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Update on February 22th: I changed my AI influencer's names because it caused some problems on my business.
One year, two AI-powered influencers, and $250K in revenue. Sounds unreal? It’s not.
Today, I’m pulling back the curtain on the strategies, tools, and hard-won lessons that took me from concept to a six-figure success story in the AI influencer space.
Hey, I'm Ben—a 32-year-old designer who spent the past year navigating the world of AI influencers. Let me clear up any confusion right from the start: I’m not here to sell you anything. This is purely a case study to share what worked, what didn’t, and what I’ve learned along the way.
I’ll also make sure to answer all your questions in the comments for free whenever I can, so don’t hesitate to ask.
**Links to Past Topics:**
If you're curious about some of the groundwork I covered, check out a few of my earlier posts here:
* [How I Make $10,000 Monthly | AI Influencer Management](https://www.reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/comments/1d8b8bg/how_i_make_10000_monthly_ai_influencer_management/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
* [How I Earned $7000+ in 15 Days | AI Influencer Business Update](https://www.reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/comments/1dh4m5f/how_i_earned_7000_in_15_days_ai_influencer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
These earlier posts cover a lot of the backstory, so feel free to explore them before diving into this one.
So if you're ready, here is the full story:
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The idea of creating an AI influencer was one of those “what if” moments that wouldn’t leave my mind. At first, it sounded futuristic—even a bit too ambitious.
It all started when I stumbled upon an AI influencer on Instagram with the handle [AnnaMaes2000](https://www.instagram.com/annamaes2000/). Her content blew me away—the quality, the detail, and just how real everything looked.
I was instantly hooked and ended up going through every post, just trying to figure out how she was pulling this off. That’s when I knew I had to learn how this was done.
The next step? YouTube. I dived into videos on **Stable Diffusion**, soaking up everything I could about creating AI-generated images. Those tutorials taught me the basics and got me up to speed.
Then, I created my first AI influencer, let's call her Mel for now.
Right after that, to complete the storyline and boost engagement, I introduced Mel's “mother,” Jess. Adding Jess gave the whole project depth and a narrative that drew people in, creating a unique family dynamic that instantly elevated traffic and interest.
After thousands of bad photos, hundreds of deleted posts, and months of trial and error, you can now see the quality that defines my current accounts.
Here’s a rundown of the tools and checkpoints I’ve used from day one, in order:
* Fooocus on RunDiffusion — Juggernaut V8
* Fooocus on RunDiffusion — Juggernaut V9
* Fooocus on PC (locally) — Juggernaut V9
* Fooocus on PC (locally) —Lyuyang Mix + Juggernaut V9
* Flux on PC (couple of photos only since it's so slow even on RTX 4090)
* Flux on Fal.ai.
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There’s no magic Instagram hack that guarantees success, despite what everyone thinks and keeps asking me. Quality content, consistent uploads, and solid craftsmanship are what actually help your photos hit trends and show up on the Explore page.
Unlike 95% of low-quality AI accounts out there, I don’t rely on faceswap videos, spam Reels, or go around liking comments on other accounts. My approach is fully organic, focused solely on creating my own unique content.
By following Instagram's guidelines to the letter, I've managed to direct some of Mel and Jess' fans over to Patreon and Fanvue. There, for a small subscription fee, fans can access exclusive lingerie content.
For those looking for more, higher-tier subscriptions give access to even more premium content.
Some possible questions and their answers:
* No, you can't share hardcore NSFW content on Patreon. You can do that on Fanvue.
* Yes, you can create AI creators on Fanvue — OnlyFans doesn't allow it.
* Yes, you can use your own ID to get KYC.
* Yes, we're telling both Mel and Jess is (or use) AI to generate content.
* And yes, some people leave and some people still have fun with chatting, having a good time and get perfect content for their needs.
* And yes, we have a chatter team to work on these accounts.
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This journey wasn’t all smooth sailing. I faced unexpected roadblocks, like platform restrictions that limited certain types of content, and managing fan expectations was more challenging than anticipated.
Staying within guidelines while keeping fans engaged required constant adaptation. These hurdles forced me to get creative, adjust my approach, and learn fast.
Once I saw Mel and Jess gaining traction, I knew it was time to scale up. Expanding meant finding new ways to keep content fresh, creating deeper narratives, and considering how to bring even more followers into the fold.
My focus turned to building a sustainable model that could grow without sacrificing quality or authenticity.
If you’re thinking about diving into AI content creation, here’s my advice: patience, consistency, and a focus on quality are key. Don’t cut corners or rely on quick-fix hacks.
Invest time in learning the right tools, creating engaging stories, and building an audience that values what you bring to the table. This approach took me from zero to six figures, and it’s what makes the journey worth it.
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And finally, here’s the income breakdown that everyone’s curious about:
* Mel on Fanvue: $82,331.58 (Gross earnings because we have chatter cuts like 15%)
* Mel on Patreon: $50,865.98 (Net earnings)
* Jess on Fanvue: $89,068.26 (Gross earnings because we have chatter cuts like 15%)
* Jess on Patreon: $39,040.70
And thanks to Reddit and my old posts, I got a perfect investor like after 5 months, so this is a "payback" for that.
Like I said, I'll answer every question in the comments — take care and let me know.
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Would businesses be interested is purchasing a high end machine pre loaded with Deepseek that they could use for RAG to have it know their data but it would all be self contained in their network and public? End users would interact with a self hosted website. Figure 8-9 grand for the server and then a yearly maintenance fee that can help the get their documents set up.
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We are launching an advanced AI automation business in Dubai, and we are looking for investors who want to be part of the future. Our AI technology is designed to take and make phone calls, revolutionizing customer service, sales, and business communication.
This is an opportunity to invest in cutting-edge AI at an early stage, with fixed returns of 30% per year or 2% per month. To ensure security and transparency, all investments come with a legal agreement and post-dated cheques.
AI-driven automation is the future, and businesses are actively looking for smarter, more cost-effective solutions. With the demand growing rapidly, this is your chance to be part of a high-potential venture in one of the fastest-growing tech sectors.
If you’re interested in learning more, feel free to reach out. Let’s build the future together.
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Hey everyone,
I’m a 15-year-old full-stack developer, currently building StockWise, a startup focused on AI-driven stock market insights and analytics. I can handle all engineering, backend, frontend, and AI-related work—but I need a business partner who can take care of the marketing, sales, and user acquisition side of things. So this SaaS is currently in development. Also this I believe this can be both b2c and b2b. Like for b2c - it's the website included, with the recommendations, for individual users, for b2b - we can provide API's.
Here is the classic workflow :
\-> You can give your preferences, such as your monthly investment capital, if you're expecting short term or long term, and also if there are any specific areas you are more interested like AI, hydrogen fuel related, ev, compaines.
\-> Then with this data, we recommend you stocks to buy, analyzing your preferences, looking at market, researching, looking into company's stock history, background, product
\-> You will also have a chatbot like interface you can talk to about anything, and it will be personalized
\-> Also you can add your portfolio here, and you can get insights based on the market data
\-> Also there can be a weekly newsletter, too, if you subscribe to it.
I'm much more of a builder, likes to build stuff, is good at it, but not good at the business side of things, that's why I'm really looking for a business partner. If you’re interested in joining as a co-founder or business partner, drop a comment or DM me!,
Thanks a lot,
Armaan
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So I have some business ideas that I would like to confront to you in order to have feedback. The point is to give me your completely honest opinion and try to find some potential problems.
1 - Digital marketing automation for green ecommerce stores
Marketing has always been a problem for everyone in business more particularly for niche businesses. It's tough for them because people who will buy their product are generally harder to find. Also these products are way more expensive than other so it may be clever for them to focus more on marketing. Since the green and sustainable industry is growing at a very fast rate such as AI, I would like to hear your opinion on the idea of automating marketing for these type of businesses.
2 - AI Mental Health platform
The mental health issues will gain more and more importance in the future. We now live in a world that isn't as safe as before and with the rise of social media we can predict that mental health issues will be more frequent especially for young people. PH, Instagram, Tiktok all of these are just bad for everyone and so an AI mental health plateform where people can chat with AI, discuss in anonymous forums and use integrated tools to reduce screen time and manage addiction I think would be a good idea. I haven't really thought about how to make money but as I write I was thinking about either a freemium model or integrate products from stores and kind of get affiliation, getting money when people buy the product.
3 - A car enthusiast website
Everyday around 5000 millionaires are created so obviously the high end car industry is growing at a fairly fast rate. My idea would be to create a network where people would pay to ride in a supercar. There would be a map where people would look for cars in their area and chat with the owner basically.
4 - Marketing agency for real estate agents
This is self explanatory. Common pain points include managing client communication, nurturing leads, following up on inquiries, and staying top-of-mind with potential buyers and sellers. Effective email automation can help with sending personalized follow-ups, reminders, newsletters, and market updates. It would be a subscription based business basically.
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You will be helpful to us especially if you have worked with a lot of data (whether in a corporation or somewhere else).
We aim to develop a document library platform that aggregates data from various storage services such as Amazon S3 (AWS) and Google Cloud Storage (GCP). The platform serves as a centralized interface or "panel" where users within an organization can access and display documents stored across different sources. Key features include:
* **Data aggregation without storage:** The platform pulls data from multiple sources but does not store it locally. This approach minimizes data redundancy and storage costs.
* **AI-powered semantic search**: Utilizes artificial intelligence to perform semantic searches across files, enabling users to find documents based on context and meaning rather than just keywords.
* **Tagging and versioning**: Supports the addition of tags for better categorization and tracking of different versions of files.
The solution targets companies handling large volumes of data and documents dispersed across various storage services.
**Strengths we found:**
* **Non-invasive integration:** Eliminates the need for data migration, reducing setup time and complexity.
* **Enhanced search capabilities:** AI-driven semantic search outperforms basic keyword searches, saving time.
* **Cross-platform functionality:** Provides a level of interoperability that competitors lack.
* **Cost efficiency:** Avoids additional storage costs and reduces time spent searching for documents.
**Weaknesses that we see:**
* **Limited feature set compared to ECMs:** May lack some advanced features like workflow automation, collaboration tools, and compliance auditing provided by ECMs.
* **We're new:** so no trust.
Is this something that companies would want to integrate and pay for? Thanks a lot, it can save us a lot of time :)
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Recently, I was fired, and since I have some savings, I decided it’s finally time to start my own venture. After a couple of weeks of research and trying to figure out what I should do, here are my thoughts and some questions at the end. I’d appreciate any feedback or opinions.
It’s not that I expect to wake up a multimillionaire, but I see how people make money without working the typical 9-5. Some of the worst examples are on YouTube—those agency, OFM, dropshipping hustle bros. I know it’s naive to believe all of it because they’re just selling courses, but some of them do seem to have built impressive income streams. Anyway, let’s dive into two categories and compare.
**Agency (providing services, development, consultation)**: I’ll talk about AI automation because of my background in ML Engineering and Generative AI, but this could apply to any other agency niche. It seems like a good business idea for someone who knows generative AI and can do some impressive things with LLMs, agents, etc. I even started working on it—built a website—but I stopped when I couldn’t define exactly what services to offer. I could do heavy backend tasks with infrastructure, like real machine learning and AI with fine-tuning, but I couldn’t find any examples of agencies doing this. Almost 100% of them are doing simple automations with tools like Zapier or Make. When it comes to business owners, it’s really hard to find clients in general. After reading Reddit threads, articles, and watching videos, it seems like nearly everyone struggles with client acquisition. For a one-person agency offering more complex services like real ML, it would likely be even harder to find clients, compared to big outsourcing companies with sales teams. Even without focusing on the client challenge, which is obvious in any business, looking at what successful agency owners earn, it’s usually around $100k–$200k a year. I’m not talking about the high end, just regular people. I got this information from reading, and a simple example is from interviews with people who claim to make $10k/month. But many others in these communities struggle to even reach that point. It seems like this is a difficult target for most people.
**SaaS**: This area seems more straightforward, and with my background, it feels like a good fit. However, from reading different sources, I’ve found stories like, “It took me six months to get my first client,” or “I worked on a simple SaaS for nine months and just reached my first $1k.” There are also warnings not to believe those who claim to make $10k/month easily, and many people report struggling to grow after getting their first 10 clients. So, it’s clear to me that even with good tech skills, you’re not going to make massive amounts of money overnight, which I understand. However, with so many people becoming startup founders and indie hackers, many seem to struggle despite thinking it’s the way to go.
I know both paths can potentially skyrocket, but here’s where I need help:
1. Am I wrong about agencies?
2. Am I wrong about SaaS?
3. The toughest question for me: I don’t want to go back to a 9-5 job, even if I could earn $300k a year. Even if my own business takes more time and I earn less in the first few years, I still believe it will be more profitable long term, and I will be happier. So, should I pursue an agency, SaaS, or a traditional job?
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I am currently building a receipt scanner or expenses scanner to categorize expenses using AI technology. Imaging having your receipts in one place and categorization is automated, ready to be sent out to your accountant for tax purposes? This can be used by small businesses, personal or even students.
I'm curious: What's the biggest pain point you face when managing your expenses? Would you find a tool that simplifies tax preparation and categorizes items for your accountant helpful? What are the most frustrating aspects of managing receipts? What features would you like to have in a expense categorization tool?
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Hey everyone,
I wanted to share how I’ve been improving my email outreach over the past few months. Finding the right leads for outreach can be challenging, especially when you’re working with a specific niche. Early on, I was using a tool that provided leads, but I quickly realized that many of the leads weren’t really a good fit for what I offer. While it gave me a lot of contacts, they weren’t always in the right industry or at the right job level.
To solve this, I started using a combination of tools: **WarpLeads** to export unlimited leads and **Apollo** for more targeted searches. By using Apollo, I was able to focus on the specific roles and industries that were more likely to convert into customers. After I had the leads, I made sure to verify their emails with **Reoon**, which helped clean up the list and improved my email deliverability.
Since making these changes, my email engagement has gone up, and I’ve closed **3 new deals** that I wouldn’t have landed without a more targeted approach. It's been a huge improvement overall.
I’m curious,what tools or strategies do you all use for lead generation? Any tips you’ve found helpful?
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