I Tested 6 AI Side Hustles Anyone Can Do to Automate and Monetize Digital Tasks

Dominik Lebersorger

Introduction: AI's Impact on Work and Side Hustles [0:00]

• The speaker introduces how Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized his workflow, automating numerous processes and tasks within his company. [0:00]
• Tasks that previously required freelancers or agencies are now automated, leading to faster, better, and significantly cheaper results. [0:18]
• The video aims to showcase new opportunities to earn money online using AI, drawing from the speaker's extensive experience in the AI field and understanding what AI services are truly valuable. [0:08][0:30]

1. Fully Automated AI Email Marketing Agency [0:43]

• Concept: Leveraging AI to create comprehensive email marketing campaigns. [0:43]
• Cost Comparison: The speaker demonstrates two emails: one developed by an agency costing thousands of euros, and another entirely generated by AI for mere "tokens" (a fraction of the cost). [0:50]
  • The AI-generated email is shown to be of high quality, surprising many. [1:02]
• Implementation Process:
  • Design Templates: The speaker used "Claude Design" to generate 15 editorial-style email templates, with placeholders for images. [2:09]
  • Writing Guide Integration: He uploaded all his previous scripts and writings to the AI, creating a "writing guide" to ensure the AI's output maintains his brand's tone and style. [2:29]
  • Master Prompt Configuration: A project was set up in "Claude Code" with a detailed master prompt guiding the AI on specific instructions. [2:57]
    • Instructions included using templates, avoiding consecutive use of the same template, focusing 50% on value and 50% on sales conversion, and sourcing images from specific asset folders. [3:05]
  • Automated Content Generation: The AI independently searches for holidays, proposes discount codes (which it can also create in Shopify), extracts transcripts from YouTube videos to generate relevant content, and checks the website for new products. [3:28]
• Results & Business Model: The entire email marketing process now costs approximately two prompts and €12 in credits, with minimal manual review. [1:29] This enables offering email marketing services to businesses at a lower cost or providing them with the setup to manage it in-house, saving them significant expenses on agencies and freelancers. [1:40]

2. AI Advertising Agency [4:35]

• Concept: Utilizing AI to efficiently create static and video advertisements. [4:35]
• Traditional Challenges: Historically, creating ads was time-consuming and expensive, requiring photoshoots, graphic designers, and days of work, often costing thousands of euros per campaign. [4:50]
• AI Solution for Static Ads:
  • The speaker illustrates generating 100 high-quality static ads in just half an hour using Claude Design and Hixfield, effectively making them almost free if one has the subscriptions. [5:45]
  • An AI-generated product image is indistinguishable from a high-end photoshoot, showcasing AI's capability. [5:31]
• Business Opportunity: This creates a significant opportunity to provide businesses, especially those with less tech-savvy or older owners, with affordable, high-quality ad creation, bridging the technological gap. [6:41] AI's capability in video ad generation is also rapidly improving. [6:10]

3. AI Web Design Service [7:05]

• Concept: Offering AI-powered website and e-commerce shop creation. [7:05]
• Market Need: Many local businesses have outdated websites or no online presence, presenting a large market for modern, efficient web solutions. [7:20]
• AI-Powered Platform: The speaker highlights Hostinger Horizons, an AI tool that generates complete websites with a single prompt. [7:43]
  • He demonstrates creating a functional, elegant website for an AI advertising agency within five minutes, including modern hero sections, service descriptions, trust elements, and lead generation forms. [8:13]
  • The platform also provides direct backend access for editing code and managing collected data (e.g., user sign-ups), eliminating the need for multiple external services like payment providers or form builders. [8:47][9:10]
• E-commerce Capabilities: The same efficiency applies to online shops; an e-commerce site for an "ABC Date Cards" product is created with inventory management and payment integration, ready to go live almost instantly. [9:28]
• Value Proposition: The core value lies in delivering a high-quality, functional website quickly and affordably, regardless of the effort involved. [9:50] Businesses save substantial costs by not needing to hire multiple external providers. [9:21]

4. Affiliate Marketing with AI [10:42]

• Concept: Using AI to streamline affiliate marketing efforts. [10:42]
• Affiliate Marketing Basics: This involves selling products from other companies and earning a commission on sales, without handling customer satisfaction, logistics, or inventory. [10:51]
• AI for Affiliate Websites: Hostinger's tools can be used to quickly create affiliate websites that list products with affiliate links. [11:08] The speaker demonstrates building a camera review site with listed products linking directly to Amazon. [11:21]
• Strategy: The key is to select products with high commission rates. [11:41]
• Traffic Generation with AI: AI can assist in generating creative content, such as "meme edits" for TikTok, to drive traffic to affiliate pages. [11:53] This allows for sustainable growth of an affiliate presence on social media. [12:06]

5. AI Content Creation [12:14]

• Concept: Automating the content creation process for various platforms using AI. [12:14]
• Goal: To make content creation processes simpler and faster, enabling more output in less time. [12:18]
• Practical Application: The speaker, who prefers YouTube, uses AI to automate Instagram Reels creation. [12:29]
• AI Studio Setup: He built an "Instagram Content Studio" in Claude Code, which weekly generates video ideas, carousel posts, and captions, offering suggestions based on performance and trending topics. [12:37]
• Business Offering: This allows for selling AI-generated content to smaller firms or those lacking a social media presence, helping them establish an effective in-house social media department. [13:21] The focus is on providing cheaper and better processes or saving businesses from unnecessary service expenses. [13:37]

6. AI Consulting Agency [13:43]

• Concept: Guiding businesses on how to best leverage and implement AI tools. [13:43]
• The Core Advantage: The real "edge" in today's market is a superior understanding of AI tools and their applications. [13:50]
• Value to Businesses: By setting up AI-powered systems (like email marketing or social media automation) for companies, consultants provide immense value by helping them build efficient internal structures and understand these technologies. [14:10]
• Business Model: Instead of recurring monthly fees like traditional agencies, an AI consulting agency can charge a one-time fee to set up custom AI solutions and train businesses on how to use them, ultimately saving them long-term costs. [14:33] This involves identifying specific pain points and offering tailored AI solutions to make processes better and cheaper. [14:44]

Conclusion [15:06]

• The speaker finds the topic of AI incredibly exciting and acknowledges its transformative potential, while also expressing some apprehension about the future economic landscape. [15:06]
• He advises staying ahead by understanding and leveraging AI to one's advantage. [15:18]
• He encourages viewers to share their own AI methods and side hustles in the comments. [14:51]