🥯 Today on Bagel Bots

• 💰️ Monetization Insight: Systemize Outreach. Land Better Opportunities

• 🔧 Workflow Builder: Sell Qualified Leads on Autopilot With AI

• 💡 Today’s Prompt: Create a No-Fluff Monetization Plan With AI

• 🧰 Featured Tool: Create Step-by-Step Guides That Monetize Fast

• 🧪 Fresh Apps: 5 AI Tools to Launch Fast + Earn Faster

• 🌎️ AI Market Pulse: AI Just Hit an Android Moment—Here’s Your Edge

• 🖼️ Which Image Is Real? AI or not? Take your best guess.

💰️ Monetization Insight of the Day
 From Random Connections to Strategic Business Development

Networking used to be about showing up to events and hoping for good conversations—until I systematized relationship building with AI. Now before any LinkedIn outreach or partnership discussion, I use Grok to deeply research the person's business, recent company developments, and industry challenges they're likely facing. Then I use ChatGPT to craft intelligent, personalized messages that reference specific insights about their business rather than generic networking requests. Lindy handles all my follow-ups automatically, ensuring no potential partnership or valuable connection falls through the cracks.

The transformation has been remarkable: instead of flying by the seat of my pants, I now have a repeatable system that turns networking into strategic business development. Every interaction is informed, purposeful, and memorable because I'm arriving with genuine insights about their challenges and opportunities. Use Lusha to gather comprehensive contact information and business intelligence, then let your AI system manage the entire relationship lifecycle from initial research through long-term follow-up. The result is more meaningful partnerships, better business connections, and conversations that actually lead to revenue opportunities instead of just exchanged business cards.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Research beats generic outreach: AI-powered preparation creates meaningful conversations instead of surface-level networking interactions

• Systematic follow-up drives results: Automated relationship management ensures valuable connections develop into actual business opportunities

• Intelligence amplifies relationships: Understanding someone's business challenges before you meet transforms networking from small talk into strategic partnership discussions

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🔧 Workflow Builder
Turn AI Into Your Personal Lead Generation Business

Goal: Build a lead generation service using AI agents to find and qualify prospects for businesses, charging $1,000-$3,000/month per client.

Steps:

1. Choose Your Target Industry Use ChatGPT with this RTCE prompt: "Role: You are a lead generation specialist with 10 years of experience. Task: Identify 5 industries that struggle most with lead generation and would pay premium prices for qualified prospects. Context: I want to offer AI-powered lead generation services to businesses that need consistent pipeline growth. Examples: Real estate agents, insurance brokers, B2B software companies, professional services, or coaching/consulting businesses." Pick one industry to specialize in initially.

2. Research Lead Generation Requirements Use Grok deep research mode with this RTCE prompt: "Role: You are an industry research analyst specializing in lead generation. Task: Research [your chosen industry] to identify their lead generation pain points, typical costs per lead, and prospect qualification criteria. Context: I'm launching an AI lead generation service and need data on how this industry handles prospect acquisition and what makes leads sales-ready. Examples: Include average cost per lead, common lead sources, conversion rates, and current challenges." Then interview 3-5 potential clients to validate the research findings.

3. Set Up Your AI Lead Generation System Configure Lindy to automate the entire lead generation workflow: prospect research, initial contact, lead qualification, and data organization. Train your AI agent to identify prospects based on specific criteria, craft personalized outreach messages, and qualify leads using your industry's requirements before passing them to clients.

4. Create Professional Service Packages Develop three tiers: Starter ($1,000/month - 20 qualified leads), Growth ($2,000/month - 50 qualified leads), Scale ($3,000/month - 100+ qualified leads with priority support). Define exactly what constitutes a "qualified lead" and guarantee replacement for any leads that don't meet agreed criteria.

5. Build Your Lead Gen Business Website Use WebWave to create a professional website showcasing your lead generation results, client testimonials, and clear pricing packages. Include case studies showing before/after lead quality improvements and specific ROI numbers that demonstrate the value of your service.

6. Launch Client Acquisition Campaign Use Lusha to find decision-makers at companies in your target industry, then create direct outreach highlighting how AI lead generation solves their specific pipeline challenges. Offer a free 7-day trial delivering 5-10 qualified prospects to prove your system's effectiveness before asking for monthly commitments.

7. Deliver Consistent Lead Quality Use your Lindy system to continuously find, qualify, and deliver prospects that match each client's criteria. Provide weekly reports showing lead quality metrics, conversion rates, and pipeline value generated. Maintain detailed tracking to optimize your AI agent's performance based on client feedback.

8. Scale and Optimize Operations Monitor lead quality and client satisfaction to refine your AI agent's qualification process. Add new clients gradually while maintaining service quality, and use successful case studies to attract premium clients willing to pay higher monthly fees for exclusive lead generation services.

Estimated Time: 10-12 hours initial setup, then 5-10 hours weekly client management

Revenue Potential: $5,000-$15,000/month with 5-10 active clients on monthly retainer agreements

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💡 Today’s Prompt
Build a Revenue Plan You’ll Actually Follow

Plan your income like a strategist, not a guesser. This prompt helps you build a personalized, AI-powered roadmap to hit your monthly income goal—whether you're starting from zero or scaling a side hustle. It breaks your target into clear monthly milestones, recommends specific AI tools and workflows, and shows you what to focus on each week. No fluff, just a direct path to revenue for solopreneurs, creators, or freelancers ready to monetize with clarity and speed.

👉 Use the prompt + check out my example output here

Clear Ask:
You're an AI business strategist. Help me create a step-by-step plan to hit my monthly income goal using AI tools and systems.

Context & Purpose:
I want a tactical, monetization-focused roadmap that uses AI to build or grow an income stream—quickly and efficiently. The plan should break down what to do, what tools to use, and how to track progress toward my goal.

Inputs You Provide:
• Monthly income goal (e.g. $3,000/month)
• Time available per week (e.g. 5 hours/week)
• Starting point (e.g. beginner, freelancer, newsletter owner)
• Preferred monetization type (e.g. digital products, services, affiliate)
• Audience/niche (e.g. creators, small biz, no audience yet)
• AI tools you know (optional)
• Tone of plan (e.g. fast-growth, sustainable, weekend hustle)

Instructions for ChatGPT:
• Break the plan into monthly milestones (Month 1, Month 2, etc.)
• Include weekly time breakdowns (e.g. 3 hrs product creation, 2 hrs outreach)
• Recommend specific AI tools + workflows for each phase
• Assign a KPI or dollar target for each month
• Keep it lean, realistic, and ready to execute immediately

Perfect Output:
A no-fluff action plan: what to build, what to do weekly, which tools to use—and how to reach your income target fast.

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Featured Tool: Guidde

What It Does:
Guidde lets you create AI-powered video tutorials in seconds by auto-recording your screen, generating voiceovers, and producing step-by-step guides you can share or embed anywhere.

How to Monetize or Automate With It:

• Sell branded how-to video guides to SaaS companies or online course creators.

• Use it to productize internal training for clients and charge a setup fee.

• Create and sell template video SOP libraries for specific niches (e.g. Shopify, Notion, ClickUp).

Getting Started:
Sign up for Guidde, install the browser extension, and record a common process your target audience needs (e.g. “How to manage a Shopify order” or “Client onboarding in ClickUp”).

Fresh Apps

🔗 Murf.ai: Create AI voiceovers for client videos and paid content

🔗 MindStudio: Build and sell AI apps without writing any code

🔗  StudyPal: Use AI to generate and sell study guides or flashcards

🔗  Revenowl: AI analyzes revenue data to spot growth and churn risks

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🌎️ AI Market Pulse
From Premium Pricing to Free AI: The Great Democratization

Chinese tech giant Baidu is open-sourcing its Ernie generative AI model this week, creating what one expert calls a "declaration of war on pricing" in the AI industry. Baidu claims its ERNIE X1 model delivers performance matching DeepSeek's R1 "at only half the price," while promising to "empower developers to build the best applications without worrying about model capability, costs, or development tools." Industry analysts compare this to the Android vs. Apple moment, with one calling it "throwing a Molotov into the AI world" as premium providers like OpenAI and Anthropic face pressure to justify their gated APIs and high pricing.

Why this matters for your income: The AI pricing war is creating massive opportunities for entrepreneurs who can move fast. While billion-dollar companies fight over market share, smart operators are building profitable businesses on increasingly powerful "dirt cheap models." Baidu's move means more developers worldwide can access enterprise-grade AI capabilities without premium pricing, democratizing the tools needed to build AI-powered services and products. The message is clear: stop paying top dollar for AI access when equally powerful alternatives are becoming free or nearly free.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• AI pricing collapse accelerating: Major players are competing on price, making powerful AI tools accessible to individual entrepreneurs and small businesses

• Free doesn't mean inferior: Open-source models are proving as competitive as premium offerings, leveling the playing field for independent developers

• First-mover advantage available: While enterprises debate security and integration, agile entrepreneurs can capitalize on newly accessible AI capabilities immediately

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🤔 Which image is real?

One of these images is real, and one was created with AI. Vote for which one you think is real, and tell us why you voted that way. My only goal is to choose such good photos that the majority of votes are wrong.

The last edition’s results—50% were right!

Did you vote in the poll from June 28th? The bottom image was real! Go back and see the photos here. So what do you think? Are you getting better at spotting AI vs. not?

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