Got my first client (kind of...), and need help on the way forward.

Hey everyone!

I got my first win (sort of...); someone in my co-working space reached out to me, and I made an automation for them that takes their Facebook instant form submission and invites them to the latest onboarding webinar through Google Calendar.

I offered them to do this project for free in exchange for a testimonial and case study.

I sat through the setup with the client beside me for 2 hours 💧; it included:

Hostinger VPS KVM 1
OpenAI API
Meta Developers account and App ID/App Secret
Google Cloud credentials

Unfortunately the automation broke because when it was set to live, they were getting leads every 5 minutes, and the Google Calendar update node threw an error 403 sometimes due to API rate limits. I don't know why that happened.

I then modified the workflow such that new leads are stored in a Google Sheet, and every 5 minutes, a scheduled trigger runs which fetches the lead emails in the Sheet and loops over each email, inviting them to the latest webinar. Let's see how that goes.

Now here's where I need your help. I know this question has been answered before, but I just want to gain clarity.

If the client creates and configures their own credentials, the implementation process is quite lengthy, and if it's remote communication (not being physically beside), it can be quite technical and complex for them to set up, so to make it easy and quick for them, what can we have ownership of, and what are they required to set up (besides the LLM API)?

2. Next, I want to mention that I've exhausted all my warm connections, including those in my co-working space. I would appreciate any advice on the way forward. Should I go for cold outreach? If so, any strategies? My aim is to get 5-10 testimonials/case studies to build trust and momentum.

Thank you for reading this far and for your immense support.

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