Member Mingle on April 30th at 9 PM Eastern. The late time is intentional — Cam and Jade want to catch members in Australia and New Zealand who often miss the earlier sessions. North American members are welcome too, bring your after-dinner drink. Second: Member Tech Hours on May 15th at 3 PM Eastern for anyone who wants to come with a tech question and leave with an answer. Third: another Member Mingle on May 28th at 1 PM Eastern.

Zoom links for all three will be posted inside the Grove for members. Everyone on the Monkeypod list will get an email when these are coming up.

On the in-person side, Cam is heading to Vancouver Web Summit on May 12th — a big event drawing CEOs and product leaders from companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, Salesforce, and Google. Monkeypod member Rob McConachie will be there too, which means there's already a party. Cam is setting up a Monkeypod happy hour on May 12th — no conference ticket required, just send him an email.

And on May 21st, there's a Monkeypod happy hour in the Fort Worth area around the HighLevel Affiliate Accelerator. Same deal — attending the event or just local to that part of Texas, send Cam a message.

04/17/2026

It was a genuinely busy week for automation news. Cam and Jade broke it all down in this week's Last Week in Automation.

On the Keap/Thryv side: the Keap logo is now orange, the old login is gone for good, and there's early field signal that Thryv Marketing Center might be the cleanest on-ramp for Keap users who want to start exploring what Thryv has to offer. Cam was in Georgia last weekend with Keap and industry partners, so some of this is firsthand.

On the HighLevel side, four things worth knowing about. Custom contact record views are in alpha — a small group can already build trimmed-down, role-specific contact views, and Cam wants feedback from anyone with strong opinions. HighLevel's preference center feature is in beta/labs right now, and at least one Grove member has already turned it on. There's also a good primer in this episode on how Labs works and how to use HighLevel sub-accounts as sandbox environments. And the surprise of the week: HighLevel released white labeled native desktop apps for Windows and Mac, which Cam wasn't expecting and thinks is a meaningful signal about their agency partnership model.

03/16/2026

Happy Monday. Here's what's happening at Monkeypod this week.

Tuesday, Cam's interview with Melodie Moore from Business Tech Ninjas drops on YouTube and the website. They spent time on preference centers — what they mean strategically, how to think about the language you use when giving subscribers control over their preferences, and how to actually build one depending on your platform. Jade's review of Melodie: crazy smart, high standards, and the kind of person who teaches you concepts in a way that makes you feel like you finally get it.

Thursday, Cam's conversation with Dave Lee from ListDefender goes live. A Monkeypod web form got hit by a spam bot during the website re-platform. That's what prompted the interview. They cover the current state of form bot attacks, what the bad actors are actually after, and what's had to change in products like ListDefender because of how AI is now being used by people doing this stuff.

Also this week: Member Tech Hours are back. The Facebook event is live today — Thursday March 26th at 3:30 PM Eastern. If you're a Monkeypod member, you know where to find the Zoom link when the time comes.

If you're not a member yet and you're wondering what you're missing — that's kind of the point.

03/13/2026

Friday the 13th edition of Last Week in Automation is up.

This week Cam and Jade cover two pieces of industry news worth knowing about. HighLevel announced an AI tool that can actually access your platform data and answer questions about how you're using it — it's the first HighLevel AI announcement that has Cam interested enough to dig in. And Keap and Thryv are rolling out a new login experience that's getting some chatter. Cam breaks down why there's both a pessimistic and an optimistic way to read it, and makes the case for the optimistic one.

On the Monkeypod side: the first Monkeypod Member Mingle happened and it was a good one, Cam's new interview with Turner Leslie from Mailbox Power dropped today on YouTube, and Monkeypod community member Jason Wojo launched his book Business for Life this week.

Jade also gives a quick peek at what's going on in the Grove right now — multi-system integration questions are the hot topic this week, and they're the kind of conversations that are better in a smaller, more intentional community than a big open forum.

New Interview on YouTube!Cam's Partner Showcase with Turner Leslie from Mailbox Power.-----What if a contact buying your...
03/13/2026

New Interview on YouTube!
Cam's Partner Showcase with Turner Leslie from Mailbox Power.
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What if a contact buying your product automatically triggered a personalized gift showing up at their door?

That's exactly what Mailbox Power makes possible — and in this new showcase interview, Cam sits down with Turner Leslie to walk through how it works.

Mailbox Power is a gifting platform that connects directly with your CRM. Postcards, brownies, custom journals with laser-engraved names, swag boxes, t-shirts — all triggered automatically from your existing workflows. Turner covers the catalog, the pricing, and a few real use cases that show what this looks like in practice. The chiropractor who went from $1M to nearly $2M with three pieces of direct mail is worth the watch alone.

Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/Sz_IPx51d38
And if you want to see how it actually works, head to mopod.co/learnmailboxpower — there's a form there where we'll run you through a real Mailbox Power automation. At least 10 people are getting brownies.

Most businesses are fighting for attention in the inbox. Direct mail gets a 90–100% open rate. Here's how to automate it.In this showcase interview, Cam sits...

03/02/2026

This Week at Monkeypod (week of Mar 2, 2026):

- Tuesday blog post: preference centers, what they are, why they’re harder than they should be, and what “good” looks like

- Interview with Melodie Moore (Business Tech Ninjas): membership community tech, LMS + CRM flows, and the automations that make it all work

- Interview with Dave Lee (PlusThis): spam and bot attacks on forms, what’s happening in 2026, and how tools like List Defender / Form Defender fit into keeping your database clean

These are podcast-style interviews (not webinars), but if you want to sit in as a behind-the-scenes audience member, email me and I’ll try to get you invited.

We’ll see you in The Grove, on the blog, and on YouTube.

02/27/2026

1. Monkeypod Member Mingle today at 2:00 PM ET (OG members). Zoom link is in The Grove.

2. New blog post from Tuesday: choosing your HighLevel broadcast audience, lock it at schedule time or keep it dynamic until send time.

3. We interviewed Leslie Turner from Mailbox Power about automating physical gifting through your CRM. Episode should drop between now and Monday.

Quick peek into The Grove: a great thread on what to do when someone buys a product for someone else, and how to route automation correctly using conditional logic.

02/23/2026

This Week at Monkeypod (week of Feb 23, 2026):

1. Blog post coming on smart lists for broadcast audiences in HighLevel, and how that behavior differs from Keap

2. We’re filming a YouTube episode with Leslie Turner from Mailbox Power (physical gifting + CRM integrations)

3. OG members: Monkeypod Member Mingle is Friday, Feb 27 at 2:00 PM ET. The Zoom link will be posted in The Grove just before we start (or by text for members who want the 10-minute heads up).

02/20/2026

Last Week in Automation with Monkeypod.

A quick recap from the last two weeks:

Keap updates (including SMS marketing expansion and partner program commission timing changes)

A HighLevel Labs moment: I built a DIY preference center, then immediately saw a new built-in one show up

Monkeypod tech hours recap, plus what’s been showing up in The Grove lately, more platform-agnostic thinking, less “which button do I press?”

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