A 4-step playbook for an AI automation agency: niche research, one tool, cold calls
Responsible-Box-4905 · reddit · 2026-09-03
A Redditor asks for feedback on a 4-step plan for a repeatable AI automation/agent business: research a niche's real pain points in its subreddits and forums; build one hyper-specific tool around a validated pain point to avoid being bundled away by big platforms; cold-call scraped business leads at a few hundred dollars a month; and pitch time saved rather than software. He specifically asks whether cold calling still works.
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