$2,636 Monthly? My Insane Passive Income Strategy

Here’s My Money Making AI Content System — Step by Step

Let me show you how I earned this passive Income (screenshot by author)

I wanted to prove this passive income was real, so when the money hit the bank, I went to Safeway.

Best buffalo wings I ever had — because it was 100% passive income online.

I bought Chicken Wings with Passive Income Earnings (photo by author)

Imagine turning every piece of content you create into an income engine. Instead of one-off efforts, imagine you’re building a self-sustaining system — an AI powered content net — designed to continuously expand your reach and revenue.

That’s the difference between creating content and creating a system.

My Month Recurring Revenue in just one project I created in 2024 (screenshot by author)

In this post, I’ll show you how I am using AI Tools to weave a net — a strategic, automated content cycle — that turns every blog post, video, and tweet into a part of an engine for generating passive income.

Today I’m not just going to teach you how to create content; I’m going to teach you how to create an AI powered system that works for you even when you’re not online. Then, I’m going to give it to anyone who asks.

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Think of your content as the threads of a net. When woven together strategically, those threads can cover a vast area, capturing opportunities you’d otherwise miss.

I’ll walk you through how I set up my own content cycle, use storytelling formats to drive engagement, and leverage the right referral programs to make money. Let’s get started!

Where the Money Is: The Knots of the Net

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The Foundation of the Net

Before you write, find where the money is — that’s what you will write about. Find a referral program that pays you a percentage of all customer activity for the lifetime of the customer… and write about every thing that customer will experience and feel.

This customer is the fish in the ocean that you are writing for. But, with our AI tools and automation blueprints, you are not fishing with a single hook, you are writing articles that link to one another in a way that creates a net.

Here’s how to make money with your content net:

1. Referral Programs:
   Focus on products that offer recurring payouts. For example, a tool like Make.com has a free tier for users and pays a percentage of lifetime customer activity. I found similar programs that align an audience that has been more profitable and I detail more here.
2. Ad Revenue:
   Platforms like Beehiiv allow you to monetize your blog posts through ads. The more views you get, the more money you make.
3. Create an Offer: Become a creator on WHOP and build a base for your income. I now have four profitable shops on Whop!
4. Partner Promotions:
   Encourage your readers and viewers to join partners on WHOP. If they sign up through the referral program, you benefit from their activity too. These partnerships dramatically expand your income potential. I wrote about how I add new partner revenue streams here.
5. Topical Authority:
   Use tools like custom GPTs to generate keyword phrases your audience is searching for. Create content around those phrases to rank higher on search engines and attract more traffic.
6. Automation:
   Automate as much as possible. From social media sharing to email list management, let systems work for you. This frees up your time to focus on engaging with your audience while your AI Agents create content.

Now that we have identified our high-quality product that pays us for the lifetime of the customer, we have our own offer and we have a handful of partner offers to promote. These products become our anchor.

From here, we weave content that attracts people to it.

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Here’s the flow:

➤ 1.) Killer Content Strategy

What questions are people asking? What problems do they want solved? Use AI Tools and automations to research the solutions and create a story-formatted tutorial. (below)

Killer Content Automation (by author)

➤ 2.) Create a Video

Start with a YouTube video. This is the first thread in the net. Videos are engaging and can directly drive traffic to your product.

New tutorial how to build your own Video Script Helper (by author)

➤ 3.) Repurpose the Transcript

Take the transcript from your video and turn it into a blog post on a platform like Beehiiv. (Beehiiv includes an email newsletter and I explain the power of the systems in a longer post here.) This blog post is then submitted to a larger Publication on Medium with the aim of republishing for additional reach and engagement.

➤ 4.) Social Media Amplification

Share snippets from the blog post on Twitter and LinkedIn. Customize each post to fit the platform and link back to your blog and your product.

Automate Social Media Updates (by author)

➤ 5.) Killer Engagement Strategy

Give away free solutions in exchange for comments and engagement on your video and social posts. Use this engagement to trigger the platform algorithm to share your content and grow your following.

➤ 6.) Build Partnerships

This cycle continuously brings new potential for building partnerships with creators who have large established audiences. Aside from the power of automation — nothing else has the leverage to grow your audience size, than the power of partnerships. Take time to nurture and build relationships with the top influencers in your niche.

The Secret Content Strategy of Storytelling Formats

Let’s Get Human

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We like stories.

Once we start a story — we want to see how it ends.

And your content needs a story structure if it’s going to draw your reader in. The story structure will make it easy for your reader to follow along for all the benefits and results they have been seeking.

I wasn’t a good story teller,

but AI has been helping me improve.

I began by finding top examples from my favorite authors, and I had different LLM’s provide me with a critical review of the article structures. After reviewing dozens of articles from a wide range of authors, clear patterns began to emerge that I had never heard about before.

I could turn these patterns into prompts, and I could command the LLM to generate new articles based on the common structures that emerged from my research:

Here are five proven formats to turn ordinary posts into irresistible stories:

1. Do and Show:
   Demonstrate your own journey. For example, if you’re promoting a referral program, show step-by-step how you joined, what you did for 7, 30, and 60 days, and the results. Share your screen, your data, and your wins.
2. Problem, Agitate, Solve:
   Identify a common pain point your audience faces. Agitate it — make the problem real for them. Then offer your product or affiliate link as the solution.
3. Before, After, Bridge:
   Show what life was like before using your product, the transformation it provided, and how your audience can bridge the gap by taking action.
4. The Epiphany:
   Share a moment of realization or discovery. This story format makes your audience feel like they’re having the same lightbulb moment.
5. Success Story:
   Highlight the outcomes achieved by you or others using your product. This builds trust and credibility.

Here are a few example screenshots from Make blueprints that use the ChatGPT prompts to generate story-formatted content from facts:

Problem-Agitate-Solve article from product description (by author)

The Epiphany Style Article from product description (by author)

Product Research, custom image, Discovery Journey style article (by author)

Embrace the routine with enthusiasm (flux ai image by author)

Building The Net: A Day in the Cycle

Let’s say you’ve just created a video. Here’s what happens next:

The content cycle (screenshot by author)

1. The transcript is uploaded to Beehiiv and automatically shared via email.
2. The same content is repurposed into a Medium post and shared on Twitter and LinkedIn.
3. Engagement from those platforms feeds into your Whop lead magnet.
4. You automate follow-ups to anyone who engages, offering them your product or inviting them to a referral partner.
5. Each action builds on the last, creating a system that makes money.

If this feels overwhelming, consider this:

I remember the very first time I allowed myself to truly imagine what it would feel like to have an online income stream — one that literally covered all my expenses, regardless of whether I got out of bed or decided to spend a quiet morning reading. That moment was electric.

It was like I gave myself permission to believe in a different kind of future, a future fueled by a new strategy and automation that made my efforts multiply in ways I had never experienced before.

Once I shifted into this entirely new strategy — leveraging automation, improved strategy, and the power of AI — the game has changed forever. And it can change for you, too.

I now see each day’s tasks as puzzle pieces, knowing there is a bigger picture guiding my efforts.

The moment I embraced the idea that today’s work could yield incredible rewards in the future, my productivity skyrocketed.