Free: the AI Automation Starter Checklist for freelancers & VAs

• 1. Draft email replies with AI templates — save 2+ hours/week, keep a human in the loop
• 2. Automate lead capture into your CRM — one n8n/Zapier trigger to start (form → sheet)
• 3. Publish content from AI briefs — target buyer-intent questions, not keywords
• 4. Schedule content automatically — consistency beats intensity for organic reach
• 5. Add an AI chat widget — answer FAQs 24/7, route complex questions to a human
• 6. Run a monthly AI-visibility check — is your brand in ChatGPT/Perplexity answers?
• 7. Build a small prompt library — prompts are assets, not throwaways

Each item includes a step-by-step action plan. This is the same checklist we use to scope client automation projects at TopToDay.