Hey everyone, I’m reaching out because I’ve hit a massive wall and could use some honest advice from those who have successfully landed their first few clients. I started my AI Automation journey in August 2025. I’ve been grinding for 6 months now, but I haven't been able to land my first client or make any money yet. It’s been a tough road with no testimonials or case studies to show. Here is what I’m currently doing: - Niche: Construction / Independent Management Consultants. - Outreach: personalized Instagram DMs and cold Emails. - Offer: Automating invoice data entry (Gmail to Google Sheets) and AI-powered email handling. - The Problem: Most people either don't see the message, or they say they are "too small" for automation and want to wait until they hire employees. I recently started offering to do the work for free just to get a case study/testimonial, but even then, I’m getting "I’m okay for now" as a response. I’d love your advice on a few things: 1. If you were back at zero with no portfolio, which outreach method would you go all-in on? 2. Is Instagram the wrong place for construction? Should I pivot to LinkedIn or Cold Email? 3. How do you convince a "one-man show" that automation is worth their time before they scale? Really appreciate any feedback or "brutal honesty" you guys have. I’m committed to making this work, I just need to find the right door to knock on.

I recently joined the community and have loved the value shared! I was wondering how I would go about sourcing leads after exhausting the connections I already had. What strategy did you use do get work?

Hi everyone 👋I’m working on a real n8n lead automation workflow (Google Sheets + Gmail + Webhooks). Goal: make a simple, sellable system — not demos.Looking for feedback, ideas, or common client use-cases you see in the market. Any guidance is appreciated 🙌

Question: I’m looking for help achieving high-accuracy OCR from a complex vector PDF. The document is 30+ pages long, contains multiple entities with several tables per entity, and some entities span across multiple pages. Each page also has a repeating header, which complicates parsing. I’ve tried several approaches, but the extraction is not accurate enough and misses data. I need 100% accuracy. Any guidance on reliable tools or pipelines would be appreciated.

Hey everyone, just joined! 👋 I’m Aveer, I’ve been grinding on AI automation for a few months now, but if I’m being honest, I haven’t landed a single client yet. It’s been a bit discouraging, but I’m not giving up. After seeing @Duy Bui success with Invoice Automation, I realized I might have been too broad. I’m deciding to pivot and go ALL IN on this specific workflow (extracting data from PDFs to Sheets/Accounting software). I’d love to tap into the expertise here for my "Day 1" of this new path: 1. Outreach: For those selling backend automations like this, do you find Cold DMs/Email work better, or is it better to join niche communities and post value or anything else? 2. Niche Selection: I’m leaning towards Construction or Logistics because of the paper mess, but I’m curious—where have you guys seen the quickest "wins" for invoice processing. Ready to finally break this dry spell. Any pointers would mean the world! 🙏