🥯 Today on Bagel Bots

• 💰 Monetization Insight: Simple beats complex for recurring revenue

• 🔧 Workflow Builder: Create LinkedIn calendars that sell monthly

• 💡 Today’s Prompt: Build low-maintenance income streams with AI

• 🧰 Featured Tool: Find sales triggers that close deals

• 🧪 Fresh Apps: Automate content creation and boost conversions

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

💰️ Monetization Insight of the Day
Complexity Kills, Simplicity Sells

While everyone's burning cash trying to build the next SaaS unicorn, smart operators are making serious money selling LinkedIn content calendars and simple templates. Here's the reality: complexity is the enemy of profit. That "boring" content calendar solves a real problem people face every single month, while your brilliant 47-feature app idea is still stuck in development hell with zero paying customers.

The market doesn't reward innovation—it rewards solutions. A simple template that saves someone 10 hours of work is infinitely more valuable than a complex tool they'll never use. I've seen too many smart people chase complexity because it feels more impressive, when the real money is in solving simple problems at scale. Your ego wants to build something revolutionary; your bank account wants you to build something people actually buy. Speaking of simple wins—the workflow I'm sharing below turns this exact insight into a recurring revenue machine.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Stop chasing impressive and start chasing profitable—simple solutions at scale beat complex innovations with no market

• Use Softr to turn basic templates into professional subscription products, Landingi to build converting sales pages, and Browse AI to track what actually converts

• The step-by-step system below shows you how to build this exact recurring revenue stream in under 5 hours

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🔧 Workflow Builder
The Simplest Digital Product You’re Not Selling Yet

Goal:

Create and sell a monthly LinkedIn content calendar with 30 AI-generated post templates for a specific niche—ideal for creators, freelancers, consultants, or service providers looking to build recurring income.

Steps:

1. Pick a Niche + Define Monthly Themes
   Choose your audience (e.g. creators, marketers, wellness pros) and set 3–4 content pillars like client wins, expert tips, how-tos, and opinion posts to cycle through each month.

2. Use Your Preferred AI Assistant to Generate Content
   Prompt your LLM of choice to create 30 LinkedIn post drafts that balance value, engagement, and variety. Include scroll-stopping hooks and strong CTAs where relevant.

3. Format in Notion + Deliver
   Create a clean, user-friendly calendar layout inside Notion. Then use Softr to turn that Notion doc into a gated portal for paid subscribers.

4. Build a Landing Page
   Design a polished sales page using Landingi to highlight the value, show a sample post, and drive conversions for your subscription.

5. Track Competitor Posts
   Use Browse AI to monitor viral posts in your niche and feed that intel into your next month’s content creation.

6. 💡 Easy Upsell: Voice-Ready Content
   Use Murf.ai to turn 5–10 top posts into polished audio or script-ready voiceovers. Offer this as a premium tier for creators who want to repurpose the content into reels, podcasts, or carousels.

7. Bonus Value: Record a Walkthrough Video
   Use Guidde to create a slick onboarding video showing users how to use the calendar and maximize results. Embed it in your portal for an instant trust boost.

Estimated Time:

4–5 hours to build your first calendar, delivery system, and landing page; ~2 hours/month to update.

💸 Revenue Potential:

Charge $29–$49/month. Just 25 subscribers = $725–$1,225/month recurring.
Add a $15–$25/month upsell for audio/video content and boost total LTV significantly.

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💡Today’s Prompt
Your Low-Maintenance Monetization Blueprint

This prompt helps you create a recurring revenue stream that runs with minimal effort by leveraging AI to handle the heavy lifting—content, delivery, marketing, and more. It walks you through building a scalable, low-maintenance offer tailored to your niche, tools, and time constraints. Perfect for solo creators and entrepreneurs who want predictable monthly income without constant upkeep.

👉 Paste this into your favorite AI assistant, fill in the brackets, and get a launch-ready offer in minutes.

Prompt:
You are an AI monetization strategist.
Create a recurring revenue offer that runs with minimal effort using AI.
The business must be simple to operate, scalable, and clearly profitable.

Use these inputs:
• Target Audience: [e.g. freelancers, creators, coaches, marketers]
• My Expertise or Interest: [e.g. fitness, tech, education, wellness]
• Product Type: [e.g. template vault, paid newsletter, AI tool, membership]
• Customer Outcome: [e.g. save 10+ hours/week, grow audience, make more money]
• Desired Pricing: [e.g. $9/month, $49/mo, $299/year]
• AI Tools Available: [e.g. ChatGPT, Notion, Zapier, Canva, Beehiiv]
• Brand Style (optional): [e.g. premium, playful, minimalist]
• Weekly Time I Can Commit: [e.g. 0 hrs, 1 hr/week, monthly updates]

Instructions for LLM:
• Return a complete offer that includes:
• Product Name + Target Market
• What the offer is + why it's valuable
• How AI handles key tasks (content, delivery, marketing, support)
• Step-by-step setup plan
• Tool + automation stack
• Sales funnel (lead magnet → email → conversion)
• Pricing guidance + upsell ideas
• 1-line elevator pitch
• Tips to keep it passive

Make it clear, launch-ready, and easy to execute with no rewrites needed.Use bullet points, bold headers, and clean formatting.

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What It Does:

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How to Monetize With It:

• Close more deals by identifying high-intent signals across your entire pipeline.

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