Find clients on Reddit, X and Threads · Updated October 2026

How to get clients as an AI automation agency

Quick answer: the fastest way for AI and automation agencies to get clients is to answer people who are already asking. They post in r/AI_Agents, r/automation, r/nocode every day and ask their followers the same thing on X. Watch those places, spot the posts with buying intent, and reply within the first hour with a useful answer.

Right now the 6 subreddits below have 20.4M members and about 256 new posts a day between them. Leadhoot data, refreshed hourly.

Subreddits to watch

What a buyer post looks like

  • r/AI_Agents · example

    I spend 6 hours a week copying leads from email into our CRM. Is there an AI that can do this?

    High buyer intent

  • X · example

    Looking for someone to automate our lead intake with Zapier or n8n plus an LLM. Paid project.

    High buyer intent

  • Threads · example

    is there someone who sets up AI automations for small businesses? drowning in manual admin

    High buyer intent

Illustrative examples of the kind of post to look for.

Phrases that mean someone is ready to hire

  • “automate this workflow”
  • “is there an AI that can”
  • “spend hours every week on”
  • “Zapier keeps breaking”

How to reply without getting removed

Hours-per-week posts give you the ROI in their own words. Sketch the automation in two lines and offer to build it.

  1. 1Reply within the first hour. Early answers get read; the 40th comment does not.
  2. 2Answer the actual question in the thread before mentioning what you do.
  3. 3Disclose that you offer the service. Hidden promotion is what gets accounts banned.
  4. 4Never cold-DM. Let them message you after reading your answer.

Get these posts the minute they go up

Leadhoot watches r/AI_Agents, r/automation, r/nocode and searches X and Threads for your phrases, scores every post for buyer intent, and alerts you by email, or Slack on Agency.

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Common questions

The fastest channel is answering people who are already asking. Every day, people post in r/AI_Agents, r/automation, r/nocode and on X asking who to hire. Reply within the first hour with a specific answer and say what you do. Right now the 6 subreddits below have 20.4M members and about 256 new posts a day between them. Hours-per-week posts give you the ROI in their own words. Sketch the automation in two lines and offer to build it.

Yes. People post in r/AI_Agents, r/automation, r/nocode and similar subreddits asking for exactly this kind of help. The ones who reply first with a useful answer win the work.

Start with r/AI_Agents, r/automation, r/nocode, r/smallbusiness, r/Entrepreneur, r/ChatGPT. Keep the ones where posts regularly ask for recommendations or quotes.

Yes. The same requests show up on X and Threads, usually from founders and small business owners asking their followers for a recommendation, like "Looking for someone to automate our lead intake with Zapier or n8n plus an LLM. Paid project." Search for the phrases above, sort by latest, and reply publicly the same day.

F5Bot is free and emails you every keyword match. AI-scored tools filter out the noise: Leadhoot (from $39 a month) scores every post 0–100 for buyer intent and also covers X and Threads. A full comparison is in our guide to the best Reddit tools for freelancers.

You will if you post ads or send unsolicited DMs. Answer the question in public, be specific, and mention what you do only when it is relevant. Read each subreddit's rules first.

Reply within the first hour while the thread has few comments. Leadhoot watches the subreddits for you, scores every new post 0–100 for buyer intent and alerts you by email (Slack on Agency) within a minute.

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