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0:00I'm 20 years old and I run an AI agency
0:02directly from South Africa. In this
0:04video, I'll be showing you directly what
0:07stack I use to make over 100,000 rand a
0:10month with only Claude code.
0:13If you have no domain, no website, no
0:16business, or an idea of how a business
0:19operates, what it takes, don't worry,
0:21you're in the right place. By the end of
0:24this video, you should have everything
0:27to get up and running and started with
0:29your first business, which is going to
0:30be an AI services business.
0:33Um no fluff, no theory, just building.
0:36That's all. So, stay tuned and let's get
0:38straight into it. Quick context so you
0:40know I'm not making any of this stuff
0:41up. My name is Duan. I'm a 20-year-old
0:44from South Africa and I run a company
0:45called Ascend Solutions, where AI
0:48operating systems agency operating right
0:50out of South Africa. Long story short, 2
0:53years ago we had nothing. No presence,
0:55no website, nothing. No domain,
0:58literally nothing.
1:00I made the classic mistake of putting
1:02all my might into one basket thinking
1:05TikTok and free organic content is going
1:08to carry my business through all of its
1:10tough times, which it did not. Trust me
1:13when I say that. I shoot some rocks
1:16along the way to say the least. But,
1:18besides that, now we have multiple
1:21streams of clients coming in,
1:24multiple streams of revenue coming in,
1:27and we essentially had two choices. We
1:29either let our business sit and die, me
1:31and my founder here behind me, or we
1:34adapt. We change. We look for new
1:36solution, and we found the solution to
1:39our problem.
1:41But, besides that, in this video, I'm
1:43going to make you four promises. By the
1:46end of the video, you should know
1:48exactly how to do four things. The one
1:50being up setting up a real business. Not
1:52a logo, not just getting the domain,
1:55then the business. From registering it
1:58to getting a domain to quickly creating
2:01your logo with Gemini or ChatGPT.
2:03Essentially, the full business setup.
2:06So, you're legally a business. Secondly,
2:09we'll be setting up a workspace that
2:10does all of the work for you. In Cloud
2:13Code, it takes 30 seconds to
2:15approximately 5 minutes depending on
2:17your Wi-Fi speed. But besides aside
2:20that,
2:21we'll essentially be setting up the
2:22entire workspace so you can direct
2:25essentially directed and it will do all
2:27of the rest. Three,
2:29we'll build a sellable system on top of
2:31it. Essentially, what's that? I'll be
2:33showcasing three systems today in this
2:36video that you can either niche down to
2:38and sell only or you can try and tackle
2:40the entire AI agency niche as a whole,
2:43which I do not recommend, but is your
2:45choice.
2:46Either way,
2:47by the end of this video, your fourth
2:49should also be ticked off. You should
2:51have a solid plan or foundation to reach
2:54your 100,000 rand a month, which is
2:56really not as hard as it sounds. Let me
2:59tell you. You can sell one system for
3:01150,000 rand once off or the retainer of
3:0425,000 rand a month. That's what we're
3:07currently doing. So, trust me, it's very
3:09possible. One good client. That's all.
3:13So, let's get started.
3:15So, the first section we'll be covering
3:17in today's video is actually setting up
3:19your business. As stupid as this sounds,
3:22a lot of people actually skip this part
3:24entirely and leave it until the end when
3:26they get a client and then it's too
3:28late. They lose the client because they
3:29don't have their CIPC registration
3:31documents. They don't have their VAT
3:33numbers, their PPE certificates,
3:35whatever it is. It eventually you need
3:37it eventually down the line. That's all
3:38I'm going to say.
3:39But aside from that,
3:41the whole list is four things. A
3:43registered company, which you can do via
3:45GovChain like I did myself. You need a
3:47domain, a website, and then a way to get
3:49paid. Firstly, the domain, you can get
3:52that through GoDaddy or Namecheap. A
3:54website that can either be done via
3:56lovable, bold 44, don't overthink this.
3:58You only need a simple landing page with
4:01one offer, one service, and then
4:03obviously a clientele. Whether that's
4:05law firms, real estate agents,
4:08um doctors, whoever your niche and your
4:10offer directly to them.
4:12You're probably thinking to yourself,
4:14wouldn't it just be smarter just to
4:16productize or advertise to everyone? No,
4:18because everyone isn't your client. And
4:21uh once you actually go down this road,
4:23you'll start to realize that very
4:24shortly. Everyone is not your client.
4:27Aside from that, payments.
4:30In the US and UK, the guys watching this
4:32from very far away, you can essentially
4:34use Stripe. It's very easy to set up.
4:36You guys have it lucky. Um but if you
4:39are in South Africa and you still want
4:40Stripe, you will need to get an
4:42registered LLC that side, which I have.
4:45Um but aside from that,
4:47if you do not have the money to set up
4:49an LLC, you don't worry.
4:51Other options are Paystack and PayFast
4:53for South African and African
4:55transactions,
4:56um and then PayPal for international
4:58transactions. So, choose PayPal and then
5:01either Paystack or PayFast for your
5:03transactions, um stack. That's
5:05essentially it. Those four things and
5:08you will be ready to start getting some
5:10traffic. I know that sounds very easy,
5:12and it is very easy, speaking honestly.
5:15So,
5:16so just to keep track of everything you
5:18essentially
5:20So, just to keep track of everything,
5:21here are all the costs so far for
5:23everything. 950 rand for the
5:25registration of the company, 150 rand to
5:29800 rand a year. You can get the domain
5:31once off for around 80 to 100 rand, but
5:34you pay a yearly fee of approximately
5:36150 to depending on what domain you
5:39have. If you have an AI domain, you're
5:41going to
5:42pay a lot more, like 2,000, 3,000 a
5:44year, but for average prices around 800,
5:47600 a year
5:49for the lovable website. If you use
5:50lovable like me, you're going to be
5:52paying 400 monthly.
5:54Um but there's a lot of other options,
5:55cheaper options as well. I just like
5:57lovable. It's easy to use. It's
5:59efficient. So, why not? And then
6:01essentially, nothing for the payments or
6:03the payment apps you'll be using. No
6:06charges whatsoever. You'll only be
6:08charged once you actually charge people,
6:10clients, and they start paying you. Then
6:12they deduct a small amount from that big
6:15payment, but besides that, nothing for
6:17the payment apps. So, essentially, you
6:19have a real business for under 1,500
6:23rand, which is actually kind of insane.
6:27The registration for the company is a
6:28once-off.
6:29The domain is a once-off fee for buying
6:32it, and then you have a yearly fee to
6:34maintain it. Website is monthly.
6:36Payments, nothing. So, monthly
6:38approximately
6:40600 to 1,000 rand to maintain your
6:43business as of now. Just to keep in
6:44mind, this is only operational. This is
6:47no booking funnels integrated yet,
6:49nothing major, um just the basics to get
6:51started. So, the first section has been
6:54completed. You fully set up your
6:55business. Everything is up and running
6:57with your website domain connected.
6:59Everything's good to now go.
7:01Section two. The most important part is
7:03actually setting up your workspace,
7:05where the the money-making will happen
7:08essentially. This is the part that
7:10almost nobody else teaches, and it's
7:13actually the only part that really
7:14matters, because like I mentioned, this
7:16is what will be making you money on the
7:19daily.
7:20Firstly, you do not run an AI agency
7:22through a chatbot. You do not run an AI
7:24agency through ChatGPT or through Claude
7:27through the web. That's not how this
7:29works. So, if that's your idea of AI,
7:32lose it now, because that's not AI.
7:34That's like a small fraction. That's
7:36like level one. What we're doing is
7:38level five type Aside from that,
7:40you run need from your workspace. A
7:42folder on your computer, in the cloud,
7:44wherever, with three layers.
7:47Layer one, the playbook. What is this?
7:49It's markdown files that tell the AI
7:52what to do, how the system works, you're
7:54just you're busy building or just built.
7:57Essentially, in short, the playbook.
8:00Section two or layer two is the brain.
8:02Cloud code with Opus 4.7. This is
8:05essentially just a model we'll be using.
8:07We'll be using the best one for the best
8:09results. It's as easy as that. If it's
8:12too cheap for you, you can always read
8:13to different models like DeepSeek, um
8:16Zahoumi's new models. There's a lot of
8:18cheaper ones out there. And then layer
8:20the layer three, the muscle. What will
8:22be actually
8:24letting this all function is Python
8:26scripts that actually do the work.
8:28The problem is with AI and chatbots is
8:31it's the determ- or probabilistic. So,
8:33the first response is really great, the
8:35second response is a little bit
8:38not so great, the third response is just
8:41straight-up not nearly what you
8:42wanted to achieve. So, in short, you
8:44start like this, but it starts going
8:46like this along the line. To avoid that,
8:48we combine the AI model, which is
8:51probabilistic, with code and Python
8:53scripts, which are deterministic, to get
8:56a very powerful outcome called Agentic
8:59Workflows. That is, in short, how
9:01Agentic Workflows operate. Now, you're
9:04probably wondering, "How do I get this
9:06workspace set up? Or how does it work?"
9:08Don't worry, I'm not a monster. I'm
9:10going to give you the exact files you
9:11need to copy and paste in the link in
9:13the description. You can use them
9:15directly and import them into your
9:17framework or workspace directly, and it
9:20should be good from there. How this
9:21framework works is, in short, it's
9:23called DOE. D O E stands for Directive,
9:27Orchestration, and Execution. So,
9:29Directive being the plan where it part
9:31uh the part where it plans.
9:33Then, the orchestration is where it
9:36actually starts um writing the code and
9:39then the execution part is exactly the
9:41way it sounds. It executes the code and
9:43the instructions that AI is giving the
9:45code. It's as easy as that. So, with
9:47that being said, you now have three
9:48choices. What your IDE? The first choice
9:51being Google anti-gravity. They recently
9:54made a massive switch where they split
9:55up the IDE and the actual AI section,
9:58but they recently recombined it because
10:00of a lot of complaints.
10:01Your second one is Visual Studio Code.
10:04Something I'm using every single day. I
10:07highly recommend it for beginners as
10:08well. It's not complicated. It's not
10:10hard to use whatsoever. It's actually
10:12very freaking easy.
10:14And then thirdly, Cursor.
10:16Cursor is widely renowned as the VS Code
10:20look-alike or second version of VS Code
10:23like anti-gravity was. Anti-gravity is
10:25literally just a a rip-off of VS Code.
10:28VS Code has been in the game for years
10:30and years and years. So, aside from
10:32that, the choice is yours. I recommend
10:34VS Code. But, once you have your IDE
10:36installed, go ahead, download these
10:38folders, and then let's move on to the
10:40next step. So, you should have just
10:41completed your download of your IDE.
10:44Aside from that, come into your IDE,
10:46whether that's Visual Studio Code,
10:48anti-gravity, or Cursor. On the left
10:50side, this is VS Code, just keep that in
10:52mind. There should be an extensions tab.
10:55And then in this extensions tab, you can
10:57go ahead and download Claude Code for VS
10:59Code. This is just the extension
11:00version. Don't worry, you have access to
11:03the CLI version by simply opening a
11:05terminal and typing Claude. You
11:07obviously have to install Claude in the
11:08terminal first, but there you go. The
11:10CLI version inside an IDE, which is kind
11:13of cool.
11:14But, beside that, you have Claude
11:15installed.
11:17And the next step is actually importing
11:19your workspace. So, where do you do
11:21that? You come over to your explorer or
11:23folder section, and then right here
11:25where it says YouTube workspace or
11:27wherever, you can go ahead and add your
11:30new folder. You can simply click new
11:32file or new folder. If you want to make
11:34it one big folder, which I recommend,
11:35everything lives under this YouTube
11:37workspace. So, go ahead and create your
11:39new folder, and then inside of that
11:41folder, you just import your directive,
11:43orchestration, execution, readme,
11:45Claude.md files, the entire Google Drive
11:48I just gave you.
11:50Once that's complete, it's as simple as
11:52telling Claude. Just keep in mind I use
11:54a voice transcription tool.
11:56Hey Mr. Claude. So, I'm new to this
11:58entire AI thing, and I kind of need your
12:00help setting up my workspace. I got this
12:03workspace from a YouTuber.
12:06But besides that, I want you to set up
12:08my workspace in accordance to Claude.md,
12:11Gemini.md, and agents.md. This file
12:14should have all the info needed to set
12:16up the entire workspace to the correct
12:18format.
12:24And then I would simply just go ahead
12:26and press enter here. But mine's already
12:28set up on the left side. As you can see,
12:30I have Claude.md, I have agents.md, I
12:32have my entire workspace set up. Yours
12:34is not going to look like this in the
12:36first few days, trust me. This thing
12:38goes and goes and goes and goes and goes
12:40and goes and goes forever and ever and
12:42ever. But besides that, the point being,
12:45your workspace should now be set up in
12:47less than 3 minutes. Also, one thing to
12:49keep in mind before we continue, you
12:52will either need some API credits um in
12:55your Anthropic account if you want to
12:57use Claude Code specifically, or you
12:59will need the Max subscription, Pro
13:01subscriptions, either one of them works.
13:03We have Max um because we use it on the
13:05daily, but besides that, this should be
13:07more than enough to get you started. I
13:10started on the Pro version. Yes, you hit
13:12limits, but every 3 or 4 hours it
13:15resets, so it should be more than enough
13:17for you starting just out. Also, just
13:20one thing in to keep Also, just one
13:22thing to keep in mind before we
13:24continue, there is a cost involved in
13:26actually using Claude Code, if you
13:27didn't know that yourself. So, you have
13:29two options, either via API or the
13:31subscription. I highly recommend the
13:33subscription. API costs are running
13:34costs, so it keeps climbing as you use
13:37Claude. With the subscription, the max
13:40plan for anyone who hasn't used Claude
13:43before, I would recommend trying the pro
13:44first. But for daily users like myself,
13:47the max 5x or the 20x is what I
13:49definitely recommend. If you don't have
13:51that kind of money, like I mentioned,
13:53pro is more than enough to get you
13:54started. It's $20 a month, and then from
13:5720 it jumps to 100 and then to 200. Um
14:00currently we're on the max plan and we
14:01still hit limits. So,
14:04don't let that scare you. It's just how
14:06efficient you want to be, really. That's
14:08it. So, system one in this video we'll
14:10be covering is called a content idea
14:13machine. Now, what this thing does is,
14:15in short, you put in one idea and it
14:17spits out 10 different ideas.
14:20Um so, like I just mentioned, you drop
14:23in one transcript, one customer email,
14:25whatever, and it spits out one LinkedIn
14:28post, one Twitter post, one YouTube
14:30post, one Instagram post, whatever the
14:32client wants it specifically for.
14:34Normally, you have clients who only work
14:36in social media platforms like Twitter
14:38or LinkedIn for higher ticket sales, or
14:41you have clients who are more social
14:42media stars who work on LinkedIn,
14:45TikTok, YouTube, etc. You get the point.
14:48Um which really only specified to your
14:50client's needs.
14:51In short, how does it work? It's two
14:54pieces, a voice file, which is
14:56essentially the markdown where the
14:57instructions of the actual system lie,
15:00and a generator. This is Claude code.
15:02So, the voice file, like I mentioned, is
15:04one markdown document. It has the
15:05client's tone, their ban words, their
15:08sentence patterns, essentially every
15:10single bit of the client, what he wants,
15:12what he doesn't want, all of that.
15:15Then, the generator is very simple. It's
15:17a Claude code routine and it runs in
15:20their folder or in their Notion or in
15:22Google Docs, whatever they are currently
15:24using. It's as easy as that. You can
15:26sell these for as easily as $1,000 a
15:29pop, and they sell quite easy. Now,
15:32you're probably thinking, "Okay, I have
15:34the idea and the system. What do I
15:35charge for?" Don't worry, for each of
15:37the systems, I'll be giving you a valid
15:39price to charge for them, and then a
15:41monthly retainer alongside it. So, for
15:43beginners, I highly recommend starting
15:45at the setup fee of around 8,000 rand.
15:48We'll go into the payment methods and
15:50then the exact payment structure of the
15:52AI agency model in a separate video,
15:54which I'll be posting. But, for now,
15:56it's as simple as charging them a setup
15:58fee, or milestones where they actually
16:00you complete a certain amount of work,
16:02and they pay you a certain amount of the
16:03project for the certain amount of work
16:05you've completed. So, 30% for 30% of the
16:08project's work, if that makes sense. And
16:10then, a monthly retainer to actually
16:12host this and keep it viable. I think
16:142,000 rand for first client is more than
16:16viable, and actually seeing that money
16:19come in each and every month is
16:21fantastic. So, without further ado,
16:23setup 8,000 to 10,000 rand, retainer 2
16:26to 5,000 rand a month. Who is the ideal
16:29client for system one? Anything from
16:32coaches, consultants, realtors, anyone
16:35who has to be on LinkedIn, um but
16:37doesn't want to write any of the
16:39content. That's a real list of about 3
16:42million people. So, pick a niche, one.
16:45Not 10, not 15, one niche. That's all.
16:49So, system one is complete. Let's move
16:51on to system two. The manual work
16:53eliminator. This is the one that prints
16:55money, and it's the one everyone is
16:57afraid to build for some reason. I see
16:59no one selling it for some reason, or no
17:01one niche agency directly focusing on
17:04only this. Just quickly imagine for 30
17:06seconds, you walk into a business and
17:08you ask one question only.
17:10What do you do each and every morning
17:12that's repetitive that you hate? And
17:14they'll most probably respond with
17:16something like, "We score yesterday's
17:18leads. We update the CRM, follow-up
17:21emails, admin, etc." Everything like
17:24that is automatable. Um it takes them
17:27approximately 60 minutes every morning.
17:29So, do the math.
17:3130 days in a month, 1 hour each and
17:34every single morning, that's 30 hours a
17:36month of manual work you can essentially
17:38eliminate. So, we already have, firstly,
17:40a time to put our problem,
17:43a pricing structure we can use because
17:45we have the amount of hours they're
17:46currently spending on it. And then we
17:49can obviously already build the solution
17:51to their problem because we know what
17:53their problem is. So, how does it work?
17:56In short, the operating system pattern
17:59again is the playbook brain muscle. Easy
18:02as that. The DOE. Just remember DOE,
18:04directive
18:06orchestration and execution. Always
18:07three patterns before it executes
18:09anything. So, the playbook says what to
18:12do, the brain decides, and the muscle
18:13execute. It's as easy as that. It runs
18:16on a schedule like Model or Cloud
18:18Routine or Entropic servers or any any
18:22if you want the UI for various tactical
18:24automations. Actually don't suggest that
18:26one, but I just put it in there for more
18:27context.
18:29How this works is it runs every morning
18:30at 7:00 a.m. sharp, and then the job is
18:33essentially done the morning they wake
18:34up or when they open their laptop.
18:37That's 30 hours you can save them a
18:39month. If you build this system at $100
18:42for 30 hours, that's $3,000
18:46they have to pay you for one system,
18:50and you can easily charge a monthly
18:52retainer of approximately either $500
18:57to $1,500
19:00to maintain the system,
19:02which is very doable. Sorry, I just had
19:04a spelling mistake there.
19:06But this is very doable. So, you have
19:09your setup, which is this one right over
19:11here, $3,000 to actually build the
19:13system and then 500 to 1,500 to manage
19:17it monthly. That's system two summed up.
19:19Really easy system, really easy to sell.
19:22Niches for this are normally people
19:25like real estate investors, um people
19:28who are in the manufacturing side of
19:29business, who work with a lot of volume,
19:31a lot of data moving around. Marketing
19:34agencies are brilliant for this. You
19:36have a ton of options when it comes to
19:37this and this system. The next one is
19:40probably one all of you will like. So,
19:42let's get into it. So, moving on to the
19:45last system on this list, we have system
19:47three, lead qualification.
19:49Now, I know agencies out there that do
19:52over $200,000 a month with only this as
19:55their offer. So, trust me, it's very
19:58profitable. This is a system that either
20:00every business starts with or eventually
20:03buy after they get system one and two.
20:06The reason it's so popular is because it
20:08solves the most expensive problem in a
20:11business, leaking leads. The way it does
20:14this is essentially a lead fills in a
20:16form on their website or from an ad, and
20:19then inside 30 seconds, the AI calls
20:21them, the voice agent, or texts them,
20:25and then it asks them four questions.
20:27Are they a fit? Are they ready? Decision
20:29makers? When can they meet? Basic
20:31questions like that.
20:33If the person answers yes to all four of
20:36all four of those questions, it books
20:38the call, updates the CRM, and then
20:40sends the calendar invite. If it doesn't
20:43and the client says no, for example, it
20:46tags them and adds them to a nurturing
20:48sequence. What's a nurturing sequence?
20:50In short, um after approximately 3 days,
20:53it sends them a follow-up asking them if
20:55they still feel the same way, if their
20:57circumstances haven't changed. Then if
21:01they still haven't answered the first
21:02message, after 7 days, it sends them
21:04another question.
21:06And then after 12 the 12th day, it sends
21:09them the last question. Then eventually,
21:12if they do not reply to any of the three
21:14questions or SMSs, then we just cut them
21:17out. That isn't a client we want to work
21:19with. In short, that's how that works.
21:21No humans involved, no delay whatsoever.
21:24It file fires every single time. System
21:27three.
21:27So, how does this system work? In short,
21:30on the front end, you have a form
21:31submission platform. This can be
21:33anything from Tally, Typeform, anything
21:36that has a webhook available. The reason
21:38we'll be using a webhook is because it
21:40allows us to capture the data of the
21:42second the Infraland. So, when a client
21:45goes onto the website and submits a
21:46form,
21:48the webhook fires immediately.
21:50Then the data goes to the brain. Cloud
21:52Code reads the lead and then decides
21:55what to ask the lead based on his data
21:58from the form submission.
22:00Then, once it has all the info, knows
22:02what to ask it, it moves on to the
22:05actual muscle. It goes to the voice
22:07agent, the SMS system. We'll be using
22:10VAPI for our voice system, um connected
22:12to ElevenLabs for the actual voice, and
22:14then Twilio for the SMS and the number,
22:17which we'll also be linking to the voice
22:18agent. So, it works hand-in-hand. We'll
22:21also be using Calendly for the bookings
22:23and Notion for the CRM. You can also use
22:25stuff like Airtable, works really well,
22:27stuff like um Obsidian.
22:30Whatever, it's up to you.
22:33It's really customizable. That's the
22:34great thing about AI. How much can you
22:36charge for this? A system like this, we
22:38recently built one for 8 and 1/2
22:40thousand dollars. So, approximately 100
22:43and 120 thousand rand setup fee, and
22:46then we can charge anywhere from 1,500
22:49to 3 and 1/2 thousand dollars for our
22:51system monthly. We charge approximately
22:531,500, which is about 25 thousand um ish
22:59a month um for our system. 8 and 1/2
23:01thousand setup, That's the way the
23:03client wanted it, so that's what we
23:05agreed to. And it really is as easy as
23:08just finding a client. Now, where do you
23:10actually find the clients?
23:12Well, this essentially breaks down into
23:15three parts. But before we get into
23:17anything um like that, I'd first like to
23:20talk
23:22But before we target any of that or
23:24cover any of that, I'd first like to
23:26actually cover how do you get clients?
23:28You have the product, you have the
23:29offer, you have everything you simply
23:31could need. How do you get the client?
23:34Well, firstly you have three options.
23:35The first one being paid ads. This is
23:38meta ads, Facebook, Instagram ads only.
23:40The reason for this is they convert the
23:42most and you can up to 10 15x your
23:45results very easily. If you have the
23:48correct set of campaign ads running, you
23:51can make a lot of money doing this. But
23:53it's also the most expensive way of
23:55getting clients.
23:56Your second way being, and this is for
23:58the free guys out there, is organic
24:00traffic like you're watching right now.
24:02YouTube videos, TikTok videos, Insta
24:04reels, shorts, any form of free organic
24:08traffic you can send directly to your
24:10website.
24:12Then,
24:13lastly, free/paid outbound campaigns. In
24:16the start, so well I didn't have a lot
24:18of money starting my business. Actually,
24:20I had like 67 rand and 50 cent. That's
24:23less than $10. You can go and do the
24:25math.
24:26Um so, I sent cold DMs like 200 each and
24:31every day
24:32um for like five or six days straight
24:34until I eventually landed one meeting
24:37and I closed the client as well, which
24:39funded my business start. Um and the
24:41friends eventually from there we just
24:43scaled up.
24:44So, this is essentially anything from
24:47cold warm email campaigns. Warm is, like
24:50it mentions, warm leads. People you
24:52know, people you don't know is cold. So,
24:55SMS campaigns, cold DM campaigns. This
24:58is essentially a limited amount of
25:01options when it actually gets to comes
25:03to clients.
25:04You can also set up stuff like
25:06newsletters, but that's very complicated
25:08and I wouldn't suggest it starting out.
25:10My best best advice to you is go create
25:14an account if you don't already have
25:15social media, which you probably do.
25:18Instagram
25:20LinkedIn
25:22Your ideal candidates are on Instagram
25:25and LinkedIn starting out. That I can
25:27promise you. Your first five to a
25:29thousand dollar deal is going to be on
25:32LinkedIn or Instagram. That I can
25:34promise you.
25:36Now that you have the source of where
25:38your client actually lives, what's your
25:40niche? Decide on your niche. Get your
25:42niche. Go over to apollo.com.
25:45Apollo is lovely because they have this
25:47cool feature where I have to sign up
25:50now, but once you're in the actual
25:51dashboard, you can
25:54search for your exact type of client,
25:56the niche they are, the business they
25:57are, the amount of client people working
25:59there, whether they are from United
26:01States,
26:03whatever.
26:04And then you're going to essentially get
26:05a list of names. You can get that name,
26:08go on to LinkedIn,
26:11search that exact name,
26:13generate them personalized message with
26:16AI. I wouldn't suggest 100% AI.
26:19Obviously, make some human tweaks,
26:20verify it with some people alongside
26:22that. But go on to LinkedIn and then
26:25search for your exact people you want to
26:28work
26:29with. And then his name will pop up,
26:31send him that message, and that's how I
26:33landed my first clients. In short, it's
26:36as easy as that. You don't need any
26:38money for this, and you can do this as
26:40long as you have the time to actually
26:41sit and do it. It only takes discipline
26:43because
26:44the thing about business is and everyone
26:46thinks it's just fun. No, it isn't.
26:48Business is repetitive and boring, and
26:50that's why most people do not make it.
26:53So, if you can sit through sending 200
26:54DMs each and every day 400 days straight
26:57and still not land a client, um at least
26:59you got 1% better. That's still a win in
27:02my book because that's what I did and
27:03that's how I took it. So, each and every
27:05day I just try to actually
27:09perform or execute 1% better than the
27:12previous day. Same with our systems, our
27:14content. Every day we try to improve at
27:17least just 1%. Um we don't try to make
27:19massive changes and the reason for this
27:21is it doesn't last. So, try and do
27:24something you can actually stick to on a
27:26daily. I can go ahead and show you my
27:28daily schedule. Um that's how packed my
27:31day is. Each and every single day is the
27:33same. It's repetitive, it's boring, but
27:35that's the way it's set up. So, keeping
27:37that in mind, this isn't really hard to
27:40do. This isn't. You simply need the
27:42commitment, the discipline.
27:45You have the guidance. I'll be posting a
27:47weekly
27:48um video.
27:50It's exactly like this, guiding you
27:51through the exact systems, what to sell,
27:54how to sell them, how to build them. Um
27:56I gave you the exact systems today. You
27:58can copy and paste the prompts that
28:00exactly the way I gave to you on the
28:02Excalidraw board into Claude. It's
28:04really as easy as that and then it will
28:06go ahead and build the system for you.
28:08Obviously, it will ask you some
28:10verification steps along the way, but
28:12that's essentially everything in short
28:14um on how to land your first client. Um
28:16once you've landed your first client,
28:18you're well on your way to making
28:20100,000 rand because once you've landed
28:22your first client, not only give that
28:24you a case study, it gives you proof, it
28:27gives you more um
28:29how can I put this?
28:31A safer feeling now you can actually put
28:33the work out there because I know for me
28:35starting out I had massive doubts in
28:37myself. Can I actually complete the
28:39system I'm telling the client I can
28:41provide? And honestly, sometimes I got
28:43on a call not even knowing what I said
28:45I'm going to provide to the client, but
28:47I somehow figured it out along the way.
28:50And that's the thing about business is
28:52it shapes you. You don't shape the
28:53business. It ultimately builds you as a
28:55person. And I still believe no matter
28:58what niche, what service you sell, you
29:01can be profitable in it if you stick to
29:03it 24/7 every single day. That I promise
29:06you today.
29:07But besides that, thank you for watching
29:09today's video. If you like this video
29:11and want to see similar videos to this,
29:13guides, building tips, I'll might be
29:15launching a video shortly. Um so stay
29:18tuned for that. But besides that, if you
29:20like this, leave a like, comment any
29:23tips,
29:24um any questions you may have. I'll
29:25answer them once I have some free time.
29:28Um
29:29but have a lovely day and I'll see you
29:30soon.