Spent the last 3 weeks digging through: - 47 completed client projects (from this community + other groups) - Invoice amounts ranging from $500 to $8,500 - Direct conversations with 12 automation builders who closed deals Expected to find: "Complex workflows = higher pay" What I actually found: Clients don't pay for complexity. They pay for speed to relief. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 HIGH-PAYING projects ($2,000+): - 89% solved a pain the client felt daily - Average implementation time: 3-7 days - Most common phrase in the pitch: "You'll never have to *painful task* again" LOW-PAYING projects ($300-800): - 76% were "nice to have" features - Average implementation time: 2-4 weeks - Most common phrase: "This will make things more efficient" The Pattern Nobody Talks About: The $6,200 invoice? -> Automated appointment reminders for a medical clinic losing $4K/month in no-shows -> 4-day turnaround -> Client felt relief on day 5 The $8,500 invoice? -> Lead response automation for a solar company missing 40% of inbound leads -> 6-day implementation -> Client closed 2 deals in the first week that paid for the entire project The $400 invoice? -> Beautiful 18-node workflow that generated weekly analytics reports -> 3-week build time -> Client looked at it twice in a month 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 Stop asking: "How complex can I make this?" Start asking: "How fast can I eliminate their daily pain?" The builders making $5K-$15K/month aren't building the most impressive workflows. They're finding people who are: 1. Manually doing something repetitive every single day 2. Losing money or time because of it 3. Desperate for it to stop Then solving it in under a week. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 High payment = Daily pain × Fast relief × Measurable impact Not: High payment = Technical complexity × Node count × Integration difficulty 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐘𝐎𝐔 For those who've landed clients: What pain were they feeling daily, and how fast did you relieve it?

Watched every tutorial. Read every guide. Joined every community. But my bank account? Still at zero. I stopped learning and started asking. Instead of building "another practice workflow," I messaged 15 businesses on LinkedIn: "𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝟏𝟓-𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?" 9 ignored me. 4 said no. 2 said "sure, why not?" That "sure, why not?" turned into: - 30-minute discovery call - $800 project - My first real client testimonial - 1 referrals in the next month The brutal truth nobody tells you: You don't need to master n8n. You don't need another certification. You don't need the "perfect workflow template." You need ONE conversation with ONE person who has ONE problem you can solve. That's it. Here's my question for you: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘? (Be honest. No judgment. Just trying to understand what's holding people back so we can help each other move forward.) Drop your answer below 👇 Maybe your block is someone else's solved problem.