AI Automation Playbook
for Small Business Owners
Automate the work you hate. Keep the work you love.
You're handling emails, proposals, content, follow-ups, and admin by hand. AutomateFirst shows you the exact workflows, prompts, and tools to take the repetitive work off your plate — no coding, no tech team required.
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5+ hrs/week
target time saving
$297
one-time, lifetime access
7 modules
self-paced, keep forever
Tools you'll learn to use:
OpenAI
Zapier
Notion
Make
Gmail
LinkedInWhat should YOU automate first?
5 quick questions → your personal automation roadmap
Question 1 of 5
What eats most of your time?
The Grind
- Drowning in emails and messages
- Social media feeling like a second job
- Copy-paste proposals for hours
- Working nights just to stay afloat
The Dream (Real)
- Emails reply automatically
- Social content scheduled weeks in advance
- Proposals done in minutes
- You only talk to ready-to-buy leads
This is not theory. This is happening for founders right now.
7 practical modules. Running automations in 30 days.
No fluff. Every module is step-by-step video + templates you use the same day.
Build Your AI Team
Set up ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity as your daily toolkit. By the end, you'll have a personalised AI workspace that drafts content, answers questions, and researches competitors faster than any human assistant.
✓ You'll have: Custom AI workspace + 5 starter prompts
Write Like a Pro
Generate emails, proposals, social captions, and client copy that sound exactly like you — not like a robot. Includes fill-in-the-blank prompt templates for every business scenario.
✓ You'll have: Proposal template + email sequences
Talk, Don't Type
Set up voice-to-text workflows that turn a 2-minute voice note into a formatted email, blog post, or task list. Run your business from your phone while driving.
✓ You'll have: Voice-to-action workflow running
Get More Customers
Build an AI-powered lead generation system. Automated prospecting, personalised outreach sequences, and follow-up reminders — you just close the deals.
✓ You'll have: Lead gen pipeline + outreach sequences
Build Automation Workflows
Connect your tools with Zapier, Make.com, or n8n. Build multi-step automations that run while you sleep — CRM updates, invoice reminders, onboarding sequences.
✓ You'll have: 3-5 live automations running
Automate Your Content
Create a full month of social media posts in under 20 minutes. AI-generated captions, images, hashtags, and scheduling across LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.
✓ You'll have: 30-day content calendar + posts
Run a Leaner Business
Tie it all together into a complete AI-powered operating system. Dashboards, SOPs, delegation frameworks, and the exact playbook to save 15+ hours every week.
✓ You'll have: Full business automation playbook
Is this for you?
This course is for you if:
- You run a service, real estate, consulting, e-commerce, agency, or operator-led business
- You spend more than 10 hours/week on repetitive tasks
- You've heard about AI but don't know where to start
- You don't have a tech team and don't want to hire one
- You want practical workflows, not theory
This is NOT for you if:
- You're looking for a computer science or coding course
- You already have a fully automated business
- You want someone to do it all for you — this is a teach-yourself playbook
- You need a certification or academic credential
What you'll actually build
Real automations running in your business by Day 30
Email Follow-Up Machine
AI drafts personalised follow-ups for every lead. You review and send — or let it run automatically. No more forgetting to reply.
30-Day Content Calendar
Generate a full month of LinkedIn + Instagram posts in under 20 minutes. Captions, hashtags, scheduling — all done.
Lead Qualification Bot
AI scores and prioritises your inbound leads based on your criteria. You only talk to people ready to buy.
Real workflows. Real numbers.
These are anonymised so we can share real operational details. Every workflow is based on systems we run inside businesses of our own.
Solo real estate agent
From a 15% follow-up rate to never missing a lead
Follow-up rate moved from 15% to 100% within two weeks.
Home-based bookkeeper
New-client onboarding went from 12 hours to 45 minutes
Document chasing, welcome emails, and setup moved into one repeatable flow.
Side-hustle consultant
Six paying clients while still working full-time
Voice notes became proposals, follow-ups, calendar invites, and weekly content.
Solo Shopify owner
From 2 hours a day on social to 20 minutes a month
A monthly content workflow created captions, hashtags, image briefs, and a calendar.
Micro B2B services founder
Quote turnaround from 2 days to 30 minutes
Prior quotes became draft proposals and structured follow-up sequences.
One playbook. Clear price.
The full AutomateFirst playbook is $297 one-time. Lifetime access. 30-day refund guarantee.
Full Playbook
$297
one-time payment · 30-day refund guarantee
- Seven practical workflows
- Video walkthroughs and PDF guides
- Copy-paste prompt templates
- Tool setup notes for non-technical owners
- Downloadable checklists
- Lifetime access and updates
Common questions
The same answers we give founders before they start the playbook.
Do I need coding skills to use the playbook?+
No coding required. If you can use Google, you can do this. The playbook is designed for complete beginners and non-technical business owners.
How quickly will I see results?+
The target outcome is three useful automations running within 30 days, starting with the simplest workflow first.
Is there a money-back guarantee?+
Yes — 30-day money-back guarantee. If you don't love it, you get a full refund. No awkward emails required.
A practical playbook, not another theory course
Built for owners who need useful workflows, not jargon.
AutomateFirstBEST VALUE | In-Person Workshops | Generic Online Courses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | USD 297 | USD 1,000–5,000 | USD 150–400 |
| Format | Online, self-paced | In-person, fixed schedule | Online, generic |
| Practical workflows | ✓ | ✓ | Sometimes |
| Plain-English setup | ✓ | Varies | Sometimes |
| Lifetime access | ✓ | ✗ | Usually not |
| Built for solo operators | ✓ | Sometimes | ✗ |
In-person AI workshops charge USD 1,000–5,000 for a single day. AutomateFirst gives you lifetime access and practical workflows for $297.
Get the playbook — $297
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