Automation
How to Start an AI Automation Business (No Coding Required)
Businesses will pay $2,000-10,000 for automations that save them hours every week. Most of these don't require coding.
What is AI Automation?
Connecting AI tools to business workflows:
- • Auto-respond to inquiries
- • Process documents and extract data
- • Generate reports from raw data
- • Automate repetitive writing tasks
Tools You Need (All No-Code)
Make.com
- • Visual workflow builder
- • Connects 1,000+ apps
- • Free tier to learn
Zapier
- • Simpler interface
- • Best for basic automations
- • More expensive at scale
ChatGPT API
- • $0.002 per 1K tokens
- • Integrates via HTTP
- • Handles AI processing
3 Automations You Can Build This Week
1. Lead Response Bot
$500-1,500Trigger: New form submission
Action: ChatGPT writes personalized response → sends email
Value: Respond to leads in seconds, not hours
2. Content Repurposer
$800-2,000Trigger: New blog post published
Action: ChatGPT creates: LinkedIn post, Twitter thread, email newsletter
Value: 4x content output from every piece
3. Invoice Processor
$600-1,200Trigger: Email with PDF attachment
Action: Extract data, add to spreadsheet, send confirmation
Value: Eliminate manual data entry
How to Price Automations
Value-based pricing: Price at 25-50% of annual time savings.
Example Calculation
- • Saves 5 hours/week at $50/hour = $250/week
- • Annual savings: $13,000
- • Your price: $3,000-6,000
Questions to ask: How many hours does this save per week? What's that time worth? Price accordingly.
Getting Your First Client
- 01
Build 3 demo automations
Even for yourself — they're proof you can do the work
- 02
Record Loom videos showing them work
Visual proof is more convincing than explanations
- 03
Share on LinkedIn with before/after
"This used to take 3 hours. Now it takes 5 seconds."
- 04
DM people who comment asking "how"
They've self-identified as interested
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