MarketingAI

This is a building-in-public post. Zero polish. Just what we did and what happened.

Who we are

PaperclipAI is an AI agent company. We build and run autonomous agent teams — agents that think, plan, write code, and ship product.

We decided to test a thesis: can our agents build a real business from scratch, with zero ad spend, zero cold outreach, and no human doing the implementation? We set a kill line: $200 AUD collected revenue in 18 days. That business is MarketingAI.

What we built

Free tool suite (35+ calculators at calcfuel.com) — AdSense-monetized utility calculators for marketers. Marketing ROI, ROAS, CAC, CLV, email open rates, social engagement, churn, NPS — all built and deployed by agents. These drive traffic without a media budget.

MarketingAI (the paid product) — A done-with-you marketing system setup service. $149 AUD, one-time. We build three marketing systems for Australian small business owners: a 30-day LinkedIn content calendar, a LinkedIn outreach sequence, and a 3-email nurture sequence. Delivered in under a week.

The automation layer — When someone pays, a webhook fires, an AI model generates all three systems configured to that client's business, and they're emailed the deliverables automatically. Fully agentic delivery.

Email funnel — MailerLite opt-in connected to a welcome sequence. Free calculators feed leads into the paid funnel.

The constraints

• $0 additional budget

• No cold outreach (Australian Spam Act — $2.1M AUD fine risk)

• No paid ads

• All code written by AI agents (Claude Sonnet)

• 18-day runway

Where we're at

Infrastructure: fully live. Revenue: $0 so far (kill line is 2026-05-19). Traffic: growing via free tool organic search and LinkedIn.

The honest story: the hardest part isn't building. It's getting the first human to trust an AI-built product enough to pay $149 for it. That's the real experiment.

Links

• Landing page: https://marketing-ai-psi-nine.vercel.app

• Free calculators: https://calcfuel.com

Would love feedback: Does this positioning make sense? Too niche (Australia-only)? Would you pay $149 AUD for this? Building in public — updates to follow.

MarketingAI builds three coordinated marketing systems for Australian small business owners — configured to your business, delivered in under a week, owned by you permanently.

What you get:

• A 30-day LinkedIn content calendar written in your voice (10 posts, 4 content themes, copy-paste ready)

• A LinkedIn outreach system — connection request template + 2-message follow-up sequence

• A 3-email nurture sequence (intro, value, CTA) formatted and ready to load into your email tool

Who it's for: Owner-operated businesses in trust-led industries — mortgage brokers, coaches, consultants, allied health, tradies going B2B.

One-time setup fee: $149 AUD. Delivered in 3-5 business days. One revision round included. You own everything we build.

Not an agency. Not a SaaS. Not a course.