I want to tell you about a plumber... wait, no, this one wasn't a plumber.

This guy ran a local service business.

Lost his receptionist.

Leads falling through the cracks.

Buried in work he couldn't keep up with.

I didn't have a pitch. I didn't have a product.

I didn't even have a name for what I was about to offer him.

All I had was an idea I'd been messing around with for a few months... using AI to replace the repetitive stuff a $4,600/month employee usually handles.

So I said, "I think I've got a solution for you.

It's basically like hiring an employee, except you only pay me once to set it up, and it runs on its own after that."

He was skeptical. Fair enough.

So I showed him.

We tested it live. It didn't stumble. It didn't hesitate. It just worked.

He leaned back and said, "So this thing does the work without complaining, without sick days, and no ongoing salary?"

Yep.

Then came the question I wasn't ready for:

"So what do you charge for this?"

I hadn't thought about pricing. No rate card. No pitch deck. Nothing.

So I went with my gut.

"$1,000 to set it up."

He didn't blink. "Okay, let's do it."

That was my first $1,000 from an idea I made up on the spot.

Then I added, "To keep it running smoothly, I'll also handle updates and support for $500 a month."

Two seconds of silence.

Then: "That makes sense. Let's add that too."

Just like that: $1,000 upfront, $500/month recurring, from a service that took me a couple hours to set up.

I've since packaged the entire thing.... the setup, the client-getting method, the pricing scripts, all of it... into one system.

It's called AI Employee Formula, and normally it's $497.

Today, it's $21.

➡️ Grab AI Employee Formula for $21 while it's still open

More tomorrow on how this actually plays out with real local businesses.

Talk soon,

Paul James