n8n for agencies: where automation pays first
Start where manual work is weekly and painful: client reporting packs, status updates, and draft responses. Those three alone usually free a day of ops time.
Wire n8n to the tools you already live in: Slack, Google Sheets, your CRM, and the project tracker. Keep a human approval step on anything client-facing.
Measure hours saved and error rates for 30 days before expanding. Automation that isn't measured becomes another system to babysit.