AI Paycheck

Rajeswari Rajesh

AI Paycheck is your daily guide to AI-powered side hustles. Discover how to leverage the latest AI tools and automation to create new income streams, boost productivity, and grow your earnings. Whether you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, or just curious about passive income, tune in for actionable tips, inspiring stories, and expert insights. Start maximizing your paycheck with AI today!

  1. Airtable Sheets Sync for auto reports and recurring revenue

    14 HR AGO

    Airtable Sheets Sync for auto reports and recurring revenue

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    1h 21m
  2. AgentKit Micro-Agents Turn Repetitive Tasks into Passive Income

    1 DAY AGO

    AgentKit Micro-Agents Turn Repetitive Tasks into Passive Income

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    1h 21m
  3. N8N Self-Hosted Retainers that Print Monthly Cash

    2 DAYS AGO

    N8N Self-Hosted Retainers that Print Monthly Cash

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    1h 2m
  4. Zapier Side Hustle Systems: Automate SMB Operations and Earn While You Sleep

    3 DAYS AGO

    Zapier Side Hustle Systems: Automate SMB Operations and Earn While You Sleep

    AIPaycheck Links - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/AIPaycheck⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Disclaimer: The AI Paycheck Podcast is for informational purposes only and does not provide financial, investment, or legal advice. Please consult a professional before making decisions based on our content. AI Paycheck Podcast Episode Description Title: 💤 Build Once, Get Paid Monthly: Unlocking Recurring Revenue with Productized Zapier Automation Services Tired of trading hours for dollars? Small businesses are wasting countless hours every week on manual, repeatable tasks—from managing missed invoices and complex lead follow-ups to messy CRM data and inconsistent staff updates. If you’re looking for a high-value side hustle that genuinely generates passive income, you need to stop selling time and start selling systems. In this explosive episode of AI Paycheck, we sit down with automation expert Liam Harper to break down exactly how he builds and sells recurring Zapier services to Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs). Liam reveals the exact blueprint for turning messy company workflows into clean, automated "engines" that keep running while you sleep. 🔥 Key Discussions and Takeaways: The Recurring Revenue Model: Learn the core philosophy: build the automation system once, maintain it lightly, and charge a non-negotiable monthly fee. We discuss why successful builders price the ongoing function of the system, not the time spent building it.Top 5 SMB Automation Needs: Discover the highest-demand tasks small businesses are desperate to solve, including achieving faster lead response, ensuring cleaner CRM data, and setting up automated Google Review request engines.The Five "Money Zaps" You Can Productize Today: We detail high-impact, repeatable automation packages that you can scope and sell immediately, such as the Lead Capture → Instant Reply → CRM flow, and the Estimate → Invoice → Payment Reminder sequence. These clear, billable packages are the key to consistent growth.Pricing Strategy That Works: Get the exact three-tiered pricing framework (Starter, Core, Ops Suite) to ensure you are earning significant setup fees ($750–$10,000) while securing steady monthly maintenance income ($150–$2,000). Crucially, we explain how to keep margins clean by having the client own and pay for their Zapier account.Building for Reliability: Stability is the secret to sleeping soundly. Learn professional best practices, including using strict naming conventions (e.g., HVAC01 – Leads – Typeform New Entry – v1.3), and leveraging critical Zapier features like Paths, Looping, Storage, and Webhooks. We deep-dive into advanced techniques for reliability, including deduplication, managing API rate limits, and setting up a dedicated "Retry" flow to handle inevitable errors.From One Client to Ten: Find out how to scale your new venture quickly by creating templates and checklists for discovery, scoping, building, and reporting—allowing you to clone and deploy systems for repeat niches in days. If you are ready to move past hourly gigs and step into the high-margin world of automated business systems, this episode provides the practical steps, the technical stack, and the closing script you need to land your first three clients and start building calm, profitable Zapier systems. Listen now and discover how to build plumbing that pays at 2 am.

    47 min
  5. AI Triage Agent: Automate Your Calendar, Inbox, and Passive Income Flow

    4 DAYS AGO

    AI Triage Agent: Automate Your Calendar, Inbox, and Passive Income Flow

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    44 min
  6. CRM Automation Mastery: Clean Data, Smart Leads, and Passive Income with AI

    5 DAYS AGO

    CRM Automation Mastery: Clean Data, Smart Leads, and Passive Income with AI

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    50 min
  7. AI SDR Agent Setup: Automate Prospecting and Build Passive Income with Smart Outreach

    6 DAYS AGO

    AI SDR Agent Setup: Automate Prospecting and Build Passive Income with Smart Outreach

    AIPaycheck Links - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/AIPaycheck⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Disclaimer: The AI Paycheck Podcast is for informational purposes only and does not provide financial, investment, or legal advice. Please consult a professional before making decisions based on our content. How to Build, Launch, and Productize Your Own AI SDR Agent (Automated Prospecting Side Hustle) Welcome to AI Paycheck! Are you tired of manual prospecting that dies after day three? For solo builders and small teams, consistent top-of-funnel activity is the holy grail. This week, we tear down exactly how to build an autonomous AI SDR Agent that prospects, enriches data, and runs multi-channel outreach while you focus on closing deals. Our guest, Jonas Keane, specializes in helping founders and freelancers package high-leverage outbound systems into productized offers that generate recurring income. By the end of this episode, you’ll have a clear runbook to ship your first working system this week and start monetizing it as a side hustle. Key Discussions & Takeaways:1. The Promise of the Autonomous SDR Agent Discover what results to expect in the first 30 days: a working loop that pulls 50–100 net-new prospects per day and is capable of booking 3–10 meetings per 1,000 sends on cold data with clean targeting. We outline the exact architecture in four lanes: Targeting, Enrichment, Messaging, and Sequencing, ensuring a reliable, repeatable system. 2. Concrete Tools and Data Quality Drill-Down We map out the specific tools needed for each lane, from data sources like LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Crunchbase-style databases to enrichment tools like Clearbit-type data and website scrapers. Learn to define a tight Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) using three cuts: Who (role), Where (geo/size), and Why Now (trigger). We provide examples of high-intent triggers, such as new funding, recent hiring notices, or site tech changes. Plus, get the formula for a simple Quality Score to measure vendor performance and kill low-performing sources. 3. Shipping the Minimal Build in a Weekend Jonas walks listeners through a practical, hands-on 7-step plan to launch your first functional SDR Agent loop in under 12 hours of focused work. Target Recipe: Writing the ICP and three repeating queries (e.g., “Head of Operations” AND “DTC skincare”).Message Matrix: Creating essential assets: two cold emails, a LinkedIn connection note, and a follow-up message.Sequencing & Safety: Setting up the multi-channel steps, defining guardrails (like daily send caps and required opt-out links), and ensuring replies are routed efficiently to a shared inbox for human review. 4. Getting Stable Output from LLMs Learn how to use Prompt Skeletons to provide guardrails to the LLM, ensuring message drafts are short, specific, compliant, and avoid jargon. We cover how to achieve effective personalization by focusing exclusively on public, professional signals (e.g., a recent hire notice or a job post) while avoiding personalization that feels intrusive or creepy. 5. Productizing and Monetizing Your Build This isn't just a technical build—it's a productized service. We break down exactly how listeners can sell the AI SDR Agent build in clear tiers, starting at $1,500 one-time for a basic setup and scaling up to $5,000 plus optional monthly care packages. We also detail the three crucial pieces of proof buyers demand before purchase: a Loom walkthrough of the live system, a redacted log file, and a one-page Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Listen now to stop the manual grind and start building a boring, reliable loop that lets your AI SDR Agent earn trust and revenue. The show notes include the prompt skeleton, message matrix, and a sample SOP outline mentioned in this episode.

    39 min
  8. AI Sales Sequences That Convert: Build Cold & Warm Outreach Systems for Passive Income

    26 OCT

    AI Sales Sequences That Convert: Build Cold & Warm Outreach Systems for Passive Income

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    57 min

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AI Paycheck is your daily guide to AI-powered side hustles. Discover how to leverage the latest AI tools and automation to create new income streams, boost productivity, and grow your earnings. Whether you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, or just curious about passive income, tune in for actionable tips, inspiring stories, and expert insights. Start maximizing your paycheck with AI today!

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