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What are the best AI tools to make side hustle income? So we're gonna talk about today in this episode, we delve into how AI tools can do more than just streamline processes or increase efficiency. That's what a lot of us think of when we think about chat GPT and similar. They can also be a direct source of revenue for your side hustle or a new side hustle, perhaps. So we're gonna hear today a question from Damien in Atlanta, a software developer, well, software developer by day and by night in aspiring side hustler.
So he's looking for ways to supercharge not just his efficiency through side projects, but also how can you again make money, income, revenue? What might be some AI tools and automation strategies that could help to this end? Okay, I like it, I like it. I've done some research in this area, definitely something a lot of people are talking about. So I'll give you a couple of examples, detailed question and my answer coming right up.
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Hey Chris, how you doing? I'm Damien from Atlanta, a software developer by day and an inspiring side hustler on the side. Now I've been a fan of side hustle school for just about over a year now. And in my side hustle, I'm trying to find ways to be more efficient, especially since my time is limited. What AI tools and automation strategies would you recommend to boost productivity and streamline processes in a side hustle?
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Damien, we've definitely seen a lot of changes, improvements, new things in the world of AI and side hustling in recent months, no doubt many more to come. So I won't give you a long answer just because things are changing so much, but I'll give you a few resources here. And I will say that integrating AI tools can definitely increase your revenue or open up some new revenue streams. Just takes a little bit of work to get it set up, but of course that's how life goes. So first of all, AI and e-commerce, if your side hustle involves an online store, Shopify is developing lots of tools that can automate marketing tasks from running ads to sending thank you emails, all of that can drive sales without your constant involvement.
A/B testing has been possible with tools for a long time, or I should say split testing because you can test more than two variables, but AI just kind of explodes this. It makes it much easier. And of course that's another thing that can definitely increase revenue. If you're testing multiple variables constantly improving, seeing what causes greater conversion and then using those options and then comparing those options to something else, there are tools that do that these days. There's a tool called Persado, which I'm not familiar with my shop, I haven't used it.
But Persado is basically a tool that a lot of bigger companies are using to create personalized marketing messages. So fashion brands are using this. If you go to a fashion website, if they know anything at all about you from cookies or from a previous experience, then the messages you receive, whether that's through email or social media targeting or through just the popups on the site, sometimes the messages are marketed specifically to your customer archetype. Like what they have determined is your customer archetype. So different people get different messages.
It's really interesting. It can definitely increase the effectiveness of your campaigns. Again, that's Persado, P-E-R-S-A-D-O. And of course you're probably familiar with chatbots. Chatbots are everywhere.
So we've had chatbots for a while, but now they are better. Chatbots can not only do some basic customer service, but can actually facilitate sales. One more reference, Jasper AI, a tool called Jasper AI can help create SEO optimized content. So if you're trying to create a bunch of pages around a keyword, well, this is now a lot easier. It's also going to contribute to a lot of changes on the internet in general, just because so many people are doing this, but those are a few things I would look at.
So that last thing was Jasper AI. I mentioned Persado, P-E-R-S-A-D-O. A couple of tools within the Shopify ecosystem, such as Search AI, if you're using the Shopify app or the Shopify website. And of course, I'm sure there's more to come. So stay tuned.
Definitely something to pay attention to. If you want to grow your business, and I want to help our listeners do that this year. And I also just want to say, don't get too overwhelmed. You know, if you're just starting out, you don't need to do everything. Just a little reminder about that.
I'll try to be more explicit about that going forward because it can be overwhelming. All right, that's all for today. Of course, new episodes coming out tomorrow. Thanks for tuning in. I'm excited for all that is to come in 2024 and beyond.
But for now, I'm signing off. My name's Chris Guillebeau. This is Side Hustle School. [Music]
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