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A one- or two-person marketing team can run the framework because AI agents absorb production work that would otherwise require additional headcount. One in-house marketer spending 25% to 50% of their time on content, with proper context and trained AI agents, can match the output of a full-time content creator working manually. The Tailor stage starts with broad segments (grouping by industry or buyer type) rather than individual-level personalization, because a small contact database does not support granular segmentation. This approach enables low volume but high conversion, which then self-funds the ability to increase volume over time. 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