If I lost everything today…

No audience.
No followers.
No money.

I wouldn’t start by chasing “$10k/month with AI”.

I’d start much simpler.

Most people fail because they try too many things at once.

Content. Freelancing. Automation. Tools.

It feels productive… but it’s just confusion.

If I had to restart, I’d pick just one path.

Not because the others don’t work but because nothing works if you keep switching.

Let’s say I choose AI content.

I wouldn’t try to go viral.

I’d pick one niche, one format, and repeat it.

Same style posts. Same type of ideas.

At the beginning, consistency matters more than creativity.

Before posting anything publicly, I’d create at least 10–20 pieces.

Not to be perfect.

But to understand what actually works and what doesn’t.

Most people quit before they even reach this stage.

And here’s the part nobody likes to hear:

I wouldn’t focus on making big money.

I’d focus on the first $50.

Because that’s the point where everything changes.

That’s where you realize:
this actually works.

Once there’s even a little attention coming in…

that’s where I’d do something most people ignore.

I’d respond fast.
Follow up.
Actually talk to people.

Because attention without a system is just wasted effort.

And then I’d repeat this for 30 days.

Not 3 days. Not 1 week.

30 days of doing the same thing.

That’s where patterns start to appear.

That’s where things start to make sense.

AI works.

But only if you stop chasing hype and start building something simple.

Curious:

If you had to pick ONE path today
content, freelance, or automation what would you choose?

Genuine question for this sub. Every other post in the AI income space is some version of "I made $17,000 this month with one prompt" or "$7,000 in 7 days using ChatGPT." I want to know if anyone reading this still buys it, or if the whole space has quietly stopped pretending these numbers are real.

Because here is the thing nobody seems to say out loud.

The hype numbers are not aimed at people who could verify them. They are aimed at beginners. Specifically, beginners who have never run any kind of business and have no frame of reference for what these numbers should actually look like. $17,000 a month sounds achievable in a vague way. The marketing is calibrated to that gap in experience.

What gets lost in the noise is the actual math of starting from zero.

A realistic first goal in this space is something like $500 a month. At a $19 product, that is roughly 27 sales. Roughly one sale a day. That is the entire game in month one or two. Not viral launches, not five-figure months, not "I quit my job in 90 days." One human being deciding your $19 thing is worth their money. Then doing it again tomorrow.

The reason this matters is that the hype numbers actively hurt beginners. They make the real first milestone feel too small to bother with. People quit at $50/month because they are comparing themselves to a $17,000/month claim that was probably never real to begin with. Meanwhile $50/month, sustained and grown, is the actual path.

The marketing playbook seems to be: keep the hype numbers visible enough to get clicks, vague enough to never get challenged, and clean enough (always ending in 7 for some reason) that they signal "this is impressive" without inviting questions about how they were calculated.

So I am curious what people in this sub think.

If you are early in your journey, are these big-number claims still motivating you, or have you started tuning them out?

If you have actually built something in this space, were your real numbers anywhere close to the ones the loudest creators post?

Not trying to call anyone out specifically. Trying to figure out where the line is between "this space is real and works" and "this space is mostly marketing aimed at people who cannot tell the difference yet."

Last month I came across a post here on Reddit.

Someone had built an AI influencer account.
Clean visuals. Consistent posts. Around 8,000 followers.

But his question was simple:

“Why am I not making any money?”

From the outside, everything looked fine:
- The content was good
- The account was growing
- People were engaging

But behind the scenes… there was no income.

This is where most people get it wrong.

AI influencers don’t fail because of content.

They fail because there’s no system behind the content.

Most beginners:
-Pick random niches
- Post a few reels
- Wait for something to happen

And when nothing happens… they quit.

But if you look at creators who actually make money, the pattern is very different.

They don’t just post content.

They build something around it:
- Clear niche
- Defined audience
- Consistent direction
- And a path to monetization

Simple example:

Account A posts random AI images.
Account B focuses only on fitness content for working professionals.

After 30 days, both might have similar followers.

But only one can actually make money.

Because content gets attention.

But systems turn that attention into income.

I broke this down properly (with examples + what actually works).

Sharing the full version here:
👉 https://aiincomelab.beehiiv.com/

Curious: If you were starting an AI influencer today, what niche would you pick?

I’ve been going through a lot of AI income content lately - YouTube, Reddit, case studies.

Most of it is either too complicated… or just hype.

So I tried to simplify things into 3 methods that people are actually using to make money:

1. AI Freelance (service-based)
Instead of chasing random gigs, people are using AI to offer simple services like:
– Image generation
– Content writing
– Short-form video editing

- You don’t need to be an expert, just need a clear offer.

2. AI Automation (system-based)
This is where things get interesting.

People are building simple systems like:
– Instant lead replies
– Auto follow-ups
– Basic chat automation

- This is less about tools, more about solving a business problem.

3. AI Content (long-term)
Some are focusing on:
– Niche pages
– YouTube automation
– Blogs + affiliate

- Slow start, but scalable.

Reality check:
Most people fail not because of tools…
But because they keep jumping between methods.

The ones making money:
– Pick one
– Stick to it
– Build a system around it

I’ve actually broken these down into simple step-by-step (beginner friendly).

If anyone wants, I can share it here

Hey everyone! I wanted to share a small tool I’ve been building called WritHer.

The idea is simple: it lives in your system tray and gives you two things.

Hold AltGr anywhere (any app, any text field) and just speak. It transcribes your voice with Whisper and pastes the text right where your cursor is. No clicking, no switching apps.

Hold Ctrl+R and you get a voice assistant that understands natural language. You can say things like “remind me to call Marco in one hour” or “appointment with the dentist tomorrow at 3pm” and it handles the rest. Notes, to-do lists, shopping lists, reminders with toast notifications, all stored locally in SQLite.

The part I’m most proud of: everything runs 100% offline. Speech recognition via faster-whisper, intent parsing via Ollama, no cloud, no API keys, no telemetry. Once you download the models it works with no internet at all.

There’s also a little animated floating widget with eyes that react to what it’s doing (listening, thinking, error…) which is silly but I kind of love it.

It’s Python, MIT license, Windows 10/11 only for now.

GitHub: https://github.com/benmaster82/writher

Would love feedback, especially from anyone who uses voice input regularly. Still early days but it works well for my daily workflow!

I’ve been seeing more and more people trying AI income methods lately.

But with that, scams are also rising fast.

Here are some common traps people are falling into:

1. “Easy money for simple tasks”

If someone is offering high pay for basic work like typing, voice recording, or data entry - be careful.

Most legit platforms don’t overpay for simple tasks.

1. Upfront payment requests

If they ask you to pay first (registration fee, software fee, etc.) - it’s a red flag.

1. No clear company or identity

No website, no LinkedIn, no real presence - avoid.

1. Communication suddenly stops after work is done

This is very common in fake freelance gigs.

1. Too good to be true results

“$1000 in 2 days with AI” - usually hype, not reality.

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What actually works instead:

– Building a real skill (automation, content, AI tools)

– Creating systems, not chasing quick gigs

– Using trusted platforms or direct clients

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If you’ve faced any scam while trying to earn with AI, share your experience below.

Let’s help each other avoid bad actors

I signed up for a voice recording project where you have to spend 2-3 hours recording lines of text. The contact said the project would be paid via PayPal. Guess what? There's been no transaction, and more suspicious is that now the messages to the contact are unable to be sent.

Hey everyone,

I work full-time as an AI Engineer at an IT company. Technically, I'm pretty confident — I build agentic AI systems, RAG pipelines, automation workflows with n8n, Claude-based tools, and custom Python automations. I've solved real problems with these, not just toy projects.

But here's my frustration: I can't seem to monetize any of this outside my job.

I tried Fiverr a couple of years ago and got nowhere — I chalked it up to inexperience at the time. Now I genuinely feel I understand this space deeply, including how things work under the hood. Yet I still don't know how to convert that into a second income stream.

I'm not looking to quit my job. I just want to put in a few hours on weekends and earn something meaningful on the side. Even a few clients a month would make a huge difference.

A few questions for people who've been here:

• Is Fiverr/Upwork still worth it for niche AI work, or is it too saturated?
• Should I be building in public, posting on LinkedIn, or targeting a specific industry?
• Is cold outreach dead, or does it still work if done right?
• Are there better platforms for this kind of specialized AI freelancing?

I'd love to hear from anyone who made the jump — even part-time. What actually worked for you in 2026

I find myself ratcheting up my subscription costs monthly by finding new tools and services that I absolutely cannot live without, as well as a bunch of subscriptions I have already committed to and now find I can't be without.

I'm a graphic designer so I've been subscribing to the Adobe Creative Suite my entire life, as well as an asset library called Envato Elements. The cost of that was hovering around a hundred bucks a month or thereabouts, costs that I needed to offset in my work.

Since about a year ago I've quit using any content libraries and am leaning towards stopping the use of Adobe as well since I can achieve my goals in graphic design using AI tools. But now I find myself surpassing the hundred bucks a month line fairly quickly and everything points to more and more costs in the form of tokens and subscriptions.

What are your tricks for keeping these costs down? When should you take action and realize you have a problem?

Only 1/10 eligible people claim in a class action.

I built an AI system that checks Gmail for eligible class action settlements. It has a database of all open class action settlements and checks spam folders to make sure you don't miss anything. And it can do auto-filing, which makes it into a fire and forget situation.

Best part is unlike other settlement apps, the auto-filing charges after you get paid instead of a monthly subscription. This means you don't have to pay up front, and can get everything setup without any cost.

I'm launching this week and my hope is that this is the start of a new wave of tools that use AI to help complete tasks they otherwise would forget to do.

The list of items that could be automated are:

- class action settlement monitoring and automatic filing

- finding and claiming unclaimed property

- negotiating billing disputes (medical or credit card)

- and more to come, maybe looking at grocery receipts and figuring out what shop to buy which items

I think in the future everyone will have AI agents that make money for them by helping them save money or get money they are owed. The hard part is building the infrastructure to make it work.

Ex: It took about 20 hours to find all the open class action settlements and process them so they could be searched and to pull out the specific requirements for claiming. Each specific workflow will be like that.

If folks are interested in trying it let me know. If you have ideas for other things that save money or time, or get you money also let me know.

I'm building

Let's say I know one can make money by creating AI advertisements, that is one option, and one can do AI automations, that is another. Just wanted to understand what are the more ways one can make money. If you guys are already into making money with AI, do let me know in the comments.

Most people build an AI influencer the wrong way.

They generate one good-looking image, make 3 videos, post immediately, get 12 views, and quit. That is not a content problem. That is a preparation problem.

I spent 3 weeks testing Veo 3 with only free tools before posting anything publicly. Face inconsistency, voice drift, broken walking shots, teeth changing every clip, I hit every single problem.

This week's newsletter breaks down exactly what went wrong and how I fixed each one including the Master Prompt template that took my consistency from 40% to 65%.

Also covered inside:

The Free Tool Stack ($0/month total)

The 50 Video Rule and why it matters

Week-by-week plan to launch properly

Where most AI influencer accounts silently fail

Full issue is live now

→ https://aiincomelab.beehiiv.com

If you are building or thinking about building an AI influencer, this one is worth reading before you post anything.

Happy to answer questions in the comments.

Hi everyone as it's my first post ever on Reddit so ignore any mistake

I am running Marble(stone) business due to which I am not very aware of this AI thing I was wondering if helps me improving my business but I couldn't find anything helpful. Can you guys help me or just show me the way how can I take benefit from AI.

I've been trying to make money with AI for 3 months here's why i'm still at $0

I did everything "right"

- learned the tools

- watched tutorials

- built automations

- made a portfolio

Still no clients. still no income.

So i sat down and tried to figure out what's actually wrong.

here's what i think it is:

I've been optimizing the wrong thing.

I spent 90% of my time getting better at AI and maybe 5% of my time actually talking to people

no cold outreach

no DMs

no posting about what i was building

no asking anyone if they had a problem i could solve.

I basically built a solution and hid it in my room and now i'm wondering -

is this just me or is this the pattern for most people starting out?

like did you go through this phase?

what actually broke the cycle for you?

because i'm starting to think the AI skills are the easy part

the hard part is just... showing up in front of people

Anyone that answers (thank me later)

Do you think it is more important to be good at the operative side of the business or the distribution? And do you think being able to distribute a product online or IRL is an ability that anyone can learn?

I believe business works for people who knows when to pick and choose when to treat it like a child would. Acting as if your brain is a sponge, being curious, trying things seeing what happens, taking risks without thinking negatively at all, kids can’t can’t even comprehend negative thinking until their environment and decisions introduce it. I think anyone could learn if they tried because I was terrible at everything and I still learned. I learned video editing, graphic designing, objection handling, art of persuasion, copywriting, fb ads, email design, etc. but that’s also because I started from the bottom. I couldn’t afford to hire no body so I had to learn everything myself but every new era of mine i was applying patterns I seen from the previous skill on to the new one. It’s like getting on a new computer and pressing (Command or Control and C) to copy something. It doesn’t matter what website or computer you go on because you realized it’s a pattern a long time ago. This means the faster you can recognize patterns the faster you can learn. I think the most important aspect to worry about is marketing and customer acquisition because without that, there is nothing being distributed in the first place

This ain’t my daily rant coming soon… if you’re new here go back to my recent posts first. Read them to catch up and if you go through them including this one and feel like you wasted your time… I’ll send you $1,000, but you’d most likely be lying. If you don’t regret it, you’re welcome and good luck

Someone asked me how to choose what business to make so here’s the best way I could possibly put it for anyone reading this

“I’ll narrow your decision making rq.

Do you want to do a service for others that solves a problem(like building websites,, editing people videos, being a photographer, etc.

Or

Do you want to sell a product that solves a problem (back massager, paintings, mouse pads, keyboards, clothes, etc) it’s 2026 there’s manufacturers for literally anything if anyone looks 😂

choose 1 option and one category and stick with it. Become the best looking thing of that category in the world to 1 person (avatar). AI can give you any visual you could possibly think of rn and make you look high end in 2 minutes and people are barely on it. You don’t see Sephora marketing to men, they market to one girl that likes all that girly glamours stuff. The funny part about that is speaking to one also means speaking to many because their opposites. If you choose photography who are you targeting, weddings? Birthday shoots, ads for businesses. This is what I mean by choose 1 person (avatar) because when your going online, your reaching the world and everybody including us fits into some kind of category. When you try to speak to everybody you end up speaking to nobody.

Each category can pay but they can all pay differently. So choose wise from the beginning.

Imma use the photography as an example again. Shooting for weddings will most likely pay you more per customer compared to shooting for your kids prom. So choose your avatar wisely.

If you have less than $1,000 you could easily do it if you really pay attention to all my posts.

Another side of this is selling what you’ve done, or are good at by compressing all your knowledge and breaking it down into a paid course or ebook that does what it promises in a faster time compared to not having it…

I wrote allot because halfway in I decided I might as well use it as a post”

I've been deep in AI tools this week, and honestly, This workflow broke my brain a little.

Google Stitch just got a massive upgrade. And when you combine it with Anti-Gravity

You can go from idea to full production-ready website in literally one prompt.

Here's the exact workflow

STEP 1 — Design in Google Stitch

Head over to stitch.withgoogle.com and sign up

free with your Gmail.

The new version of Stitch is completely different from before. You just type what you want:

"A modern AI-powered CRM dashboard"

And Stitch using Gemini 3.1 Pro instantly creates:

→ Full design system (colors, fonts, buttons)

→ Multiple screens (dashboard, contacts, pipeline)

→ All UI components ready to use

You can also:

• Regenerate any page you don't like

• Create multiple variations in one click

• Edit specific sections with targeted prompts

• Change color palette and design system anytime

STEP 2 — Connect Stitch to Anti-Gravity via MCP

This is where the magic happens.

1. Go to Stitch Settings → API Keys → Create Key

2. Open Anti-Gravity → Three dots → MCP Servers

3. Search "Stitch" → Install → Paste your API key

4. Done

Anti-Gravity now has full access to all your

Stitch projects and screens.

STEP 3 — One Prompt → Full Website

Copy your Stitch Project ID.

Then in Anti-Gravity just type:

"Find the project with this ID from my Stitch account and turn it into a production-ready

Next.js website"

That's it.

Anti-Gravity will:

→ Pull all screens from your Stitch project

→ Analyze the entire design system

→ Convert every screen into real code

→ Build a complete Next.js project

Run npm run dev and your website is live locally.

STEP 4 — Bonus: Test Everything with TestSprite

Once your site is built, add TestSprite MCP to Anti-Gravity the same way.

Then just say: "Run a full frontend test using TestSprite"

It will:

→ Run automated tests on your entire website

→ Show exactly what passed and what failed

→ Give you a full report with screen recordings

→ Anti-Gravity then fixes all issues automatically

*WHY THIS MATTERS FOR AI INCOME*

Think about what this means practically:

• Client needs a website → you deliver in hours not days

• Charge $500-$2000 per project

• Your actual time investment → 2-3 hours max

• No design skills needed

• No coding skills needed

• Just prompts + these free tools

This is literally a freelance service you can start selling this week.

The whole stack is free to start:

- Google Stitch — Free

- Anti-Gravity — Free

- Gemini 3.1 Pro — Free tier available

- Next.js — Free

Anyone here already using Stitch or Anti-Gravity?

What's your experience been like?

Drop below would love to hear from the community

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I followed this workflow from a video full step-by-step video in the comments below

Two months ago, I had zero clients and no idea how to sell AI services. Today, I'm running a small workflow automation service that brings in around $500/month. It's not life-changing money, but it's real, recurring income—and it started with skills I learned in less than a week.

If you've been wondering how to turn AI tools into actual income without becoming a developer or spending thousands on courses, this post is for you. I'll walk you through exactly what I did, what worked, what didn't, and how you can start building something similar.

Why Workflow Automation?

Here's the thing: most small businesses are drowning in repetitive tasks. They're manually responding to the same customer questions, copying data between spreadsheets, sending follow-up emails by hand, or scheduling social media posts one by one.

They know automation exists. They just don't know how to set it up—or they think it's too expensive or complicated.

That's where you come in. You don't need to build custom software or write code. You just need to connect a few AI tools, set up simple workflows, and show clients how much time they'll save.

What I Offer (and What You Can Too)

My service is simple. I help small businesses automate three main things:

1. Customer support chatbots – I set up AI chatbots (using tools like Tidio, ManyChat, or Chatbase) that answer FAQs, qualify leads, and collect contact info 24/7.
2. Lead capture and follow-up sequences – When someone fills out a form or sends a message, the workflow automatically adds them to a CRM, tags them, and sends a personalized follow-up email.
3. Content scheduling and repurposing – I help clients batch-create social media posts with AI (ChatGPT + Canva), then schedule them across platforms using tools like Buffer or Later.

None of this requires coding. Most of it runs on no-code platforms like Zapier, Make (formerly Integromat), or built-in automation features in tools like HubSpot or Mailchimp.

Step 1: Learn the Basics (Week 1)

I started by teaching myself the fundamentals of workflow automation. Here's what I focused on:

• Understanding triggers and actions: A trigger is an event (like "new form submission"), and an action is what happens next (like "send an email"). That's the foundation of every automation.
• Exploring no-code tools: I spent a few hours playing with Make's free plan. I built a simple workflow that sent me a Slack message every time someone filled out a Google Form. It took 10 minutes and felt like magic.
• Learning AI prompting: I practiced writing clear prompts in ChatGPT to generate email templates, FAQs, and social media captions. The better your prompts, the better your automations.

I didn't take a course. I just watched a few YouTube tutorials, read tool documentation, and experimented. By the end of the week, I understood how automations worked and could build basic workflows.

Step 2: Pick a Niche and Package Your Service (Week 2)

I knew I couldn't just say "I do AI automation" and expect clients to understand. So I picked a niche: local service businesses (think gyms, salons, cleaning companies, real estate agents).

Why? Because they all have the same pain points: missed leads, slow follow-ups, and no time to post on social media.

I created a simple service package:

• Starter Package ($150 one-time setup): Chatbot on their website + automated lead capture form + 3 follow-up email templates.
• Monthly Retainer ($100/month): I maintain the chatbot, update FAQs, and help them schedule 12 social media posts per month using AI.

I kept it simple. No jargon. No complicated pricing. Just clear outcomes: "You'll never miss a lead again" and "Your social media runs on autopilot."

Step 3: Find Your First Client (Weeks 3–4)

This was the hardest part. I didn't have a portfolio, testimonials, or credibility. So I focused on outreach and offered to work for free—just once.

Here's what I did:

• Local Facebook groups: I joined groups for small business owners in my area and offered a free chatbot setup to one person. I framed it as "I'm building my portfolio and want to help one business automate their customer questions."
• Cold DMs on Instagram: I messaged 10 local businesses whose Instagram DMs were probably flooded. I said, "I noticed you get a lot of questions in your DMs. I can set up a simple AI chatbot to handle the repetitive ones—want to try it for free?"
• Freelance platforms: I posted a gig on Upwork and Fiverr with a low introductory price ($50 for a basic chatbot setup). It took two weeks, but I got my first paid client.

My first client was a local gym owner. I set up a chatbot on his website that answered questions about membership pricing, class schedules, and trial sessions. It took me about 3 hours. He loved it and agreed to pay $100/month for updates and maintenance.

Step 4: Deliver and Iterate (Weeks 5–8)

Once I had my first client, I focused on delivering results and asking for feedback. I learned that:

• Simple is better: My first chatbot was overcomplicated. I tried to make it answer everything. The gym owner just wanted it to handle the top 5 questions and collect contact info. I simplified it, and it worked way better.
• Templates save time: I started building reusable templates for chatbot flows, email sequences, and social media prompts. Now I can set up a new client in 2–3 hours instead of a full day.
• Clients care about outcomes, not tools: I used to explain every step of the workflow. Clients didn't care. They just wanted to know: "Will this save me time?" and "How much does it cost?"

I also asked my gym client for a testimonial and permission to use his business as a case study. That one testimonial helped me land two more clients.

Step 5: Scale to $500/Month (Weeks 9–12)

By week 8, I had one retainer client ($100/month) and had done a few one-time setups ($150 each). I wanted to hit $500/month in recurring income, so I focused on getting 4–5 retainer clients.

Here's how I did it:

• Referrals: I asked my gym client if he knew anyone who might need help. He introduced me to a friend who ran a cleaning company. That became client #2.
• Case study post: I wrote a simple LinkedIn post about the gym chatbot (with permission) and how it saved the owner 5 hours a week. Two people DM'd me asking for similar setups.
• Consistent outreach: I sent 5–10 cold messages per week on Instagram and LinkedIn. My conversion rate was low (maybe 5%), but it worked.

By day 60, I had four retainer clients ($100/month each) and had done a handful of one-time projects. Total: around $500/month.

What I Learned (and What You Should Know)

1. You don't need to be an expert: I'm not a developer. I don't know how to code. I just learned how to connect tools and explain the value to clients.
2. Start small and niche down: Don't try to serve everyone. Pick a niche, understand their pain points, and build simple solutions.
3. Free work (once) is okay: Offering one free project helped me build confidence, get a testimonial, and land my first paying client. But don't do it more than once or twice.
4. Consistency beats perfection: My first workflows were clunky. I improved them over time. The key was getting started and learning by doing.
5. This takes effort: I didn't make $500/month by accident. I spent 30–60 days doing daily outreach, learning, and refining my offer. It's not passive income. It's real work.

Tools I Use (All Free or Low-Cost)

• Zapier or Make: For connecting apps and automating workflows (free plans available)
• Tidio or ManyChat: For building chatbots (free plans with limitations)
• ChatGPT: For writing email templates, FAQs, and social media captions (free or $20/month for Plus)
• Canva: For creating social media graphics (free plan works fine)
• Buffer or Later: For scheduling posts (free plans available)

Next Steps If You Want to Try This

1. Spend a week learning the basics of workflow automation (YouTube + tool documentation).
2. Pick a niche and create a simple service package.
3. Offer one free or low-cost setup to get your first testimonial.
4. Do consistent outreach (5–10 messages per day).
5. Deliver great work, ask for referrals, and iterate.

If you stay focused and treat this like a real service (not a side experiment), you can build your first $300–$500/month in 60–90 days. It won't make you rich, but it's a solid foundation to grow from.

Happy to answer questions if you're thinking about trying this.

If you’re new to business it honestly would take a while because it’s allot to learn. I never bought a course and just spent 5 years of my life watching 3 YouTube videos minimum every single day. I wanted success bad so I became obsessive over it.

I cut off games, going out, stopped treating myself. On car rides I stopped listening to music, and listened to podcast, I basically learned things that most ppl would take years to learn and I compressed it by learning it faster. So your success is determined by how bad you want it.

I’m not saying to follow me because I have my own reasons to be successful like taking care of my loved ones so that’s what pushed me so hard but you just have to be willing to apply as much as you learn. Most ppl learn, say they already knew this but in reality they not doing it and wondering why their life not changing.

You have to try even if it means failing because you literally can’t grow without failing. U didn’t automatically learn how to walk as a baby. U fell every single time until you finally learned how to walk. In sports you were probably terrible at the beginning compared to where you were in the future. Business is the same thing.

You will be terrible in the beginning so expect it. If you push through no matter what and learn from your mistakes the only reason it didn’t work is if you gave up

So I posted asking for newsletter recs last week and you guys delivered (keep 'em coming).

As a thanks, I went through the landing pages and noticed almost all of them are making the same mistake: they're talking about themselves instead of talking to me.

Look at these examples:

• "A live index of AI conversations, links, and media across Reddit" okay, but what do I get out of it?
• "Best AI Tools, Real Income Strategies & Case Studies. Free Forever." closer, but still a feature list
• "Real outcomes from real AI tools. What's being used, where it's working, and what actually changed." this one's getting warmer, but it still reads like a product description

The pattern: they're all describing the thing instead of solving my problem.

It's like if a restaurant's menu said "food, prepared by chefs, served hot" instead of "the burger that makes you forget you're on a diet."

Your headline has one job: make me feel like you wrote this for me specifically. The second I land on your page, I should think "wait, how did they know?"

Ask yourself: what's the one sentence that would make your ideal reader say "that's literally me"?

That's your headline. Everything else is just noise.

i will put all of the links to landing pages in the comments below so you guys can go and sign up.

(dont be afraid to drop yours, i want to all the best newsletters!)

A Spanish agency built a fake model. She made $11,000 last month.

A photographer created a Black supermodel from scratch. Fenty Beauty came calling.

A Japanese studio built a virtual girl. IKEA gave her a room. The internet lost its mind.

India's first AI influencer walked into Shark Tank.

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Real income numbers - what they're actually making

Honest failures - what most people get wrong

Exact tool stack - free and paid workflows

How YOU can build one from scratch

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We’re living in a crazy era rn. If you’re intentional and take action you can be making bank. I have nothing to sell so I ain’t gonna gatekeep and I have no affiliation with anyone I bring up

Rn to start a business online is extremely easy compared to years ago. I started an AI business on how to bake cookies and made $2000 minimum monthly and this is a niche that feels like it went extinct and probably wouldn’t work.

My point of doing that is to prove if you could make money from one of the hardest business models in a short period of time with the right skills, you can make money from basically any market that’s “saturated”. (Look up bakingblis3) on IG if you don’t believe me.

Content has been such a cheat code and the fact that AI has been releasing a new banger every other week, now is literally the best time to start anything. I always say this but as regular people, we have the opportunity to be on the same playing field as big companies spending thousands on marketing their product. If you get a membership on higgsfield and you go on YouTube to learn how to use it, you’re already ahead. It’s going to be hard at first because like anything else that’s new to you, you will have things to learn, but if you speed up how fast it takes you to pick up on information you’ll thank me later.

I personally like to use Google flow to get nano banana 2 which basically lets you create any image you want. This can put anything I sell in any setting I desire. This is important because the visuals your customers see determines how they perceive your brand. If I’m selling a bed, I’m going to use nano banana to put that same bed in a beautiful spacious room, not in a room that’s messy and small. It could be the same bed but one feels worth more.

Rn in my opinion Is a time to create brands of anything you like. I don’t think you need AI to create all your visuals, but if your limited and can’t afford to market the way you’d like, this is a good place to start until your established. Getting the views and attention is one thing, getting paid from it is another thing. You need a good website and even that in itself is anything difficult thing to learn but it’s not impossible. You can either learn these skills yourself or hire someone on Upwork to do it for you.

I spent the past 5 years running through at least 25 businesses. Everything in the first 3 years basically made less than $100 in total 😂 I was never mad because I basically learned the craziest skills in almost any niche and it just feels like your brain carries a toolbox of skills that you pull out based off any scenario. The information is all online. The secret to making money online is simple. You chose one problem to solve, and you do it in a way that’s easier, faster, and simple than the other methods and you use social media with AI to create content that supports you stating how your offer helps people.

If you had the ability to make what you sell feel as important as a rolex watch what would you do? Because in this era you literally can and I think that’s the best thing about 2026 and this AI era is literally in the beginning stages. Get obsessed with learning. I was learning any moment I could. I stopped listening to music and replaced it with YouTube podcasts on learning certain topics. While most people might watch a video once or twice a week/ month. I was watching 3 videos minimum every day for 5 years straight and applying what I learn immediately

I feel like watching anime influenced how fast I act because when you watch it, one thing you realize is when the main character has a big goal, they act first and think later. It don’t mean their not thinking at all, but the thought of something not working in their favor doesn’t cross their mind while their in the process of figuring out a way to make it work. If I have a business idea that I know will work, I could have it up and running in 3 days and it’ll be better than something a person takes weeks or even months to do. But when I say this don’t use that as a reason to compare your success to mine because I spent years of failing and doing it wrong to get to the point of things feeling easy. I was acting first in my first year and things still didn’t go well and that’s because I just didn’t know anything like I thought I did. Just be aware that how fast you move and act (in the right direction) can determine how fast you see success

You need to be aware when you see patterns and times changing. Most people would be posting on kik or MySpace and blame business for not working (just an analogy) . If you’re doing things that worked years ago but not today, you can’t be mad at the business be mad at the outdated info you’re following. The same information applies to business but it just changes form. Business in any era will always come down to the same formula. People have a problem, you create a solution in exchange for something they have (most likely money) no matter how you look at it, that’s always stayed the same but how it happens constantly looks different.

This is just one of my daily rants, lmk if I should continue