Wes Schaeffer is Fixer Wes

06/12/2026

42 minutes. 40 HubSpot tasks. 2¢...

While I watched a movie.

VA → 3 days, $100+, 2-3 errors, needs you to manage the fix.

Agency → quoted $1,500, delivered in a week, used this same AI, charged you like they didn't.

AI → done before my second cup of coffee.

The question isn't whether it works.

It's whether YOU'RE using it.
AI 101 live training is June 26th. Link in comments.

06/11/2026

A comment from Friday.

06/11/2026

It took just 206 seconds for my little AI tool to scan almost 80,000 contacts across 7 tabs in a Google sheet to clean up the phone column.

As you can see, it corrected 371 in one tab, 2,308 in another.

If you've ever worked with CRMs, email tools, PADs, etc., you know how picky databases are.

You need a super-clean CSV or the import will puke, automations will grind to a halt, or, worse, they'll run with massive errors that make you look like a du***ss.

Wanna master these tools and have them running automatically and autonomously in a day?

Come to my little town June 26th. Link in comments.

Market like you mean it.
Now go sell something.

06/07/2026

When I started studying great ads, I made one embarrassing discovery: I had no system for saving them.

Like you, I take a screenshot of an ad...and forget them.

(What good is a swipe file if it's in a cave...under a lake...a lake filled with alligators?)

You've got hundreds of 'em in there.

You can't find a single one when you need it.

And they're all named "screenshot 2014-03-10 16.18.50," etc. (That's an actual name I just looked up!)

That was yesterday.

Today, I built me a system. Yes, Siree Bot...ahhh, Bob.

Here's how it works:

Step 1: I see a great ad...screenshot it...send it to my AI assistant (Hermes) on Telegram.

That's it. One tap. Done.

Step 2 (which I do not do): Hermes looks at the image like a detective.

It figures out who ran the ad, what platform it's on, what the hook is, what the offer is, and why it works.

Step 3 (which I also do not do): It renames the file automatically.

Gone is IMG_4821.jpg.

Hello, "John Smith-fear-of-missing-out-hook.jpg."

Step 4 (which I also also do not do): It creates a matching note with the full breakdown.

Hook. Offer. Call to action. Why it works. Three things worth stealing.

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

It's one thing to save the file where you can find it...and another to name it correctly...and another to analyze it...But it's NEXT FRIGGIN' LEVEL to have this data applied to my system's working memory to make it mo' better and betterer forever.

These images are saved to my Obsidian vault...Organized by platform....Searchable forever.

If I forget to do this right away, every morning at 2 AM, the system processes anything new I dropped in during the day.

I used to be a squirrel collecting nuts with no idea where I buried them.

Now I'm a squirrel with a GPS, a spreadsheet, and an organized hole in the ground.

If a great ad shows up in my feed today, I can find it, study it, and steal from it intelligently six months from now.

That's not a swipe file.

That's a competitive advantage.

The tools that made this: → Hermes AI (the agent that does the work) → Obsidian (the vault where it lives) → Telegram (the one-tap drop point) → Google Drive (syncs everything to my phone and Mac)

Total cost: $20/mo Hermes, $24/mo Google Workspace, Telegram $0, Obsidian $0, the time it took to set it up once.

Motion beats meditation.
Market like you mean it.
Now go sell something.
~Wes

P.S. If you want to know how to set this up for your own swipe file, drop a comment below or DM me. Hint hint.

Call now to connect with business.

05/30/2026

Codex Automation: using AI to handle the repetitive work that used to eat up hours

Drop a comment if you have a boring, repetitive business task you would love to automate. I have been using tools like OpenAI Codex, Claude, Manus, and MindStudio to handle the kind of work that used to require a full-time assistant or a lot of manual clicking.

The point is not to replace strategy. The point is to remove the redundant, monotonous steps so you can move faster:
- Give AI clear instructions and let it work inside your tools.
- Use automation for the repeatable admin work that slows you down.
- Keep reviewing the output so the machine does the labor, not the thinking.

Small business owners, consultants, and sales teams should be paying attention. AI automation is getting practical fast, and the people who learn how to delegate to these tools will save time, cut costs, and move quicker.

What task would you hand to an AI assistant first?

05/29/2026

Shutting down the 'walk-up-and-pitch' at trade shows — here’s what actually works 🚶‍♂️✨

Drop a 🔥 if you're tired of wasted booth hours or tag someone who's about to hit a trade show!
Most folks think they should just walk in and pitch, but that’s a quick way to get ignored or worse, burned. Instead, do the prep work:
Research your targets ahead of time using AI tools.
Find the decision-makers and connect authentically — offer to bring coffee, give a tangible gift, or personalize your approach.
Qualify your leads: are they truly interested? Are they the right person? If not, disqualify early.
People buy from those they trust — so spend time building rapport before the show, not just winging it. The secret’s in the prep, not the pitch.
What’s your biggest trade show challenge? Drop a comment — I’d love to know!
Full strategy in bio👇

05/29/2026

In 2010, I hired a great assistant overseas for $800/mo to be my full-time right-hand woman.

She could edit HTML, CSS, work inside of my CRM, etc. She had my credit card on file so she could pay bills, get hosting setup for clients, etc.

That would be about $1,221/mo today, by the way.

As I type this—and this may be one of the last things I ever type on my own—I am watching my Codex desktop app from OpenAI—which is $20/mo—automatically do what has bugged the ever-living crap out of me for YEARS when it comes to editing and sharing video content.

I was about to do it on my own since I'm pressed for time—as we all are all the time—but I said "F*CK THAT! MAN UP! DO THE WORK NOW, VALIDATE THE CONCEPT, THEN NEVER DO IT AGAIN!"

And it's working.

I'm watching Codex do the work on one screen while I make this post.

Now I'll never have to do this process again.

It's saved as a skill/checklist/project/SOP (whatever term that makes sense to you), and now I'll just tell it to perform the task when I want it done.

What boring, redundant but important things are you doing...or not doing but need to do...or paying someone...or overpaying someone to do...or not do...or not do well?

I'll bet a dollar to a donut you can automate it for pennies per day.

Wanna talk about it? HMU or attend my live, in-person, 2-day, hands-on event here in Temecula at the end of June.

Market like you mean it.
Now go sell something.

Call now to connect with business.

05/29/2026

It seems 200,000,000 users here on Facebook do not know that they do not know.

11/19/2025

About to launch a podcast? Need the best recording/transcribing/captioning/mixing tool out there? Can you wait until Nov 24th for a massive Black Friday discount? Stay tuned...

09/10/2025

Even when plans go wrong, they're still necessary. A teacher learns this firsthand while teaching a class. He asked the students what they wanted to learn, and even though plans changed, the class still went on. Have you ever had a plan go wrong?