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Laziest Way to Make Money with AI (Starting From Zero)
10mo ago
hook · laziest path to money from zerocuriosity gap
What's the laziest way to make money with AI in 2025 as a beginner? As someone who's made millions with AI products in my company, Martell Ventures, I'm going to share with you the five ways I would make money with AI if I was starting from zero. I'll even teach you how to find and sell it to customers and show you the cost, effort, and potential for each one. Now, I'm not talking about a get-richqu scheme. These are real money-making ideas where AI does most of the work for you. So, let's get into it. Starting with number five, AI thumbnail design. You can get paid to design those thumbnails that you see on YouTube that you have to click to watch the video. It's designing high converting YouTube thumbnails using AI products like Midjourney, Photoshop, and Canva AI. Here's the problem. Most people think that it's just like vibe designing where you just like I'm really good at prompts and I just touch and it creates images. That's not what I'm talking about. The cool part is is the cost is low to get into it. The effort is medium. It's not that hard and the potential is actually pretty high right now with the rise of personal brands. On
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Financial freedom and success through AI-powered ventures.
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The 'audit to deal process' is a powerful and repeatable framework for selling services. Alex should create a similar audit process for aspiring talent managers to attract high-profile clients.
Spoken hook
“What's the laziest way to make money with AI in.”
- 01What's the laziest way to make money with AI in 2025 as a beginner?
- 02I'll even teach you how to find and sell it to customers and show you the cost, effort, and potential for each one.
- 03Now, I'm not talking about a get-richqu scheme.
Formula · 1. Hook: Question about an easy way to make money in a specific niche using a trending technology. 2. Credibility: Briefly showcase proof of concept/success. 3. Listicle: Provide X number of specific ideas/methods/tools with estimated cost, effort, and potential. 4. Actionable Steps: Briefly explain how to find customers/implement each idea. 5. Clear CTA for a related paid course or product.
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How to steal it
setting · outdoor city
- 01Hook (0-2s)
Open with the "laziest path to money from zero" beat. No intro card, no logo, no greeting.
Brickell · Roll camera before you arrive at Brickell Ave at golden hour or Biscayne Blvd south of 5th. The reveal IS the hook.
- 02Set the frame (2-4s)
Establish outdoor city with your hero prop. Wide on the 16mm so the GT3 RS sells the scale.
Brickell · Keep the prop count to 1. More props = more cuts = lower retention.
- 03Payoff (4-9s)
Use direct to camera rant to deliver the rewatch moment. One idea, one take.
Brickell · Cut on the reaction, not the line. If it's a price reveal, hold the number on screen for 1.5s.
- 04Reaction / proof (9-13s)
Show the consequence. Bystander head-turn, valet face, on-screen receipt — whatever makes the payoff feel real.
Brickell · Casa Tua and Komodo valets are cinematic. E11even paddock for nightlife crowd. Hard Rock paddock during F1 weekend = prebuilt audience.
Your version
Alex-voiced hooks3/3
Variant 1
Laziest way to start making money managing creators, even with zero connections.
Alex walks through how he went from zero industry contacts at 22 to placing creators on Nike and Gymshark campaigns, showing the OVO dashboard as proof that the infrastructure does the heavy lifting once you learn the method.
Variant 2
The GT3 RS in my driveway came from one lazy system, not grinding 80 hour weeks.
Alex films opening with a walk past the Porsche in the Brickell garage, then breaks down how recurring 25% management fees and 5% grad commissions compound without him pitching new clients every day. Frames the car as a receipt of the system, not the hustle.