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Workato growth playbook

Diagnosis

Workato has repositioned from the leading iPaaS to the control and execution platform for enterprise AI, and its hiring backs that move: a Senior ABM and Demand Generation Manager for AI campaigns, a North America field marketer, a strategic events manager for WOW, a product manager for Enterprise MCP, embedded and regional sellers.

The website has not fully caught up: integration pages still sell workflow automation and do not lead to the matching MCP servers, the AI plans pricing page tells search engines not to index it, the homepage fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors, and the connectivity number changes from page to page.

This playbook links the integration and MCP pages, fixes pricing, speed and numbers, and adds a Zapier comparison first, then runs AI expansion plays, a survey-based accountability campaign, event engines, developer quickstarts and OEM offers, with an annual agents index and a free agent inventory as big bets.

Growth Score

7/10

Biggest Opportunity

Use the integration pages' existing search demand and the installed base to sell the AI control plane: every connected app is a path to an MCP server and a governed agent.

Biggest Risk

Zapier, Tray.ai, Boomi and n8n all now sell AI agents and MCP on top of integration, so the AI story must be clearer and better proven on Workato's own pages than theirs.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    Point every integration page at its MCP server, so "Salesforce integration" searchers meet Workato's AI story

    Add the MCP block to the Salesforce, Slack and ServiceNow integration pages.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  2. 2

    Decide whether the AI plans pricing page should be found, and fix its conflicting robots tags

    Check the page in Search Console's URL inspection.

    High impact First result in 2 weeks
  3. 3

    Make the homepage fast for real visitors: 5.2 s to paint and 542 ms to respond

    List the 33 third parties with an owner for each.

    High impact First result in 1 month

02

Your idea portfolio

21 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 6 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

    2 of these are things Programmable can build and run for you.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

Effort vs impactEach number is an idea. Select one to open it.
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Showing 21 of 21 ideas

This week 6

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    Workato is hiring a Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager to run AI campaigns and a PM to grow Enterprise MCP, and it has built 54 app-specific MCP server pages. But the integration pages, the ones people find by searching "Salesforce integration" or "Slack integration", still sell workflow automation "loved by business and approved by IT" and do not link to the matching MCP server page. On the 14 we checked, the only MCP links are in the site menu.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Senior ABM & Demand Generatio…

    First action

    Add the MCP block to the Salesforce, Slack and ServiceNow integration pages.

    How to measure it

    Integration-to-MCP click-through

    Now
    –
    Target
    8%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Map the pairs

      Each of the 54 MCP pages to its integration page.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 day

    2. 2

      Write the block

      Agent actions, governance and a demo link.

      Product Marketing Manager 2 days

    3. 3

      Add to the template

      Shown when an MCP server exists.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 week

    4. 4

      Update titles

      Integration titles and descriptions that mention AI agents and MCP.

      Web Marketing Manager 3 days

    5. 5

      Link back

      MCP pages link to the integration page and recipes.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 day

    6. 6

      Use in campaigns

      App-specific landing pages for AI ads and ABM.

      Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager 2 weeks

    7. 7

      Track

      Click-through, demo requests and MCP trials by app.

      Marketing Operations Manager weekly

    8. 8

      Extend

      Build MCP pages for the next 20 most-visited integrations.

      Senior Product Manager (Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane) 1 quarter

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Web time only
    Owner
    Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager

    Smallest test

    Add the block to the Salesforce page and compare clicks to the MCP page for two weeks.

    Why it works

    Add an "Use Salesforce with AI agents" block to each integration page that has an MCP server: what an agent can do with it, the governance it inherits, and a link to the MCP page and a demo. Rewrite those integration titles and descriptions to cover agents and MCP, link back from each MCP page, and use the pairs as landing pages for AI campaigns by app.

    The integration pages already carry search demand and buyer intent. Connecting them to the MCP pages moves existing traffic into the AI story without new spend, and gives every AI campaign an app-specific page.

    Ready to use

    ChecklistIntegration page AI block

    [ ] Heading: "Use <App> with AI agents"
    [ ] Three things an agent can do in <App>
    [ ] One line on verified user access and audit
    [ ] Link to /mcp/<app>
    [ ] Demo or start-for-free button
    [ ] Title and description mention agents and MCP
    [ ] MCP page links back to this page
    [ ] Tracked as its own campaign source

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Integration rankings drop after title changes

      Change titles on ten pages first and watch rankings for two weeks.

    • Not every app has an MCP server

      Show the block only where one exists.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior ABM & Demand Generation Manager (San Francisco, posted September 9, 2026): "lead AI-driven integrated marketing campaigns that accelerate pipeline growth"; "Own ABM strategy end-to-end: account selection, tiering, and 1:1/1:few/1:many program design" on platforms such as Demandbase; "large expansion support in our Flagship accounts"; "Translate complex AI capabilities (ML, GenAI, automation, data intelligence, etc.) into compelling, outcome-driven campaign narratives"; "nurture tracks tailored to AI buyer personas (technical, business, executive)"; campaigns across "email, paid media, webinars/events, content syndication, ABM, social, and web".Source
    • HiringSenior Product Manager, Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane (posted August 5, 2026): "The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is rapidly becoming the standard for how AI agents connect to enterprise systems" and Workato is "building the gateway, governance, and runtime layer"; the PM will "help shape how thousands of customers expose their tools, data, and workflows to AI agents", "run customer design partners, present to analysts, and partner with GTM to land enterprise deals".Source
    • Your websiteThe Salesforce integration page is titled "Salesforce integration and workflow automation" with the description "Instantly integrate Salesforce with other apps and automate your workflows across them. It's the only platform that is loved by business and approved by IT." It links to MCP only through the site menu (/agentic/mcp, /mcp-servers), not to the Salesforce MCP server page. The same holds on the integration pages for Slack, Jira, GitHub, Okta, Stripe, Gmail, Zendesk, Confluence, Airtable, Shopify, Dropbox, ServiceNow and Snowflake (checked October 22, 2026). The main sitemap lists 184 integration pages.Source
    • Your websiteWorkato has 54 app-specific MCP server pages, for example "Salesforce MCP Server for Enterprise AI" ("Deploy a production-ready Salesforce MCP server", about 450 words, "Schedule a demo"). Five of them, including Slack, still carry an older description: "Workato, a leader in Gartner MQ, is more than an iPaaS. It's an Intelligent Automation platform..."Source
  • 02

    The /pricing/tiers page, with the AI plans and "Start for free", is in the sitemap but has two robots tags: "all" and "noindex,nofollow". Search engines follow the stricter one, so the self-serve pricing is likely hidden while the demo-only /pricing page, with the same title and description, is indexed.

    High impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Web Marketing Manager

    First action

    Check the page in Search Console's URL inspection.

    How to measure it

    Clicks to pricing pages from search

    Now
    –
    Target
    +25%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Inspect

      Search Console URL inspection.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 hour

    2. 2

      Decide

      Indexed or not.

      Head of Growth 1 day

    3. 3

      Fix tags

      One robots tag.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 hour

    4. 4

      Unique metadata

      Title and description.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 hour

    5. 5

      Link pages

      From /pricing to tiers.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 hour

    6. 6

      Measure

      Clicks and free starts.

      Marketing Operations Manager 1 month

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Web Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Fix the tags today and request indexing.

    Why it works

    If self-serve pricing should be found, remove the noindex tag, give the page its own title and description ("Workato AI plans: pay-as-you-go to enterprise"), and link it from /pricing. If not, take it out of the sitemap so the signals agree.

    Pricing is one of the most searched pages for any software company. Searchers and AI assistants asking about Workato pricing should find the plans that let them start.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Pricing was meant to stay unlisted

      Then remove it from the sitemap.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteThe AI plans page /pricing/tiers ("AI Plans that grow with you", "From pay-as-you-go to enterprise-wide adoption", "Start for free") is listed in the sitemap but carries two robots tags, "all" and "noindex,nofollow", so search engines are told not to index it. It shares its title and description with /pricing ("Pricing built for flexibility", "Schedule a demo"), which is indexable.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: H1 "The Platform to Govern & Scale Enterprise AI"; "Start for free" and "Talk to sales"; "100M+ tasks automated/month"; a Vodafone (VOIS) quote; "8x a Leader" in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS; AIRO works in "Claude, Codex, Cursor, Workato"; "Token Economics: Turn unpredictable AI spend into a governed cost". The viewport tag sets user-scalable=no, and 44 of the 65 images in the page HTML have no alt text.Source
  • 03

    Real Chrome visitors to the homepage wait 5.2 s for the main content and 542 ms for a tap to respond, failing both Core Web Vitals. The page loads 2.2 MB of JavaScript (807 KB unused) and 33 third-party services. Every ABM ad, field invite and AI campaign lands executives here or on pages built the same way.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Web Marketing Manager

    First action

    List the 33 third parties with an owner for each.

    How to measure it

    75th percentile largest paint

    Now
    –
    Target
    under 2.5 s
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Inventory tags

      33 third parties and their owners.

      Marketing Operations Manager 2 days

    2. 2

      Remove or delay

      Tags not needed on first load.

      Marketing Operations Manager 1 week

    3. 3

      Split JavaScript

      First screen first.

      Web Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Lazy-load the menu

      After the H1.

      Web Marketing Manager 3 days

    5. 5

      Set a budget

      JavaScript and tag limits.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 day

    6. 6

      Watch field data

      Chrome UX Report for 28 days.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 month

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Web Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Delay five non-essential tags and re-test.

    Why it works

    Audit the 33 third-party tags and remove or delay the ones not used for every visit, split the JavaScript so the first screen ships alone, and load the menu after the H1. Set a budget (under 1 MB of JavaScript) that marketing tools must fit inside.

    Faster pages convert more paid and account traffic and pass Google's page experience checks, so the new demand programmes start from a better base.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Losing attribution data

      Move tags server-side before removing them.

    Evidence

    • Google PageSpeedHomepage on a phone (Google PageSpeed, October 22, 2026): performance 27/100; the H1 paints at 17.5 s in the lab; 2.3 s of blocking time; 4.7 MB in 173 requests, 2.2 MB of JavaScript with 807 KB unused, and 33 third-party services. Real Chrome visitors fail Core Web Vitals on both counts: largest paint 5.2 s and responsiveness 542 ms at the 75th percentile (targets 2.5 s and 200 ms).Source
    • HiringSenior ABM & Demand Generation Manager (San Francisco, posted September 9, 2026): "lead AI-driven integrated marketing campaigns that accelerate pipeline growth"; "Own ABM strategy end-to-end: account selection, tiering, and 1:1/1:few/1:many program design" on platforms such as Demandbase; "large expansion support in our Flagship accounts"; "Translate complex AI capabilities (ML, GenAI, automation, data intelligence, etc.) into compelling, outcome-driven campaign narratives"; "nurture tracks tailored to AI buyer personas (technical, business, executive)"; campaigns across "email, paid media, webinars/events, content syndication, ABM, social, and web".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: H1 "The Platform to Govern & Scale Enterprise AI"; "Start for free" and "Talk to sales"; "100M+ tasks automated/month"; a Vodafone (VOIS) quote; "8x a Leader" in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS; AIRO works in "Claude, Codex, Cursor, Workato"; "Token Economics: Turn unpredictable AI spend into a governed cost". The viewport tag sets user-scalable=no, and 44 of the 65 images in the page HTML have no alt text.Source
  • 04

    Workato says 17,000+ apps on the homepage, 12,000+ on the Enterprise MCP page, 14,000 in every job post and 1,200+ connectors on integration pages. Buyers comparing with Zapier's "9,000+ apps" and analysts reading the site see four numbers.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Product Marketing Manager

    First action

    Agree the three definitions with product.

    How to measure it

    Pages updated

    Now
    –
    Target
    100%
    By
    30 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define

      Three numbers and what they count.

      Product Marketing Manager 2 days

    2. 2

      Publish

      One reference page.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 day

    3. 3

      Update site

      Homepage, MCP and templates.

      Web Marketing Manager 2 days

    4. 4

      Update posts

      Job boilerplate.

      Talent Acquisition 1 day

    5. 5

      Brief sales

      Use the same numbers.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 day

    6. 6

      Review

      Quarterly.

      Product Marketing Manager quarterly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Product Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Fix the homepage and MCP page today.

    Why it works

    Agree one definition (apps and systems reachable, pre-built connectors, MCP-ready apps) and one number for each, publish them on one page, and update the homepage, MCP pages, integration template and job post boilerplate.

    A consistent, defined number is easier to trust and to quote, and it wins the head-to-head with rivals that publish one figure.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Smaller number looks worse

      Lead with the largest, defined clearly.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteConnectivity numbers differ by page: the homepage says "Connect to 17,000+ apps, APIs, databases, files, MCP servers"; the Enterprise MCP page description says "governed access to 12,000+ apps"; job posts say "over 14,000 enterprise systems"; integration pages offer "1200+ pre-built connectors" for Embedded.Source
    • HiringSales hiring across regions: an Enterprise Development Representative in Dublin (October 20), a Commercial Account Executive in San Francisco (October 19), a Senior Embedded Account Executive for "OEM partners" (October 16), a Global Account Director and Partner Sales Manager in Tokyo, a Partner Sales Manager in Seoul and an SDR in Singapore. Every post describes Workato as "the leading Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI", used by "over half the Fortune 500", turning "over 14,000 enterprise systems" into "one governed execution layer".Source
    • Competitor researchRivals' own homepages: Zapier, "Build and scale AI workflows and agents across 9,000+ apps", "the most connected AI orchestration platform", "Trusted by 3 million+ businesses"; Tray.ai, "the AI-native enterprise iPaaS for building AI agents, governing Model Context Protocol (MCP)"; Boomi, "The Data Activation Company", integrating "applications, APIs, data, and AI agents"; n8n, "AI Workflow Automation Platform".Source
  • 05

    Workato has comparison pages for Boomi, Celigo, Jitterbit, Merge, MuleSoft, TIBCO, n8n and Tray, but /insights/workato-vs-zapier returns 404. Zapier now sells itself as "the most connected AI orchestration platform" across 9,000+ apps.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month Product Marketing Manager

    First action

    Draft the governance and scale sections first.

    How to measure it

    Comparison page demos

    Now
    –
    Target
    30 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Check facts

      Zapier's current plans and features.

      Product Marketing Manager 2 days

    2. 2

      Write

      Fair table and examples.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 week

    3. 3

      Legal review

      Claims and trademarks.

      Legal 3 days

    4. 4

      Publish

      With a migration offer.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 day

    5. 5

      Promote

      Search and ABM.

      Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager 2 weeks

    6. 6

      Refresh

      Quarterly.

      Product Marketing Manager quarterly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Product Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish the page and track demos for a month.

    Why it works

    Write a fair comparison for teams moving from departmental automation to governed enterprise AI: governance and identity, MCP, scale, pricing model, support, and when Zapier is the right choice. Add a migration offer.

    Teams outgrowing Zapier are a natural upgrade path, and comparison searches are late-stage and high intent.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Out-of-date claims

      Date the page and cite sources.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteComparison pages under /insights cover Boomi, Celigo, Jitterbit, Merge, MuleSoft (with an APJ version), TIBCO, n8n and Tray (with an EMEA version); /insights/workato-vs-zapier returns 404.Source
    • Competitor researchRivals' own homepages: Zapier, "Build and scale AI workflows and agents across 9,000+ apps", "the most connected AI orchestration platform", "Trusted by 3 million+ businesses"; Tray.ai, "the AI-native enterprise iPaaS for building AI agents, governing Model Context Protocol (MCP)"; Boomi, "The Data Activation Company", integrating "applications, APIs, data, and AI agents"; n8n, "AI Workflow Automation Platform".Source
  • 06

    The 54 MCP pages are short (about 450 words), end in "Schedule a demo", and five still carry an old description ("more than an iPaaS... an Intelligent Automation platform"). Developers looking for an MCP server want the tools list and a way to try it.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Senior Product Manager

    First action

    Rewrite the five old descriptions today.

    How to measure it

    Free starts from MCP pages

    Now
    –
    Target
    +40%
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Fix descriptions

      Five pages.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 hour

    2. 2

      Add tools lists

      From the product.

      Senior Product Manager (Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane) 1 week

    3. 3

      Example prompts

      Two per page.

      Developer Relations Lead 1 week

    4. 4

      Add free start

      Next to demo.

      Web Marketing Manager 2 days

    5. 5

      New pages

      Ten most requested.

      Senior Product Manager (Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane) 1 month

    6. 6

      Measure

      Starts and demos.

      Marketing Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Senior Product Manager (Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane)

    Smallest test

    Update the Salesforce MCP page with tools and prompts.

    Why it works

    Give every MCP page a fresh description, the list of tools the server exposes, two example prompts, the governance it inherits, and a "Start for free" path next to the demo. Add the next most-requested apps.

    Richer pages rank for "<app> MCP server" searches and convert builders who will not book a demo first.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Free starts dilute sales leads

      Score them and route qualified ones to sales.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteWorkato has 54 app-specific MCP server pages, for example "Salesforce MCP Server for Enterprise AI" ("Deploy a production-ready Salesforce MCP server", about 450 words, "Schedule a demo"). Five of them, including Slack, still carry an older description: "Workato, a leader in Gartner MQ, is more than an iPaaS. It's an Intelligent Automation platform..."Source
    • HiringSenior Product Manager, Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane (posted August 5, 2026): "The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is rapidly becoming the standard for how AI agents connect to enterprise systems" and Workato is "building the gateway, governance, and runtime layer"; the PM will "help shape how thousands of customers expose their tools, data, and workflows to AI agents", "run customer design partners, present to analysts, and partner with GTM to land enterprise deals".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: H1 "The Platform to Govern & Scale Enterprise AI"; "Start for free" and "Talk to sales"; "100M+ tasks automated/month"; a Vodafone (VOIS) quote; "8x a Leader" in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS; AIRO works in "Claude, Codex, Cursor, Workato"; "Token Economics: Turn unpredictable AI spend into a governed cost". The viewport tag sets user-scalable=no, and 44 of the 65 images in the page HTML have no alt text.Source

This quarter 11

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 07

    The ABM role must support "large expansion" in Flagship accounts and translate AI into outcome-driven narratives. Many large customers already run Workato for integration and automation (100M+ tasks a month), and the next sale is AI governance and agents on the same platform.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Senior ABM & Demand Generatio…

    First action

    Pick ten Flagship accounts and map their connected apps to MCP servers.

    How to measure it

    AI expansion pipeline in Flagship accounts

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick accounts

      Ten Flagship accounts with sales.

      Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Map usage

      Connected apps vs MCP servers.

      Customer Success 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Build briefings

      Agent readiness per account.

      Product Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Run pilots

      Two MCP servers each.

      Solutions Engineering 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Roundtables

      Executives by industry.

      Senior Field Marketing Manager 1 quarter

    6. 6

      Report

      ABM pipeline separately.

      Marketing Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    ABM platform and event budget
    Owner
    Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager

    Smallest test

    Run the play with three accounts.

    Why it works

    For each Flagship account, map which apps it already connects, which have MCP servers, and which teams are building agents. Run a 1:1 play: an "agent readiness" briefing, a pilot on two MCP servers they already have connectors for, and an executive roundtable.

    Expansion inside accounts that already trust the platform is the cheapest AI pipeline, and the account's own connectors make the pitch concrete.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Customer data use

      Use only usage the customer can see in their own workspace.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior ABM & Demand Generation Manager (San Francisco, posted September 9, 2026): "lead AI-driven integrated marketing campaigns that accelerate pipeline growth"; "Own ABM strategy end-to-end: account selection, tiering, and 1:1/1:few/1:many program design" on platforms such as Demandbase; "large expansion support in our Flagship accounts"; "Translate complex AI capabilities (ML, GenAI, automation, data intelligence, etc.) into compelling, outcome-driven campaign narratives"; "nurture tracks tailored to AI buyer personas (technical, business, executive)"; campaigns across "email, paid media, webinars/events, content syndication, ABM, social, and web".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: H1 "The Platform to Govern & Scale Enterprise AI"; "Start for free" and "Talk to sales"; "100M+ tasks automated/month"; a Vodafone (VOIS) quote; "8x a Leader" in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS; AIRO works in "Claude, Codex, Cursor, Workato"; "Token Economics: Turn unpredictable AI spend into a governed cost". The viewport tag sets user-scalable=no, and 44 of the 65 images in the page HTML have no alt text.Source
    • Your websiteWorkato has 54 app-specific MCP server pages, for example "Salesforce MCP Server for Enterprise AI" ("Deploy a production-ready Salesforce MCP server", about 450 words, "Schedule a demo"). Five of them, including Slack, still carry an older description: "Workato, a leader in Gartner MQ, is more than an iPaaS. It's an Intelligent Automation platform..."Source
    • HiringSenior Product Manager, Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane (posted August 5, 2026): "The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is rapidly becoming the standard for how AI agents connect to enterprise systems" and Workato is "building the gateway, governance, and runtime layer"; the PM will "help shape how thousands of customers expose their tools, data, and workflows to AI agents", "run customer design partners, present to analysts, and partner with GTM to land enterprise deals".Source
  • 08

    Workato found that 74% of IT leaders expect to be held accountable for AI agents they do not fully control and 62% expect a public AI incident. That is exactly the problem the control plane solves, and a ready-made campaign hook.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Senior ABM & Demand Generatio…

    First action

    Draft ten assessment questions from the survey.

    How to measure it

    Completed assessments

    Now
    –
    Target
    1,500
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write questions

      Ten, scored.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Build tool

      Web assessment and report.

      Web Marketing Manager 3 weeks

    3. 3

      Nurture tracks

      Three personas.

      Marketing Operations Manager 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Promote

      Paid, social, syndication.

      Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Route scores

      High scores to SDRs.

      Marketing Operations Manager 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Pipeline from assessments.

      Marketing Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Build and media budget
    Owner
    Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish the assessment as a simple form first.

    Why it works

    Turn the survey into an interactive self-assessment ("How exposed are your agents?") with a scored report, persona nurture tracks for technical, business and executive buyers, and a roundtable series titled after the finding. Feed scores to sales as intent.

    Fear of accountability moves budgets faster than feature lists, and an assessment turns a press release into a lead source with qualifying data.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Feels like scare tactics

      Lead with the fix and a practical checklist.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePress releases: customers passed "1.1 Billion Enterprise AI Actions" (World of Workato 2026); a survey of 1,001 U.S. IT leaders found 74% expect to be held accountable for AI agents they do not fully control and 62% expect a public AI incident; a South Korea office and data center; a Hyderabad AI hub; a Singapore AI lab. On press, pricing and customer pages, the body text arrives inside a page script and only the header is in the HTML.Source
    • HiringSenior ABM & Demand Generation Manager (San Francisco, posted September 9, 2026): "lead AI-driven integrated marketing campaigns that accelerate pipeline growth"; "Own ABM strategy end-to-end: account selection, tiering, and 1:1/1:few/1:many program design" on platforms such as Demandbase; "large expansion support in our Flagship accounts"; "Translate complex AI capabilities (ML, GenAI, automation, data intelligence, etc.) into compelling, outcome-driven campaign narratives"; "nurture tracks tailored to AI buyer personas (technical, business, executive)"; campaigns across "email, paid media, webinars/events, content syndication, ABM, social, and web".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: H1 "The Platform to Govern & Scale Enterprise AI"; "Start for free" and "Talk to sales"; "100M+ tasks automated/month"; a Vodafone (VOIS) quote; "8x a Leader" in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS; AIRO works in "Claude, Codex, Cursor, Workato"; "Token Economics: Turn unpredictable AI spend into a governed cost". The viewport tag sets user-scalable=no, and 44 of the 65 images in the page HTML have no alt text.Source
  • 09

    The new Senior Field Marketing Manager owns NA trade shows, executive programmes and regional activations, aligned "to pipeline and revenue priorities", and must connect sales with partners and the developer community.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Senior Field Marketing Manager

    First action

    Book the first two cities with partners.

    How to measure it

    Follow-up meetings per event

    Now
    –
    Target
    8
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick cities

      Five with most target accounts.

      Senior Field Marketing Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Pick partners

      One per city.

      Senior Field Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Invite

      From ABM tiers.

      Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager 3 weeks

    4. 4

      Run

      Quarterly.

      Senior Field Marketing Manager quarterly

    5. 5

      Follow up

      Meetings within a week.

      Sales 1 week

    6. 6

      Report

      Pipeline per event.

      Marketing Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Event budget
    Owner
    Senior Field Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Run one roundtable this quarter.

    Build the prospect list. The list compiled from public sources, verified, deduplicated and delivered to your CRM. Usually live within days.

    Book a working session

    Why it works

    Run a quarterly roundtable series in five cities on one theme (governing AI agents in production), invite from the ABM target list, pair each with a partner, and give every attendee a follow-up meeting with their account team within a week. Report pipeline per event.

    Small executive formats create meetings that large booths rarely do, and tying invites to the ABM list keeps spend on accounts that matter.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low executive turnout

      Over-invite and confirm by phone.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Field Marketing Manager (San Francisco, posted October 8, 2026): owns "North America field marketing strategy": "trade shows, executive-level programs, and regional activations" that connect sales with "prospects, customers, partners, and our developer community", "aligning investment to pipeline and revenue priorities", including "executive briefings, roundtables, and account-based field programs".Source
    • HiringSenior ABM & Demand Generation Manager (San Francisco, posted September 9, 2026): "lead AI-driven integrated marketing campaigns that accelerate pipeline growth"; "Own ABM strategy end-to-end: account selection, tiering, and 1:1/1:few/1:many program design" on platforms such as Demandbase; "large expansion support in our Flagship accounts"; "Translate complex AI capabilities (ML, GenAI, automation, data intelligence, etc.) into compelling, outcome-driven campaign narratives"; "nurture tracks tailored to AI buyer personas (technical, business, executive)"; campaigns across "email, paid media, webinars/events, content syndication, ABM, social, and web".Source
    • Your websitePress releases: customers passed "1.1 Billion Enterprise AI Actions" (World of Workato 2026); a survey of 1,001 U.S. IT leaders found 74% expect to be held accountable for AI agents they do not fully control and 62% expect a public AI incident; a South Korea office and data center; a Hyderabad AI hub; a Singapore AI lab. On press, pricing and customer pages, the body text arrives inside a page script and only the header is in the HTML.Source
  • 10

    The Strategic Events Manager owns audience acquisition for WOW (Las Vegas, May 18-20, 2027) and the World Tours, with registration goals per sales team, convince-your-boss letters and leaderboards. Today the letter is only mentioned in the FAQ, and /events/wow and /wow-2026 share one title.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Strategic Events Manager

    First action

    Publish the convince-your-boss letter as a page.

    How to measure it

    WOW registrations from target accounts

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Letter page

      Ready to copy and send.

      Strategic Events Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Invite links

      Per account team.

      Marketing Operations Manager 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Leaderboard

      Weekly by team.

      Strategic Events Manager weekly

    4. 4

      1:1 invites

      Sessions matched to apps.

      Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager 1 month

    5. 5

      Fix pages

      Unique 2027 title and redirect.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 day

    6. 6

      Report

      Week over week and YoY.

      Strategic Events Manager weekly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Strategic Events Manager

    Smallest test

    Send 1:1 invites to 50 target accounts.

    Why it works

    Publish a convince-your-boss page with a ready letter, an agenda by role and the ROI case; give each account team a personalised invite link and a weekly leaderboard; send target accounts a 1:1 invite with sessions matched to their apps. Give the 2027 page its own title and redirect the old one.

    Registrations from target accounts are worth more than raw numbers, and making approval easy removes the most common reason people do not attend.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Sales fatigue

      Keep the leaderboard light and reward the top teams.

    Evidence

    • HiringStrategic Events Manager (Palo Alto, posted October 7, 2026): owns "the audience acquisition function of all strategic events" (product launches, the flagship WOW and "regional WOW World Tours"), sets "registration goals for each team" with sales, gives account teams "agenda templates, 'convince your boss' letters, and email templates", and tracks registrations "Week over Week and YoY" with "leaderboards to drive sales engagement".Source
    • Your websiteWorld of Workato 2027 is at Resorts World Las Vegas, May 18-20, 2027; /events/wow and /wow-2026 both use the title "World of Workato | Workato Official User Conference"; the FAQ mentions a convince-your-boss letter.Source
    • HiringSenior ABM & Demand Generation Manager (San Francisco, posted September 9, 2026): "lead AI-driven integrated marketing campaigns that accelerate pipeline growth"; "Own ABM strategy end-to-end: account selection, tiering, and 1:1/1:few/1:many program design" on platforms such as Demandbase; "large expansion support in our Flagship accounts"; "Translate complex AI capabilities (ML, GenAI, automation, data intelligence, etc.) into compelling, outcome-driven campaign narratives"; "nurture tracks tailored to AI buyer personas (technical, business, executive)"; campaigns across "email, paid media, webinars/events, content syndication, ABM, social, and web".Source
  • 11

    The World Tours run in many regions with thousands of attendees, and the events role must deliver "post-event reports and recommendations". Most event pipeline is lost in slow follow-up.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Strategic Events Manager

    First action

    Write the 48-hour follow-up template.

    How to measure it

    Pipeline per stop

    Now
    –
    Target
    +25%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Template

      Follow-up emails by persona.

      Strategic Events Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Same-day routing

      Hot attendees to sales.

      Marketing Operations Manager 1 week

    3. 3

      Record talks

      Customer sessions.

      Strategic Events Manager per event

    4. 4

      Cut clips

      Short videos.

      Video Producer 1 week

    5. 5

      Publish stories

      From talks.

      Customer Marketing 1 month

    6. 6

      Report

      Pipeline per stop.

      Marketing Operations Manager per event

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Video editing time
    Owner
    Strategic Events Manager

    Smallest test

    Follow up the next stop within 48 hours.

    Why it works

    For each stop, send session recordings and a tailored next step within 48 hours, route hot attendees to account teams the same day, and turn the best customer talks into short clips and customer stories.

    Speed of follow-up is the biggest driver of event ROI, and recordings extend each event's reach to people who could not attend.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Customer approval for clips

      Get release forms at registration.

    Evidence

    • HiringStrategic Events Manager (Palo Alto, posted October 7, 2026): owns "the audience acquisition function of all strategic events" (product launches, the flagship WOW and "regional WOW World Tours"), sets "registration goals for each team" with sales, gives account teams "agenda templates, 'convince your boss' letters, and email templates", and tracks registrations "Week over Week and YoY" with "leaderboards to drive sales engagement".Source
    • Your websiteThe main sitemap lists 91 customer story pages (Box, Clio, Yell, Grab, Scoot and others) and 25 accelerator pages; the site has Japanese, Korean, French and Singapore/Hong Kong versions, and a German blog.Source
    • HiringSenior Field Marketing Manager (San Francisco, posted October 8, 2026): owns "North America field marketing strategy": "trade shows, executive-level programs, and regional activations" that connect sales with "prospects, customers, partners, and our developer community", "aligning investment to pipeline and revenue priorities", including "executive briefings, roundtables, and account-based field programs".Source
  • 12

    Workato says AIRO works in "Claude, Codex, Cursor", and MCP is becoming the standard for agent access. But its public npm MCP package had 5 downloads in a week, and the most-starred GitHub repository was last updated in 2022. Developers discover MCP servers in registries, READMEs and quickstarts, not on demo pages.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Developer Relations Lead

    First action

    Write the Claude Desktop quickstart.

    How to measure it

    Sign-ups from developer channels

    Now
    –
    Target
    2,000
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write quickstarts

      Claude, Cursor, Codex.

      Developer Relations Lead 3 weeks

    2. 2

      List servers

      Public MCP registries.

      Developer Relations Lead 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Refresh GitHub

      Working examples.

      Developer Relations Lead 1 month

    4. 4

      Developer page

      Link quickstarts.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 week

    5. 5

      Community

      Office hours.

      Developer Relations Lead monthly

    6. 6

      Track

      Sign-ups by channel.

      Marketing Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Developer relations time
    Owner
    Developer Relations Lead

    Smallest test

    Publish one quickstart and post it in the community.

    Why it works

    Publish a developer quickstart per agent tool (connect Claude Desktop or Cursor to a governed Workato MCP server in five minutes), list the servers in the main public MCP registries, refresh the GitHub repos with working examples, and track sign-ups from each.

    Developers often choose the tools their companies standardise on. A visible developer path builds bottom-up demand that the enterprise sales motion can expand.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Free users never convert

      Hand teams with several builders to sales.

    Evidence

    • npm and GitHubThe public npm package @workato/mcp-server ("MCP server for interacting with Workato APIM") last released in March 2026 and had 5 downloads in the week of October 12-18, 2026. The GitHub organisation has 67 public repositories; the most-starred, custom_connector_docs, was last pushed in January 2022.Source
    • HiringSenior Product Manager, Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane (posted August 5, 2026): "The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is rapidly becoming the standard for how AI agents connect to enterprise systems" and Workato is "building the gateway, governance, and runtime layer"; the PM will "help shape how thousands of customers expose their tools, data, and workflows to AI agents", "run customer design partners, present to analysts, and partner with GTM to land enterprise deals".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: H1 "The Platform to Govern & Scale Enterprise AI"; "Start for free" and "Talk to sales"; "100M+ tasks automated/month"; a Vodafone (VOIS) quote; "8x a Leader" in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS; AIRO works in "Claude, Codex, Cursor, Workato"; "Token Economics: Turn unpredictable AI spend into a governed cost". The viewport tag sets user-scalable=no, and 44 of the 65 images in the page HTML have no alt text.Source
    • Competitor researchRivals' own homepages: Zapier, "Build and scale AI workflows and agents across 9,000+ apps", "the most connected AI orchestration platform", "Trusted by 3 million+ businesses"; Tray.ai, "the AI-native enterprise iPaaS for building AI agents, governing Model Context Protocol (MCP)"; Boomi, "The Data Activation Company", integrating "applications, APIs, data, and AI agents"; n8n, "AI Workflow Automation Platform".Source
  • 13

    Workato is hiring a Senior Embedded AE for OEM partners and has a page offering SaaS platforms a way to "expose the core value of your platform to agents ... without rewriting your app or APIs". Every SaaS company is being asked by its customers how agents can use its product.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Senior Embedded Account Execu…

    First action

    List 50 SaaS vendors with the most-used Workato connectors.

    How to measure it

    OEM MCP deals signed

    Now
    –
    Target
    10
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Target list

      Vendors by connector usage.

      Senior Embedded Account Executive 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Offer

      30-day programme.

      Product Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Outreach

      Product leaders.

      Senior Embedded Account Executive 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Launch

      First three servers.

      Solutions Engineering 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Co-market

      Joint announcements.

      Product Marketing Manager ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Deals and usage.

      Sales Operations quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Sales and engineering time
    Owner
    Senior Embedded Account Executive

    Smallest test

    Pitch five SaaS vendors this month.

    Build the prospect list. The list compiled from public sources, verified, deduplicated and delivered to your CRM. Usually live within days.

    Book a working session

    Why it works

    Build a target list of SaaS vendors whose customers already use Workato connectors to them, offer a "your MCP server in 30 days" programme with co-marketing, and publish the first three launches as stories.

    SaaS vendors under pressure to ship AI features are motivated buyers, and each launch markets Workato to that vendor's customers.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Vendors build their own

      Lead with governance and time to launch.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteEnterprise MCP for SaaS Platforms page: "Workato Enterprise MCP lets you safely expose the core value of your platform to agents with rich multi-step skills, without rewriting your app or APIs."Source
    • HiringSales hiring across regions: an Enterprise Development Representative in Dublin (October 20), a Commercial Account Executive in San Francisco (October 19), a Senior Embedded Account Executive for "OEM partners" (October 16), a Global Account Director and Partner Sales Manager in Tokyo, a Partner Sales Manager in Seoul and an SDR in Singapore. Every post describes Workato as "the leading Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI", used by "over half the Fortune 500", turning "over 14,000 enterprise systems" into "one governed execution layer".Source
    • Your websiteThe Salesforce integration page is titled "Salesforce integration and workflow automation" with the description "Instantly integrate Salesforce with other apps and automate your workflows across them. It's the only platform that is loved by business and approved by IT." It links to MCP only through the site menu (/agentic/mcp, /mcp-servers), not to the Salesforce MCP server page. The same holds on the integration pages for Slack, Jira, GitHub, Okta, Stripe, Gmail, Zendesk, Confluence, Airtable, Shopify, Dropbox, ServiceNow and Snowflake (checked October 22, 2026). The main sitemap lists 184 integration pages.Source
  • 14

    Workato is hiring Partner Sales Managers in Tokyo and Seoul and a Global Account Director in Tokyo, and has opened a South Korea office and data center. The site has Japanese and Korean versions, but the new MCP and agent pages are where the AI story lives.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Partner Sales Manager

    First action

    Check which AI pages already exist in Japanese and Korean.

    How to measure it

    Partner pipeline

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Audit

      AI pages in each language.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Translate

      MCP and agent pages.

      Localization 1 month

    3. 3

      Local proof

      Customer stories.

      Customer Marketing 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Residency answers

      Korea data center.

      Product Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Partner kits

      Co-branded pages.

      Partner Sales Manager (Japan) 1 month

    6. 6

      Measure

      Partner pipeline.

      Sales Operations quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Translation budget
    Owner
    Partner Sales Manager (Japan)

    Smallest test

    Translate the Enterprise MCP page into Japanese.

    Why it works

    Translate the Enterprise MCP, top ten MCP server pages and the governance story into Japanese and Korean, add local customer proof and data-residency answers, and give partners co-branded versions for their campaigns.

    Partners sell what they can show in their language, and local data residency is a deciding question for Korean and Japanese enterprises.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Translations lag product

      Translate the stable core first.

    Evidence

    • HiringSales hiring across regions: an Enterprise Development Representative in Dublin (October 20), a Commercial Account Executive in San Francisco (October 19), a Senior Embedded Account Executive for "OEM partners" (October 16), a Global Account Director and Partner Sales Manager in Tokyo, a Partner Sales Manager in Seoul and an SDR in Singapore. Every post describes Workato as "the leading Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI", used by "over half the Fortune 500", turning "over 14,000 enterprise systems" into "one governed execution layer".Source
    • Your websitePress releases: customers passed "1.1 Billion Enterprise AI Actions" (World of Workato 2026); a survey of 1,001 U.S. IT leaders found 74% expect to be held accountable for AI agents they do not fully control and 62% expect a public AI incident; a South Korea office and data center; a Hyderabad AI hub; a Singapore AI lab. On press, pricing and customer pages, the body text arrives inside a page script and only the header is in the HTML.Source
    • Your websiteThe main sitemap lists 91 customer story pages (Box, Clio, Yell, Grab, Scoot and others) and 25 accelerator pages; the site has Japanese, Korean, French and Singapore/Hong Kong versions, and a German blog.Source
  • 15

    On Workato's press, pricing and customer pages, the body text arrives inside a page script and only the header is in the HTML. Google renders scripts, but many AI assistants and link previews read the HTML only, so the survey findings, the 1.1 billion actions and the plans may be invisible to them.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Web Marketing Manager

    First action

    Fetch the survey press page without scripts and see what is left.

    How to measure it

    Correct cited answers on ten test questions

    Now
    –
    Target
    8 of 10
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      List templates

      Press, pricing, customers.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 day

    2. 2

      Server render

      Body text in HTML.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 month

    3. 3

      Structured data

      Press, product, review.

      Web Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Test fetches

      Plain HTML check.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 day

    5. 5

      Ask assistants

      Ten questions monthly.

      Product Marketing Manager monthly

    6. 6

      Fix gaps

      Pages that are misquoted.

      Web Marketing Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Web Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Server-render the press template first.

    Why it works

    Render these templates on the server (the site already does this for integration pages), check each with a plain fetch, and add structured data for press releases, products and reviews. Then ask AI assistants about Workato pricing and the survey and compare answers.

    Buyers increasingly ask AI assistants about vendors. Text they can read is text they can quote correctly.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Rendering changes break layout

      Ship one template at a time.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePress releases: customers passed "1.1 Billion Enterprise AI Actions" (World of Workato 2026); a survey of 1,001 U.S. IT leaders found 74% expect to be held accountable for AI agents they do not fully control and 62% expect a public AI incident; a South Korea office and data center; a Hyderabad AI hub; a Singapore AI lab. On press, pricing and customer pages, the body text arrives inside a page script and only the header is in the HTML.Source
    • Your websiteThe AI plans page /pricing/tiers ("AI Plans that grow with you", "From pay-as-you-go to enterprise-wide adoption", "Start for free") is listed in the sitemap but carries two robots tags, "all" and "noindex,nofollow", so search engines are told not to index it. It shares its title and description with /pricing ("Pricing built for flexibility", "Schedule a demo"), which is indexable.Source
    • Your websiteThe main sitemap lists 91 customer story pages (Box, Clio, Yell, Grab, Scoot and others) and 25 accelerator pages; the site has Japanese, Korean, French and Singapore/Hong Kong versions, and a German blog.Source
    • Your websiteThe Salesforce integration page is titled "Salesforce integration and workflow automation" with the description "Instantly integrate Salesforce with other apps and automate your workflows across them. It's the only platform that is loved by business and approved by IT." It links to MCP only through the site menu (/agentic/mcp, /mcp-servers), not to the Salesforce MCP server page. The same holds on the integration pages for Slack, Jira, GitHub, Okta, Stripe, Gmail, Zendesk, Confluence, Airtable, Shopify, Dropbox, ServiceNow and Snowflake (checked October 22, 2026). The main sitemap lists 184 integration pages.Source
  • 16

    Workato has 91 customer stories and says customers have passed 1.1 billion enterprise AI actions. Buyers evaluating the AI control plane want stories about agents and governance, not only integrations.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Customer Marketing Manager

    First action

    Tag the 91 stories by use.

    How to measure it

    AI story views per campaign visitor

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Tag stories

      By use and industry.

      Customer Marketing Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Pick ten

      Strongest AI results.

      Customer Marketing Manager 1 week

    3. 3

      Refresh

      Interview for AI results.

      Customer Marketing Manager 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Collection page

      Agents in production.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 week

    5. 5

      Link

      Homepage, MCP, ABM.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Views and influence.

      Marketing Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Customer Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish a collection of the first five.

    Why it works

    Tag every story by use (integration, automation, agents, MCP, governance), refresh the best ten with AI results, and publish an "agents in production" collection linked from the homepage, MCP pages and ABM plays.

    Proof that matches the new positioning makes the AI story credible and gives every campaign a relevant example.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Few public agent stories yet

      Use anonymised examples with numbers.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteThe main sitemap lists 91 customer story pages (Box, Clio, Yell, Grab, Scoot and others) and 25 accelerator pages; the site has Japanese, Korean, French and Singapore/Hong Kong versions, and a German blog.Source
    • Your websitePress releases: customers passed "1.1 Billion Enterprise AI Actions" (World of Workato 2026); a survey of 1,001 U.S. IT leaders found 74% expect to be held accountable for AI agents they do not fully control and 62% expect a public AI incident; a South Korea office and data center; a Hyderabad AI hub; a Singapore AI lab. On press, pricing and customer pages, the body text arrives inside a page script and only the header is in the HTML.Source
    • HiringSenior ABM & Demand Generation Manager (San Francisco, posted September 9, 2026): "lead AI-driven integrated marketing campaigns that accelerate pipeline growth"; "Own ABM strategy end-to-end: account selection, tiering, and 1:1/1:few/1:many program design" on platforms such as Demandbase; "large expansion support in our Flagship accounts"; "Translate complex AI capabilities (ML, GenAI, automation, data intelligence, etc.) into compelling, outcome-driven campaign narratives"; "nurture tracks tailored to AI buyer personas (technical, business, executive)"; campaigns across "email, paid media, webinars/events, content syndication, ABM, social, and web".Source
  • 17

    The homepage promises to "Turn unpredictable AI spend into a governed cost" with Enterprise Skills, MCP and AI gateways. A promise like that is easy to test with a calculator using the buyer's own numbers.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Product Marketing Manager

    First action

    Write the formula with product and three example companies.

    How to measure it

    Qualified leads from the calculator

    Now
    –
    Target
    200 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Agree formula

      With product.

      Product Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Design

      Inputs and outputs.

      Product Designer 1 week

    3. 3

      Build

      Web tool.

      Web Marketing Manager 3 weeks

    4. 4

      Gate report

      Detailed PDF.

      Marketing Operations Manager 1 week

    5. 5

      Promote

      AI campaigns.

      Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager 1 quarter

    6. 6

      Route

      High spend to sales.

      Marketing Operations Manager ongoing

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Build time
    Owner
    Product Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish a spreadsheet version first.

    Why it works

    Build a calculator: agents, users, calls per day and model mix in; estimated spend with and without routing, caching and skills out, with assumptions shown. Gate the detailed report and send high-spend results to sales.

    Finance and IT both care about AI cost. A calculator qualifies buyers by size and gives sales a numbers-first opening.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Estimates questioned

      Show assumptions and ranges.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: H1 "The Platform to Govern & Scale Enterprise AI"; "Start for free" and "Talk to sales"; "100M+ tasks automated/month"; a Vodafone (VOIS) quote; "8x a Leader" in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS; AIRO works in "Claude, Codex, Cursor, Workato"; "Token Economics: Turn unpredictable AI spend into a governed cost". The viewport tag sets user-scalable=no, and 44 of the 65 images in the page HTML have no alt text.Source
    • HiringSenior ABM & Demand Generation Manager (San Francisco, posted September 9, 2026): "lead AI-driven integrated marketing campaigns that accelerate pipeline growth"; "Own ABM strategy end-to-end: account selection, tiering, and 1:1/1:few/1:many program design" on platforms such as Demandbase; "large expansion support in our Flagship accounts"; "Translate complex AI capabilities (ML, GenAI, automation, data intelligence, etc.) into compelling, outcome-driven campaign narratives"; "nurture tracks tailored to AI buyer personas (technical, business, executive)"; campaigns across "email, paid media, webinars/events, content syndication, ABM, social, and web".Source

Big bets 3

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 18

    Workato has data few others have: more than a billion enterprise AI actions across many of the Fortune 500, plus its own IT leader survey.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 1 year Product Marketing Manager

    First action

    Pick ten questions and check the data exists.

    How to measure it

    Downloads

    Now
    –
    Target
    10,000
    By
    1 year

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick questions

      Ten buyer questions.

      Product Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Pull data

      Anonymised and aggregated.

      Data Analyst 2 months

    3. 3

      Privacy review

      Customer terms.

      Legal 1 month

    4. 4

      Write

      Report and regional cuts.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 month

    5. 5

      Launch

      WOW and press.

      Strategic Events Manager 1 month

    6. 6

      Use in ABM

      Account-level talking points.

      Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager ongoing

    First result
    1 year
    Cost
    Analyst and design time
    Owner
    Product Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish one chart on where agents act most.

    Why it works

    Publish a yearly index from anonymised platform data: which apps agents act on most, approval and failure rates, governance patterns, cost trends; add the survey and analyst briefings. Launch at WOW and localise for Japan, Korea and Europe.

    Original data earns press and analyst attention and gives ABM and field teams a reason to call every account.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Data sensitivity

      Aggregate and suppress small groups.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePress releases: customers passed "1.1 Billion Enterprise AI Actions" (World of Workato 2026); a survey of 1,001 U.S. IT leaders found 74% expect to be held accountable for AI agents they do not fully control and 62% expect a public AI incident; a South Korea office and data center; a Hyderabad AI hub; a Singapore AI lab. On press, pricing and customer pages, the body text arrives inside a page script and only the header is in the HTML.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: H1 "The Platform to Govern & Scale Enterprise AI"; "Start for free" and "Talk to sales"; "100M+ tasks automated/month"; a Vodafone (VOIS) quote; "8x a Leader" in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS; AIRO works in "Claude, Codex, Cursor, Workato"; "Token Economics: Turn unpredictable AI spend into a governed cost". The viewport tag sets user-scalable=no, and 44 of the 65 images in the page HTML have no alt text.Source
    • Your websiteThe main sitemap lists 91 customer story pages (Box, Clio, Yell, Grab, Scoot and others) and 25 accelerator pages; the site has Japanese, Korean, French and Singapore/Hong Kong versions, and a German blog.Source
  • 19

    The control plane's promise is to "View and control all of your AI assets". The first step for most buyers is simply knowing what agents exist. A free, self-serve inventory would be the product-led entry to the control plane.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Senior Product Manager

    First action

    Scope the minimum inventory with three design partners.

    How to measure it

    Companies running the inventory

    Now
    –
    Target
    500
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Design partners

      Three customers.

      Senior Product Manager (Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane) 1 month

    2. 2

      Scope

      Minimum connections.

      Senior Product Manager (Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane) 1 month

    3. 3

      Build

      Free tier.

      Engineering 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Launch

      With the campaign.

      Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager 1 month

    5. 5

      Upgrade path

      Governance features.

      Senior Product Manager (Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane) 1 quarter

    6. 6

      Measure

      Sign-ups and upgrades.

      Marketing Operations Manager monthly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Senior Product Manager (Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane)

    Smallest test

    Run a manual inventory for three accounts.

    Why it works

    Offer a free tier that connects to identity and key apps and lists agents, MCP servers and tokens in use, with risk flags. Upgrading adds governance, approvals and cost controls. Promote it with the accountability campaign.

    A free inventory solves a real, urgent problem, creates a usage signal sales can act on, and leads naturally into the paid control plane.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Security concerns with a free tool

      Read-only scopes and clear data handling.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: H1 "The Platform to Govern & Scale Enterprise AI"; "Start for free" and "Talk to sales"; "100M+ tasks automated/month"; a Vodafone (VOIS) quote; "8x a Leader" in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS; AIRO works in "Claude, Codex, Cursor, Workato"; "Token Economics: Turn unpredictable AI spend into a governed cost". The viewport tag sets user-scalable=no, and 44 of the 65 images in the page HTML have no alt text.Source
    • HiringSenior Product Manager, Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane (posted August 5, 2026): "The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is rapidly becoming the standard for how AI agents connect to enterprise systems" and Workato is "building the gateway, governance, and runtime layer"; the PM will "help shape how thousands of customers expose their tools, data, and workflows to AI agents", "run customer design partners, present to analysts, and partner with GTM to land enterprise deals".Source
    • Your websitePress releases: customers passed "1.1 Billion Enterprise AI Actions" (World of Workato 2026); a survey of 1,001 U.S. IT leaders found 74% expect to be held accountable for AI agents they do not fully control and 62% expect a public AI incident; a South Korea office and data center; a Hyderabad AI hub; a Singapore AI lab. On press, pricing and customer pages, the body text arrives inside a page script and only the header is in the HTML.Source
    • Your websiteThe AI plans page /pricing/tiers ("AI Plans that grow with you", "From pay-as-you-go to enterprise-wide adoption", "Start for free") is listed in the sitemap but carries two robots tags, "all" and "noindex,nofollow", so search engines are told not to index it. It shares its title and description with /pricing ("Pricing built for flexibility", "Schedule a demo"), which is indexable.Source
  • 20

    Workato's growth in Japan, Korea and Europe runs through partners, and enterprises will need help moving many teams' agents onto governed MCP. Systems integrators are already building that practice.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 year Partner Marketing Manager

    First action

    Recruit five partners for the first cohort.

    How to measure it

    Partner-sourced AI governance deals

    Now
    –
    Target
    50
    By
    1 year

    Steps

    1. 1

      Design cert

      MCP and governance.

      Partner Enablement 1 quarter

    2. 2

      Recruit cohort

      Five partners.

      Partner Marketing Manager 1 month

    3. 3

      Directory

      Partner MCP servers.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 month

    4. 4

      Co-sell

      Deal registration.

      Partner Sales 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Joint events

      World Tours.

      Strategic Events Manager ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Sourced deals.

      Sales Operations quarterly

    First result
    1 year
    Cost
    Programme costs
    Owner
    Partner Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Certify one partner team.

    Why it works

    Launch an MCP and agent governance certification for partners, a partner MCP server directory, and a co-sell programme with deal registration for AI governance projects.

    Integrators multiply delivery capacity and bring Workato into AI programmes it would not see directly.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Partner quality varies

      Require certification for listing.

    Evidence

    • HiringSales hiring across regions: an Enterprise Development Representative in Dublin (October 20), a Commercial Account Executive in San Francisco (October 19), a Senior Embedded Account Executive for "OEM partners" (October 16), a Global Account Director and Partner Sales Manager in Tokyo, a Partner Sales Manager in Seoul and an SDR in Singapore. Every post describes Workato as "the leading Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI", used by "over half the Fortune 500", turning "over 14,000 enterprise systems" into "one governed execution layer".Source
    • HiringSenior Product Manager, Enterprise MCP/AI Control Plane (posted August 5, 2026): "The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is rapidly becoming the standard for how AI agents connect to enterprise systems" and Workato is "building the gateway, governance, and runtime layer"; the PM will "help shape how thousands of customers expose their tools, data, and workflows to AI agents", "run customer design partners, present to analysts, and partner with GTM to land enterprise deals".Source
    • Your websiteThe main sitemap lists 91 customer story pages (Box, Clio, Yell, Grab, Scoot and others) and 25 accelerator pages; the site has Japanese, Korean, French and Singapore/Hong Kong versions, and a German blog.Source

Wildcards 1

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 21

    The homepage viewport sets user-scalable=no, so phone visitors cannot zoom, and 44 of the 65 images in the page HTML have no alt text, which also hides customer logos and awards from screen readers and search.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 week Web Marketing Manager

    First action

    Remove user-scalable=no today.

    How to measure it

    Lighthouse accessibility score

    Now
    –
    Target
    95+
    By
    30 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Remove block

      Viewport tag.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 hour

    2. 2

      List images

      44 without alt.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 hour

    3. 3

      Write alt text

      Logos, awards, product.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 day

    4. 4

      Template check

      Required field.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 day

    5. 5

      Audit other pages

      Top 20.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 week

    6. 6

      Re-test

      Lighthouse.

      Web Marketing Manager 1 day

    First result
    1 week
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Web Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Fix the homepage this week.

    Why it works

    Remove the zoom block, add alt text to logos, awards and product images (empty alt for decoration), and add both checks to the page template.

    Accessibility is a buying requirement for many enterprises and public bodies, and it is a quick fix.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Layout issues on zoom

      Test the menu on phones.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: H1 "The Platform to Govern & Scale Enterprise AI"; "Start for free" and "Talk to sales"; "100M+ tasks automated/month"; a Vodafone (VOIS) quote; "8x a Leader" in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS; AIRO works in "Claude, Codex, Cursor, Workato"; "Token Economics: Turn unpredictable AI spend into a governed cost". The viewport tag sets user-scalable=no, and 44 of the 65 images in the page HTML have no alt text.Source
    • Google PageSpeedHomepage on a phone (Google PageSpeed, October 22, 2026): performance 27/100; the H1 paints at 17.5 s in the lab; 2.3 s of blocking time; 4.7 MB in 173 requests, 2.2 MB of JavaScript with 807 KB unused, and 33 third-party services. Real Chrome visitors fail Core Web Vitals on both counts: largest paint 5.2 s and responsiveness 542 ms at the 75th percentile (targets 2.5 s and 200 ms).Source

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30/60/90 roadmap

What to focus on in each month, and the ideas that carry it.

  1. Days 1 to 307 ideas

    Integration-to-MCP links, pricing robots tags, homepage speed, one connectivity number, the Zapier comparison and MCP page refresh; the zoom and alt-text fix.

  2. Days 31 to 6011 ideas

    Flagship AI expansion, the accountability campaign, NA roundtables, the WOW registration engine, World Tour follow-up, developer quickstarts, the OEM offer, Japanese and Korean AI pages, server-rendered proof pages, the agents collection and the cost calculator.

  3. Days 61 to 903 ideas

    Commit to the agents index, a free agent inventory and an MCP partner practice.

The research behind the plan

3 research areas, each summarised in a few lines. Open any of them for the full detail.

Customers

What customers say

Customers value one platform for business and IT. The most cited problem: agent sprawl and shadow AI.

  • Breadth of connectors
  • Unpredictable AI spend
  • In their words: “govern”

Market

Competitive landscape

4 competitors compared: Zapier, Tray.ai, Boomi and n8n.

  • Gap to exploit: A single view of every agent and MCP connection
  • Zapier: Lighter enterprise governance
  • Tray.ai: Smaller connector base (700+ apps)

Hiring signals

Workato is staffing its AI repositioning in the market.

  • Senior ABM & Demand Generation Manager: AI-driven campaigns, ABM tiers and Flagship expansion. Ideas 1, 7, 8.
  • Senior Field Marketing Manager: North America executive programmes tied to pipeline. Idea 9.
  • Strategic Events Manager: Audience acquisition for WOW and World Tours. Ideas 10, 11.

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