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Right, I'll be honest - this is the first time I've been at my computer since my wife gave birth. It's been a mad few days, and the admin pile is already growing. Emails backing up, invoices waiting, follow-ups forgotten.

Having a tiny human suddenly makes you appreciate anything that removes friction from your life.

Which perfectly sets up what I want to share today.

The Back-at-Home-with-Newborn Realisation

When it comes to making money in services, if you can reduce the time people spend on boring tasks, you can charge serious money. It's really that simple.

Back in January, when I started writing about AI, everyone was banging on about AI agents - "AI agents this, AI agents that." But fast forward six months, and now anyone can create these things. That presents a phenomenal arbitrage opportunity.

Most business owners still budget $30,000-$60,000 annually for administrative support. Meanwhile, AI agents deliver the same work for roughly $50-$100 monthly. The gap isn't subtle - it's massive.

The Actual Business Model (With Real Numbers)

Here's the arbitrage: charge human rates for AI-delivered services.

Executive Assistant Package: You charge $4,000 monthly for email management, calendar coordination, and CRM updates. Your AI costs? About $80 monthly.

Meeting Management Service: You charge $2,500 monthly. Your AI handles scheduling, researches attendees, takes meeting notes, sends follow-ups. Your costs? Roughly $50 monthly.

Sales Development: You charge $3,500 monthly for lead research, personalised outreach, and prospect management. Your AI manages hundreds simultaneously. Your costs? Around $70 monthly.

These aren't 50% margins. They're 95%+ margins.

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The Tech Stack You Need

Lindy AI is one solid option - starts at $40 monthly and scales with usage. It connects directly to Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, and most CRMs without technical setup.

Alternatives include Make for workflow automation, Zapier for simpler integrations, or Clay for sales-focused agent building. The key is picking one platform and mastering its capabilities rather than jumping between tools.

Here's how to build your first agent: log into your chosen platform, select an assistant template, connect your client's calendar and email accounts, customise the response templates, and set the automation rules. Takes about 30 minutes.

Want a meeting scheduler? Use their "Meeting Management" template. It automatically finds available times, sends calendar invites, researches attendees on LinkedIn, and prepares briefing notes. The agent joins video calls, takes notes, and emails action items afterwards.

For sales outreach, their "Lead Generation" template finds prospects online, researches their companies, writes personalised emails, tracks responses, and updates your CRM. One agent can handle 200+ prospects whilst maintaining personal touches.

The beauty is these agents work together. Your meeting scheduler talks to your CRM updater, which talks to your follow-up agent. It's like having a team of interns who never sleep and cost less than your coffee budget.

Back to the strategy...

Who Pays for This

Consultancies needing meeting coordination without assistant overheads. Real estate agents want lead management systems. Professional services firms require CRM automation.

Target business owners spending 10+ hours weekly on admin. Law firms are drowning in client intake calls, real estate agents manually following up with 50+ leads weekly, and accounting practices spending hours on client onboarding workflows. Your pitch isn't about AI, it's about reclaiming their time and improving response consistency.

If you haven't read my cold email guide yet, grab it here for the exact outreach framework.

The Money Being Made Right Now

Start conservatively with 5 clients at $2,500 monthly average. That's $150,000 annual revenue against roughly $600 in platform costs.

Scale to 15 clients within six months for $450,000 annual revenue. Each client needs about 2 hours of human oversight weekly, so you can realistically manage 15-20 clients personally.

I'm seeing people charge $1,500 to $6,000 monthly, depending on service complexity. The sweet spot seems to be $2,500 to $4,000 for comprehensive packages. Pure Arbitrage Opportunity.

I Bloody Love Arbitrage

This reminds me of my early matched betting days - finding price differences between what you can buy something for and what you can sell it for. AI presents similar arbitrage opportunities everywhere you look.

The window for making serious money here is probably 2 to 3 years before this gets heavily productised and margins compress. Early movers can charge premium rates because they're solving an immediate problem that everyone has but nobody's addressing properly.

Your positioning is simple: 24/7 availability, sub-minute response times, perfect consistency. The value proposition sells itself because everyone wants their life easier.

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Any use cases or business models you'd love me to explore further? Hit reply, I respond personally when I've just put the baby to sleep.

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Lewis