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She Writes Strangers’ Books With AI. They Pay Her $20K Each. - Ep. #352 Nov 13, 2026

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Jamie writes books for people who have a great idea but can’t write it themselves: retirees, business owners, even a mortgage broker with an alien conspiracy novel. She uses AI to do it, she tells her clients, and they still pay her up to $20K a book.

We get into how she prices it, the $130 a year list that keeps sending her clients, why she teaches free classes at the library, the one thing AI still can’t write well, and the exact prompt she uses to win new clients.

Jamie’s free 12 step method: https://jaimieengle.com/tko
Find Jaimie on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JaimieEngleWrites
Find Jaimie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaimieenglewrites

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He Copied My Episode With $70. Now He Does $15K/Month - Ep. #351 Nov 10, 2026

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Want to learn reselling from JV himself? He’s starting a community with two live Q&As a week. Join the founding member list here: https://jv-community.netlify.app/

JV heard my episode with Mindy, bid $70 on 7 pallets of school books as a joke, and won. Three weeks later he quit his job. Four months into TikTok Live, he’s doing $15K a month in sales out of his parents’ garage.

We get into the 2 AM Facebook post that sold out his books, the garage sale ad trick that hit number one in his city, and the $2,000 pallet of groceries he turned into $6,000 in a week.

Follow JV:
X: https://x.com/JVCocoDeals
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thecocoduck

Sites JV mentioned:
Public Surplus: https://www.publicsurplus.com
Public Surplus app (iPhone): https://apps.apple.com/app/id1414560881
Public Surplus app (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=webcat.buyersapp
GovDeals: https://www.govdeals.com
B-Stock: https://bstock.com

My episode with Mindy: https://youtu.be/kHRKeDqsoG8
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My episode with Sam Thompson (where JV learned about Media Mail): https://youtu.be/UcFBcfrmC2k

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AI Replaced My Ad Guy in 20 Minutes. You Can Sell It. - Ep. #350 Nov 06, 2026

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I’m proud to have Bizee sponsor this video. I’ve been using their platform for years to start my LLCs and continue to gain valuable support from their service. It’s a company I genuinely trust and am excited to recommend to you. https://bizee.com/form/influencer/koerner-office

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Free prompts + welcome email question: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FTwry_5EqDheGjhDJnFUON40Oy-LOD84/view?usp=sharing

Agents episode (8 pool quotes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhyVSrQPVSg

Facebook ads guide: https://youtu.be/uUlU5G1Nda0

Playmakers AI: https://playmakersai.com

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I stopped paying a person to run my newsletter Facebook ads and handed the whole thing to an AI agent. Two days later it beat my ad guy. Now I’m paying $1.62 per subscriber, I added over 2,000 subscribers in two weeks, and I haven’t logged into Ads Manager once.

In this episode I show you the exact one sentence prompt I used, what happened every day, the mistake it caught that had been costing me money for months, and five ways you can copy this for under $100. Plus I show you how to turn this into a business doing it for local companies, and the $71,600 that proves these cheap leads actually buy.

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$100K in the First 2 Months From a Business Anyone Can Start - Ep. #349 Nov 03, 2026

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Nico Moreno started a free online group about 60 days ago. Around 250 people joined, only about a dozen have bought anything, and it’s been close to $100K. He doesn’t run ads, and he never gets on a sales call.

He walks me through the whole thing: the poll he uses to find who’s ready to buy, the welcome message he sends every new member, and the exact DMs he uses to close $15K deals. We even do a mock sale live. And yes, he sells coaching, but most of his clients sell fitness, mindset, whatever they already know. It cost him $9 to start.

Find Nico on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NicoMoreno

Join Nico’s free group on starting your own: https://www.skool.com/skool-launch-rockstars-4520/about

Nico’s free AI group: https://www.skool.com/ai-profit-systems-9005/about

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Anyone Can Start This $18K/Month Business With a Phone - Ep. #348 Oct 30, 2026

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James quit his nonprofit job with zero clients and zero revenue. Sixteen months later, almost 60 local businesses pay him every month, and last month he did $18,000, all from about five phone calls a day to leads he finds in local Facebook groups. He shares his exact opener, his 30 second research checklist, what he sells and charges, and the math on how five calls a day turns into a real business.

James’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coolcalling

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He’s 60, Not a Tech Guy, and Makes $30K/Month With AI - Ep. #347 Oct 27, 2026

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I sat down with Bob, a 60-year-old entrepreneur who built an AI concierge business generating $25,000 to $30,000 per month in recurring revenue in about a year. We talked about how he uses GoHighLevel to build AI chatbots and voice assistants that help small businesses capture more leads, including one client who generated 50 leads for $13,000 engines in just one month. Bob broke down his entire business model, from finding clients and offering free 30-day trials to pricing his services based on the value of leads generated. We also got into his strategy for creating personalized AI demos that help close deals, why certain industries work better than others, and how anyone can start offering these services, even while working a full-time job. You can check out Bob's businesses at https://leadgrab.ai/ and https://www.intrycks.com/

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The Most Hands-Off $150K Side Hustle Nobody Talks About - Ep. #346 Oct 23, 2026

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I sat down with Frey Chu to talk about how he's building simple directory websites with AI and why they're still a great business opportunity. Frey shared how his first directory grew to 90,000 monthly visitors and made up to $3,000/month with very little ongoing work. We broke down how to find low-competition niches, build these websites using Claude Code, and monetize them through ads, leads, and subscriptions. He also shared his backlink strategy and walked me through real examples of directories getting thousands of visitors, showing there's still plenty of opportunity to make money with these simple websites.

Find Frey on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreyChu

Follow Frey on X: https://x.com/freychu

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11 Proven Businesses My Listeners Started + How to Copy Them - Ep. #345 Oct 20, 2026

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A year ago I asked you to email me if you started a business because of something you heard on this podcast. A lot of you did. In this solo episode I break down 11 of those stories, from a guy who turned broken brick mailboxes into $800K in two years while keeping his day job, to a $500K pickleball court company in Nebraska, a teacher whose Christmas light business out earned his salary, and a pumpkin porch business that flopped and why I'm proud of it anyway. For each one I cover what to charge, where to find your first customer, and the one tool you need, plus a lightning round of 10 more listener businesses.

Tell me your story here: http://TKOYES.COM

Storage tote shelves episode (Walter’s story) - Ep #055 & Ep #250

Plant bingo episode (Derek’s story) - https://youtu.be/r8-FG4NJ39s

Vending episodes (Tom’s story) - Ep. #262 & https://youtu.be/fMLwoJ3PtvU

Alex Boyd brush clearing episode with the Green Climber (Tim’s story) - Ep. #196 & https://youtu.be/haUsXY0RQFE

Daniel Kronauer episode, the rocks, flyers and plastic bags tactic (Graham’s story) - Ep #127 - https://youtu.be/ZamYEo_mvxk

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3 College Kids Help Companies Use AI for $15K/Month - Ep. #344 Oct 16, 2026

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Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with James Larson, Brenden Parker, and Carter Wirig, three guys in their early twenties who started an AI consulting business and landed a $15,000/month client in just a few months. We talked about how they got started by simply texting people they knew, offering AI assessments, and helping businesses figure out what they could automate. They broke down the exact outreach strategy they used to land a $30 million construction company, how they structure their pricing, and how they use tools like Claude to build AI solutions that save companies hours of work. We also covered how anyone with some basic AI knowledge could potentially start a similar business without needing a ton of experience or money.Check out their company: https://certifiedaipartners.com/Enjoy!---Watch this on YouTube instead here: tkopod.co/p-ytAsk me a question on or off the show here: http://tkopod.co/p-askLearn more about me: http://tkopod.co/p-cjkFollow me on Twitter here: http://tkopod.co/p-xFree weekly business ideas newsletter: http://tkopod.co/p-nlShare this podcast: http://tkopod.co/p-allScrape small business data: http://tkopod.co/p-os---

6 Ways to Make Money With AI Agents Starting From Zero - Ep. #343 Oct 13, 2026

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Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━In this solo episode, I share six business ideas you can start using AI agents like Muse, Grokbot, and Instinct. Over the past six weeks, I've been experimenting with letting AI actually do the work for me, and the results have been pretty crazy. I show how I used AI to get eight pool quotes in 24 hours, save thousands on contractors, automate Facebook Marketplace, and build an $11 website that's already generating leads. We also get into AI-powered dropshipping, automated client outreach, and building simple businesses that practically run themselves. Finally, I break down which AI agents work best for different tasks and share the exact prompts I've been using.Enjoy!---Watch this on YouTube instead here: tkopod.co/p-ytAsk me a question on or off the show here: http://tkopod.co/p-askLearn more about me: http://tkopod.co/p-cjkFollow me on Twitter here: http://tkopod.co/p-xFree weekly business ideas newsletter: http://tkopod.co/p-nlShare this podcast: http://tkopod.co/p-allScrape small business data: http://tkopod.co/p-os---

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