Everyone is asking "but how do I find clients?"
Here's a simple method that anyone can do (even if you have zero followers):
Host a local AI meetup in your city.
I did this a couple months back and immediately landed a client.
I partnered with a local realtor and we hosted it at her office.
This was a great move for a few reasons:
1) good realtors know tons of people so she was able to invite her clients
2) hosting it at her office gave us a built-in audience of other realtors
3) it cost me $0
All I did was talk for 15-20 minutes about Claude (which none of them had ever heard of or used).
Answered questions for another 15-20 minutes.
Got everyone's email and phone number at the door.
Followed up with everyone the next day, got an AI Assessment client within a week.
Tbh I didn't market this event very well, all I did was post it on Luma/Meetup.
But if/when I do it again I'll post about it multiple times in all the local Facebook groups, invite everyone in my local network, and have a coworking space host/sponsor it.
If you live in a city/town of 10,000 people or more this will work, you really only need 10 people to show up for it to be worth it.
Corey Ganim (@coreyganim)
A guy offered me $1,000 to follow him around for a day and tell him where to implement AI in his business.
I didn't take the deal (because this is not scalable at all) but it did make one thing clear:
business owners are desperate for AI guidance.
What they don't need is a developer or an "AI automation" agency.
They need someone who can simply tell them where AI fits into their existing workflows.
I turned this into a product called the AI Assessment.
I sell them for $999.
Here's the exact system you can copy:
THE OFFER
$999 for a custom AI report. 3-7 specific tool recommendations tailored to their workflows.
Guarantee: 5 hours returned per week minimum, or 100% refund.
Sounds aggressive but it's really not.
Average ROI I've delivered is 6+ hours/week saved for ~$40/month in tools.
STEP 1: THE 45-MIN INTERVIEW
Google Meet call recorded with Fathom.
Questions I ask:
-Walk me through a typical day
-What tasks do you hate but can't delegate?
-Where are you the bottleneck?
-What do you wish you could automate but haven't figured out?
Goal: surface their pain in their own words. Not what they think they should automate, but what actually eats their time.
STEP 2: FEED THE TRANSCRIPT TO CLAUDE
I've built multiple Skills that chain together for this step but if you're just starting out a simple prompt will still work:
"Analyze this transcript of a business owner describing their workflows. Identify the top 5-7 areas where off-the-shelf AI tools could save them significant time. For each, recommend specific tools and estimate weekly time savings."
Claude catches patterns you'd miss. Connects pain points across the whole conversation.
I review, add my own picks, cut anything that feels like a stretch.
STEP 3: BUILD THE REPORT IN GAMMA
Structure:
-Executive summary (their top 3 opportunities)
-Impact/Effort matrix (focus on quick wins)
-3-7 tool recommendations with implementation details
-4-day quick wins plan
-What comes after quick wins (preview of upsells)
-Financial impact
-Next steps
Looks like a $5K consulting deliverable but only takes me 5 minutes from template.
STEP 4: THE 30-MIN REVIEW CALL
This is where trust gets built and upsells happen.
Screen-share and walk them through each recommendation. Gauge their appetite for help.
About 40-60% want help implementing. That's where the real money lives.
THE UPSELL LADDER
Process Optimization: $3-5,000
No-code automation (Zapier/Make): $1-3,000
Custom GPTs: $3,000+
Custom AI Skills: $3-5,000
Full agent implementation: $5-10,000 + $1K/mo retainer
Real example: business brokerage owner gets 400 emails every time he lists a new business. Every email asks the same 4 or 5 questions.
For $3,000 I built him a custom GPT trained on each listing's marketing package that he can send to potential buyers.
Eliminated 95% of his email workload per listing.
WHY THIS WORKS
Business owners don't need another AI course. They don't need to learn prompt engineering. They don't need a developer.
They need someone to look at their specific situation and tell them exactly what to do.
What we're selling here is clarity.
HOW TO START
1) Know the tools. Spend a month using Claude, ChatGPT, Fathom, Gamma, Zapier.
2) Do 2-3 free assessments to build your process and get testimonials.
3) Start charging. $499. Then $749. Then $999. Raise every 3-4 clients until people say no.
4) Build your upsell menu (where the real money is made)
Go out and make it happen.
— https://nitter.net/coreyganim/status/2053202612346822773#m