Honest numbers: $120K year one, $35K best month - a counter-hype data point
A counter-hype data point from an 8-year automation veteran: about $120K in year one, one $35K month, typically $10-15K/month - earned by sitting in clients' offices for weeks to find the one expensive repeatable job (e.g. 20h/week invoice matching) before automating it. A useful antidote to guru '$300K/month' claims; the author also notes SMBs haggle four-figure retainers hard.