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Here’s how I use Attio to run my day.
Attio is the AI CRM with conversational AI built directly into your workspace. Every morning, Ask Attio handles my prep:
Surfaces insights from calls and conversations across my entire CRM
Update records and create tasks without manual entry
Answers questions about deals, accounts, and customer signals that used to take hours to find
All in seconds. No searching, no switching tabs, no manual updates.
Ready to scale faster?
a freelancer just automated himself out of a job. on purpose.
five years writing social content for a client. steady retainer. good relationship.
then he set up a claude workflow, demoed it on his last call, and the client said "can you just leave us the workflow instead of finding a replacement?"
he did. the AI is now doing his old job. the client runs it themselves. no freelancer needed.
that story went viral last week. and most people read it and thought "well that's terrifying."
i read it and thought something different.
what if you kept the client AND built the workflow?
because the move isn't letting claude replace you. the move is letting claude handle the 80% of your side hustle that's repetitive busywork so you can go get more clients.
quick thing before we get into it. stacked is now twice a week. tuesdays are the same. the full issue with the signal, the builds, quick hits, all of it.
thursdays are new. this is THE BUILD. one system. one walkthrough. no news, no fluff. just something you can set up and use today. you're reading the first one right now.
🔧 THE BUILD: the claude freelancer system
this isn't three separate workflows. it's one system with three modules that work together. think of it like hiring an employee who never sleeps, never forgets, and costs $20/month. each module handles a different part of running a side hustle. together they turn claude into your business partner.
here's what the system does.
module 1: the proposal machine
a lead emails you. claude reads the email. researches their company. matches your best case study from notion. writes a full personalized proposal using your template. saves it as a gmail draft.
what used to take 45 minutes takes 90 seconds. you open gmail, tweak a sentence or two, hit send.
imagine sending 8 proposals a month and spending less than 15 minutes total writing them.
module 2: the invoice chaser
every friday, you tell claude to check your invoices in notion (or whatever software you use). anything unpaid and overdue gets a personalized follow-up email.
1-7 days late? friendly and warm. assumes they forgot.
8-14 days late? polite but direct. mentions the payment link.
15+ days? professional but firm. notes that work may pause.
every email uses the client's real name, the project name, and the exact dollar amount. no generic "just following up" garbage. saved as gmail drafts. you review and send.
the first invoice that actually gets paid from one of these follow-ups covers your claude subscription for the entire year.
module 3: the content scout
monday morning. you tell claude your niche. it searches the web for what's trending right now. checks your notion content calendar so you don't repeat yourself. hands you 3 post ideas with hooks already written.
one for linkedin. one for X. one for instagram or your newsletter.
no more staring at a blank screen wondering what to post. you wake up to a content plan.
📊 THE MATH
one time setup: 35 minutes total (all three modules)
time saved: 10-17 hours every month
that's 120-200 hours a year. from 35 minutes of work.
total cost: $20/month. claude pro. no other subscriptions. no hardware. no API keys. no code.
tools used: claude pro + gmail connector + notion connector + web search. all built in. all one-click setup.
if those extra hours let you take on even one more client per month, the ROI isn't a percentage. it's a multiple.
the blueprint
i built the full setup guide. it's called the claude freelancer system.
every notion database column. every prompt. every connector. step by step. the kind of guide you could set up on a saturday morning with your coffee.
it's attached to this email as a PDF. click below, download it, and go build.
if you set this up and it works, reply and tell me.
if it breaks, tell me that too. i'll help you fix it.
one more thing. i build these around what you actually need. not what i think is cool.
so tell me. what tool do you wish had a system like this? what's eating your time every week that you'd love to hand off to claude? reply to this email with one word or one sentence. i'll build the next one around whatever comes up the most.
see you tuesday.
— zack
your friends are manually writing proposals at 11 PM. that's embarrassing. help them out.
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