The Automation Forge

The Automation Forge is for sales professionals building pipeline and closing skills.

Why you should join: Public price is $5 a month. Get peer support, practical playbooks and live rooms inside Skool.

The one-liner

A $5 automation forge for marketing, sales workflows and Airtable tools.

What they actually sell

The Automation Forge by Alex Karas helps founders simplify workflows with automation for marketing, sales, data analysis and everyday business needs. The public offer sits at $5 with a free trial. Focus areas include general automation, marketing research and data tools, Airtable plugins for sales and follow-ups, pulling data for decisions, sales and marketing automation, analytics with machine learning, exclusive code sharing, 1:1 consultations and networking. Inside sit six courses. Alex's bio cites marketing research and AI tools for business automation. The about page does not spell out a formal money-back promise beyond the trial.

Who pays and why

Operators drowning in manual busywork who want ready workflows without hiring a full automation team. The fatigue is copy-paste ops. They pay a tiny fee for scripts, plugins and optional consults.

Where the members come from

Alex's Instagram, website and YouTube appear to be the channels. The Skool is a low-ticket tool-and-workflow room for people already watching that automation content. Exact follower counts stay off the about page.

What's holding it back

A broad automation menu can feel unfocused. If code sharing goes stale and 1:1 consults are rare, members will treat five dollars as disposable.

Steal this

Sell business automation as a cheap membership with shared workflows, Airtable plugins and optional 1:1 consults so buyers get tools before theory.

Would this work in another niche?

Yes for other no-code ops communities. Weak for enterprise IT buyers who need SOC2 vendor relationships.