I'm Getting Facebook Followers for ONE PENNY!

Happy Monday, Futurepreneurs! Welcome to AI Side Hustler, a newsletter for people who want to learn how to make money using new AI technologies.

Every week, we'll explore new strategies, share insider tips, and uncover the latest AI tools that can help you boost your income.

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In This Week’s Issue of AI SIde Hustler:

• Learn How to Make Super Realistic AI Images

• I Unlocked a New Income Stream

• Pinterest Traffic May (or May Not) Be Totally Cooked

• Our FB Case Study is Getting Followers for ONE CENT

Let's go ahead and get after it.

BEST LINKS

🔗 My Favorite Finds

• This tutorial will help you create photorealistic AI images

• Julian Goldie reveals an SEO strategy using Perplexity that nobody knows about

• Follow this advanced tutorial to get the most out of FLUX

• How to create viral monetizable AI short films

DEEP DIVE

💪 What I’ve Been Working On

This past week marked one of my favorite annual events: "The World's Largest & Richest Billfish Tournament" - The White Marlin Open - held right here in my hometown of Ocean City, Maryland.

It's a spectacle to behold, with fishermen in super-expensive boats competing to win millions of dollars in prize money (This year's winning catch netted $3.7 million).

I partook in the festivities for 2 days this week soaking in the excitement and atmosphere.

Between the fun and festivities, I made significant strides in my business.

Here are some quick updates:

• Launched Mediavine Grow on Monetized Future with early RPMs climbing to $12 (and rising daily)

• Reached a new milestone iwith the Facebook Performance Bonus program, topping $1300 in earnings last month

• Honed my Midjourney prompting skills

• I got approved by Sparkoop for this newsletter, instantly unlocking a new income stream

📌 Is Pinterest Cooked?

Recent days have seen a flurry of discussion about Pinterest potentially launching its own version of the Google HCU update. The result? Many sites have seen their Pinterest traffic plummet.

The prevailing theory is that the platform is cracking down due to the flood of AI-generated images and low-quality pages being spammed across the site.

Shawna Newman touched on it in her Online Income Memo newsletter last week. Since then, it seems the full force of these changes has hit over the past 48 hours.

Jon Davis has also voiced concerns about the massive Pinterest traffic drops being reported across the niche site community👇

On a more optimistic note, Nic Polotnianko, founder of the Pinterest automation tool BlogtoPin (which I highly recommend btw), has shared some insights based on data from his subscribers' connected accounts.

I was planning a Pinterest case study for this newsletter in the near future. However, I'll likely wait to see how the dust settles before mapping out a strategy for the case study.

🤖 Case Study #1 Update

This weekend, we kicked off the advertising campaign for our Tattoo Facebook page, and the results are nothing short of phenomenal!

Highlight: We're acquiring page likes from the US for less than 2 cents each!

The true power of this ad strategy lies in its use of Broad Targeting. We're casting a wide net, with the ability to reach out to every possible follower in the US between the ages of 18 and 65+. This approach opens up the largest potential audience, and when Facebook gets it right the cost per follower can get super low.

Currently, our daily ad spend is a modest $5. While I expect the cost per page like to increase as we scale up, the current cost of $0.018 per like is an incredibly promising indicator of how inexpensively we can grow this page.

I'm holding off on revealing all the creative assets just yet. I believe I've stumbled onto something special, and I want to be 100% certain before advising you to start spending.

In fact, I'm considering sharing the Canva ad template I've created, allowing you to plug and play for your own niche Facebook Page. If this interests you, just reply to this email and let me know.

The current strategy involves manually posting 3 AI-generated images (created using Midjourney) to the page daily. So far, the engagement metrics have been very encouraging.

🤷‍♂️ What’s Next?

Over the next week, I'll be keeping a close eye on our Facebook Ads performance. As long as the costs stay this low, I plan to slowly increase the daily ad budget. The ultimate goal is to start growing the page by 1,000+ followers per day.

Another key objective is to get this case study page approved for the Performance Bonus program🤞

I'm also shifting our content strategy this week. Instead of manually posting to the page, I'll start using Post Planner to queue up 6-8 AI images per day. This should streamline our process and ensure consistent content delivery.

As usual, I'll keep you updated on all these developments. Stay tuned for more insights as we progress through this case study!

PROMPT OF THE WEEK

👨🏻‍💻 Affiliate Marketing Product Analyzer

You are an AI affiliate marketing expert. Analyze the following product, target audience, and affiliate program details. Then, generate three high-converting affiliate marketing strategies. For each strategy, provide campaign ideas, content suggestions, and promotion channels.

Product to Promote: [Insert product name and brief description]
Target Audience: [Insert audience demographics and interests]
Affiliate Program Details: [Insert commission rate, cookie duration, and any special offers]

For each strategy, include:

1. Campaign concept
2. 3 content ideas (e.g. blog post topics, video ideas, social media posts)
3. 2 promotion channels with specific tactics
4. 1 unique way to stand out from other affiliates
5. A suggestion for incorporating the affiliate link naturally

Format your response as a numbered list for easy reading.

TOOLS

📈 Trending AI Tools

1/ FLUX - Create Breathtaking Images with AI

2/ Magnific - Upscale and Enhance Images

🧰 My AI Toolbox

1/ Cuppa - Inexpensive AI content at Scale

2/ Topical Map AI - Build AI Topical Maps for Niche Site/Blog

3/ Invideo - AI Video Creation Tool

4/ Opus Clip - Use AI to Repurpose Longform Video for Socials

👋 That’s All For Today

Thanks for reading. Until next time, keep innovating and hustling!

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