Hello everyone, this is my first article here.
Here, I will start recording the journey of a novice like me, how I started the journey of making money through AI as a side business without paying, step by step through my own efforts.
As I search online every day for ways to make money through AI as a side business, I find myself at a loss when it comes to collecting or finding useful information. I only know to watch videos on Bilibili that are used to attract traffic by some content creators. Many of them are clickbait, ultimately leading to their own websites, paid courses, and so on.
After going back and forth, I found that the content mainly revolves around AI writing, AI websites, AI graphics, AI videos, AI digital humans, and other paid communities, platforms, and courses.
Just as I was about to pay for an AI course, my companion disagreed. She told me not to rush into paying and advised me to search online for similar information based on the content of paid courses. There are many free resources online that are similar to tutorials. Learning how to find information is also a skill. Although it will consume a lot of my time and cost, it is a necessary path to success. Don't always look for shortcuts.
So I stopped paying and deleted many distractions such as course assistants on WeChat. When you close these windows that affect your independent thinking, you can break free from the mentality of relying on others to lead you and choose your own direction. Persistence is key, and I believe that one day I will open the door to making money through AI as a side business.
Later, I found an open-source repository called "AI Money Hunter" at https://github.com/bleedline/aimoneyhunter, which is a collection of information on making money through AI as a side business. It already provides us with a lot of information and ideas that are taught in paid courses.
For example, it shares advice and strategies on how to start a side business and gain stable income. For more details, you can visit the link above.
Four suggestions:
- Focus on content and traffic, rather than selling a product - By attracting traffic, you naturally need a product. Find other people's products, cooperate to generate sales, and make money.
- Be a shovel, not a gold digger - Gold digging requires comprehensive requirements for a project and involves high risks. Selling shovels is often more direct.
- OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) - If you create a product A, remember to sell it as a product to others, and even support OEM to let everyone dig for gold together.
- Distribution - If you are digging for gold yourself, it's best to find a way for others to also find gold. Distribution is a good strategy.
- If you don't want to spend money, you have to spend time - Spending money to buy knowledge from others and then executing it has low risk but requires cost. If you don't want to spend money, you need to spend time. Through trial and error over time, find things that can make money. Of course, spending money doesn't necessarily buy knowledge and may end up being taken advantage of.
- Build assets, not sell time - If your time cannot be sold multiple times, it's no different from working. Accumulate your own assets instead of doing one-time sales of time-consuming tasks.
One strategy:
Building traffic through self-media is currently the most accessible path to making money through AI as a side business.
Later, through many links shared in the repository, I found this address You won, but I didn't lose. I clicked on it and didn't see the actual content, but rather an article written by a Chinese person. I actually read it because this article made me realize something I didn't know. What is it? You can visit the link to find out. I continued browsing the content inside and finally discovered a new world. It turns out that there are many software and tools shared here that have been shared elsewhere.
I have always wanted to create a tool navigation website. By sharing interesting software or tools on various platforms, interested friends can visit my website through my sharing, and finally find introductions and download links for software or tools they are interested in. In this way, I can continuously expand the content of my website.
I have made up my mind to achieve my goal of making money through a side business through my own time and efforts. I believe that even without paying, I can still achieve my goal. The content taught in paid platforms, courses, etc., is nothing more than this. The key is to rely on my own persistence and understanding. The key to success is always to take immediate action. Only by taking action can we see the dawn of hope.
Through this address, I saw that there is a software sharing section in the sidebar. I clicked on it and found that someone shared a Xlog, which allows you to have a modern-style blog for free in just 5 minutes. Why not give it a try?
Seeing the word "free" once again attracted me, so I clicked on it and read the related introduction. Although I don't understand much of the knowledge, I finally found my way here and wrote my first article!
I hope to continuously share my original content here.