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Category
Research & Analysis
Skill needed
intermediate
Best for
Newsletter writers; founders; analysts

AI Newsletter Research Desk

Run the research behind someone else's newsletter: sources checked, findings summarized, ready to write from.

Monthly income

$150–$7,000+

Startup cost

$0–$300

Time required

4–12 hrs/week

Time to first $

2–6 weeks

Difficulty

6 / 10

AI leverage

Very High

AI tools you'd use

Why it works

Research is repetitive and time-consuming, while newsletters need current, useful synthesis rather than raw AI text.

How it makes money

Monthly retainer

How to start

  1. Pick a niche.
  2. Define trusted source categories.
  3. Create a research checklist.
  4. Produce one sample issue brief.
  5. Contact newsletter operators.
  6. Sell a weekly research pilot.
  7. Gather current sources.
  8. Verify important facts.
  9. Summarize developments and implications.
  10. Deliver a source-linked brief.
  11. Retain monthly.

Tags

  • newsletter
  • research
  • media
  • curation
  • ai-research

Last verified 2026-08-22

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