Last Black Friday I ran a daily deals sale, with a full page of details about every daily offer so people could plan what to buy and when. I pieced it together with Airtable, with AI helping on some of the pages. It was semi-automatic, but it was an absolute TON of work, and because I'd left the planning too late, it really stressed me out. The sale went well, but I didn't want to feel like that again.
This year I've run three daily deals sales, and each time I've handed more of it to Claude. Now Claude helps me choose what goes on sale, locks in a day-by-day plan, drafts the emails to a set daily layout for that sale, and builds a sale page that changes deal by itself every day. This year, my Black Friday was mostly planned by mid-October, which for a last-minute person like me is a first!
Ruth
One project per sale, one step per chat
I run each sale in its own Claude project, with instructions so every chat inside it knows the sale. Then I work through my Flash Sale AI Command Centre (an AI tool I created for myself and my Aligned AI Lab members), one step per chat, and each step saves a file back into the project.
- Claude interviews me and shortlists what could go on sale. It already knows my offers and prices, so it fills in the blanks.
- It asks me the decisions one at a time (how many days, which deal goes when) then locks in a day-by-day plan.
- We agree one repeating email layout, then it drafts every email to that shape. I edit them and send them to Kit as drafts.
- It builds the sale page from the plan. The page is programmed to switch to the next deal by itself each day.
- It turns everything into an action plan with a calendar, so I'm not doing it all the night before.
I still choose the offers, edit every email, set the deadlines on my checkouts, and press publish.
It starts from what I actually sell
I trained Claude on my business first, creating what I call my "Business Brain": my voice, my offers and prices, my brand visuals. So it starts from what I actually sell and how I actually talk.
Then I edit every email by talking my changes out loud, and run my sales copy through my Sales Copy Sharpener skill (available inside the Aligned AI Lab), which checks whether it would actually make someone buy, not just whether it sounds "nice".
“The final word on the offers and the emails. Claude can shortlist what goes on sale and draft every email, but I choose what my people are offered and I edit every email before it goes. I always say Claude is my helper, but I'm the visionary behind the business. I know my offers and clients best.”
What Ruth would never hand over