From first paid clients and consulting closes to AI video engines and Claude Code builds - this week inside AIS+ showed what happens when builders combine learning with real execution. 🚀 Standout Wins of the Week 👉 @Ahmed Bin Faisal landed a $2,000+ client using an automation he built for himself to score Upwork jobs and draft proposals in minutes. 👉 @Josh Holladay closed his first $7,800 AI consulting engagement using a sprint-based delivery model with long-term upside. 👉 @Solar Singh built an AI video engine inside Claude that generates scripts, voiceovers, stock footage, captions, and finished vertical videos at scale. 👉 @Nicholas Veronis signed his first paying client by creating listing videos and voiceovers for a real estate business. 👉 @Debbie DeMarco Bennett built an AI agent that migrated her entire email system from MailChimp to Brevo, saving hours of manual work and cutting monthly costs. 🎥 Super Win Spotlight | @Matthew Sutherland Matthew joined AIS+ looking for a room full of builders who were actively shipping real systems - not just talking about AI. Since joining, he has: • Built a five-dimension AI readiness audit system • Landed real client engagements • Dramatically increased his productivity using Claude Code workflows • Pressure-tested his systems with feedback from the community Matthew describes his experience as a “2000x return on investment.” His biggest insight: Surround yourself with people who are actually building, and your progress accelerates faster than you expect. 🎥 Watch Matthew's story 👇 ✨ Want to see wins like this every week? Step inside AI Automation Society Plus and start building assets that compound 🚀

I just got featured in the Super Win Spotlight this week and the congratulations from this community have been unreal. https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society/community-wins-recap-mar-7-mar-13?p=0243dc91 But here's what I want to share that's more useful than my win. Look at the leaderboard. The people at the top are there because they show up, contribute, interact, and share what they're learning. People like @Yash Chauhan, @Frank van Bokhorst , @Duy Bui , @Jessica Jarvis , @Esayas Tesfaye , @Mohammed Imran , @Duncan Rogoff , @Shah Ehsan , @Muskan Ahlawat , @Dani Szwarc , @Joshua Mondares , @Antonio Capunzo , @Nick Mohler @Usman Mohammed, @Mike Thomson, @Mike AI Consultant @Michael Wacht, @Christian Rivadeneira and many other . Can't forget that one guy who works tirelessly to make videos nearly every day @Nate Herk. These people are moving. They're building. They're in the conversations. Nothing wrong with being a fly on the wall. You can learn a lot that way. But if you want to accelerate, get close to the people who are actively in motion. Comment on their posts. Ask them questions. Share your own work, even if it's messy. That's the real ROI of a community like this. The content is critical but the secret is the person to person engagement. Let's continue to share and keep working together.

I've been working on something behind the scenes for a while now, and this week it became official. I closed a deal on a project where I'm coming in as a silent equity partner, not just a contractor or a builder. That distinction matters to me. Going from "hired to build" to "invested in the outcome" is a completely different game. It means someone looked at what I bring to the table and said, "We don't just want your skills on this. We want you at the table." I wish I could share more about the project itself. The reality is there's an NDA in place and the intellectual property involved means I need to keep the specifics under wraps. What I can tell you is that it's a substantial project, it's been months in the making, and I believe in what we're building. Here's what I want to say to this community though. A year ago, I wouldn't have been in the room for a conversation like this. The skills I've built, the confidence to position myself as more than just a service provider, the understanding of how to scope and structure a deal like this. A lot of that came from being around people in this group who are doing real work and sharing openly about it. So this isn't just a personal win. It's a reminder that showing up consistently, contributing when nobody's watching, and investing in yourself actually compounds. It did for me. More details when the NDA allows. For now, I just wanted to share the win and say thank you to everyone here who's been part of the journey, whether you know it or not. Appreciate all of you. Special thanks to: @Nate Herk @Yash Chauhan @Nick Mohler @Michael Wacht @Usman Mohammed @Mike AI Consultant @Mike Thomson @Muskan Ahlawat "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another."

Big contracts, First clients, Real cost savings.This week inside AIS+ was about execution over excuses. Here are a few standout wins inside AIS+ 👇 👉 @Glenn Marcus closed a $60K Agentic Engineering contract in 72 hours after launching his new agency site. 👉 Ai Stromae built an automation saving a client €30K per year - €1K paid upfront with referrals coming. 👉 @Mike Thomson landed his first real paying client through persistence and smart follow-ups. 👉 @Jeremy Aune closed his first AI voice assistant client - with expansion already in discussion. 👉 @Meir Heimowitz cut $1,400/month in business costs using Claude Code automations. 🎥 Super Win Spotlight: @Glenn Marcus | $60K in 3 Days Glenn launched his new agency site on Thursday. A friend forwarded it to a CEO. By Tuesday, a $60,000 contract was signed. But this didn’t happen overnight. Through AIS+, Glenn sharpened his thinking around real use cases, agentic systems, and applying AI to actual business problems - not just tools. That clarity gave him the confidence to pivot his consulting company into an Agentic Engineering firm. The result? Right message. Right positioning. Right timing. $60K in 5 Days His story is proof that when preparation meets opportunity, things move fast. If you’re AI-curious or already building, this is what momentum looks like. 🎥 Watch Glenn share his story 👇 ✨ Want to see wins like this every single week? Join AI Automation Society Plus and turn learning into real outreach, real clients, and real momentum 🚀

That's what happens the moment you realize your API keys are sitting in a public GitHub repo. Or your .env file got pushed with your last commit. Or your n8n webhook URL is wide open with zero auth. You had a plan. Now you have a problem. Here's what nobody tells beginners about working with AI tools: The security failure isn't the breach. The security failure is not knowing what to lock down before you start building. Every time you spin up a new workflow, connect an API, or deploy an agent, you're handling keys that can cost you real money, expose client data, or burn a business relationship permanently. The Lockdown Checklist: → .gitignore your .env file BEFORE your first commit. Not after. Before. → Never hardcode API keys. Environment variables only. → Rotate any key you even suspect was exposed. Don't debate it. Rotate it. → Webhook URLs get authentication. Every. Single. Time. → If you're using n8n, Claude, or any API — check what permissions that key actually grants. Most people never look. The punch in the mouth isn't if. It's when. 🥊 The only question is whether you built the muscle memory to respond in seconds instead of hours. Lock it down first. Build second. When's the last time you actually audited your own setup? Not "I think it's fine" — when did you last look?