Ok, let’s get real for a second! If you’re reading this, then you’re definitely looking forward to make money online using AI tools like ChatGPT. But you might also be thinking, “I don’t have time to do it,” or “I don’t have the required skills,” or “I already have a job.”
Well, don’t you worry because I’m here to help! It doesn’t matter if you have a job or not, all you need to make money online with AI is a will and some spare time. It takes only an hour or two per day to start your AI-business and it can generate thousands of dollars every month for you. And the most important thing is, you don’t need to be some kind of genius to get started. You can learn everything you need to know in just a couple of weeks for completely free on the Internet. Then, all you need is a business idea and a solid plan to take to next level.
In this post, I’ll guide you through the entire step to making money with AI on the side without leaving your job. I’ll even suggest some less-known business ideas that can help you to make money a lot faster. Each and every point in this post is going to be really-really helpful for you, so you can’t afford to miss anything.
What’s Actually Holding You Back?
To be honest, it’s not your job that is holding you back, but it’s your mind that is holding you back. And your mind is not letting you do it because of fear. The fear of messing up, the fear of looking silly in front of others, and the fear of wasting your time if it doesn’t work out.
You’re already wasting a lot of time by not starting it. So, all you need to do is re-wire your brain to do it! And to do that, you need to start it and make your first dollar from it. Once your start making money, that money will be the motivation to keep you going. So, don’t aim for thousands of dollars right now, just aim for your first few dollars. That money will also help you to ensure your that, this thing does work and I can make good amount of money if I work on it.
Making money is really simple if you can break it into smaller parts. All you need to do is, help others to save either their time or money with your product or service and they’ll pay you for it. And you can use AI tool to create that product or provide that service. Easy!
In the beginning, I’d suggest you to spend atleast 1-2 hours per day on your business. You can do it in the morning, in the evening, or maybe spend your weekend instead.
Step-by-Step Guide to Start Your AI-Business
This is exactly how you can start making money with ChatGPT and other AI tools without quitting your job. It’s a lot more easier than you think!
1. Pick a Skill That You’re Good At!
You don’t have to spend hours thinking about it. Everyone has a particular skill that they’re good at in comparison to other things or skills. That can be writing, cooking, designing, drawing, organizing, etc. So, you can start an AI-business utilizing those same skills.
For example, if you’re good at cooking, then go to ChatGPT and ask it to suggest some AI-related business ideas in the cooking field. Then, ChatGPT might come up with ideas like, creating ebooks related to cooking, recipes and selling them to make money, starting a cooking blog with the help of AI-tools, and more.
Other than this, you can also find out a digital skill or business idea that can be started using AI tools and start learning about it to start your business. I’ll share some good business ideas later on in this post. (This is the option I’d recommend you to go for!)
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2. Ask AI to Help You in Your Business
After you’ve figured out a good business idea, you can start creating product for it using different AI tools. If your business includes writing, then ChatGPT can do it for you! If your business includes creating art, then Midjourney and Leonardo AI might be the only tools you need. If you want to start an AI-powered video editing business, then you can use tools like InVideo and Pictory AI to do it.
Depending on the business you’re trying to start, you need to find relevant AI tools to help you in your business and you also need to learn how to use those tools. You can either search for such tools on Google or ask it to ChatGPT.
3. Promote Your Business
Once your business is ready and the product is ready to sell, you need to promote it to generate sales and make money. If you’re trying to sell a digital product created using AI tools, then you can either spend some money to run ads or you can start posting content on social media to promote your product.
If you’re starting a service-based business, then you need to find people, who can buy your services. And to find such people, you need to go where they are! You can find your potential customers on social media platforms like, Facebook Groups, Reddit, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and even YouTube. You can also create accounts on freelance platforms to offer your services.
Other than this, you can find contact details of businesses through their website, social media handle or through their Google Maps listing and start contacting them to pitch your services.
4. Do It Messy. Do It Fast. Just Do It!
What most people do is, they come up with a great business idea, but don’t even take the first step to start it. Why? Perfection! They want to do everything perfectly, and that is the biggest problem.
This is the same problem even I suffered a lot from! When I was starting this blog, it took me 26 days to write my first article after setting up my blog. It was because, I was constantly trying to make everything perfect.
Let me tell you, in the beginning nothing will be perfect. So, you can’t afford to waste your time trying to make it all bright and colorful. Instead, you need to start with whatever you have and however you can.
Start small, get feedback from others and keep improving. That’s the way to go, because the money is in doing, not in dreaming.
This is how you can start your business, now let’s some some less-known business ideas you can start and scale using AI.
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Less-Known AI-related Business Ideas!
- AI-generated Voiceover Service – In the recent time, the thing called “YouTube Automation” has been popping up. And to create automated videos, they need a voiceover, but making an actual human record the voiceover for a video is quite expensive. So, you can provide this service to the needy ones using AI text-to-speech tools like Eleven Labs and make money.
- AI-Blog – You can use AI-writing tools like ChatGPT or SEO Writing AI to create articles for a blog. Yeah, it may be difficult to get traffic from Google, but you can promote it on social media sites like Pinterest, Facebook and Flipboard to get traffic. You can monetize your blog with display ads and affiliate marketing. If you’re generating articles with ChatGPT, then you may need to edit them before publishing. The best part about starting a blog is, you don’t need to sell anything to start making money. (If you want to start a blog, then I can create one for you! I’ll setup up a blog with the theme of your choice that will be ready to post content for absolutely free. If you’re interested or want to learn more about it, then send me a mail at groinisghts@gmail.com and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.)
- Create & Sell Stock Images – Many people don’t realize, how profitable this side hustle can be, but if you can find a niche with less competition, then you can make a lot of money. You need to find a low-competition stock image niche and start using AI-tools like Midjourney or Leonardo AI to generate images. Then, you can sell those images of Adobe Stock, Freepik, Canva and more. The main factor that can decide, if you’ll make money with it or not is your niche.
- Create and Sell Apps – AI has made creating an app so much easier. Even a person with no coding knowledge at all can create a fully-functioning app. If you can create an app that solves people’s problem, whether it’s big or small, you can make money. You can use AI tools like Lovable AI. Even Deepseek is good at designing simple apps.
- Create and Sell Websites – Previously, you needed to be a professional web-developer to design a stunning, fully-functional website. But, nowadays with AI drag-and-drop website builders like ZipWP and GetResponse, you can create a beautiful, fully-functioning website in just a few minutes. You can create website for small businesses and make money doing it.
Wrapping it Up
By finding a right business idea and by using the right AI-tools, you can’t just make five thousand dollars a month, but you can build a business that can make you passive income for years and years to come. And if you can be consistent with your business, then it could replace your full-time job as well.
