How To Start An Automation Consulting Business

I’ve featured some automation consultants in this newsletter before…

• Sami Abid: $6K/Month Automation Manager
• Andrew Davison: $6500/Month Helping People Use Zapier

Now with ChatGPT so powerful and readily available, I reckon there’s more opportunity than ever to succeed with this kind of business.

In a 19-minute video Sam Matla breaks down exactly how to build an automation consulting business 😎…

From Sam’s tweet thread on the same topic…

You can learn this skill in a week and it requires zero money down.

I guarantee that 50%+ of the small businesses in your town have a bunch of manual SOPs that can be completely automated.

Example: every time a potential customer makes an inquiry, the admin assistant manually puts their details into 3 different spreadsheets. […]

Your pitch?

“I’ll automate a bunch of your back-end tasks and processes. If it doesn’t save you and your team 5+ hours per week (average client saves 12.5 hours per week), then you don’t pay and I’ll refund your deposit.”

I love businesses like this where the skills you develop can be used to make money right away as a freelancer, and also to build a higher-level business down the line.

Web design was that skill for me. I made a living as a freelance web designer for many years, and now I run my own website full-time 🥳

Some other skills along those lines…

• Copywriting
• Sales
• Project Management
• Social Media Marketing
• Search Engine Optimization

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