I am completely new to AI automation and n8n. I understand how to build workflows in n8n that's the 'easy' part but I have 0 experience in infrastructure, hosting and cloud and I am clueless when it comes to actually delivering the workflows to clients. Any help/guidance would be very appreciated. I don't really know what self hosting vs hosting on n8n's server is. Thank you

Found a client paying $12k/month to an agency for "ongoing maintenance". The workflow hadn't been touched in 11 months. Took over for $600/month. The agency is furious. THE DISCOVERY Networking event last month. Guy mentions he's spending $12k monthly on automation. Me: "What kind of automations?" Him: "Lead generation workflow" Me: "Must be complex for $12k/month" Him: "Agency says it needs constant optimization" Red flag detected. THE INVESTIGATION Him: "Want to take a look?" Me: "Sure" He gave me read-only access. What I found: Single n8n workflow: - LinkedIn scraper - Email finder - CRM push - Email sequence trigger Total nodes: 8 Complexity: Beginner level Last modified: 11 months ago No changes. No updates. Nothing. THE AGENCY'S "MAINTENANCE" Monthly reports they sent: - "System monitoring: 10 hours" - "Performance optimization: 8 hours" - "Security updates: 6 hours" - "Strategic consulting: 4 hours" Total: 28 hours monthly Rate: $428/hour What they actually did: Absolutely nothing. I checked the logs. Workflow ran perfectly. Zero errors. Zero interventions. Zero updates. THE CONFRONTATION Him: "So what do you think?" Me: "You're being robbed" Him: "What?" Me: "This hasn't been touched in 11 months" Him: "But the monthly reports..." Me: "Fiction" Showed him the modification logs. His face went white. Him: "I've paid $132k this year for... nothing?" Me: "Correct" THE BREAKDOWN Agency's monthly "work": - Monitoring = checking if it's running (2 min) - Optimization = nothing - Security = nothing - Consulting = 15-min monthly call Actual monthly effort: 20 minutes tops Monthly charge: $12,000 Effective rate: $36,000/hour They were printing money. THE TAKEOVER Him: "Can you take this over?" Me: "Yes" Him: "What do you charge?" Me: "$600/month" Him: "That's it?" Me: "For actual monitoring and maintenance, yes" Him: "What about optimization?" Me: "I'll rebuild it faster in Skada, throw in custom improvements, and that's included" THE 9-MINUTE REBUILD

Hi guys, I wanted to know that how do you guys manage to find clients in the niche you are expert in. I searched upwork for frreelance jobs but it costs me connects to apply there and linkedin don't have these type of jobs. Can anyone help with this?

I closed a $60K contract today at NeoSky AI for a client adding new voice agent products to work alongside their human agents. They didn’t want to add headcount, but also, didn’t want to lose valuable employees. So we’re upping the game with enhancing current team members, teaching them valuable AI skills, while incorporating an entire AI suite of products! I was already working with this company, but only charging per AI agent setup and support. However, the client needed to decrease the time-to-market, so we expanded our partnership. Stay the course everyone!

Imagine this You just say - “Create an invoice for 2 AC units, $500 each, premium quality, customer name John Doe.” …and boom - within seconds, you receive a perfectly formatted PDF invoice right on WhatsApp. No typing. No templates. No manual edits. Just voice + automation = instant business magic. Here’s how it happens: 1️⃣ You speak your order on WhatsApp or Telegram. 2️⃣ Our AI (powered by 11Labs) understands every detail. 3️⃣ n8n takes over builds your invoice automatically. 4️⃣ A clean PDF invoice lands right in your chat, ready to download or send. That’s what I call “talking your business into action. We’re testing this with real businesses and results are mind-blowing. Want to see it in action?