Hey guys, 2025 has been a wild year for me. Went from serving Fortune 500 clients, to that company liquidating, and then making $100K from a single client requesting n8n automation help. This client had posted about needing someone to teach them how to setup and evaluate an n8n automation for automating legal pleading responses. I attached the proposal I responded with and the first workflow. After meeting with him I built a 7 workflow Automation that: - Watches a google drive folder for new documents related to a case - uses OCR to extract text from the document - Reads all the case documents + the new doc - Extracts arguments + facts + case law - Forms an informed response using a case law research AI Agent - Drafts it with proper case law citation - Sends it to proper attorney to review Tech Stack - 1. n8n - for orchestration 2. OpenAI - AI Agent definition 3. AWS Textract - for OCR 4. AWS lambda + AWS S3 Bucket + Python - b/c n8n doesn't have great AWS Textract connectors 5. CourtListener + Google Scholar - Case Law research AI Agent 6. Google Drive - for triggering the workflow This workflow was about a $10K engagement and finished it in about a week. I closed a bunch of other work with him based on other projects he was working on that resulted in the rest of my income from him this year.

Biggest contract of my career thusfar. Over the next 24 months - BUNCHA legwork up front but I can largely automate the process in the next 6 weeks - then it's just maintenance. Can't talk too much about it but I GOT the contract doing the boring grindy stuff. Showing up for folks, doing a good job when called upon, not being afraid to learn. This project was a referral, from ANOTHER referral that didn't pay much at all haha. The message I'm trying to share here isn't: FUCKIN' PAT ME ON THE BACK. It's that the way you do one thing, is the way you do everything - small gig, huge gig, you should be treating every project like it's your shot at the majors... because it could be. That doesn't mean walk in there like you're the wizard of Oz, it's okay not to know stuff, what will set you apart is how you are to work with. A year ago I would see posts like this and get pretty like, frustrated - how the actual fuck do I get there, there's gotta be something wrong with ME. That's not true at all - the only thing differentiating you from your mentors is time, is consistency. SO - what're y'all going to commit to doing every day?

From $3K upsells to first-ever clients and smart AI systems - this week inside AIS+ was all about turning effort into real outcomes. Here are this week’s highlights inside AIS+ 👇 👉 @Abel Alvarado turned a focused weekend build into a $3,000 upsell from an existing client - fast execution, real payoff. 👉 @Noel Payano closed his first-ever $5K client at just 18 - a huge milestone built on courage and action. 👉 Evan Jones completed his first paid workflow, earning more in one hour than 10+ hours of Ubering - skills paying off. 👉 @Simon Cousineau signed a $50K deal using AI to ghostwrite 10 books - his biggest win yet. 👉 @Michael Wacht celebrated turning 60 by stacking wins - #1 on the leaderboard, launched his AI brand, and fully reinvented his path. 🎥 Super Win Spotlight of the Week: @Prentice Alston | From Stuck at 2 AM to Confident Builder Prentice went from late-night frustration and broken workflows to clarity and confidence - by leaning into community support and consistent practice. Through challenges, live help, and real feedback, his understanding of n8n clicked, and he’s now actively pitching, booking conversations, and moving forward. 🎥 Watch his quick story👇 Prentice’s journey is proof that when you don’t quit and you build with others - everything starts to change. ✨ Want to see more wins like these every week? Join the builders inside AI Automation Society Plus - where momentum, community, and action turn learning into real results 🚀

From five-figure months to first clients and real-world AI builds - this week inside AIS+ showed what happens when people stop waiting and start executing. Here are this week’s highlights inside AIS+ 👇 👉 @Sef El is collecting $25K this month from client invoices - built solo, step by step, through consistency and patience. 👉 Jan Goergen-Makinson launched his first voice agent, “Kora,” handling appointments using Retell - a big leap into real client-facing AI. 👉 Prakhar Dubey built his first client workflow for a UK-based NGO supporting SEND children - turning learning into meaningful impact. 👉 @Eduard Friesen broke into the All-Time Top 10 leaderboard and landed his first paid client - momentum stacking fast. 👉 @Abel Alvarado shipped an AI Social Media Intern - from research to auto-image generation and multi-platform posting, all automated. 🎥 Super Win Spotlight of the Week: Nick Mohler | Partnerships Through Community Nick didn’t join AIS+ just for tools - he showed up, participated, and shared openly. That single decision led to meeting a business partner, multiple collaborations, and new client opportunities - all through community connection. 🎥 Watch his quick story 👇 Nick’s journey is proof that when you put yourself out there, the right connections find you. ✨ Want to see more wins like these every week? Join the builders inside AI Automation Society Plus - where consistency, community, and action turn learning into real results 🚀

Client paid $35k for a workflow that took 45 minutes to process one lead. I rebuilt it in 12 minutes. Now it processes 100 leads in 30 seconds. THE PERFORMANCE DISASTER Amanda runs a real estate agency. Previous automation vendor delivered a "premium solution." The painful reality: - Lead qualification workflow: 45 minutes per lead - Daily lead volume: 200+ - Processing time needed: 150 hours/day - Actual processing capacity: 8 hours/day - Lead backlog: Growing daily THE VISUAL COMPLEXITY TRAP I opened their existing workflow: - 387 nodes sprawled across the canvas - Loops within loops within loops - API calls happening sequentially - Data transformations repeated 23 times - Beautiful visual design, terrible performance Previous vendor's excuse: "Complex leads require sophisticated processing" THE REBUILD CHALLENGE Amanda: "Can you make it faster?" Me: "What does lead qualification actually need to do?" Amanda: "Check credit score, verify income, match with properties, calculate affordability, assign priority score, route to right agent" I opened my tool and typed her exact requirements. 12 minutes later: Clean, parallel processing workflow. THE ARCHITECTURE DIFFERENCE Old workflow approach: - Process one lead completely before starting next - Check credit → wait → verify income → wait → match properties → wait - Sequential API calls everywhere - 387 nodes doing redundant work New workflow approach: - Batch processing for 100 leads simultaneously - Parallel API calls for credit, income, properties - Smart caching for repeated data - 28 nodes total THE PERFORMANCE TRANSFORMATION Speed comparison: - Old: 45 minutes per lead - New: 30 seconds per 100 leads - Improvement: 9,000% faster Throughput comparison: - Old: 32 leads per day maximum - New: 10,000+ leads per day capacity - Scaling capacity: Unlimited THE BUSINESS IMPACT Amanda's results: - Lead response time: Same day → Instant - Agent productivity: 15x increase - Conversion rates: 340% improvement - Customer satisfaction: Through the roof