How to EASILY Make $9k per month using AI with no skills or experience (in 40 hours per week)

I love the youtube videos that cater to the lowest rung of delusion. They are often so wildly arrogant, talking about how easy it is to make thousands of dollars without experience or skills. It’s just kind of silly if you ask me.

This is a video I stumbled upon. The title claims it will explain how to make 9 THOUSAND dollars per MONTH selling AI to local businesses, and the hook of the video is about how awesome it is to make all this money without leaving your home without having any past experience or skills using AI.

Yes, you can make money selling AI to businesses. No, you cannot make $9k per month without skills, experience, and without working more than 8 hours per day.

The way people get paid is by providing a service (requires skills) or by entertaining (also a skill), and up-skilling into a a level of competency doesn’t happen overnight.

My point is, why the heck are there so many youtube videos promising outlandish expectations? I mean, the answer is actually quite simple; it’s because people who sell unrealistic expectations to an audience basking in ignorance is a lucrative business model.

Full stop.

Notice how everyone making content about how easy it is to make money by “working smarter not harder” doesn’t actually make money doing the things they pitch? At least not at any scale or for a sustained period realizing outsized gains… They make money telling teenagers on youtube how to do those things. What a paradox.

Let’s dive into this video a bit just to break down the absurdity placating the internet that so many people seem to willingly - or perhaps ignorantly - buy into. Here’s what the author has to say about the ease of selling AI for nine grand with ease.

_{Jason’s Presentation:}

1. Freedom & Flexibility: Imagine rolling out of bed, still in your pajamas, and making 1% income without needing to work hard. Jason’s peddling a model that’s supposedly about working smarter, not harder. Gosh what a novel idea, because hard workers are almost never smart! (Despite the satire I still cringe typing that).

2. The AI Revolution: We’re talking about selling AI solutions to small local businesses. It’s like giving a caveman a camcorder and telling him to start a podcast. The pitch is simple: set up an automated text-back service for business owners who can’t answer their phones because they’re knee-deep in plumbing disasters. Below is the actual model he’s proposing here:

   

3. Pricing Pitch: The pitch is that you can charge business owners anywhere from $300 to $500 a month. Finally, a price point small business owners can actually afford - because we all know they’re not about to fork over the same amount for digital marketing that might or might not include a ghostwriter for their Yelp reviews.

4. ROI Calculator: The formula here is genius (jk, it’s pretty dumb); if they miss calls, they lose clients, and by using this service, they can get clients back. They set the bar low, claiming over 1,000% ROI. I mean, who wouldn’t want to invest in a service that guarantees they’ll make money, as long as they don’t think too hard about it?

5. Zero Tech Skills Required: Because why would they set it up themselves for almost no cost in a couple hours of invested time when they can pay a 19 year old subcontractor without tech skills or experience? You don’t need to be a coding whiz; if you can type "plumber near me" into Google, congratulations—you’re halfway there! Yes, the video ACTUALLY promises it’s a two-minute setup:

   

6. Fully White-Labeled Services: This isn’t just selling a service; it’s selling a service that you can slap your name on, collect all the payments, and let AI do the heavy lifting. It’s like setting up a lemonade stand but replacing lemonade with automated texts. Why do so many people waste years of their life going to school and working hard when they can just work smarter by doing this?

7. Handling Responses with AI: When potential clients respond to the texts, AI will handle it like a babysitter who’s just checking their phone while the kids run wild. Yeah, because customers love generic automated robotic scripts and this leaves business owners free to do whatever they do best, like staring blankly at a wall or desperately trying to remember how to unclog a toilet.

8. Summary: Ultimately, it’s all about convincing these small business owners that they’re missing out. “You’re losing money, buddy!” is the battle cry.

Ok, so now that we’ve gone through Jason’s non-hyperbolic presentation - yes, that was actually his pitch before pitching his free course where you’ll be upsold into his program - let’s take a moment for pragmatism.

_{Why Jason’s Presentation Seems Misleading:}

Overestimating the Value of Basic Automation:
Many local businesses already handle customer interactions via phone and email. They often pride themselves on quality customer service, which usually entails knowledgable and helpful human interaction, not generic scripts that aren’t helpful or contextual.

Now, are there certain situations where local businesses could benefit from automations? 100%.

But remember the part when Jason said it only takes 2 minutes to set up and doesn’t require any tech skills or experience? Yeah, kind of throws a monkey wrench into this model of overcharging plumbers for basic scripts. They’ll either set it up themselves, or find someone in their network who can tell them what needs to be set up. To expect a local business to fork over $500 for 2 minutes of bad quality work is outright delusional.

Ignoring Market Reality:
Most local businesses operate on tight budgets and prioritize expenditures that have a clear return on investment. Spending $500 on text automation that most local businesses don’t actually need is simply unrealistic when they can use existing tools for a fraction of the cost.

And again, there are numerous inexpensive or even free alternatives available for automating customer responses with abundant tutorial resources on how to use them online. If a local business can get the same service for a few dollars or even nothing, they are unlikely to pay a stranger who knows nothing about their industry a premium price.

Delusional Value Exchange (Zero Unique Selling Propositions):
Jason seems to be really exaggerating the perceived need for text-back automations in the context of local businesses. Just ask yourself how your own customer experience is when you try reaching out to a company’s customer service department and all you get are automated messages that don’t seem to address your issue in any way shape or form. Automations can be great when used correctly, for bookings, scheduling, etc.

My point is that you’re not going to make nine grand selling basic scripts as a stranger without industry knowledge. If the automation doesn’t offer significant improvements or a clear path to ROI beyond what businesses can do themselves, the $300 price tag ain’t happening.

Exploitation:
Remember the part above in the section breaking down Jason’s presentation? You know, the part where he talks about emphasizing how much money they’re leaving behind without these basic automations? It’s like selling bottled air to people in the desert and branding it as your own proprietary form of "oxygen therapy."

The audacity to think that a small local business is going to pay hundreds of dollars for something they can set up for little to no cost in a single weekend requires a level of delusion that’s almost impressive. You might as well sell them a bridge while you’re at it.

Subverting the Knowledge of Industry Experts:
Local businesses often thrive on personal connections and offering tailored, personable knowledge about their field of expertise. If a customer has a question about a plumbing issue, they don’t want to text a robot about it. At least not yet. Just imagine Apple fired all their spokesmen in place of having Siri give their presentations and pitch decks. And sure, maybe we are headed in that direction, that could be a conversation for another day. But guess what? You’re still not gonna make $9k per month selling AI without tech skills beyond the very basics or industry experience.

My goal isn’t to be negative, I just think it’s worth calling out BS when I see it. I’d be a lot more on board with Jason’s message if he didn’t pretend like anyone can make 9 grand per month with ease without working hard. This kind of paradigm isn’t helping anyone and the ubiquity of this type of content is outright predatory.

While there are certainly young people who earn a sizable income selling automation to businesses, it seems that they invariably have some type of competency in the form of skills, experience, contextual understanding of a specific industry or sector, or a network they can leverage for procuring new business. Usually, it’s at least a couple of those things ;)

Reading this and have experiences that counter my perspectives? Let me know. If you can prove that you make 9 grand per month selling basic automation to local businesses without tech skills, industry knowledge, and without working hard, I will gladly take back everything I said :)