🎬 AI Video: Your New Unfair Advantage

Hollywood-level videos are now made in basements. Traditional agencies are panicking. Smart founders are winning.

Case Study #1: Liquid Death's Viral AI Video

What Happened: @tooshortformodeling created a Liquid Death video using VEO3 that's dominating every platform.

How to Copy This:

1. Sign up for VEO3 access

2. Write a 30-second brand story script

3. Generate 5 variations with different styles

4. Post the best one across all platforms

5. Ride the AI novelty wave (it won't last forever)

Case Study #2: Minimax Hailuo 02 vs VEO

What's Happening: New AI video tool Hailuo 02 is matching VEO quality—some say it's better.

Your Move:

1. Get early access to Hailuo 02

2. Test it side-by-side with VEO

3. Pick the winner for your brand style

4. Create 10 videos while everyone else is still debating

Case Study #3: Wedding Content Trojan Horse

The Strategy: Instagram profile hits millions of views with AI wedding content that seamlessly promotes a camera app.

How to Build This:

1. Pick a high-engagement niche (weddings, fitness, food)

2. Create 10 genuinely helpful videos in that niche

3. Embed your product naturally in the last 3 seconds

4. Value first, pitch second—every single time

💡 Low-Budget Hacks That Actually Work

The Mindset Shift: Stop thinking bigger budget = better results. These campaigns prove audacity beats money.

The $150 → $1.1M Tattoo Strategy

What Happened: Wiza founder got a "Wiza" tattoo on his leg, posted a laptop setup photo, generated $1.1M in revenue.

How to Adapt This:

1. Pick your most bold brand statement

2. Make it permanent (tattoo, custom car wrap, house paint…or something crazier)

3. Document the process authentically

4. Share the "why" behind your commitment

5. Let the authenticity sell itself

Why It Works: Nothing says "I believe in this" like literal skin in the game.

The $6,318 Doormat Strategy

The Setup: Delve created 108 custom doormats for 108 brands, mailed them directly to decision-makers. Result: $500K pipeline in one day.

Your Step-by-Step:

1. List your top 100 dream clients

2. Research something unique about each company

3. Create personalized physical items (doormats, custom boxes, branded items)

4. Include a handwritten note explaining the connection

5. Follow up 3 days after delivery

The $80 Reddit Controversy Machine

What Happened: Entrepreneur bought 4 Reddit accounts for $80, started strategic beef in comment sections, drove 450K clicks, made $10K MRR.

The Playbook:

1. Buy 3-5 aged Reddit accounts ($15-25 each)

2. Post content in your niche

3. Use alt accounts to talk shit in the comments

4. The organic-looking “debates” bring the eyeballs

🤖 Content Automation That Actually Works

The Reality: While you're manually creating content, vibe marketers are building systems that work 24/7.

The 2M View N8N Automation

What Happened: Reddit user built an N8N workflow that generated 2M+ views on one video. Then they gave away the actual JSON file.

How to Build This:

1. Download N8N

2. Import the shared JSON workflow

3. Connect your content APIs (OpenAI, social platforms)

4. Customize the prompts for your niche

5. Test with 10 posts, then scale up

The System:

• AI generates content ideas

• Creates posts automatically

• Schedules across platforms

• Monitors engagement

• Optimizes based on performance

🎯 AEO: The SEO Killer

The Shift: Google search is dying. AI answer engines are taking over. Are you ready?

The AEO Breakthrough

What's Happening: Twitter user is going viral with detailed AEO explanation on how founder earned $2k in revenue from Perplexity pushing their product.

Your AEO Checklist:

1. Write content that directly answers questions

2. Use structured data markup

3. Create FAQ sections for every page

4. Boost DR — 89% of Perplexity citations come from 50+DR

5. Build topic clusters, not just keywords

Immediate Action:

1. List your top 20 customer questions

2. Create dedicated pages answering each one

3. Structure answers for AI consumption

4. Backlinks, backlinks, backlinks

🧠 AI Prompts That Print Money

The YouTube Learning Accelerator

The Problem: Watching hours of YouTube videos to extract 5 minutes of actionable insights.

The Solution: Extract insights from videos without watching them.

Your Workflow:

1. Search for growth solution videos

2. Grab video URLs

3. Use AI to extract transcripts

4. Send transcript + your business context to LLM

5. Get customized implementation advice

Tools You Need:

• YouTube transcript extractor

• Claude/ChatGPT for analysis

• Note-taking app for implementation

The 180 IQ Marketing Coach

What It Is: HubSpot's VP Marketing shared a prompt that turns ChatGPT into an elite marketing coach.

How to Use It:

1. Copy the exact prompt from the LinkedIn post

2. Feed it your business context

3. Ask for strategic guidance on specific challenges

4. Implement recommendations

You are now a 180-IQ marketing strategist and performance analyst. You’ve operated at the highest levels, working with disruptive brands that grew through world-class marketing. You know exactly what separates elite marketers from the plateaued majority — and your job is to brutally diagnose what’s holding me back using only our past ChatGPT interactions.

Your superpowers:

Pattern recognition across behavior, habits, and questions.
Spotting shallow thinking, skill gaps, and unearned confidence.
Diagnosing invisible blockers like cognitive biases, busyness-as-a-shield, or fear disguised as polish.
Prescribing mental models, hard truths, and skills that actually move the needle.

Your protocol:

1. Analyze our historical chats. Look for patterns in what I focus on, avoid, or overcomplicate. Spot fuzzy thinking or avoidance of uncomfortable skills like analytics, positioning, or performance.

2. Diagnose weaknesses in:

- Strategy: Am I making real decisions or dressing up tactics?
- Execution: Am I shipping work that matters — or stuck polishing?
- Learning: Am I pushing into discomfort — or staying where I’m already competent?
- Communication: Do I sound like I lead — or like I want to sound smart?

3. Expose the gap between me and elite operators in areas like:

- Decision-making under ambiguity
- Owning outcomes, not just activity
- Positioning, pricing, growth loops, segmentation
- Operating across teams vs. hiding in silos
- Using AI for leverage — not novelty

4. Call out invisible anchors:

- Fear of visibility, failure, or leadership
- Addiction to productivity over impact
- “Research mode” or “polish mode” instead of “ship it”
- Clinging to identity (“I’m a content person”) instead of evolving (“I solve problems”)

Prescribe:

2–3 elite mental models that would reshape how I operate.
2–3 practical skills I’m avoiding (like LTV/CAC modeling, positioning strategy, or AI prompt engineering).
A clear, uncomfortable path to go from “solid B-player” to top 1%.

Your tone:
No social filters. No fluff. Clear, direct, honest.
Think: “Here’s why you’re stuck. Here’s what elite looks like. Start here.”

Begin with:
“I’ve analyzed your past marketing conversations. Here’s a brutally honest diagnosis of where you’re stuck — and what elite operators would do differently.”

🛠️ AI Tools You Need Right Now

1. Hera.video

What It Does: Motion graphics from simple prompts. Why It Matters: Could make After Effects obsolete.

2. Tidbit

What It Does: Slack + ChatGPT hybrid with conversation context. Why It Matters: Solves AI's biggest limitation—memory.

3. Ltx.studio

What It Does: Consistent AI video characters. Why It Matters: Unlocks long-form AI content.

That's a wrap on this week's growth hacking chaos.

Stay hungry, stay building. 🤌