His Automation Empire Earns $200,000 Per Year

Mike Cardona is a solo founder who has built a $200k online business by specializing in automation 🦾

Mike shared in a recent interview…

The majority [of my earnings] came from automation consulting, freelance automation work, and selling an Airtable database. I also earned some money from coaching, digital products, and affiliate niche site (I’m a silent partner).

How he got into consulting…

It was purely by accident. 

After selling the Airtable database in Jan ‘22, I started posting more about automation on Twitter and LinkedIn. This led to receiving a lot of DMs on LinkedIn or replies from people in my newsletter. I learned about common pain points and problems and created content around them. This led to inbound requests and DMs.

More info here about the Airtable database that Mike built and sold. It basically allowed you to run a newsletter via Airtable. Mike’s asking price was $10K and he eventually sold it for $7K 💰

Mike also mentions that LinkedIn has been his #1 source of clients.

Makes sense: tons of busy professionals hang out there, and they are his target audience 🎯

Mike’s approach to LinkedIn…

Share everything you know without fear — clients are busy and would rather hire someone to do it for them

Where do your potential clients spend time online? 

What if you shared your expertise on those platforms? 🤔

Mike also shares more than 100 things you could automate today in a couple of tweets.

Including…

Automated social media posting for new blog posts

Automated meeting transcription using AI

Integration of meeting transcripts with project management tools

Backup Content: Automatically backup new posts from your WordPress or Webflow blog to Google Drive or Dropbox.

Social Media Monitoring: Set up alerts for when your brand is mentioned on X, Reddit, or ProductHunt and then add those mentions to a spreadsheet.

I reckon there are tons of businesses out there in various niches that could use help setting up these kinds of automations.

Pick a niche you’re interested in, share tricks and tips as you learn them yourself, and you could end up with a thriving business like Mike 💪

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