The $50K AI Mistake That Cost Me Everything (And 3 Tools That Saved Me)
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The $50K AI Mistake That Cost Me Everything (And 3 Tools That Saved Me)

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 14, 202612 min
  • One speaker
  • Business & money

I burned through $50,000 testing every AI tool promising to revolutionize my business. Spoiler alert: most were garbage. But three automations actually made money back and then some. Here's the thing about AI tools for service businesses: 99% solve problems you don't have. The real money is in the boring stuff. Client intake forms that used to take me 45 minutes per prospect? Now it's 3 minutes. Follow-up sequences that I'd forget to send? Automated and converting 35% better. Content that took 6 hours to create and repurpose? Now it's 45 minutes. Nico breaks down the exact three automations that every coach and consultant should build first...

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You know what's wild? There are coaches out there paying $1,500 for AI automations that are honestly pretty boring. I'm talking about stuff that makes you go,

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really? That's it? But here's the thing that caught my attention. While everyone's chasing the flashy chat GPT integrations and the sexy AI features,

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these coaches are throwing serious money at automations that just handle their paperwork. And I started digging into this because it doesn't make sense on the surface, right?

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