The Blueprint Live Build - N8N:Post Prime Day Performance Automation

📅 July 2025 | ⏱️ 53:07 | 🎙️ Danny McMillan & Oana Padurariu

Danny and Oana tackle post-Prime Day analysis challenges by building a live automation workflow. Despite technical hurdles, they demonstrate how sellers can leverage AI and n8n to automate performance tracking without being technical experts.

📝 Key Takeaways

• Ask the Right Questions: Success with AI isn't about being a prompt engineer - it's about knowing what problems to solve
• Quality Gates Save Time: Always validate your automation logic before implementation
• Delegate Technical Work: Use handoff documents and job descriptions to outsource to Upwork developers
• Prime Day Data Matters: The spike in sales history affects your Bayesian ranking signals
• Start Simple: Begin with basic flows and expand - don't try to build everything at once
• Push the Innovation Curve: Those who don't adopt AI automation will be left behind permanently
• Natural Language Works: You don't need perfect prompts - conversational interaction gets results

🔧 Tools & Resources

Automation Platforms:

• n8n: Workflow automation platform | https://n8n.io
• Make.com: Alternative automation tool
• Claude: AI assistant for natural language automation | https://claude.ai
• Voicy: Voice-to-text prompting tool

Development Tools:

• Flow Builder: Danny's custom automation framework (3 files)
• Quality Gates: Built-in validation system
• Mermaid Diagrams: Visual workflow representation

Amazon Tools:

• Selling Partner API: Official Amazon API for reports
• Rainforest API: Third-party Amazon data access

Guest Links:

• Oana Padurariu: https://it.linkedin.com/in/oana-padurariu-b8b1b51a2/en

📍 Chapter Markers

00:00 | Introduction & Show Setup Welcome to The Blueprint, Andrew's absence, and Oana stepping in

00:47 | The Evolution of The Blueprint From Honeymoon Period to Rufus, what's coming next in the series

02:50 | Science vs. Marketing Claims Discussion on the irony of the "honeymoon period" debate

05:30 | Prime Day Analysis Challenge Why sellers struggle to measure Prime Day's true impact on ranking

07:11 | Live Automation Build Begins Starting the workflow builder with voice prompting

12:52 | The 4D Methodology Natural language automation without complex prompt engineering

19:29 | Visual Workflow Creation Building mermaid diagrams and debugging syntax errors

29:21 | Quality Gates Why validation checkpoints prevent wasted development time

34:09 | Cost Optimization Matrix Reducing API costs from £200 to £10 through intelligent orchestration

42:00 | n8n Deployment Issues Live debugging and the reality of automation development

48:51 | Handoff Documentation Creating technical specs for Upwork developers

51:53 | Job Description Generation Automating the hiring process for implementation

56:23 | Innovation vs. Copying Why blindly following others is dangerous in current market conditions

58:35 | The AI Adoption Curve Warning about being left behind as the industry shifts

Seller Sessions Resources:

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/sellersessions
• Website: https://sellersessions.com/
• Rufus Blueprint: http://sellersessions.com/rufus-the-blueprint/
• Honeymoon Period: https://sellersessions.com/the-cold-reality-of-the-honeymoon-period-and-external-traffic/
• Seller Sessions Live 2026: https://sellersessions.com/sp/seller-sessions-live-2026/

📢 Show Schedule

• Week 1: Broad Match (Danny McMillan & Adam Heist)
• Week 2: Main Image Monthly (Expert Panel)
• Week 3: The Blueprint (Danny, Oana & Andrew Bell)
• Week 4: Go With The Flow (Danny & Ritu Java)

Join us every Tuesday at 4 PM UK time for deep dives into Amazon selling strategies!