AI Automation Agency Veteran: Clients Who Automate One Ugly Task First Get Real ROI
Warm-Reaction-456 · reddit · 2026-09-13
A veteran of 8 years running an AI automation agency shares hard-won lessons: the clients who make money are those who automated one small ugly task themselves before hiring anyone; without written SOPs you get a demo, not an automation; putting "AI" in proposals actually closed worse; and the first wins are boring yes/no decisions like invoice matching. He admits building an AI sales agent for a client with a broken process delivered zero revenue — AI just runs the mess faster.
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