Niall Doherty's Blog, page 11
June 16, 2025
This Whispering AI Yeti is Blowing Up on TikTok
This new TikTok account is blowing up: Yeti-Boo
Basically a realistic-looking AI-generated Yeti doing ASMR, probably using Google’s Veo 3 or similar to generate the clips 
One report…
> 1-week-old account
> First video got 8.6M views
> 28.6M total views…
full AI video creative storytelling is going to boom real soon.
Think of this as Virtual Influencers 2.0.
And the 1.0’s are already earning big money 
despite their video content looking obviously computer-generated…
$10 million per year!
That’s what virtual influencer Lil Miquela reportedly earns from brand partnerships… Without ever stepping foot in a photo studio.
June 15, 2025
He Charges $375+ Per Hour For This Niche Local Service
Tim CarstensenPE Teacher $375+ per hour
An interview with Tim Carstensen…
How the business works 
Tim shows up with professional-grade foam cannons that create walls of bubbles up to shoulder height. Kids dance, play, and frolic in kid-friendly foam while upbeat music plays and a professional voiceover builds excitement with countdowns.
Love how Tim came up with the idea…
Tim was originally researching bounce house rentals but discovered the insurance costs were prohibitive…
While browsing party rental Facebook groups (yes, there’s a group for everything), he noticed companies in warmer states offering foam parties for kids alongside their bounce houses.
Tim researched his area and found only one competitor 50 miles north. That was his green light.
He now charges $375+ for a one-hour party 
Could be worth checking your area, see what the competition is like.
Earning Up To $75K Per Deal with His Agency
Abu LahyaInfluencer Marketing Expert $75,000 for 1 dealA recent video interview with Abu Lahya
Abu brokers deals between brands and influencers and collects a fee, as much as $75,000 for one deal 
He started about 5 years ago, earned only $200 for his first campaign.
Then…
for a very long time I was just running [the agency] myself, even to multiple six figures in profit
Sounds like a great business if you want to stay behind the scenes…
Influencers are lazy, they just want to post videos. They’re content creators, they’re not business guys. I’m not a content creator, I’m a business guy.
Plenty of opportunity still to be had here…
It’s just growing and growing. Even from last year. This year, $25 billion spent on influencer marketing. In 2030 it’s going to be $100 billion…
So many brands still don’t know how to do it.
And so they’re happy to pay big money for a competent middleman
June 12, 2025
He Earned $100K From This 1 Review Video
Pat FlynnEntrepreneur $100,000+ affiliate revenue from 1 videoPassive income expert Pat Flynn recently rated 10 popular passive income ideas
His top two…
YouTube – Score: 9/10Affiliate Marketing – Score: 10/10Pat has a Pokemon YouTube channel which earns him “a five-figure monthly income”…
It’s not totally passive, though. Pat still spends about a day and a half a week working on it. But the thing is, the content is evergreen. One video he shot in 2022 has pulled in over $100k in ad revenue—just one video.
On the affiliate marketing side of things…
Pat shared a great example: he created a YouTube tutorial on how to use Descript, dropped his affiliate link, and that one video has now brought in over $100k in commissions. Still earning, years later…
Same goes for tools like Canva, Kit, or any software with recurring plans — people sign up once, and you keep getting paid.
Helped of course that Pat had a well established YouTube channel to post that Descript video on.
But small channels can earn good money this way, too
$85K Per Month Doing This For The Spanish Market
Ignacio ArriagaCo-founder of Acumbamail $85,000 monthly revenueIgnacio Arriaga is the co-founder of Acumbamail, which is email marketing software, like Mailchimp but for the Spanish market 
From a recent paywalled interview…
Acumbamail was founded in 2013 among by three partners, and now we are 8 employees, we have $85,000 per month average revenue
Back in 2013 they saw that email marketing software was a good business, but there wasn’t a strong player in the Spanish-speaking market…
We bootstrapped the company from scratch, we only invest around 4.000$ that were mandatory to build a company in Spain and we never made any funding rounds after that.
Nice playbook there, especially if you’re from a non-English speaking country
Doesn’t have to be software. Could be any kind of business
I shared some examples like this recently…
Niche European Businesses Earning up to €37M Per Year$20,000+ Monthly Profit From Dive Bars
Nick Huber tweets, along with some photos…
Entrepreneurship in its purest form.
This guy has 160 TVs spread out in dive bars around north Georgia.
$10 to advertise. Over 30 ads rotating.
He makes $20,000 + per month in profit.
What a business.
Unclear if you’d need to provide the TVs to start something like this 
Some skeptical responses to Nick’s tweet, but also several people saying they’ve seen this same business model working well elsewhere.
Earning $1500 Per Month Per Facebook Page
mblaze111Entrepreneur $1500 monthly revenue per Facebook page
mblaze111 shares with screenshot proof…
Facebook Monetization in detail, where I’m earning $1000-2000 per month per page.
He then explains how to follow in his footsteps
I would start with a Facebook Page…
I’d post memes. The kind I make myself. Simple, relatable stuff. Then I’d share those memes in active Facebook Groups and just hope one goes viral. If a post gets comments, I’d invite those people to like the page…
Once the page gets a bit of traction, the goal is to get approved for Meta’s Performance Bonus… Once that unlocks, even those same old memes can start making money…
you can make anywhere between $1500 to $15000 per month [per page]. I’ve seen both ends. It really depends on the niche, the engagement, and how consistent you are.
If you ask me what kind of page I’d make – I’d go with something animal-related. Pets, cute animals, fun facts. That kind of stuff does really well. Easy to grow, easy to monetize, and people love it.
Related…
This Facebook Page is Earning $389,156 Every MonthEarn $2,000/Week With AI-Built Websites
Lewis Patrick writes…
The idea is to build websites for local businesses with an inexpensive AI tool
And because you can build a professional-looking website in 5 minutes with that tool…
you build the website first, then email them saying: “I built you a website – here’s the link. If you like it, I can transfer it to your domain for $400.”
You’re not asking them to imagine what they’ll get. You’re showing them the finished product.
Lewis breaks down the numbers
• 5-10 websites in 30 minutes daily
• 50 websites per week
• 10% conversion rate = 5 sales weekly
• $400 per sale = $2,000 weekly revenue…
• Hosting: Pay $25/year, charge $25/month per client
• Ongoing edits: $50-100 per update (restaurants always need menu changes)
Once you’ve done the initial work, the hosting becomes set-and-forget passive income that pays you while you sleep.
June 9, 2025
Billionaire Founder Wants This Product To Exist
Patrick Collison, co-founder of Stripe, tweets…
I want an AI product that inhabits my AirPods and continually mutters interesting things about the world around me, like an indefatigably burbling tour guide.
“The San Mateo Bridge was built in about a year. When it opened on 2 March 1929, it stretched 7.1 miles, making it longer than any other bridge on Earth at the time.”
I’ve driven over the bridge many times, but never thought to look into its origins until today.
I’ve noticed there’s a Places tab on my Wikipedia app that shows me nearby locations that have Wikipedia articles
Looks like there’s an API for this too.
With that and a few hours of vibe coding you could probably create a basic version of the app Patrick has in mind.
Next level would be an app that answers your follow-up questions 
Her Niche App is Earning $70K/Month After 90 Days
NedaAstrologer $70,000 monthly revenueNeda the Astrologer has 200K+ followers on TikTok 
From a recent story about her…
This random girl built an astrology app to $70,000 MRR in 90 days… only from organic TikTok marketing…
her founder’s journey started 2 years back… with her first post on tt@nedatheastrologer.
She had no app. She wasn’t selling anything…
She made videos [focusing on] the love/dating x astrology niche.
In 18 months she did 163,600,000 views…
Then, 3 months ago, she launched Starcrossed…
In just 3 months she went up to $70K MRR (iOS + Android)
Great example of someone building up a niche audience with consistent content, then finding a way to monetize
If you don’t fancy building up an audience yourself, consider partnering with an established influencer, help them create and deliver a product or service.
That worked out well for a friend of mine
