Built My First Template Library (Now Earning While I Sleep)
Stopped building from scratch 6 months ago. Started using templates. Now earning $3,400/month on autopilot. THE TEMPLATE BREAKTHROUGH: Realized I was rebuilding the same workflows. Dental forms processing: Built 7 times Invoice extraction: Built 12 times Contract parsing: Built 9 times Application processing: Built 6 times Same automation, different field mapping. THE LIBRARY I CREATED: HEALTHCARE TEMPLATES: - Patient intake forms (used 15 times) - Insurance verification (used 8 times) - Medical records transfer (used 6 times) - Billing automation (used 11 times) BUSINESS TEMPLATES: - Invoice processing (used 23 times) - Contract data extraction (used 14 times) - Purchase order automation (used 9 times) - Expense report parsing (used 7 times) Each template = 15 minutes to deploy Each deployment = $1,500-2,500 revenue THE TEMPLATE ECONOMICS: Development time per template: 8-12 hours Uses per template: 6-23 times Revenue per use: $1,500-2,500 Total template ROI: 1,200-2,800% MY TOP PERFORMING TEMPLATE: "Invoice to QuickBooks Automation" Built once: 8 hours Deployed: 23 times Average price: $1,800 Total revenue: $41,400 Time invested after initial build: 6 hours ROI: 6,900% THE TEMPLATE COMPONENTS: Base automation workflow Field mapping variables Error handling protocols Client notification systems Integration options THE TOOLS POWERING MY TEMPLATES: PDF Vector: Document parsing engine Make.com: Workflow automation Google Sheets: Data transformation Various APIs: System integrations Example template flow: Document upload β PDF Vector parsing β Data validation β System integration β Client notification THE DEPLOYMENT PROCESS: Client consultation (30 minutes) Template selection (5 minutes) Field mapping (10 minutes) Testing (5 minutes) Go-live (immediate) Total time: 50 minutes THE SCALING EFFECT: Month 1: Built 3 templates, deployed 3 times Month 2: Built 2 templates, deployed 8 times Month 3: Built 1 template, deployed 12 times