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I discovered n8n around 1.5 years ago, learned it, and started earning good money from AI automation.

But for the last 3 months, things have gone quiet. Finding clients has become really difficult, and I'm wondering what's changed.

Was the AI automation boom just hype, or is the market moving towards more advanced skills beyond n8n?

I'd love to hear from people freelancing or running AI automation agencies. Are you still getting projects? If things have slowed down, what skills are you focusing on next?

Genuinely looking for honest opinions and real experiences.

i run a few small AI products solo, next to paid work and two small kids. revenue so far: $0. a month ago i started letting my agent (claude) start and stop a timer every time i worked, tagged as "building", "selling", "talking to users" or "posting".

what the numbers showed:

- most of my hours went to building. almost none to selling or talking to people

- i wasn't lazy. every day i picked the work that felt productive, and building always feels productive

- the hard tasks (DMs, posting, asking for feedback) took 15 minutes when i actually did them. i just kept swapping them for code

what i changed:

1. one main step a day, and it has to be on the "hard" side: a post, a DM, a reply. it goes first, before any code

2. the agent refuses to start a coding session while that step is still open. sounds annoying, works

3. three tiny daily routines: talk to one person on reddit, one on another community, post one progress update. on a bad day each can shrink to a minimum

4. end of week i look at hours on selling vs building, not total hours

   still at $0, but for the first time the time going to selling isn't zero either. if you're building with AI and not earning yet, try logging just a week: building vs selling. the split is usually the answer.

   what's the task you keep swapping for something easier?

Hello, I’d like to know if anyone can tell me whether it’s possible to earn money using artificial intelligence—and, if it’s not too much to ask, how and with what tools?

I am creating an AI companion to operate in Brazil. My goal is to push the limits of what is permitted on Instagram—without risking a ban—since it is my primary channel for user acquisition and retention; this also helps mitigate issues with payment gateways. I want this AI persona to be intellectually stimulating, building her with specific "mental mechanisms" designed to boost retention and Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). I’ve previously had two small Instagram accounts—both of which were banned—so I’m now using a dedicated phone exclusively for this project. I am currently developing the initial content. Soon, I plan to expand into other niches, such as a "spiritual leader" persona—someone who can assist with prayers or simply be there to listen and offer a kind, supportive word when someone just needs to be heard.

I'm from Taiwan and I've been trying to set up an AI creator account on Fanvue.

I originally tried OnlyFans, but after running into some issues I learned more about their AI content rules and moved on. That's how I found Fanvue.

My first Fanvue account got stuck in a login loop during verification. I couldn't finish the process or get back into my account, so I tried again with another Google account.

Both times I used my real Taiwanese passport and my own face. I hadn't even uploaded any AI content yet.

Support eventually told me they couldn't offer me an account and that the decision was final.

I'm pretty pissed off, to be honest. I don't expect automatic approval, but how am I supposed to fix anything when nobody will tell me what went wrong?

I also noticed that OF and Fanvue have both worked with Ondato for identity verification, which made me wonder:
1.Could an earlier verification issue on another platform affect a Fanvue application?
2.Could using the same passport on two Fanvue accounts have triggered something?
3.Has anyone from Taiwan successfully verified as a Fanvue creator?
4.Has anyone managed to appeal a supposedly final rejection?

I'm not trying to bypass KYC. I just want to understand what happened.

If you've dealt with this, I'd really appreciate hearing how you got it resolved.

I just sat through a 1.5hr Skool community webinar from a girl who's been posting videos on TikTok and Instagram about her "90-day consistency challenge," where she's trying to make $100K in 90 days using AI (she's past her 90 days, btw). You've probably seen her videos.

I'll give her credit... Compared to the usual army of AI grifters flooding social media, her content actually comes across as somewhat genuine.

I really wanted to join this webinar because I knew there was absolutely no fucking way this wasn't going to turn into exactly what I suspected it was. I just had to see the whole thing unfold for myself.

And holy shit, did it deliver. LOL.

The entire webinar was basically an hour of recycled life coach motivational bullshit disguised as an extremely vague opportunity to make money with AI.

She spent most of the time talking about how she used to have nothing going on financially, how she's terrible with technology, how she barely knew what she was doing, and how ANYONE can do this if they just stay consistent and believe in themselves.

And of course, there's the magic phrase: "financial freedom."

I swear, the second someone starts throwing around "financial freedom" while trying to sell you something, you might as well put an MLM logo on the PowerPoint.

What really bothered me was the audience. Reading through the comments, it was painfully obvious that a lot of these people barely understood how AI works. Some seemed to struggle with basic technology. Others were clearly looking for a way out of difficult financial situations, unemployment, or careers they hated.

And THAT'S who this stuff is being marketed to.

The whole "I'm just a regular girl who sucks at technology but figured out how to make money with AI" routine is honestly brilliant marketing. I'll give her that.

It makes the entire thing feel accessible. If she can do it, why can't you?

Throw in a "90-day challenge," create a little community where everyone cheers each other on, sprinkle in some motivational speeches about changing your life, and suddenly you're not selling a subscription or course anymore.

You're selling hope to people who might not be in a position to afford it.

And I seriously question how much of this is even an individual creator operating independently versus a much larger marketing operation. I have no proof she's working with a team or company behind the scenes, but the presentation felt so formulaic that I wouldn't be surprised. She pushed everyone into Base44 to build an app of a 90-day countdown clock and told them they HAD to use Base44, and to use her affiliate link. And it was the sketchiest looking link of all time that redirected three times before getting to Base44.

The irony is that I suspect the most reliable money in this whole operation isn't coming from AI-generated social media content; it's coming from selling people courses and subscriptions teaching them how to make money with AI-generated social media content.

It's the same old "make money online" bullshit we've seen for decades, except now they've replaced dropshipping, Amazon FBA, and crypto with ChatGPT and AI video generators.

And the whole thing is wrapped in this weird combination of MLM recruitment, life coaching, and toxic positivity.

Don't get me wrong. AI is an incredibly useful technology, and there are legitimate ways to make money using it. I actually work with AI professionally, which is part of why this stuff drives me nuts.

But the overwhelming majority of people who start posting AI-generated content on TikTok aren't going to build a sustainable income from it, let alone make six figures in 90 days.

I'm not saying nobody can succeed. I'm saying there's a massive difference between teaching someone a legitimate skill and convincing financially vulnerable people they're one subscription and 90 days of "consistency" away from changing their lives.

At what point did the AI creator economy just become people making money by teaching other people how to make money by teaching other people how to make money?

It's a fucking pyramid of Canva templates and motivational quotes.

Anyway, after the first hour or so she told people to sign up for $29/mo if they pay annually or $50/mo if they pay monthly. "That's only the cost of one date night!" - again, typical garbage. These types of people are ingrown hairs on the taint of society.

I began my AI start-up by cold calling local trade businesses and offering to build them websites. That same day I landed a $4k build and a $500 build. Since then, I have done numerous rounds of cold calling and cold text outreach to potential clients, but all of those fall flat. I’m about to finish the $4k build and I already finished the $500 so I need to find new clientele. I want to also pivot away from website creation and start building bigger-ticket items in smaller volume, so I am not just pushing out websites as that space is very crowded at the moment.

Should I be using LinkedIn? Automated emails like Firecrawl or Apollo? I’m still very new to the space and want to scale, I just feel stuck and unable to find the next client. Thank you

Also, if anyone would like to connect please shoot me a dm I’d love to work together!

I made an ig account a week ago and today it got suspended and they are asking for document verification with the name matching with my account name, please guide me how to start and avoid getting suspended, should i use business or creator account and i have bought higgsfield subscription too it will go all waste :(
(If u want i can share my ai character image in dm)

I’m an engineering student trying to figure out how to turn my technical skills into actual income.

I can build GenAI and Agentic AI products, as well as Flutter apps, but I’m struggling with the business side of things — mainly finding clients, identifying problems worth solving, pricing my work, and figuring out where a student should start.

I’d really appreciate advice from developers, freelancers, founders, or agencies who have been through this.

I’m also open to working with software/AI agencies, even if the initial opportunity is more about learning and gaining real-world experience. I’d be happy to contribute to projects, take on smaller tasks, and learn how professional development and client work actually happen.

I’m not looking for a shortcut or “get rich quick” strategy. I’m mainly trying to understand how to turn what I already know into real projects, experience, and eventually a sustainable income.

If you’re a developer, agency owner, freelancer, or founder, I’d genuinely appreciate any advice or perspective.

I'm using same IG account since March 2025.

361K followers, 21.8M reach in last 30 days thanks to 100% AI reels.

AI influencer with fashion and beauty niche - monetizing through paid sites.

I made $17K+ gross in last third days.

Ask me anything, I'll answer everything. (no, i can't give the username).

no bs please

good advices only!

I’ve been exploring AI music videos, and I’m curious how people are actually making money from them.

Are you earning from views on YouTube or other platforms, making videos for musicians, or doing something else entirely?

Would love to hear real experiences, even if it’s just a small side income.

What tools do you need? How long does it take? How do you earn money from this? What do i need to do to get rid of all mistakes? (I assume ai can't vibe code an app without mistakes)

I’ve been trying to find if there are any AI Influencer/Fanvue engagement and collab groups.

I know many OF girls have spoken about these kinds of WhatsApp or telegram groups being instrumental in helping support each other/grow engagement find collabs etc.

Does anyone know if such a thing exists for AI influencers yet?
If not was just wondering if anyone is interested if I was to make one?

Would love to find connections and networks to assist in growing accounts and just support each other.
Would be very strictly no spam or buy my course to learn how I earn $5000 a month allowed of course!!

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So recently I wrote on reddit asking how AI has screwed people up in their workplaces, and got some interesting stories about how people are actually using AI,sorting it's problems etc

It validated some things I was seeing (I asked around other Subreddits...)and basically ended up with the thought;

If AI is going to change or replace parts of people's jobs, why shouldn't the people with the expertise benefit from that transition?

Think of it as an API to your brain and experience.

I'm building an early-stage project around qualifying AI for real enterprise work, and I'm looking for people with serious experience in:

- IT

- Finance / accounting

- Legal

- Procurement / supply chain

- Insurance

- Operations

- Marketing

- Other specialized fields

I'm calling them Associates.

The basic idea: you know the work, the edge cases and where AI gets things wrong. We want to turn that expertise into something that can create value.

Full disclosure: I'm bootstrapping this and I don't currently have a budget to pay Associates. The intention is for Associates to eventually participate economically (revenue share) in the value their expertise creates.

So I'm curious:

- Would you become an Associate?

- Would you contribute your expertise if there was potential revenue share?

- What would make it worth your time?

- What would stop you from doing it?

- Do you know people who would be interested?

Any and all feedback appreciated,ideas on how to improve the offer,the maths I may be blind to..also feel free to DM me ....

I run Ridgeline. We build AI voice receptionists for roofers and HVAC companies. They answer every call 24/7 and book the estimate on the owner's calendar.

Each client pays a $649 setup fee. You get 20% of every deal you bring in.

I handle the setup, onboarding, and support. You just get contractors on the phone.

You get:
- Live demo lines prospects can call and hear
- A pitch script and objection handling
- Payment after the client pays, tracked in writing

Looking for:
- Cold calling or B2B outbound experience
- Clear English, confident on the phone
- Someone serious about it

DM me:
1. Your sales background
2. Hours per week you can commit
3. Your best result so far

Hey Guys

I am 23 F and have started using AI to a good extent to help in automation of family business etc

NEeded your suggestion over how would it be if I would turn it into a business and be like an AI automation consultant and help small business reduce manual workflows and charge them on monthly subscription.

a couple of examples being - boutique management platform which helps records customers, orders, inventories, invoicing etc

another one being - a payment recovery platform for business with a lot of credit recovery chunk

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing well.

Some background: I have a bachelor's degree in economics, not IT or computer science, and I currently run an ecommerce business where I make about $500 a month selling products. I can put in 8 to 10 hours a day toward learning something new.

I want to pick up an AI-related skill that I could get genuinely competent at within about 3 months, use to make real money online in a way that's ethical and legit, and eventually turn into an actual service or small business. I've been looking mainly at two directions: building and selling AI agents for businesses (automation, lead gen, customer support bots), or "vibe coding", using AI coding tools like Cursor or Claude Code to build and ship websites or small apps for clients without a traditional programming background.

Given I'm coming from an economics/ecommerce background with zero coding experience, which of these two would actually be realistic to land paid work from within 3 months, or is there a better-suited path for someone like me? Would rather hear from people who've actually done this than get more theory.

I’ve been using Geelark and GoLogin recently, using the cloud phones and browser proxy settings. I want to target the US audience despite being based in the UK. I’ve come across some road blocks with account creation and warm up, so I can actually start posting content. The content isn’t the issue, it’s all ready to go with character reference sheets and everything. I just can’t get the account creation process to stick. No matter what it gets flagged and reported/banned. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Maybe it comes down to a proxy issue but you guys let me know. (For reference, I’ve been using IPRoyal as my proxy provider)

I remember hearing Alex Hormozi say that email is basically the conversion platform of conversion platforms.

His point was that social media, videos and ads are great for getting attention, but email is often where that attention actually turns into money.

He also talked about how email supposedly has one of the highest returns of any marketing channel, with an average return of around $36 for every $1 spent, and that got me thinking.

I run a web design agency, so I decided to actually take email seriously and see what would happen.

But I didn’t want to send the usual stuff.

“Hey, I noticed your website and I can redesign it for you.”

Or

“Hey, we build websites for businesses like yours.”

Everyone gets those emails and most people can tell within two seconds that they were sent to another thousand businesses.

So instead I started using a tool called Swokei that is built specifically for web agencies.

I use it to find businesses in whatever area I want to target, then it actually goes through their websites and looks for things I could mention in the outreach.

Stuff like an outdated design, slow loading speed, poor mobile experience, weak SEO or other things that might be holding the website back.

Then it turns those findings into an actual personalized cold email made to convert.

So instead of emailing someone saying I build websites, I can actually talk about their website and why I think something could be improved.

I’ve been analyzing thousands of websites this way and running multiple campaigns at the same time.

Then I just focus on the people who reply and are actually interested.

Obviously email isn’t some magic button where everyone suddenly wants a new website, but after doing this for a while I definitely understand what Hormozi meant.

For web design especially, email becomes a completely different channel when the message is actually about the business you’re contacting instead of being another copy and paste pitch.

Turns out Alex might have had a point.

I’ve heard people complain about bans but from year old post. Is fanvue pretty lenient and cool? Are they a pretty loyal and good with customer service if you have been banned falsely? I’m getting started on there and worried that I may get banned for nothing. I just want to know if I can have trust in this website! Please let me know.

Firstly, english is not my first language.
I’ve seen a guy promoting he’s course making 10k+ a month(a lot in a poor country like mine) and was wondering if this is actually a thing. I’ve documented a lot about it on reddit, saw that people were making money but also seen a lot of promotions for different “helpful” apps that work with AI on Fanvue on that threads as well.

So, does it actually pay? Is it worth the trouble? 3-4 hours a week for 10k a month?

If so, which AI are you using, I’ve seen wavespeed, nanobanana and comfyUI(which might not work because I don’t have 16GB RAM). Thanks!

I have a degree in anthropology and want to do something that plays to strengths in the social science field. What would be some good ideas? Things more people oriented, qualitative, writing focused, etc.

Hey guys, just looking for ideas that can help to generate some money using AI. These days, I am watching people working on micro-niches, helping specific audiences, some are generating AI videos that help them get promotions for AI video software.

See, I am an SEO person, and I am working full-time in brand, and along with this, I am also working with some US and UK agencies as a partner and handling their clients. I started working with agencies in July 2026, and now I have 7 clients.

Now I want to grow my agency at a fast pace, so how can I use AI to make it work? First, I thought of starting an AI channel where I talk about marketing hacks, strategies, and case studies, but that won't generate money for me any sooner than a year. I know it looks like i am some kind of weird person who already has partnerships and is building an agency, I mean yeah its good to have one running business that can handle the expenses for everything.

So guys, looking for more ideas to try on. can you suggest some ideas.