Lately I’ve been tempted to automate almost every part of my life and business — inbox, calendar, content, lead follow-up, even home routines. The problem: the more I learn, the harder it is to decide where to start without turning it into another giant project I never finish. Instead of just “automate everything,” I’m trying to focus on a handful of high-leverage areas and build from there. Curious how you’re all approaching this: - What’s the first thing you automated that actually changed your day-to-day (not just felt cool)? - If you had to pick only 2–3 workflows to automate in your life/business right now, what would they be and why? - Any rules you use to decide: “this gets an AI agent” vs “this stays manual for now”? If you’re open to it, drop: 1. Your niche / situation 2. The one automation that’s made the biggest difference 3. The next automation you’re excited to build Hoping this thread becomes a mini playbook for prioritizing—so people scrolling don’t just see what’s possible, but what’s actually worth building first. I’ll share mine in the comments once a few of you do the same so we can compare notes and steal from each other.

Hello everybody, I am debating on whether starting or not because of one reason, I am 16 years old. I don't know how clients would react to my age on meetings if they ask. I also don't know the legality of operating an ai agency at 16 years old in the US. Would this be a big issue or any area of concern? I appreciate all help!

I had to skip a day or so because of exhaustion (outside of the challenge). Back at it now! Today I completed the automation challenge! Again, for me, the thing that challenged me was to think of what to build. So this time, I used Claude.AI for assistance. From the results of the chat session, I pasted the conversation into Claude Code and took it from there. A couple of things I will upgrade on the second pass: - I discussed a Canva integration step for the project. I'll look into that next time. - Actually pushing the project to Github - D'oh! I forgot that step. It lives directly on Trigger.dev, but in its basic form, so it's okay for now. - I really liked that I could brainstorm with Claude.AI and then copy/paste the resulting conversation to Claude Code to pick up the thread. I had to compress the session later on, but that was cool. What I learned: - How to use the dashboard in Google Cloud to have results print directly to a dedicated Google Sheet. - That Claude Code also can apologize - It gave me instructions on where to copy/paste a Google secret, but then when it failed, it said "My bad - I told you to copy the entire code, including the parentheses, for Trigger.dev. That was a mistake." I appreciated that it saw the error. - My version of this test costs some cents for Claude API calls, so I had to put a nominal amount in the account. Onward to the next project! I'm hoping that, with further iterations, this automation can become a content creator automation that I can offer for other content creators.

It's not the pitch. Not the offer. It's what you do the day after they say, "I'll think about it." Most people hear that line and back off. They don't want to seem pushy. So they wait. And waiting turns into never following up again. The ones who actually close treat "I'll think about it" as the start of the real conversation, not the end of it. They follow up the next day. Not with "just checking in." With something useful. A question, an answer to something they were unsure about, a small piece of value that keeps them thinking about you. I closed a client this way after months of silence. One follow up email, nothing salesy, just checking on something specific she mentioned. She replied the same day. Dreamers send the pitch and wait for magic. Closers know the deal is decided in the follow up, not the first conversation. If you've been ghosted after a good call, it's not over. It's just waiting on you to show up again.

For one of my German Client we are looking for someone to build a Chatbot and AI Voiceagent with German Cellphone Number. Shopify Shop Niche: Nutrition Audience & Language: German AI shouls know everything about the Shop + have to have Nutrition knowledge. If someone (mostly elderly people) calls and asks whats good for immune system AI should respond with Facts and explanation, then recommend products and send product link via SMS or WhatsApp. Please comment with questions and Price. The customer decides which one he accepts.