Frequently Asked
Questions
Questions on engagements, plus the growth-automation playbook behind every AI Agent System install. If yours isn't here, discovery calls are 30 minutes and free.
By Daria Dovzhikova · Updated October 2026
/ Working With Daria
Seed to Series A developer-tool and AI-product companies with a working product and no growth lead.
The first week covers the diagnosis. Founders this year asked for tests with real users, not a document.
One product, one audience, one message, one channel, a metric and a stop date.
About an hour a week from the founder, and access to the channels and analytics the experiments use.
You keep everything. If something worked, Continuation runs it at $2,500 a month, month to month.
Pre-product teams, companies with a growth team already, and anyone looking for a full-time hire.
/ Acquisition
Customer acquisition automation uses connected tools (ads, website, forms, CRM, email) to attract, capture, enrich, score, and route prospects without manual work, so you scale pipeline while keeping CAC predictable.
Ship gated assets and high-intent pages with auto-enrichment (e.g., Clearbit), lead scoring, and instant routing to CRM; trigger nurture emails and calendar booking on submit to cut time-to-first-touch.
Start with email capture, paid search/social retargeting, SEO content distribution, and LinkedIn outreach — all have reliable APIs, clear triggers, and measurable outcomes.
Automation standardizes metadata, internal linking, content refreshes, and sitemap pings, increasing crawl frequency, rank stability, and SERP CTR.
By removing manual handoffs, accelerating response times, and routing inquiries to the right owner with the right context — every dropped lead is recovered margin.
/ Activation
User activation is the stage where a new user achieves their first meaningful value in your product — like sending their first message, uploading a file, or closing their first transaction.
Automation removes friction by guiding setup, sending nudges, and delivering contextual help at the right moment — shortening the path to first success.
Deliver step-by-step checklists, send triggered emails or in-app prompts based on behavior, use progress tracking to keep users motivated, and provide self-serve help links at every step.
Use product analytics (Mixpanel, Amplitude) to auto-track events like time-to-first-value, feature adoption, and onboarding completion.
Events like signup, first login, integration added, or payment attempt can trigger automated guidance, emails, or prompts.
/ Retention
Automated systems that monitor health, prevent churn, and sustain engagement over time.
Track risk signals, trigger outreach, deliver save offers, and escalate to CSM when needed.
Lifecycle marketing platforms, CS platforms (Gainsight/ChurnZero), and product analytics.
Composite scores trigger playbooks for low usage, support spikes, or value gaps.
Yes — schedule by lifecycle stage and route detractors to fast human follow-up.
/ Expansion
Automated identification and execution of upsell, cross-sell, advocacy, and referral plays.
Trigger offers when usage nears limits or new needs appear; tailor to role and value.
Yes — recommend adjacent modules based on patterns of successful peer accounts.
CRM, CS platforms, billing, and MAP with product usage pipelines and playbooks.
Monitor expansion ARR, NRR, upsell win rate, and time-to-expansion post-onboarding.
Ready when you are.
Discovery calls are 30 minutes. First one's on me.