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August 29, 2024
He’s Earned $500K+ from Free Facebook Traffic
Andy SkragaEntrepreneur $500,000 revenue Published August 29, 2024 by Niall Doherty 
Video + text interview on Niche Pursuits…
Andy manages 9 Facebook pages and 5 websites. He drives traffic to the websites from the pages and monetizes with display ads 
The kind of content he posts on the pages…
It’s light hearted, it’s entertainment based, it’s quizzes. It’s definitely not heavy subjects or news subjects or political subjects, unless that’s political humor.
The key is identifying the right niche 
Andy’s process for that…
Use the FB search bar to explore niches (eg. lawn care)Look through the pages in the resultsIdentify pages with 40K+ likesCheck the content of those pagesLook for lots of posts with good engagement (eg. 50+ reactions)That much engagement indicates it’s possible to “generate a fair amount of traffic on each post.”
Could you try this for a niche you’re interested in? 
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From $10 Word Doc to $2.5 Million a Year SaaS
Jacob JacquetFounder of Rezi $2.5 Million annual revenue Published August 29, 2024 by Fardeen KhanReviewed and edited by Niall Doherty Jacob Jacquet is the founder of Rezi, an AI-powered resume building software.
In a recent interview, he reveals that the business earns $215,000 MRR 
Jacob launched Rezi in 2015 as a 22-year-old graduate.
When he started having success while applying for jobs…
I decided to post my resume on Reddit and the feedback was incredible… the story I told of being a bad student but still having great results was the perfect narrative to stir up interest…
The first version of Rezi… was simply a Microsoft Word document of the resume, along with a user guide with best practices. I sold this resume template for about $9.69.
That simple $10 Word doc has since evolved into a $2.5M/year SaaS 
And it all started with Jacob leveraging his talent for creating a winning resume.
What are you naturally good at?
Could you turn that into a business somehow?
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Google Trends For X
Jason Levin tweets…
I’m building Google Trends for memes.
Let me explain: The Olympics was meme after viral meme.
My favorite was this guy, the US gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik.
He was sleeping during other people’s events and then woke up for his event like a baller and won the gold medal.
That meme went viral (17M+ views) and it inspired Jason to start a newsletter 
to help marketers capitalize on this kind of thing in future…
No marketer wants to miss a big trending moment, so every 24 hours I send an email with the newest viral meme templates.
He’s monetizing via a premium upgrade + selling a course 
With that in mind, how about building an alert engine for your niche or industry?
Keep track of the latest trends and share them via a website, newsletter or social.
Charge Clients $700/Month For This Productized Service
Robin Vander Heyden, who has lots of experience with productized services, tweets an idea…
LinkedIn content design agency for SaaS.
→ LinkedIn content design (copywriting + design) as a subscription
→ LinkedIn carousels and images (Tutorials, Feature announcements, Tips & Best practices, Case studies, Company updates, …)
This is a great service to offer on a subscription as companies likely have ongoing needs.
Sell this to CMOs or Head of Marketing to various profitable or VC-funded SaaS companies.
Per client, he reckons you could charge…
around $700-800/mo or $2k/quarter.
Can probably be much higher later but get your first clients and produce case studies first.
You could use tools like Claude and AICarousels to get first drafts 
Robin’s offer…
If you want to build this, DM and I’ll give you access to ManyRequests for a few months to build it out till you get your first customers.
These AI-Generated Models Earned $12,402 in 30 Days
u/heyosleaEntrepreneur $12,402 revenue in 1 month Published August 29, 2024 by Niall Doherty 
This Reddit post got deleted…
But I posted the original text on X 
Basically that person created two AI influencers / models and is monetizing them via Patreon and Fanvue (an OnlyFans alternative).
Instagram accounts of the influencers (kinda nsfw)
Turns out it’s fairly easy to create AI influencers, as Sarah Chrisp reveals in this video…
I Tried The Ai Influencer Side Hustle & Made $_,____Spoiler: she made $0, mainly because she wasn’t willing to sell nudes of her AI influencer, which seems to be the main way to monetize 
But hey, if you’re okay with that, you could give this a try yourself.
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August 26, 2024
X Data for Y Audience = $500,000 Per Year
Alex WestFounder of CyberLeads $500,000 annual revenue Published August 26, 2024 by Nathaniel LewisReviewed and edited by Niall Doherty Alex West, founder of CyberLeads, started with a simple idea: a spreadsheet listing contact info for companies that just raised funding, aimed at agencies looking for new clients.
Early on, the business was earning Alex $7,000 a month.
Now, 2.5 years later, CyberLeads pulls in $500,000 a year
Apparently social media helped Alex get traction, with this random tweet going viral and landing him another 10 paying customers early on…
Got my first $50/mo customer!
Anyway, I love how Alex’s product is basically just X data for Y audience.
Think about the audience you’d like to serve. What data would be valuable to them?
Or start with valuable data you have access to or can collect.
What audiences would find that valuable?
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Free Tool For Finding Business Ideas on Reddit
Check out PainPointy, a free tool that helps you “find crispy pain points from Reddit”
Type in some keywords and it will scan Reddit and provide results in 4 categories
I tested it out with a few queries…
From the last one…
The need for beginner-friendly content is evident, as many users are looking for structured plans that cater to those new to fitness.
That could be the basis of a blog or YouTube channel that you could eventually monetize
Try it out with some keywords for a niche you’re interested in, see what ideas it comes back with.
$68,000 in 2 Years From Her Niche Side Project
Katt RisenFounder of No-Code Exits $68,000 revenue + sale Published August 26, 2024 by Fardeen KhanReviewed and edited by Niall Doherty Katt Risen’s first big win as an entrepreneur happened in 2022, when her tool advisor chatbot – No-Code Guru – got acquired 
She shared the news on X and “the reactions were nuts”
So she decided to start No-Code Exits, an interview-style newsletter sharing stories of other successful no-code projects 
Almost 2 years later, Katt revealed…
I made around $33,000 with No-Code Exits
She monetized in 4 ways…
Info productsCommunityAdsAffiliatesWhile the newsletter only took Katt “a few hours per week” to produce, she decided to exit and ended up selling it for $35,000
So overall she earned about $68K from the project in 2 years.
How about creating your own newsletter along these lines?
Pick a niche – preferably one you have experience in and/or are passionate about – and interview or profile a different influencer or expert in each edition.
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Boring Concrete Businesses Are Killing It
Check out this Reddit thread
The top comment…
I knew a guy who… bought a very highly specialized machine that cut perfect holes of all sizes in concrete for all sorts of situations… they did extremely well indeed.
Someone replies…
I know a guy with a very similar business who makes good money doing even less work… He takes X-rays of concrete… bought a specialized machine that scans / xrays the concrete and shows if there are any cables, pipes, etc…
In many jurisdictions or building regulations it is a requirement to scan before the core drilling so his business is always in demand.
Chris Koerner chimes in on X…
The higher the percentage of people that never knew this business existed = the higher probability that this business needs more competitors.
Lots more examples of such businesses in the Reddit thread to spark your own ideas 
This Simple Framework Earned Him $4609 in 1 Month
Fayaz AhmedFounder of Supersaas $4609 revenue in 1 month Published August 26, 2024 by Fardeen KhanReviewed and edited by Niall Doherty Fayaz Ahmed from India 
created Supersaas.
It’s a coding template that comes with lots of pre-configured goodness to help developers build faster.
Apparently it earned him $4,609 in just one month
Fayaz shares how he came up with the idea…
1. Found out people were buying a X thing meant for Y
2. Realised an alternative of Y didn’t have an X of its own.
3. Built it, made it real good, and people just started buying it.
Perhaps Fayaz was inspired by Sergey K, who earned $20K in 3 months doing essentially the same thing but using another coding language.
This also reminds me of Closet Tools, an analytics tool for Poshmark that earns $35K a month.
There were already analytics tools for big marketplace sites like Amazon – and they were earning lotsa – but none for Poshmark until Closet Tools came along.
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