This OpenClaw setup is replacing $27K/mo in work

I spent $1,000 setting up AI agents. They’re now replacing $27,000/month in work. That’s a 27:1 ROI—and compounding.

Here’s what’s actually driving revenue.

1. AI-Written Articles = 100K+ Views Each

I have an agent that writes long-form articles for me.

Recent posts:
67K views.
101K views.
86K views.
85K views.

The one I mostly wrote myself? 6.6K. The agent handles 99% of it. I tweak the hook and title.

It identifies high-converting keywords (like “Reddit marketing agency”), routes traffic to the right landing page, and we’re converting at 17.5% to lead on some of those terms.

SEO + social distribution.
Zero human coordination.
All connected.

2. The “Deal Manufacturer”

This one goes through our CRM and sales transcripts daily.

It tells me:
– Which stalled deals to revive
– Which lost deals to re-approach
– Which angle to use
– Drafts the email

It booked me a meeting with a multi-trillion-dollar company.

Every day, I get a “deal of the day.”
Every day, I get a “connection of the day.”

That’s direct pipeline impact.

3. Automated Content Repurposing

Upload a YouTube transcript.

It rewrites it for X.
Then LinkedIn.
Then newsletter sections.

One repurposed post:
8,500 views.
213 bookmarks.

Something my team said would take a week? Done in minutes.

4. Recruiting While I Sleep

My recruiting agent sources candidates daily.

I approve or reject. It learns.
Standards improve over time.

Machines handle the grunt work.
Humans stay in the loop.

Better people = more revenue.

5. The Daily AI Roundtable

Here’s the real unlock:

All agents talk to each other every morning.

SEO (Oracle).
Social (Flash).
Sales (Arrow).
Recruiting (Cyborg).

They share context.
No duplication.
No silos.

Even when I’m asleep, they’re compounding.

I discuss this more in detail in this video.

This isn’t about replacing people. It’s about building an AI chief of staff that executes 24/7. If you’re not experimenting with this now, you’re already behind.

And if you want help implementing AI into your marketing, sales, and growth systems, my team at Single Grain can help you design and deploy it the right way. We’re already building this internally.

Don’t wait until your competitors figure it out first.

To compounding leverage,
Eric Siu

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