Hey everyone 👋 I’m a college student looking to add a few more testimonials to my AI automation portfolio. To do that, I’m offering to build a few free automations in exchange for a testimonial. Here’s what I can build: 📞 Voice Agents that answer calls, book meetings, and qualify leads 💬 Chatbots that respond instantly, 24/7 ⚙️ Workflow automations that replace repetitive tasks ✅ No cost ✅ Just need your testimonial + permission to share results ✅ Limited to 3 projects If you’re a business owner who wants to save time, capture more leads, or streamline tasks — I’d love to help. Just 2–3 spots available. DM me if interested! 🚀

Yesterday we wrapped up filming the first ever Agentic Arena in NYC. An AI agent building competition between me and the legendary Jack Roberts… It will premiere on YouTube on September 5th at 3pm EST, make sure to tune in!! We’ll have to see if I was able to bring it home for the AIS family!! 😬 Cheers, Nate

Hey everyone, I’m planning on creating an AI Automation Cold Email System that handles: - Lead generation - Personalized outreach based on each lead - Tailored offers designed to match the lead’s needs Before I dive in, I’d love to get your input: 👉 What are the main things I should be considering when building a system like this? 👉 Any best practices, tools, or common pitfalls I should be aware of? I really appreciate any tips or advice you can share. 🙏 Thanks in advance for helping me create this project!

Hi all Hope everyone is doing well I am new here and want to learn about automation and prompt engineering. Since I am a beginner not sure how to start or where to start. Most of people here are very well expert in prompt engineering and automation, can anyone provide the guidance or structural way to learn. It would be very helpful to me. Thank you

Sharing real numbers because the fake guru stuff helps nobody. 📉 **MONTH 1-3: The Delusion Phase** - Revenue: $0 - Expenses: $400 (tools, courses, domains) - Clients: 0 - Projects: 12 "portfolio builds" nobody saw - Confidence: "I'm gonna be rich" - Reality: Eating ramen 📈 **MONTH 4-6: First Blood** - Revenue: $1,800/month average - Clients: 3 small businesses - Pricing: $500-800/month (way too low) - Mistakes: Promised too much, delivered chaos - Lost: First client in month 5 (overengineered their solution) - Lesson: Simple beats complex 📊 **MONTH 7-9: Finding The Groove** - Revenue: $5,400/month average - Clients: 5 (lost 1, gained 3) - Pricing: Raised to $1,200 average - Breakthrough: Focused only on invoices/contracts - Stopped: Building custom solutions - Started: Reusing templates 💰 **MONTH 10-12 (Current): Actual Business** - Revenue: $14,000/month - Clients: 8 active - Pricing: $800-3,500/month - Sweet spot: Law firms and accounting ($2,500 average) - Retention: 100% past 3 months - Referrals: 3 new clients from existing ones THE REAL COSTS: - PDF Vector Pro: $79/month (handles everything) - n8n hosting: $20/month (DigitalOcean) - Make/Zapier: $58/month (for clients who insist) - Random tools: $43/month - Total: $200/month Time investment: - Week 1-20: 60 hours/week (unsustainable) - Week 21-40: 40 hours/week (still too much) - Now: 20 hours/week (finally balanced) Net profit: ~$13,800/month THE HARD TRUTHS: - First 6 months sucked. Made $67/hour at McDonald's in college. Made $0/hour for 6 months here. - Almost quit in month 5 when client said my work was "unusable" - Wife questioned my sanity daily - Imposter syndrome hit different at 3 AM debugging webhooks WHAT ACTUALLY WORKED: - Picking one thing (document processing) - Building boring solutions that work - Charging for value, not time - Saying no to complex requests - Using reliable tools (stop trying to save $50/month) Currently building toward $18k/month. Not there yet, but the path is clear now.