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Category
Video & Audio
Skill needed
intermediate
Best for
Founders; consultants; experts

AI Newsletter Production

Research and ghostwrite recurring niche newsletters for experts or companies.

Monthly income

$150–$7,000+

Startup cost

$0–$300

Time required

4–12 hrs/week

Time to first $

2–6 weeks

Difficulty

5.5 / 10

AI leverage

High

AI tools you'd use

Why it works

Recurring curation and interpretation create value while AI lowers production cost.

How it makes money

Monthly retainer

How to start

  1. Choose industry.
  2. Define audience.
  3. Create format.
  4. Produce three samples.
  5. Contact experts.
  6. Sell pilot.
  7. Research weekly.
  8. AI-draft.
  9. Human-edit/fact-check.
  10. Publish.
  11. Report metrics.

Tags

  • media-research
  • perplexity
  • chatgpt
  • claude
  • beehiiv
  • founders
  • consultants
  • experts
  • monthly-retainer

Last verified 2026-08-20

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