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Up To $35K/Month Adding Commentary to Viral Videos on Facebook
Chris Koerner found viral clips, recorded green-screen commentary over them, and collected Facebook’s ad revenue share at $0.25 per 1,000 views. Then Facebook banned him for explaining it publicly.
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The 1-Person Marketing Team of a $380 Billion Company
Austin ran all of Anthropic’s growth marketing alone by piping ad data through AI that writes hundreds of headlines, then a design plugin that renders 100 ad variations instantly.
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$250 Per Hour Handling Construction Permits
Jim Lashbaugh files building permits for contractors who hate the red tape, charging $1,750 a permit and clearing about $40K last year. No credentials, no ads, pure word of mouth.
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$700/Month Creating Fake People for Brands on Fiverr
A marketing coordinator worked out how to lock one AI-generated face across dozens of scenes, then sold photo packs on Fiverr from $30. February brought $710 from 15 orders.
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$14.5K/Month With a Hybrid AI Agency (80% Automated)
Adithyan Ilangovan did podcast editing manually until he knew which 80% could be automated. Clients now pay $2,500-3,000 monthly for four episodes, with humans handling only the final polish.
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$50K in 9 Weeks, Started With No Experience
Hunter Schenewark bought a $2,300 used line-striping machine and cold-emailed 300 businesses. Churches with big empty lots bit hardest, and month two brought $46,825, one job worth $26,000.
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$10K/Month Marketing Apps With Faceless Instagram
Kaml Abdel-Kader gives each of his nine apps its own Instagram account and films demos where the result looks striking on camera. His quit-smoking tracker hit 150M views and $10K monthly.
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She’s Earned $789K Selling Retro Phones
Cat Goetze sells Bluetooth retro handsets that ring and route audio from a smartphone, priced $90-110. One viral video drove $120K in three days; 2025 closed at $789K revenue.
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$128K/Year Blowing Up Balloons
Karin Capellan stages balloon arches and rents party chairs on weekends around her flight attendant job. A 20-foot arch costs $30-50 in materials and sells for $300, totalling $128K a year.
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From $14/hr Crossing Guard to $14K/Month
Christine Tyler Hill illustrated what she saw during her 50-minute crossing guard shift, then turned it into an 8-page handwritten zine mailed monthly. 2,000 subscribers at $8 make roughly $14K.
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$20K to $70M in 17 Years (Powered by TikTok)
Chris Camillo reads TikTok comments to spot consumer shifts before Wall Street prices them in, then buys or shorts the affected stocks. $20K in 2007 has become roughly $70M.
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$300K/Year From a Local Newsletter (City of 40,000)
Ryan Sneddon’s free Annapolis newsletter covers events and restaurant openings, and sells ads to local businesses. Each subscriber costs about $1 to acquire and returns $10-12 a year across 23,000 readers.
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$25K+/Month From a Vibe-Coded Prayer App (Built in 3 Days)
Mau Baron, a self-described finance bro, used AI tools to build an app that locks the phone until the user finishes a prayer session. Subscriptions now bring over $25K monthly.
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From a $15/hr Job to $50K/Month Hauling Junk
Matt hauled junk in a beat-up pickup and dropped candy dishes with business cards at every real estate office in his county. Realtors became his referral engine, now $50K monthly.
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Throw a Free Event, Make Money From Sponsors
Founders curate a niche audience into a free retreat, then bill sponsors like n8n and OpenRouter for the exposure. Paid version: Hacker Paradise takes $2K a head, $35K a month.
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