<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Dylan: the blog</title><description>Notes from the team behind Dylan on outbound email, deliverability, and booking B2B meetings that actually happen.</description><link>https://meetdylan.ai</link><language>en</language><item><title>Agents judge, people approve, code protects: how Dylan is built</title><link>https://meetdylan.ai/blog/agents-judge-people-approve-code-protects</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meetdylan.ai/blog/agents-judge-people-approve-code-protects</guid><description>How Dylan splits the work: AI agents make the judgment calls, people approve what goes out, and plain code enforces the rules that must never bend.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Vlad Podoliako</dc:creator><category>ai-agents</category><category>compliance</category><category>guardrails</category></item><item><title>The AI SDR hype is over. Here is what actually survived</title><link>https://meetdylan.ai/blog/ai-sdr-hype-what-survived</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meetdylan.ai/blog/ai-sdr-hype-what-survived</guid><description>AI SDRs promised to replace sales teams. Most early rollouts disappointed. What survived: proven playbooks, signals, people at decision points, inbound.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Vlad Podoliako</dc:creator><category>ai-sdr</category><category>ai-agents</category><category>sales-strategy</category></item><item><title>Cold email deliverability in 2026: the rules that matter for B2B</title><link>https://meetdylan.ai/blog/cold-email-deliverability-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meetdylan.ai/blog/cold-email-deliverability-2026</guid><description>Gmail&apos;s bulk sender rules get the headlines, but B2B cold email is decided by corporate gateways, Microsoft tenant limits and new-domain checks.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Vlad Podoliako</dc:creator><category>deliverability</category><category>cold-email</category><category>outbound</category></item><item><title>Enterprise outbound math: your market is a pond, not an ocean</title><link>https://meetdylan.ai/blog/enterprise-market-is-a-pond</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meetdylan.ai/blog/enterprise-market-is-a-pond</guid><description>Only 1,138 US companies have 10,000+ employees. The outbound math for small markets, why precision beats volume, and what to do when the list runs out.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Vlad Podoliako</dc:creator><category>enterprise</category><category>targeting</category><category>outbound</category><category>prospecting</category></item><item><title>How to brief an AI SDR so it books the right meetings</title><link>https://meetdylan.ai/blog/how-to-brief-an-ai-sdr</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meetdylan.ai/blog/how-to-brief-an-ai-sdr</guid><description>A brief decides who gets emailed, what they read and which meetings count. The seven inputs that matter, and why to edit a draft instead of writing one.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Vlad Podoliako</dc:creator><category>ai-sdr</category><category>prospecting</category><category>meetings</category><category>appointment-setting</category></item><item><title>What counts as a held meeting, and what never gets billed</title><link>https://meetdylan.ai/blog/what-counts-as-a-held-meeting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meetdylan.ai/blog/what-counts-as-a-held-meeting</guid><description>Booked, held and qualified are three different meetings. How Dylan defines a held meeting, what is never billed, and how disputes and the deposit work.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Vlad Podoliako</dc:creator><category>pricing</category><category>meetings</category><category>appointment-setting</category></item><item><title>Pay per meeting: why Dylan charges only for meetings that happen</title><link>https://meetdylan.ai/blog/why-dylan-charges-per-held-meeting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meetdylan.ai/blog/why-dylan-charges-per-held-meeting</guid><description>Retainers, seats and per-lead pricing leave you holding the risk. Why Dylan charges per held meeting instead, and where outcome pricing can go wrong.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Vlad Podoliako</dc:creator><category>pricing</category><category>meetings</category><category>appointment-setting</category></item><item><title>AI disclosure in cold email: why Dylan says he is an AI</title><link>https://meetdylan.ai/blog/why-dylan-says-hes-an-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://meetdylan.ai/blog/why-dylan-says-hes-an-ai</guid><description>Every first email from Dylan says he is an AI agent and who he works for. Why we disclose, what the EU AI Act and CAN-SPAM say, and how to stop him.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Vlad Podoliako</dc:creator><category>ai-disclosure</category><category>compliance</category><category>cold-email</category></item></channel></rss>