The Most Overrated AI Agents (+ What To Sell Instead)

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There are some AI automations you just shouldn't sell. In this video I go over the worst and best automations to sell to businesses.

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If this is your first view—hi, I’m Nick! TLDR: I spent six years building automated businesses with Make.com (most notably 1SecondCopy, a content company that hit 7 figures). Today a lot of people talk about automation, but I’ve noticed that very few have practical, real world success making money with it. So this channel is me chiming in and showing you what *real* systems that make *real* revenue look like.

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Overview
1:10 What makes automation/agent/system useless, outdated or overrated?
1:18 False autonomy
1:58 Unreliable execution
4:05 No tangible output
5:13 Built for novelty not outcomes
5:36 High Maintenance
6:32 Easily commoditized or replaceable
7:00 Solves non-urgent problems
8:00 Lacks defensibility
8:19 Bad risk-to-reward ratio
17:12 Don't lose the forest for the trees
19:45 Outbound voice callers
45:28 Effective and high-ROI automation solutions
49:25 Automation systems for client management
55:34 Enhancing customer support with automation
1:01:15 Reporting and analytics automation
1:04:14 Outro -- Join Makerschool