Good morning!... or at least it is for me. I'm doing a low-key Q&A this morning and enjoying a cup of coffee. Would love to see you drop in and let's chat.

What an informative session we just had with Erik! Learned so much about the steps toward getting into AI consulting. Looking forward to hearing his gems on his next session. The 80/20 rule and how to source clients were truly enlightening. Thanks so much! @Erik Bledsoe

Been sifting through a bunch of data this week and a common ask keeps popping up. Think about the last quote you sent. Or the one you're about to send.. Now be honest. Did you land on that number because you worked it out, or because it felt like the most you could get away with asking? Almost everyone is doing the second one. That's why "what do I charge" is the question I see more than any other. Underneath it there's usually a quieter one: how does Morningside AI sell projects at the numbers it does, when I'm over here quoting four figures. At Morningside we had to learn it too and it wasn't a better product or a bigger team. It was a tweak in our sales process. Scope of projects never changed. Yet our projects scaled from 5-10k builds all the way up to six-figure deals. So here's my question to you. Take the project you'd quote at 2k today. What changes if that exact project goes out at 6k? Not more work. Not a bigger build. The same thing, priced properly. What would that change for your business? For your life? If you want to start signing bigger deals, book a session with a member of our team. They'll find the gaps in your sales approach and show you where your number should actually be. We've already helped hundred of members make the same shift. I've dropped some screenshots below, have a look. Ask yourself why not you. → [BOOK A SESSION AND DISCOVER HOW TO PRICE YOUR PROJECTS THE RIGHT WAY] Nico.

Welcome! It's great to have you here. Before you introduce yourself, let me tell you why this community exists. 📍 Our mission The world is about to split between people who can use AI and people who cannot. We exist to stop that gap becoming permanent. This community exists to put you in that second group. My team and I run Morningside AI, a 7-figure AI business working with everyone from local companies through to Fortune 500s. Along the way, we created the AI Automation Agency (AAA) model: the framework thousands of people now use to start and scale their own AI businesses. Everything we teach comes straight from the frontlines. Not theory. Not guru talk. What's actually working right now, handed over. And we've watched complete beginners in here go from "I know nothing about AI" to landing their first paying clients. That's the whole point of this place. You're next. With that out of the way, start here 👇 1. Introduce yourself below. Drop a comment with: - Where in the world you're from - What you're building toward (first client? career change? scaling an agency?) - One thing you're stuck on right now 2. Then head to the Classroom → Start Here. It takes 10 minutes, and you'll know exactly what to do first. While you're in the comments, read a few intros. If someone's story sounds like yours, tell them. Some of the best client work in this community started with two members saying hi. See you inside, Liam 💪🏽

Over the weekend I was reading an article from Microsoft. Straight to their customers: "There's no shortage of sound and fury in AI right now. New models, record benchmarks, loud claims every week. But underneath the noise, something real has happened. AI can now do genuine, economically valuable work." Then this: "The hardest part of this isn't the technology, it's the change. Rewiring how work gets done and getting people to trust it. That's where most efforts stall, and it's not something you can buy." I've been screaming this for 18 months. The tools do not matter anywhere near as much as the adoption. New videos. New launches. And everyone in here loses their mind. What do I learn? Do I pivot my agency? Can we get resources out on this? For 98% of AI agency owners, all of it is noise. I barely pay attention to any of it, and I'm working with some of the biggest companies in the country installing this technology. That probably sounds insane, but here's why it isn't. The tools are already in place. ChatGPT. Claude. Microsoft. Gemini. Look at ChatGPT right now. I connect Google Drive. I connect Stripe. I say check my P&L against Stripe. I upload everything into the library, sort it into folders. That's the AI operating suite. Claude's the same. Microsoft's the same. So what are you actually selling? Businesses can buy Claude. They can buy OpenAI. They can buy Microsoft licences. What they cannot buy is the ability to stop 95% of their use cases failing. That's your moat. Not "we're the voice agent agency." Not "we sell n8n builds." It's a product line that expires. The tools are already there. Few are making it count. Go in and run a diagnostic. Understand how the operation actually runs. Find the friction and the cost savings. Ask honestly whether AI is even the right answer. Work out the return. Then implement it and get people to actually use it. That's what we do at Morningside. It's why I keep hammering diagnostics and audits. I charged $35,000 this week alone to help a company adopt Claude. They're now on a 12-month retainer to keep adopting it.