7 Ways I Use Claude Code To Run My Business (Feels Like Cheating)

I built a tool that scans my LinkedIn connections, Gmail, calendar, CRM, and past sales calls to surface the best deals I should be going after. It ranks opportunities, suggests angles, and even drafts outreach. I built the whole thing in under an hour using Claude Code. In this video, I break down how it works and how you can build the same kind of deal-sourcing system for your own business without being an expert coder. Chapters (00:00) AI Deal Sourcer Overview (00:34) Real Deal Sourcing Story (01:21) Strategic Deal Analysis (02:45) Monetizing Your Network (03:46) Claude Code Walkthrough (04:07) Real-Time Deal Triggers (05:42) LinkedIn And Gmail Integration (07:09) AI Outreach And Angles (09:01) Scaling Relationships With AI

👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe This time last year, this kind of SEO work would’ve taken a full team. In the last 24 hours, I used AI to generate 132 production-grade SEO pages, saving roughly $45,000 and weeks of execution time. All in about 2 hours. In this video, I show exactly how I’m doing it using an AI agent—breaking down the math, the tool stack, and the reusable prompt that makes this repeatable. This isn’t a demo or AI hype. These are real systems I’m running inside my business right now—the same workflows my agency normally charges for. Chapters 0:00 AI Content Generation Secrets Revealed 0:27 Cost Breakdown of SEO Content Work 1:23 Introducing the Manis AI Tool 2:45 Demonstrating Content Generation Process 4:41 Creating Reusable Prompt Template 6:57 Saving Thousands with AI Content Strategy 8:01 Applying AI Tool to Another Project 10:38 Expanding AI Content Possibilities 13:54 Refining and Improving AI-Generated Content 15:35 Final Content Generation and Review How to Connect IG: / ericosiu X: / ericosiu 👉 Get 25k Words of AI-Powered SEO Content: https://clickflow.com/ 👉 Single Grain - Ad Agency focused on innovation https://www.singlegrain.com

👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe This time last year my coding knowledge was zero. But in the last few weeks, I’ve used AI to revive lost deals, flag churn risk, repurpose all my content, and build a full go-to-market strategy. All using Claude Code. This video shows how I’m building real revenue systems inside my business and how YOU can do it too at the same level as an expert coder Chapters 00:00 AI Without Coding 00:27 Deal Reviver System 03:39 CRM Deal Analysis 06:17 Stalled Deal Alerts 08:00 Content Repurposing AI 10:35 SEO Opportunity Engine 12:04 Churn Risk Monitoring 13:11 AI Go-To-Market Strategy How to Connect IG: / ericosiu X: / ericosiu 👉 Get 25k Words of AI-Powered SEO Content: https://clickflow.com/ 👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👉 Single Grain - Ad Agency focused on innovation https://www.singlegrain.com

👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe I don’t know how to code. But in one week, I built systems that used to require an entire engineering team. In this video, I break down how I used Claude Code to build: ⬛ A Slackbot that knows everything about my business and content ⬛ A churn risk system that flags problems before customers leave ⬛ An account expansion coach that surfaces upsell opportunities automatically This isn’t theory. These systems are live, compounding, and already changing how my company operates. If you’re a founder, leader, or operator who thinks “code isn’t for me,” this will completely change how you think about what’s possible right now. Chapter 00:00 Cloud Code Changes Everything 00:41 The Limits of Human Bandwidth 00:55 What Cloud Code Really Is 01:46 Why Coding Skills Are Obsolete 03:27 Leaders Must Act Now 03:30 The Hivemind Slackbot 05:20 Real-Time Churn Detection 07:53 Account Expansion Opportunities 09:44 AI Bots Across The Business 11:26 Avoiding AI Busywork 12:46 Reviving Lost Deals Automatically 14:05 Cloud Code vs Automation Tools 15:28 Cloud Code Teaches You 16:10 Why Waiting Is Dangerous How to Connect IG: / ericosiu X: / ericosiu 👉 Get 25k Words of AI-Powered SEO Content: https://clickflow.com/ 👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👉 Single Grain - Ad Agency focused on innovation https://www.singlegrain.com

👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe I had dinner with a group of top founders last week. Almost all of them use AI daily. Not for hacks. For clarity. They’re using tools like Gemini to break down their entire marketing engine and see what actually drives revenue. This video walks through how the top 1% are doing it. 00:00 How Top Founders Use Gemini 00:52 10x Faster Research Strategy 02:08 Turn Meetings Into Insights 03:34 Let Data Drive Decisions 05:16 Remove Content Bottlenecks 06:46 Hire AI-Fluent Marketers 07:31 Build AI-Powered SOPs 08:57 SEO Speed Wins Citations 09:25 Ask YouTube Studio For Strategy 10:00 Build Better Conference Decks 11:21 Lead Teams Through AI Change 12:14 Your One-Week Gemini Challenge How to Connect IG: / ericosiu X: / ericosiu 👉 Get 25k Words of AI-Powered SEO Content: https://clickflow.com/ 👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👉 Single Grain - Ad Agency focused on innovation https://www.singlegrain.com

In this episode, Eric breaks down the real SEO strategy they use for 9- and 10-figure brands: optimize beyond Google (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, YouTube, Reddit), protect visibility as AI Overviews reduce clicks, and win with content consolidation, AI Overview formatting, and multi-platform repurposing. You’ll also learn why brand sentiment and fresh updates matter more than ever, plus how programmatic SEO still works when humans stay in the loop. Key takeaways: -Search everywhere optimization beats Google-only SEO -AI Overview formatting can boost mentions fast -Consolidate, update, and delete to stay visible Chapters: (00:00) SEO 2026 strategy overview (00:29) Search everywhere optimization shift (01:34) AI Overviews clicks decline (03:12) Brand sentiment and citations (06:06) Content consolidation and deletion (08:20) AI Overview bullet optimization (09:27) Multi-platform content repurposing (13:20) Single Grain hiring note (13:52) Programmatic SEO still works (15:15) Track SEO to revenue

In this episode, Eric breaks down why your marketing is not working by diagnosing a real website completely cold. Using Amazon Photos versus Google Photos, we uncover the true root cause behind low conversion rates, generic positioning, weak offers, and high-friction calls to action. If you are doing over seven figures and feel like growth is stuck, this homepage teardown shows how unclear targeting, poor design, and scattered messaging quietly kill results and cap business growth. Key takeaways: -Why marketing feels stuck -Homepage mistakes are killing conversions -Design directly impacts trust Chapters: (00:00) Why marketing fails (00:22) Amazon Photos teardown (01:54) Google Photos comparison (03:00) Design and conversion (05:08) AI and marketing growth (06:48) Final diagnosis

👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Eric breaks down how to do AEO the right way, covering listicle outreach, high-value citations, Reddit community building, BOFU content, FAQs, proprietary data, brand monitoring, technical fixes, and scalable AI workflows. Using real examples from Single Grain, they show how answer engines rank content and how marketers can earn top placement across LLMs. Learn what matters now in answer engine optimization and how to future-proof your marketing strategy. KEY TAKEAWAYS • Win AEO with listicles, citations, and Reddit engagement • BOFU and guides outperform for answer engines • AI workflows unlock massive content scale CHAPTERS 00:00 What AEO Really Is 00:35 Listicle Outreach Strategy 01:17 Importance of Citations 02:04 Reddit Community Signals 02:53 BOFU Content and Guides 04:16 FAQs for AEO 04:45 Proprietary Data Advantages 05:11 Brand Mention Monitoring 05:35 Fixing Technical SEO 06:03 AI Workflows for Scale 07:05 Final AEO Framework How to Connect IG: / ericosiu X: / ericosiu 👉 Get 25k Words of AI-Powered SEO Content: https://clickflow.com/ 👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👉 Single Grain - Ad Agency focused on innovation https://www.singlegrain.com

👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe In this video, I break down the five systems quietly generating millions for our business: meeting notes AI that turns conversations into actions, an automated recruiting engine that screens candidates for us, a daily priority bot that scores performance, social-engagement agents that keep the flywheel turning, and email auto-drafters that cut response time in half. I walk you through the exact workflows, why they outperform hype-driven agents, and how you can set each one up this week. If you want to scale content, speed up hiring, boost productivity, and close more deals, these are the simplest wins you can deploy right now. 00:00 Flashy AI Agents vs Five “Boring” Automations 00:22 Automation #1: Compelling Ideas Notetaker (Using Lindy) 01:59 Turning Meeting Moments into High-Performing Posts 03:04 Automation #2: AI Recruiting Engine with Juicebox & Lindy 06:08 Automation #3: Daily Priority Coach for High-Leverage Work 08:00 Automation #4: Social Media Commenting Agent to Scale Engagement 09:37 Automation #5: Email Autodrafter with Superhuman 10:24 Faster Replies, More Deals: The Compounding Effect of “Boring” Systems 10:36 Why Boring AI Automations Scale While Flashy Tools Don’t How to Connect IG: / ericosiu X: / ericosiu 👉 Get 25k Words of AI-Powered SEO Content: https://clickflow.com/ 👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👉 Single Grain - Ad Agency focused on innovation https://www.singlegrain.com

👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe We made ONE stupid simple change to pages that were already ranking… and suddenly we started getting cited everywhere: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, nonstop. And yeah, it sounds too easy. But this is the new game. Clicks are dropping 20–30% across sites we’re seeing right now because people are getting answers without visiting your page. Ranking isn’t enough anymore. If AI is answering the query, the only pages that win are the ones it can extract and cite instantly. Key takeaways: • Clear H1 plus direct answer boosts AI citations • Short, scannable openings help LLMs extract answers • Optimizing top pages creates a compounding authority flywheel Chapters: 00:00 AI citations overview 00:20 Why clicks are declining 00:45 New game gets cited by AI 01:15 Why most pages fail 01:45 Clear H1 and fast answers 02:20 CNBC style bullet points 03:10 How to optimize pages 04:00 Tools and workflows 05:10 Business impact 06:00 Final strategy summary How to Connect IG: / ericosiu X: / ericosiu 👉 Get 25k Words of AI-Powered SEO Content: https://clickflow.com/ 👉 Growth Newsletter for top marketers: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👉 Single Grain - Ad Agency focused on innovation https://www.singlegrain.com