👋 New here? Start with this. Every week inside AIS+, a bunch of us hop on a live call we call CCC — Chill, Chat & Chaos. No agenda. No slides. No guru talking at you. Just builders — total beginners and seasoned pros side by side — thinking out loud about AI and automation. What's working, what broke, what we're figuring out in real time. People show up with a question and leave with a plan. Some weeks it gets deeply technical, some weeks it's just honest talk about building a business with this stuff. It's messy on purpose — and that's exactly why it works. Here's a taste of what you missed at the last one 👇 🔥 This week's Chill, Chat & Chaos 🔥 💸 I'll own this one — a mistake I made last year quietly cost me around $3,000. The kind nobody warns you about until it's too late. We walked through exactly how to make sure it never happens to you. 🤖 One builder runs a small army of AI agents overnight, goes to sleep, and wakes up to a finished project. Yes, really. We got into how that actually works. 🛌 Someone shared how they now get their heaviest work done on their hardest days by letting AI carry the load — the kind of thing that quietly changes a life. Easily the most moving moment of the night. 🕵️ Why asking AI to "check its own work" is a trap — and the one small change that actually catches the bugs it hides from you. 🧾 How one member taught AI to read a stack of messy handwritten receipts like it was decoding the Rosetta Stone. 💳 And the idea that split the room clean in half: should you ever lend a stranger your unused AI credits? The reason nobody could agree is the interesting part. Oh — and the honest line of the night: "we're all posers." 😅 Not one person in that room pretends to have it all figured out. That's exactly why it works. 💬 More than one member has told me that a single one of these calls is worth the entire monthly subscription. I didn't say it — they did. If you're out here on the free side, this is what's happening every Saturday on the inside. The tools, the exact how-tos, the resource guide, and the recording all live in AIS+ 🔒. Consider this the trailer.

Hey Automation community! 👋 This took me 2 hours to put together. If you're looking for a proven way to get clients AT SCALE and actually make money for your AI automation agency, then this is for you. I run an AI agency that basically made no money because I had a hard time finding new clients. I tried cold email starting in November and it quickly become one of our most profitable acquisition channels. I knew NOTHING about cold outreach when I started. I learned A LOT along the way (including plenty of expensive mistakes), so here’s everything I wish I had known from day one. If you don't know what cold email marketing is, it's when you send out thousands of emails to potential leads you haven't spoken to before. The goal is for them to book a consult with you where you'll then close on a deal. If you do it badly, it will look like spam and nobody will respond. Do it where you target relevant people ready to buy and offer a lot of VALUE, and you will generate sales. Part 1: Technical Setup Domain Strategy - Buy dedicated domains just for email campaigns — never ever use your main company domain. - Set up DNS records immediately: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. - Use Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 for better deliverability (roughly $4–6 per account per month). Email Account Setup - Create 1–4 email accounts per domain. - Start slow: 10 emails per account per day, then increase volume by ~10% each day. - Max once warmed up: ~25 emails per account per day. - Example: 4 domains × 3 accounts × 25 emails = 300 emails/day to begin with. IMPORTANT: Always warm up accounts for at least 14 days before ramping up. Extra tips that help a lot: - Add real profile photos and complete the accounts. - Older domains tend to perform better when you can get them. - Set up a custom tracking domain for accurate open/click data. Choosing Your Sending Platform You can do it manually with the technical setup above but it's way easier to buy an email account that's already configured and ready to go. I ran high-volume campaigns using Instantly.ai because it has good deliverability, analytics, and tons of guides on it since it's used by many agencies to get clients. It’s not perfect but probably one of the best for cold email right now. But honestly, your lead list and outreach message matter more.