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🧠 Real Talk: Burnout, Balance, and Why This Still Matters

Let me be straight with you for a second.

The last few months have been heavy.

I’ve been pushing close to 80-hour weeks—running three businesses, delivering content, traveling with my family, speaking at events, and doing all the things that are supposed to move the needle.

And yeah… I’m tired.

The last three weeks have been about getting my energy back. Resetting. Reflecting. Asking myself how to bring everything together without burning the whole thing down.

I didn’t become an entrepreneur to work nonstop. I did it to have more time with my family. And while I technically have that freedom, the reality is freedom without structure just turns into more work.

That “work one hour a day from anywhere” lifestyle people love to sell?
It’s real—but only after you build the teams, systems, and leadership to support it.

When you loosen the reins without reinforcing the systems, things slip. I felt that. Hard.

So I’ve been refocusing on one simple goal:
Get back to a 40-hour workweek… then 30—without losing momentum.

Because the mission still matters.

I genuinely believe businesses need better education around AI, automations, CRMs, funnels, and tech in general. Marketing and systems aren’t optional anymore. They’re the foundation. And I feel a responsibility to help make this stuff clearer, more practical, and actually usable.

That’s been my north star for a long time:
Help people keep moving forward.

A lot of you know my story. I never want anyone feeling stuck, alone, or unsupported. So every lesson I learn—especially the hard ones—I try to turn into something useful for you. A video. A newsletter. A workshop. An SOP. Anything that makes your job a little easier.

If one thing I share helps one person take a step forward, that’s a win. The ripple effect does the rest.

As I recalibrate and plan for the year ahead, a few things aren’t changing:

• This newsletter keeps delivering real, usable value

• The YouTube channel keeps growing (100k next year—ambitious, but we’re doing it)

• Everything I put out is designed to help you build smarter, not just faster

So as you go through this issue—whether it’s the HighLevel onboarding SOP, the Lovable payment flow, or the cool stuff I found—don’t just read it.

Pick one thing.
Apply it.
Keep moving.

That’s how momentum actually works.

-Nuno

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The 2025 Account Setup Protocol | SOP (Stop Breaking Client Websites)

If you’ve ever stared at a fresh GoHighLevel sub-account thinking “Cool. Now what?”—this update is basically your new best friend.

Here is the SOP : Click Here to Download

Because setting up a GoHighLevel account the right way isn’t about clicking random buttons until something works. It’s about sequencing. Order matters. Miss one step and you’re backtracking later, explaining to a client why emails aren’t sending or calendars aren’t booking (fun conversations… said no one).

This walkthrough finally lays out a clean, repeatable way to spin up a sub-account from absolute zero—whether it’s for yourself, a client, or your future SaaS empire.

Why this matters right now:

• Bad onboarding = confused clients

• Confused clients = churn

• Churn = you questioning your life choices at 11:47pm

This setup process fixes that.

Here’s the short version of what actually matters in this update—and why you should care.

You start where everyone should start but usually doesn’t: creating the sub-account properly.
Not cloning chaos. Not winging it. A clean sub-account, optionally with a snapshot loaded so you’re not reinventing the wheel every single time.

From there, the focus shifts to backend foundations before flashy stuff. That’s the big mindset shift here.

The core setup flow looks like this:

• Create the sub-account (client vs SaaS matters here—don’t gloss over it)

• Load a snapshot early so you’re not building from a blank void

• Physically enter the sub-account (yes, people miss this)

• Tackle the hardest thing first: domains

Domains are the boss battle of onboarding, so the strategy is simple:

• Always use subdomains (email, funnels, links, portals)

• Avoid touching a client’s main domain unless you’re 110% sure

• Use Cloudflare or GoDaddy whenever possible (future-you will thank you)

Email setup gets special attention—and for good reason.
This isn’t an inbox. It’s a sending engine. And if it’s misconfigured, deliverability tanks fast.

Key points you’re expected to actually respect:

• Professional email only (Google Workspace or Microsoft)

• Proper DNS records (SPF, DKIM, DMARC—yes, all of them)

• New domains need warming up (no blasting 10k emails on day one… ever)

Once email is locked in, everything else suddenly feels easy:

• Funnel/website domain

• Branded link domain (for calendars, emails, short links)

• Optional portal or membership domain (set it now, avoid pain later)

From there, onboarding becomes about momentum:

• Connect Google Business Profile (if local)

• Connect Facebook, Instagram, socials

• Schedule the first social post with the client

• Add team members early so calendars actually work

Calendars get handled the smart way:

• Make sure the actual user exists in the sub-account (huge gotcha)

• Connect Google Calendar

• Add Zoom or Meet

• Activate at least one working booking link before the call ends

Then comes the stuff that makes the account sticky:

• Business profile filled out correctly (this matters later for A2P)

• Custom values reviewed or filled

• Reputation setup for local businesses (first review collected live if possible)

Payments come last—for a reason:

• Stripe connected (one click, no drama)

• Simple test product

• Simple payment link

• Send it once so the client sees money move

By the time you’re done, the client can:

• Book appointments

• Send emails (properly)

• Post on social

• Collect reviews

• Take payments

That’s not “software access.” That’s value.

💡Pro Tip: If you are on the $97 plan, there’s a glitch that drives people crazy. When you create a sub-account, you (the agency owner) are not automatically added as a user. This means you can't set up calendars because the system thinks no one works there. The Fix: Go to Agency View > Settings > Team > Click your name > User Roles > Add yourself to that specific sub-account.

💸 How to Turn This Into Cash: Stop doing this for free. Package this exact process as a "VIP Tech Onboarding" service.

• The Pitch: "We handle the DNS, domain authentication, warm-up protocols, and A2P compliance so you don't get blocked by carriers."

• The Price: Charge a one-time $297 - $497 setup fee. It takes you 45 minutes; it saves them 3 weeks of YouTube hell.

Real talk: this setup isn’t sexy—but it’s the difference between a client who uses HighLevel and one who quietly disappears after week two.

Get the foundation right, and everything else (funnels, automations, AI) actually works the way it’s supposed to.

The "Impossible" Integration: Selling Lovable Apps with HighLevel Payments

You built something cool. An app. A directory. Whatever.
Now comes the scary part: charging for it without breaking things, leaking data, or duct-taping Stripe directly to your app and hoping for the best.

This walkthrough shows a cleaner move: let GoHighLevel do what it’s already good at—payments, subscriptions, workflows—and let your app focus on being the app.

This is the stack I actually use and recommend if you want to run automated and live webinars, deeply integrated with GoHighLevel, without duct-taping 37 tools together.

The idea is simple:
HighLevel handles the money and the logic.
Your app just reacts.

Here’s the flow that actually matters.

You sell from your app (or landing page), but when someone clicks Buy, they’re sent to a HighLevel order form. That’s where:

• The product lives

• The subscription is created (trial, recurring, whatever)

• Stripe does its thing inside a battle-tested environment

Once payment succeeds, HighLevel fires a workflow:

• Tags the contact

• Triggers a webhook

• Sends only the minimum required data (name + email) back to your app

No payment data touching your app.
No security nightmares.
No explaining to users why things feel sketchy.

From there, the app:

• Creates the user

• Logs them in

• Redirects them back with a “you’re in” moment

• Sends onboarding instructions automatically

That’s the entry side.

The smart part is the exit.

Instead of letting cancellations turn into emails, tickets, or angry DMs, the setup adds a cancel option inside the app itself. When a user clicks cancel:

• The app sends a webhook back to HighLevel

• HighLevel removes tags, flags the account, and notifies you

• You capture the cancellation reason automatically

Is it 100% hands-off auto-cancel? Not yet.
Is it controlled, trackable, and scalable? Absolutely.

And the flexibility here is underrated:

• Want to give free access? Apply a tag.

• Want multiple plans? Same logic, different products.

• Want form-based access instead of payments? Trigger the same workflow.

Once you understand this pattern—HighLevel as the system of record, your app as the interface—you can bolt payments onto almost anything without rebuilding the wheel every time.

Pro Tip:
Don’t over-send data through webhooks. Name and email are usually enough. The less you pass around, the fewer things break—and the fewer security headaches you inherit later.

The big takeaway isn’t “how to connect Lovable to HighLevel.”
It’s realizing you don’t need to trust every new app builder with money logic just to start charging.

You keep payments centralized.
You keep workflows visible.
You keep control.

💸 How to Turn This Into Cash: The "Micro-SaaS Launcher" Package. Clients are dying to launch little AI tools or directories but get stuck on the billing tech stack.

• The Pitch: "We build your custom AI tool and handle all the billing/subscription management so you don't need a developer."

• The Price: Charge $2,500 setup to build the simple Lovable app + the HighLevel backend, then keep them on your SaaS for the billing engine.

And yes… this also quietly unlocks another paid setup opportunity if you’re doing this for clients—but we’ll keep that part short this time 😄

AI video didn’t just inch forward this week—it tripped, spilled garlic everywhere, and somehow still landed on its feet.

Between Kling’s five-day launch spree, Runway flexing Gen 4.5, and Google quietly turning Gmail into an agent playground, the takeaway is simple: AI video and agents are becoming a full stack, not a feature.

What Actually Mattered This Week

• Kling 01 wants to be the Nano Banana of video
  True multimodal input—text, images, and video mashed together. It can do impressive edits (like swapping a book for a glowing tablet mid-video)… but you’ll probably prompt it 5–10 times to get what you want.

• Kling Video 2.6 (with native audio)
  This is the real upgrade. Audio is generated with the video, not stitched on later. Lip-sync and timing still get uncanny, but it’s a meaningful step toward usable AI video with sound.

• Runway Gen 4.5 (tease only)
  Not released yet, but early demos look scary good. Leaderboards might be exaggerating the gap, but visually? It’s very much “oh… this is next.”

• Google Workspace Studio
  Agents are now being built by typing sentences like:
  “If an email contains a question, label it and notify me in chat.”
  Gmail + Gemini + workflows = Zapier vibes, but native. This is how agents quietly go mainstream.

• Model chaos continues
  DeepSeek, Mistral, Gemini Deepthink—all showing the same pattern: cheaper training, smaller models, near-state-of-the-art results. The “best model” crown is officially unstable.

The Bigger Pattern

AI tools are no longer asking “what should I generate?”
They’re asking “where does this plug into your workflow?”

Creation → editing → audio → automation → distribution.
That’s the stack now.

💸 How to Make Cash

Stop treating this like “AI news” and start treating it like a service.

Package this as AI Video & Workflow Enablement for businesses that want speed without learning five new tools.

The pitch:
“We help you generate, edit, and deploy AI video content—and wire it into your existing workflows so it actually gets used.”

The price:

• $297–$497 for setup (tools, workflows, templates)

• Ongoing monthly retainers for content + automation if you want to go deeper

You’re not selling models.
You’re selling output without the headache.

💡Pro Tip

Don’t chase the “best” video model.
Build a repeatable generation → edit → deploy flow.

Models will change every few weeks.
Your workflow is what compounds.

💰Millionaire Blueprint (Still Holds Up)

Millionaire Blueprint (Still Holds Up)

Alex Hormozi dropped this last year, and honestly… it’s still some of the cleanest thinking on money and business out there.

The part that sticks:
Most people don’t fail because they pick the wrong thing.
They fail because they never stick with one thing long enough.

One avatar.
One product.
One channel.

Build the foundation slow, or you end up rebuilding it later (and later is more expensive).

Not hype.
Not trends.
Just fundamentals that don’t age.

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Keep watching, keep learning, and keep moving forward!!

Nuno