Newsletter: The $40K/mo Facebook trick nobody's running


Plus a 160K-visitor AI loophole and the new SEO playbook for 2026

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Hey Guys,

What if I told you the biggest shift in marketing right now isn't another ad platform or a TikTok dance trend... but a quiet little strategy pulling in $40,000 a month for one creator just from posting plain text screenshots on Facebook?

Or that a solo operator with zero writing team is driving 160,000 monthly visitors to their site on autopilot?

If your traffic and revenue feel stuck, you're probably missing the silent shift happening right now across AI, Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and a whole new wave of unconventional ad plays.

Today we're pulling back the curtain. I've curated 15 of the sharpest marketing strategies circulating the web right now — and the window on some of these AI and algorithm loopholes is closing fast.

Pick one. Run with it. Remember — information without action is just entertainment.


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⏳ TL;DR — What's Inside Today's Edition

  • AI Workflows: Hook Claude directly into WordPress, automate your daily tasks with Claude Cowork, and combine Gemini with NotebookLM for hallucination-free content
  • Traffic & SEO: Master Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), rank fast in local Map Packs, exploit Parasite SEO before AI penalties hit, and skyrocket traffic with just 2 high-DR backlinks
  • Monetization & Ads: Print money with 6-cent KDP "Lottery Ads," steal a $40K/month Facebook text-post strategy, and discover the exact tools top Amazon publishers use
  • Audience Building & Sales: Hormozi's 2026 landing page framework, 5 psychological secrets to sell anything, the over-40 YouTube edge, and the 4-month Substack Best Seller formula

1. How I Use Claude With WordPress (As a Web Designer)

The Hook: Still clicking through clunky WordPress menus to manage your site? There's a brand new official AI connector that turns your entire WP dashboard into a simple conversation — and it's a total game-changer for your workflow.

What you'll discover:

  • How to set up MCP tool access to link Claude directly to your WordPress site without coding
  • How to command Claude to analyze competitors, run SEO audits, and build professional PDF client reports using your live site data
  • The exact prompts to generate fully wired landing pages, contact forms, and multi-site promotional campaigns in seconds

👉 Watch the full video here


2. Learn 80% of KDP Lottery Ads in Under 20 Minutes

The Hook: Tired of losing money on manual Amazon Ads? "Lottery Ads" are quietly printing money for KDP publishers at just 6 to 10 cents a click — with practically zero maintenance.

What you'll discover:

  • The step-by-step setup for a "Lottery Ad" that groups all your books together to feed Amazon's algorithm massive amounts of data
  • Why you must use the "Dynamic Bids Up and Down" strategy for these ultra-low-budget campaigns
  • The secret "1-to-1" Lottery Ad variation that isolates individual books so you can finally scale your most profitable titles

👉 Watch the full video here


3. This Site Gets 160K Visitors/Month With No Team — Here's the Exact AI Workflow

The Hook: How does a faceless niche site pull 160,000 monthly visitors without hiring a massive writing team? By letting AI hijack Google's new LLM Overviews using a high-frequency automated news strategy.

What you'll discover:

  • Why dominating "AI Overviews" (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini) is far more lucrative than traditional Google ranking
  • How to use tools like Arval and Cloud Code to automatically source, write, and publish hyper-relevant news articles every 24 hours
  • The exact strategy to monetize this high-intent AI traffic via premium ad placements and newsletters

👉 Watch the full video here


4. Google Gemini Gems + NotebookLM Is INSANE!

The Hook: Stop letting AI hallucinate fake stats and butcher your brand voice. By combining Google Gemini Gems with NotebookLM, you can build an AI assistant that writes flawlessly in your tone — using only your real business data.

What you'll discover:

  • The "PACT" formula (Persona, Assignment, Context, Template) for locking in your exact brand voice forever
  • How to use NotebookLM to compile factual research briefs that force Gemini to stick to the truth
  • Workflows that slash blog posts, client proposals, and customer support emails from hours down to 15 minutes

👉 Watch the full video here


5. Simple Advice To RANK FAST Now

The Hook: In an emergency, nobody reads a "5 tips" blog post. They click the very first business they see in the Google Map Pack. Are you optimized for that 6-second decision, or are you losing thousands to competitors?

What you'll discover:

  • Why long "company history" sections on your local landing pages are actually killing your conversions
  • The critical schema markup error that's preventing AI bots like ChatGPT from recommending your local business
  • How to quickly fix sub-domain indexation issues and optimize your H1 tags to dominate the local Map Pack

👉 Watch the full video here


6. I Hit $5K Months With 8,500 Subscribers — Here's The System Nobody Talks About

The Hook: Think you're too old or too late to start a YouTube channel? Being over 40 is actually your ultimate unfair advantage to building a highly profitable $5K/month business with a tiny audience.

What you'll discover:

  • Why the "hustle culture" advice of posting 6 times a day is backwards — and what you should do instead
  • The 3-stage "Awaken, Position, Champion" framework to attract high-paying clients instead of chasing AdSense pennies
  • How to correctly target an "ideal client" (hint: it's just a former version of yourself!)

👉 Watch the full video here


7. Alex Hormozi's Landing Page Strategy for 2026

The Hook: Hormozi's portfolio generates hundreds of millions in revenue by completely ignoring standard landing page "best practices." Here is the exact framework he uses to print money.

What you'll discover:

  • Why 80-90% of your marketing effort should be spent optimizing the "Above the Fold" section
  • How to apply the "Value Equation" to your headlines to instantly communicate the dream outcome while reducing perceived risk
  • The strategy of visually "stacking" social proof to completely overwhelm objections and pre-sell your visitors

👉 Watch the full video here


8. AI Content Will Destroy Your Site in 2026

The Hook: Mass-publishing AI blog content on your own domain is a one-way ticket to Google's penalty box. If you want to survive the next algorithm update, you need to master the art of "Parasite SEO."

What you'll discover:

  • Why domain authority is the only tie-breaker left in a world where AI content is a fully commoditized baseline
  • How to piggyback off the massive authority of Reddit, Quora, and Facebook Groups to rank instantly
  • The secret method of sending "Chrome user signals" to your parasite posts to force Google to rank them at the top

👉 Watch the full video here


9. The Secret Ways To Sell ANYTHING As A Creative

The Hook: Why do inferior products often outsell superior ones? It's not about features — it all comes down to 5 hidden psychological triggers that hijack the consumer's identity.

What you'll discover:

  • How Nespresso used "Status Flipping" to turn a cheap convenience product into a mark of high-end sophistication
  • The "Hidden Door" technique that gives your customers a specialized vocabulary so they feel like insiders
  • How to build a "Ritual" into your customer journey that creates fierce, irrational brand loyalty

👉 Watch the full video here


10. The New SEO Playbook: AI Search, GEO & What Actually Drives Conversions

The Hook: Traditional SEO is dying, and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is taking its place. If your brand isn't actively being cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity, your organic traffic is heading to zero.

What you'll discover:

  • Why 80% of conversion journeys now touch an LLM — and how to get your brand mentioned in those answers
  • How to find and optimize for "Query Fanouts" to feed AI search engines exactly what they want
  • The crucial changes you need to make to your e-commerce product pages to dominate AI shopping agents

👉 Watch the full video here


11. BEST Amazon KDP Tool in 2026

The Hook: Overwhelmed by the endless sea of Amazon KDP software? Stop guessing and discover the exact, streamlined tech stack top publishers are using to research, write, and rank their books fast.

What you'll discover:

  • Why BookBeam is the undisputed king of keyword research and finding low-competition, high-profit niches
  • How Co-author.ai solves the "AI hallucination" problem, formatting and writing your books 10x faster than ChatGPT
  • When (and when NOT) to invest in ad automation tools like Adigy to scale your royalties without losing your shirt

👉 Watch the full video here


12. How to Schedule Tasks in Claude Cowork in 5 Minutes

The Hook: What if your AI assistant could automatically summarize your inbox, check your Slack, and build your daily action brief before you even wake up? With Claude Cowork, you can set it and forget it.

What you'll discover:

  • How to create automated scheduled tasks using simple, natural voice commands
  • The exact workflow for getting Claude to research podcasts, summarize takeaways, and post them directly to your Notion workspace
  • Tips for combining multiple tool connectors to build hands-free systems for your business

👉 Watch the full video here


13. I Became a Substack Best Seller in 4 Months — Here's How

The Hook: Forget fighting the chaotic algorithms of Facebook and Instagram. Here's how one creator built a Best-Selling Substack and created a recurring revenue machine just by sharing her daily thoughts.

What you'll discover:

  • Why you should treat Substack like "Blog meets Social," and the daily "Notes" formula that drives mass subscriptions
  • The exact free-to-paid funnel strategy using a mid-article paywall to tease premium value
  • How to use the "Restack" feature and clever comment strategies to legally steal audiences from massive creators

👉 Watch the full video here


14. How I Get 24,200/Month in Traffic With Just 2 Backlinks

The Hook: Think building backlinks doesn't work anymore? Just TWO high-quality, manual links strategically placed skyrocketed this site from zero to over 24,000 monthly visitors.

What you'll discover:

  • Why correlating new content velocity with high Domain Rating (DR) backlinks is the ultimate recipe for traffic spikes
  • The exact "anchor text rotation" strategy to stay safe from Google penalties while maximizing ranking power
  • Behind-the-scenes of the manual outreach process to secure DR40+ links that actually move the needle

👉 Watch the full video here


15. This Facebook Strategy Is Generating $40K a Month But No One's Doing It

The Hook: While everyone is exhausted chasing TikTok trends, one creator is quietly making $40,000 a month by posting simple text and image screenshots on Facebook. Yes, Facebook.

What you'll discover:

  • How to leverage Facebook's massive new Content Monetization program to get paid purely for engagement
  • The "Twitter-to-Facebook" screenshot pipeline that lets you schedule 24 highly engaging posts a day with minimal effort
  • Why the "Mom Bloggers" and meme pages are making 5-figures a month — and how you can apply this to drive traffic to your own e-commerce or coaching offers

👉 Watch the full video here


🚀 Ready To Stop Watching And Start Shipping?

Here's the truth — 95% of people will read this newsletter, nod along, and do absolutely nothing. The other 5% will pick one strategy from above and ship it today.

The person who ships first usually wins.

If you want to be in that 5%, the Google Doc is your shortcut. Skip the analysis paralysis, grab one checklist, and execute before the weekend.

Hit reply and tell me which strategy you're running with — I read every single one.

Talk soon,

- Tony

P.S. If I had to bet on just ONE play from today's edition, it would be #15 (the $40K/mo Facebook text-post strategy) stacked with #8 (Parasite SEO). Low effort, high upside, and the window is wide open right now. Open the Google Doc, grab those two checklists, and you've got a weekend project that could quietly transform your traffic numbers. Don't sleep on this one.

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