my embarrassing side hustle that pays my bills every month

@buildingwithmikayla

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Why it worked

The video tapped into the desire for passive income and entrepreneurship by showcasing a seemingly effortless way to build and monetize a business using AI, appealing to a broad audience interested in side hustles and online income.

Summary

The creator explains how they use CTO.new to build and sell businesses, generating income from YouTube views, product sales, and business flips. They demonstrate the process of describing a business idea and having the AI build it, then finding a supplier and creating content to market it.

Structure

1Introduce the concept of an embarrassing side hustle
2Explain how to use CTO.new to build a business
3Showcase the generated dog accessories brand website
4Describe the marketing strategy using social media content
5Explain the monetization strategy (views, sales, flips)
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and yes, this ACTUALLY makes me money #ctonew #buildwithAI #vibecoding #AIbuilds #sidehustle

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my embarrassing side hustle that pays my bills every month

Transcript

So I know most people won't do this because it's simply embarrassing, those are the same people that still work the 95 jobs that they absolutely hate while my embarrassing side hustle is paying my bills right now. Just keep watching and I'll show you exactly what to do. So just go to this website. CTO dot new. I know it seems simple, but stay with me. So you go there, describe the business you want. Like, literally just type it out like you're texting and it builds the whole thing for you. The brand, the store, everything. Like vibe coding, but for any business. So I built a dog accessories brand and in like an hour. Then I found a supplier and started making videos around the brand. Cute pet content product showcases things your dog actually needs type of videos. Posting them everywhere. TikTok, Instagram, YouTube. Especially YouTube, because YouTube pays for views. And here's why it's embarrassing. I'm not doing anything impressive. I described a pet brand, CTO. Built it, I posted a video. YouTube pays me, people buy my products, and I don't even ship it. I don't really do anything. Once the business starts getting real traction, I can list it on the CTO marketplace and sell the whole business to someone who wants to skip the build entirely and buy something that's already making money. So I get paid from the views, the products, and the flip I told you it was embarrassing. It's just really, really easy