Run a small service business's sales and web work with Claude
A owner uses Claude to build their service offer, write sales follow-ups, audit their website, and build a custom web app.
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- What they did
- The owner of a one-man permanent LED lighting installation business in Oregon says he uses Claude across core business tasks: shaping his service offer, writing sales follow-ups, auditing his website, and building a custom web app to visualize light placements on commercial buildings. In the thread and comments, he also says he is still handling lead tracking in a spreadsheet, is looking for lead-generation and CRM automation ideas, and asks others about connecting Claude to other tools and APIs.
- How it went
- The post reports breadth, not hard performance results: Claude is described as something he uses daily for both sales and web work. The clear gap is lead generation and automation, which he says he has not solved yet and is still exploring.
- Worth knowing
- A practical catch from the comments: he is still using a spreadsheet for pipeline tracking, with more automation planned only after lead volume becomes consistent.
Try it yourself with Claude
I run a [type of] service business at [website URL]. Help me write a clear service offer with 2-3 packages for [target customer], then draft three follow-up emails for leads who haven't replied after [timeframe]. Also audit my website copy, which I'll paste below, and list the top five fixes ranked by likely impact. Finish with a one-page summary I can act on this week.
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