Three ways to make real money with AI right now
Someone quietly figured out how to replace a $10K web agency.
Another person built a $50K/mo content machine from their laptop.
And Claude just became the best SEO strategist most businesses can’t afford.
Here’s all three, and how you use them.
💸 1. Building $10,000 Websites With AI (No Code. No Agency. No Kidding.)
The old model: hire a dev, pay $5K–$15K, wait 6 weeks. The new model: you, AI, and 48 hours.
Dhruv laid out the whole playbook here.
The insight isn’t just “AI can build websites.”
It’s that the gap between what clients expect and what AI can deliver has basically closed.
Clean design. Responsive layouts. SEO structure. Copywriting. Done.
Most small businesses don’t need a bespoke engineering masterpiece.
They need something that looks legit, loads fast, and converts.
AI does that now.
Here’s how to make money from this:
Find local businesses with ugly or outdated websites. There are millions of them.
Offer a flat-rate redesign – $1,500 to $3,000. Use AI to build it in a weekend.
You keep 80%+ margin. They get a site that finally reflects their business.
Repeat that 4–5 times a month.
That’s a $6K–$15K/mo freelance operation built on tools, not headcount.
You’re not selling a website. You’re selling a result.
That’s the difference.
🏭 2. The AI Content Factory That Generates $50K/Mo
Most people use AI to write one post. This is about building a machine that never stops.
Kritarth broke down the full system here.
The framework has two modes: beginner and advanced.
At the beginner level, you’re using AI to generate, repurpose, and distribute content across platforms systematically.
At the advanced level, you’re building automated pipelines that research trends, draft content, schedule posts, and feed leads into a funnel while you sleep.
That’s not a content strategy.
That’s a revenue system wearing a content strategy’s clothes.
The key insight:
Most creators are still in production mode. Writing one piece manually, then moving to the next.
The builders running $50K months aren’t creating more content.
They’re operating leverage, one input, ten outputs, across every channel.
Practical prompt to steal:
You are a content strategist for [your niche].
Take this one core idea: [idea].
Now generate:
- 1 long-form article outline
- 3 LinkedIn posts (different angles)
- 5 tweet-length hooks
- 1 email subject line and intro paragraph
- 2 YouTube video title options
Output all of these in structured sections.
Run that once a week. Build a backlog. Repurpose relentlessly.
You don’t need to go viral.
You need to be everywhere in your niche, all the time.
🔍 3. Claude Now Does SEO Like a $10,000/Mo Agency — For Free
The dirty secret of SEO agencies: most of what they do is research, structure, and writing. AI does all three better.
This isn’t hype. This is a workflow shift.
Here’s what Claude can do right now that used to cost you a full agency retainer:
Keyword clustering — drop your raw keyword list, get it organised by topic and intent
Content gap analysis — describe your site and your competitor, get a full gap breakdown
On-page optimization — paste any URL’s content, get rewrite suggestions with exact reasoning
Internal linking strategy — Claude maps your content architecture and tells you what to link where
Meta title and description generation — at scale, in bulk, in your brand voice
That’s the monthly deliverable list from most $3K–$10K/mo agency engagements.
You can run this yourself.
Every week.
For free.
Here’s how to make money from this:
Offer an “AI SEO audit” as a productized service.
Charge $500–$1,500 for a full audit + 90-day content plan.
You’re doing it with Claude in 3–4 hours.
Most small business owners have no SEO strategy and no idea where to start.
You’re not selling software access.
You’re selling clarity.
And clarity is always worth paying for.
🧩 The Bigger Pattern
Look at all three stories again.
A web agency. A content operation. An SEO department.
Three things that used to require teams, budgets, and months of lead time.
All three now fit in a laptop and a weekend.
This isn’t about “AI replacing jobs.”
It’s about AI collapsing the overhead that used to keep small operators out of markets that big players owned.
You don’t need a team anymore.
You need a system.
The founders who figure that out first aren’t just saving money.
They’re building unfair advantages.
That’s what this newsletter is for.
🔁 If this one hit different
Forward it to one founder who’s still sleeping on AI.
One share. One person. That’s all.
👉 Share this with someone building in AI.
❤️ Founders & AI Builders — Get Featured
If you’ve built an AI tool and want to reach 57,000+ AI-first readers, you can sponsor an upcoming AI Cheatcode issue.
📩 Quick Favor
If this landed in Promotions, drag it to Primary
so you don’t miss the next drop of AI news, tools, and monetization plays.
You’re getting this because you signed up at AI Cheat Code. Unsubscribe anytime, no hard feelings.
the seo point here is spot on. ai is so good at this, i don’t know what you are paying for anymore. if anything the seo company probly just sends it through claude lol.
nice post!