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In this episode, I sit down with Charlie Madison, a member of AI Operator Academy, who sold two $999 paid assessments in his first 30 days and uncovered roughly $50K in additional pipeline. Charlie walks through the exact outreach system he used, a personalized video sent to his entire contact list, and breaks down how he qualifies hungry buyers and pitches the paid assessment with a 50 percent close rate. By the end, you'll have a real, replicable case study for landing your first AI services clients fast.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro: Meet Charlie Madison

(02:30) Charlie's 60-Second Outreach Video Strategy

(04:41) Breaking Down The Outreach Numbers

(07:01) AI Operator Academy Community Plug

(08:28) Charlie's Biggest Insight: Mutual Buy-In

(11:07) How Charlie Pitches The Paid Assessment

(14:20) Qualifying Leads: The Hungry Audience

(17:57) Selling Outcomes, Not AI

(21:55) Quantifying The $50K Pipeline

(22:43) Charlie's Advice On Joining AI Operator Academy

(24:23) Where To Find And Connect With Charlie

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In this solo episode, I break down five free, open source GitHub repos you can turn into cash flowing AI services offers, even with zero coding experience: competitor price tracking, a company handbook chatbot, an SEO audit tool, automated podcast clipping, and instant proposal decks. For each one I cover exactly what to sell, who to sell it to, realistic pricing, and how to find leads using a new tool called Treg. By the end, you'll have five ready-to-launch offers plus a clear starting point if you're new.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro: 5 Free GitHub Repos That Print Cash

01:20 - Repo 1: Scrapeling For Competitor Price Tracking

02:59 - Finding Leads With Treg's People Search

04:46 - Repo 2: Dify For A Company Handbook Chatbot

06:33 - Finding Leads For The Handbook Bot Offer

07:33 - Repo 3: Open SEO As A Semrush Alternative

09:35 - AI Operator Academy: Selling The Audit

11:12 - Finding SEO Audit Leads With Treg

11:49 - Repo 4: Open Shorts For Podcast Clipping

13:37 - Finding Leads For The Clipping Offer

14:45 - Repo 5: Present On For Instant Proposal Decks

16:40 - Finding Leads For The Proposal Deck Offer

17:15 - Scorecard: Which Repo To Start With

17:59 - Next Steps And AI Operator Academy Invite

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In this solo episode, I lay out the exact 30-day playbook I'd follow to build a $10,000/month AI business from scratch using nothing but Claude, zero coding required. I walk through the offer, a $999 AI tools assessment, the outreach system that actually fills your pipeline, and the upsell path from a free mini assessment to a paid assessment to a recurring AI concierge engagement. By the end, you'll have the full math on how just eight clients a month gets you to $10K.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro: The $10K/Month Claude Playbook

(02:10) Who This Business Model Is For

(03:36) The Offer: What Is An AI Tools Assessment

(04:23) The Three Outcomes Framework

(05:13) Pricing, The Free Template, And The Claude Skill

(06:45) The Elevator Pitch That Closes Clients

(07:36) Week 1: Picking And Pricing Your Offer

(08:08) Week 2: The Outreach That Actually Makes Money

(09:43) The Free 15-Minute Mini Assessment

(11:13) Week 3: Upselling To The Paid Assessment

(12:15) Posting Content To Attract Inbound Leads

(12:47) Week 4: Upselling To AI Concierge

(14:51) The Math Behind Hitting $10K A Month

(16:27) Next Steps And AI Operator Academy Invite

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In this solo episode, I break down the exact Claude Skills blueprint I use inside my AI concierge consulting practice to make $8,000 a month across five clients. I walk through my AOA framework, Audit, Optimize, Automate, then show a real example of a 24-step client onboarding process we turned into five Claude skills plus one orchestrator skill. By the end, you'll have the exact process to turn any client's manual workflow into a set of reusable, scheduled Claude skills.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro: The $8K/Month Claude Skills Blueprint

00:58 - The AOA Framework: Audit, Optimize, Automate

02:06 - Step 1: Auditing The Current Process

04:18 - Step 2: Optimizing Before You Automate

07:04 - AI Operator Academy Community Plug

07:35 - Step 3: Automating One Skill At A Time

09:19 - Testing And Iterating On The First Skill

10:27 - Why New Skills Should Draft, Not Auto-Send

11:50 - Building An Orchestrator Skill

12:34 - Scheduling Skills To Run On Autopilot

13:18 - Real Client Example: A 24-Step Onboarding Process

14:01 - How The Audit And Optimize Calls Went

14:53 - Correcting Claude's Misreads And Fixing Tools

16:09 - Splitting Skills At The Human Boundaries

16:51 - Automating And Locking In The Build Plan

17:14 - Wrap-Up And AI Operator Academy Invite

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In this episode, you watch me sell then fulfill a real AI assessment from start to finish. I confirm a discovery call with a custom home builder, uncover his back office bottlenecks, and build a HyperAgent bot that analyzes the transcript and prescribes a simple fix. I demo the recommendation in person, close him on the spot for a paid NotebookLM pilot, then use HyperAgent again to build and QA the entire deliverable. By the end, you'll see the full sales-to-fulfillment loop for a real AI services client, agents and all.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro: Selling And Fulfilling A Real Deal

00:40 - Calling Ben To Confirm The Discovery Call

00:55 - Uncovering Back Office Pain Points

03:45 - The Invoice Coding And Approval Process

06:07 - Estimates And Proposals Workflow

08:38 - Client Updates Through Job Tread

10:36 - Draw Requests And Lender Paperwork

14:13 - Wrapping The Call And Booking The Follow-Up

17:40 - Recap: What Just Happened In The Mini Assessment

19:19 - Building The Bottleneck Audit Agent In HyperAgent

20:26 - Configuring The Agent's Model And Settings

22:47 - Running The Assessment On Ben's Transcript

28:04 - Reviewing The Two Opportunities It Found

30:14 - Choosing NotebookLM For The Live Demo

34:08 - Testing The Demo Before The Meeting

36:32 - Closing Ben On The Spot In Person

38:35 - Kicking Off The Paid Pilot Fulfillment

43:34 - The Fulfillment Materials And Zip File

44:50 - Setting Up The Notebook In NotebookLM

46:54 - QA Testing The Notebook's Answers

50:24 - Building The Team Quick Start Guide

53:07 - Recording The Client Walkthrough Video

54:15 - What's Coming In Episode Four

56:02 - Wrap-Up And AI Operator Academy Invite

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In this solo episode, I use GPT-6 Astra inside Codex to fully automate the two heaviest steps of my $1,000 AI Tools Assessment offer: the pain point analysis and the client report build. I prompt it live to research tools, score them on an effort versus impact matrix, calculate ROI, and turn the whole report into a shareable client website, then package each step into a reusable Codex skill. By the end, you'll see exactly how to automate 60 to 70 percent of this entire offer in under 30 minutes.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro: Automating The AI Assessment Offer

00:50 - Breaking Down The Six-Step Offer

03:19 - Opening Codex To Start Automating

04:47 - Prompting GPT-6 Astra On The Transcript

06:19 - The Tool Recommendations It Found

08:44 - Scoring Effort Versus Impact And ROI

11:10 - AI Operator Academy Community Plug

11:54 - Free Playbook Download Offer

12:37 - ROI Results And Steering GPT Away From Overkill

14:43 - Building The AI Tools Analysis Skill

16:05 - AI Tools Analysis Skill Complete

17:06 - Automating The Report With Codex Sites

20:20 - Reviewing The Completed Report Site

21:50 - The Priority Matrix Section

22:27 - Tools And Pricing Breakdown

23:14 - The Four-Day Quick Start Plan

24:01 - Financial Impact And ROI Slide

25:14 - Turning The Report Into A Skill

26:00 - Assessment Report Skill Complete

26:24 - Building An Orchestrator Skill Next

27:34 - Wrap-Up And Where To Get The Playbook

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In this solo training, I walk through my exact end-to-end workflow for fulfilling a real $999 AI assessment, from pasting in a Fathom call transcript to handing a client a polished, ready-to-present report. I show how I run Claude's AI Tools Assessment skill on the transcript, then drop the output into Claude Design to auto-fill the assessment template with recommended tools, a four-day quick win plan, and full ROI numbers. By the end, you'll have the exact plug-and-play process to run this for your own clients in minutes.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro: The Assessment Workflow Question

00:28 - Installing The AI Tools Assessment Skill

00:57 - Running It On A Fathom Transcript

01:24 - The Two Outputs: JSON And DOCX

01:40 - Opening A Real Client Assessment

01:58 - Reviewing The Recommended Solutions

02:46 - Finding Alternative Tools If Needed

03:31 - Importing The Blank Template Into Claude Design

04:19 - Auto-Filling The Template From The DOCX

04:58 - Reviewing The Completed Report

05:34 - Effort Vs Impact Matrix And Quick Wins

06:01 - Recommended Solutions Filled In Perfectly

06:21 - The Four-Day Quick Win Plan

06:41 - Financial Impact And ROI Calculation

07:06 - Next Steps And Scheduling The Review Call

07:50 - Exporting As PowerPoint Or PDF

08:04 - Wrap-Up: Full Workflow Recap

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In this solo episode, I rank all 12 ways to land clients for your AI services business, from door knocking to paid ads to referral partnerships. I break down which methods are S tier, which ones are a waste of time, and exactly which one you should start with if you're new. By the end, you'll have a full playbook for how to go out and land clients so you can start making money with AI.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro: Ranking 12 Client Methods
00:27 - Door Knocking Local Businesses (A Tier)
02:25 - Cold Calling Grind (D Tier)
04:14 - Content Marketing Wins (S Tier)
06:39 - Hosting Local AI Events (A Tier)
09:32 - Cold Email At Scale (B Tier)
11:07 - Cold DMs Done Right (C Tier)
12:38 - Warm Outreach, The Best Starting Point (A Tier)
14:09 - In-Person Networking Events (B Tier)
15:53 - Referral Partnerships (S Tier)
18:32 - Borrowing Other People's Audiences (A Tier)
21:10 - Paid Ads As A Scaling Lever (B Tier)
22:32 - Marketplaces Like Upwork And Fiverr (F Tier)

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In this solo episode, I rank all nine AI business models everyone's pitching right now from worst to best, S tier down to F tier. I break down exactly which offers actually make money, which ones are a commoditized race to the bottom, and why the same two models keep printing for me every single month. By the end, you'll know exactly which AI offer to build your business around heading into 2026.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Ranking All 9 AI Offers Intro

00:30 - AI Assessments Explained (S Tier)

02:30 - AI Lead Gen Systems (A Tier)

04:30 - Why AI Automation Agency Is F Tier

05:40 - AI Concierge Model Breakdown (S Tier)

09:20 - Hourly Consulting Ranked D Tier

10:05 - AI Workshops With Real Examples (B Tier)

12:00 - AI Voice Agents Reality Check (C Tier)

14:25 - Managed Agents Explained (A Tier)

16:45 - Knowledge Base Builds (B Tier)

19:35 - Full Tier List Recap and Next Steps

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I got in the trenches for real this time - cold calling 25+ tree service companies with no website, door knocking on decision makers, and testing two different offers (a free website build vs. a free mini AI assessment) to see which one actually converts to a booked sales call first. You'll hear the rejections, the pivots to my script, and the exact numbers behind how many conversations it took to land two sales calls for episode three.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Recap of Episode 1's lead list

01:52 - Hyper Agent sponsor shoutout

02:13 - The two offers: free website vs. free AI assessment

02:37 - Cold calling begins - dead numbers and voicemails

03:03 - First real conversation: Katu Tree Experts

04:35 - Crafting the free-website voicemail script

05:53 - Bentley Stump Grinding hangs up

06:56 - Pivoting the cold call opening line

09:15 - Getting cursed out on a cold call

09:57 - SNK Tree Service: a live, warm lead

12:13 - Pitching $500 against the $2,000 she already paid

14:40 - Tearing apart the $2,000 "vibe-coded" website

16:01 - More voicemails and no-shows

21:12 - Running low on leads: sourcing 100 more prospects

24:03 - Door knocking: the anti-AI home builder

26:40 - Turning a hostile gatekeeper into a booked call

29:33 - Door knocking: the new insurance agency

36:00 - Explaining the paid AI assessment offer

36:45 - Day six numbers: cold calls vs. door knocks

37:50 - Where to learn the full playbook

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