Claude
Working week: 60 hours down to 35
An owner spent 12 months automating his own business, one system at a time. Claude drafts his content from his outlines. An Intercom Fin support layer answers common questions from a knowledge base he wrote. A Make workflow answers new leads at once, follows up on day 3 and day 7, and books qualified leads into his calendar. New clients get a project folder, a welcome email and a kickoff call with no manual setup.
How it wentHis working week fell from about 60 hours to about 35 (poster's claim). About 70% of support is now resolved without him. Client onboarding fell from 45 minutes of manual work to zero. Two honest failures: fully automated client messages cut conversions, and AI-written proposals felt generic and lost work.
Try it · based on the source's workflow
Automate my lead follow-up for [business name]. When a form arrives from [form tool], add the lead to [CRM]. Draft a first reply that uses their name, their industry and the problem they wrote in the form. Show me the draft before you send it. If they do not reply in 3 days, draft a follow-up. Draft one more on day 7. If a lead replies, ask these qualifying questions: [paste questions]. Book qualified leads into [calendar]. Flag every complaint, refund request or contract question for me at once.
A starting template based on the workflow the source describes. Review it before you use it; you are responsible for what it does.