Newsletter: I told an AI to make me money. It did. ($8k/mo)


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Hey Guys,

Have you ever felt like you're just one strategy away from a real breakthrough in your business?

Here's the thing I keep coming back to: the marketing landscape is moving fast right now, and the people who adapt are quietly pulling ahead while everyone else is still trying to figure out what changed. AI agents are building businesses. Local sites are ranking #1. Websites are getting built in the time it takes to grab a coffee.

I've pulled together a stack of strategies today from some of the sharpest people working in marketing, SEO, and AI today. None of this is theory. It's all stuff you can actually go and use.

Information without action is just entertainment. So as you go through these, pick one and actually do it.

Let's get into it.


➡️ Your Complete Implementation Guide

Before you dive in, grab this. I've put together a separate Google Doc that goes way deeper than the summaries below. Inside you'll find:

✅ A 4-paragraph summary of every single video

25 key takeaways pulled from across the whole edition

Step-by-step checklists for every video, so you're not just watching, you're doing

Think of it as the "do this next" version of today's newsletter. Watch the video, then open the checklist and take action while it's fresh.

👉 ​Access Your Complete Implementation Guide Here


1. The FASTEST Way to Move Your WordPress Website in 2026

Dread the technical nightmare of migrating a WordPress site? What if you could move a massive 5GB+ website to a brand new domain for exactly $0.00 in just a few clicks?

What you'll discover:

  • The completely free plugin that clones your entire site architecture
  • Step-by-step instructions to legally get around maximum upload size limits
  • How to restore your database, media, and theme without losing a single pixel

🔗 Watch the video here


2. Copy This Video Style, It'll Get Clients to Chase You

Stop chasing clients and get them to chase you. There's a specific, proven video structure that compresses months of trust-building into a single 10-minute watch.

What you'll discover:

  • The "B.O.N.D." framework (Promise, Hook, Credibility, Obstacle, Nuggets, Direction) that turns casual viewers into eager buyers
  • Why a sanitized, "perfect" success story actually destroys your credibility
  • How to craft video titles that sell the destination, not just the journey

🔗 Watch the video here


3. I Told an AI Agent to Make Me Money. It Did.

Imagine texting an AI assistant from your iPhone and having it build a working business that generates $8,000/month in recurring revenue. Sounds like sci-fi? It just happened.

What you'll discover:

  • How the "OpenClaw" AI agent built a profitable kids' bedtime story subscription business from scratch
  • The exact prompts used to find local businesses and automatically code 350 websites for them
  • Why combining futuristic AI automation with old-school direct mail postcards is a marketing cheat code

🔗 Watch the video here


4. Turn Any Script Into a Visual Storyboard With Google Flow in Minutes

Spending hours visualizing your video concepts or paying expensive illustrators? Google has a hidden AI tool that turns a simple text prompt into a cohesive, cinematic storyboard in under 5 minutes.

What you'll discover:

  • How to use Google Flow Storyboard Studio to auto-generate custom characters, props, and locations
  • The trick to keeping perfect character consistency across multiple AI-generated scenes
  • How to save hours of pre-production on your next video, short film, or commercial

🔗 Watch the video here


5. How I Make Football Highlights Without Copyright

Faceless sports channels are pulling in up to $20,000/month, but most beginners get shut down immediately with copyright strikes. Here's the method to bypass the algorithm legally.

What you'll discover:

  • The database where you can download almost any historic football match for free
  • The specific CapCut editing settings that get around YouTube's copyright filters
  • How to layer filters, transitions, and AI voiceovers to qualify for "Fair Use" monetization

🔗 Watch the video here


6. I Quit KDP for IngramSpark (The Results Will Shock You!)

Tired of throwing all your royalties into Amazon Ads just to make a few book sales? One self-publisher ditched KDP for an alternative platform and unlocked effortless recurring revenue.

What you'll discover:

  • Why IngramSpark might be the most overlooked passive income stream for publishers
  • How to generate big bulk orders (like 131 copies at once) without spending a dime on advertising
  • The strategic difference between paperback vs. hardcover for your bottom line

🔗 Watch the video here


7. This Claude AI Trick Replaces All Page Builders (Free WordPress Method)

Drag-and-drop page builders are bloated, slow, and limit your creativity. What if you could build lightning-fast custom websites just by having a normal conversation with an AI?

What you'll discover:

  • How to replace heavy plugins like Elementor using Claude AI and a simple free code snippet plugin
  • The prompt that forces Claude to ask clarifying questions before it writes any code
  • How to iterate, redesign, and fix layout bugs instantly without touching a line of PHP

🔗 Watch the video here


8. How to Use Pomelli: Google's Free AI Marketing Agent

Need a brand kit, a website, and a full ad campaign, but have zero budget? Google quietly released a free AI marketing agent that does the work of an entire creative agency in seconds.

What you'll discover:

  • How to automatically extract your "Business DNA" just by uploading a few photos of your product
  • The one-click feature that generates stunning lifestyle product shots without a camera
  • How to launch animated social media ad campaigns formatted perfectly for any platform

🔗 Watch the video here


9. Reddit Marketing Strategy: Spam vs Organic

Think you can drop your software link into a Reddit thread and watch the sales roll in? Think again. Most marketers get permanently banned before they make a cent.

What you'll discover:

  • The harsh truth about why Reddit communities despise promotional bots and self-serving founders
  • The right way to build a real, organic presence without getting blocked
  • Why picking fights with subreddit moderators is the fastest way to wreck your brand

🔗 Watch the video here


10. Link Building in SEO: Using Real Relationships to Create Real Authority

Stop wasting money on spammy directory links that Google ignores. The real secret to growing your domain authority is a networking strategy you probably already use in real life.

What you'll discover:

  • Why the "domain age" SEO myth is holding back your traffic growth
  • How to leverage local, non-competing business relationships for high-impact backlinks
  • Why Google actually loves listicles, and how to use them to stay ahead of algorithm updates

🔗 Watch the video here


11. The Exact SEO Process We Use to Rank Contractors #1 on Google

Paying an agency thousands for SEO but seeing zero return? Here's the exact 12-month, 4-phase blueprint a top agency uses to turn local businesses into serious local players.

What you'll discover:

  • The 4-phase local SEO framework: Foundation, Building, Traction, and Dominance
  • Why pumping out 250 AI-generated location pages is actually killing your rankings
  • The checklist of "Red Flags" that prove your current SEO agency is scamming you

🔗 Watch the video here


12. How to Build WordPress Websites With Codex in 42 Minutes

Building fully-custom websites used to take weeks of coding and design. What if you could deploy an AI agent to build a high-converting, SEO-optimized site while you step away for a coffee?

What you'll discover:

  • How to use the Codex AI agent via SSH to fully automate professional WordPress builds
  • The trick to legally clone the structure of any reference design you like on the web
  • How to manage your AI token usage so you don't blow your budget during big builds

🔗 Watch the video here


Ready to Actually Do Something With This?

Here's the truth nobody likes to hear: you can watch all twelve of these videos, nod along, feel inspired… and have nothing to show for it by Friday. The person who ships first usually wins, and shipping starts with picking ONE of these and running with it today.

So here's what I want you to do:

  1. Pick the ONE strategy above that made you go "oh, I could use that"
  2. Open the Google doc and pull up its checklist
  3. Knock out step one before you close this email

That's it. One step. Momentum does the rest.

Talk soon,

- Tony

P.S. — The reason these tactics work right now is because most people are still sitting on the sidelines watching. That window doesn't stay open forever. Grab the Google doc, pick your play, and go be the person who actually shipped this week.

Tony Hayes Daily Growth Signals Newsletter

Every day we handpick the top 20 marketing tips, insights, case studies, methods, workflows, and free trials we've spotted on Twitter (X) and YouTube. It's completely free and lands in your inbox 6 days a week. No fluff, just the good stuff that's actually working right now. Creator of NicheBlasta, LeadBlasta, Viral Content Pilot, and many more innovative marketing automation tools. I build and release new tools every week built with no code platforms and run a WhatsApp group and the 'Unshackled' product creation bootcamp.

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