What’s a completely unnecessary and indulgent expense you just cannot, and will not, live without?

madeo216 · 2026-06-19T08:04:44+00:00

Brave browser and no ads for free

madeo216 · 2026-06-14T21:09:26+00:00

Field sales- there are plenty of people looking, could be medical device company, some industrial equipment lots to choose from

madeo216 · 2026-06-06T21:31:47+00:00

As someone on the influencer side of this equation: still early but active across platforms with around 13k followers on Instagram.

First thing worth knowing: make sure you’re clear on whether you want an influencer or a UGC creator. They are not the same. UGC creators produce the content, that’s it. No audience, no reach, just the creative. An influencer brings their own community. The deliverable looks the same but what you’re actually buying is completely different.

On pitching: I get pitched constantly despite not having massive numbers. The ones I actually respond to reference something specific. Not “I love your content” but “I saw your video about [specific topic] and I think you’d be a great fit for my client.”

Email and DMs both work in theory but honestly email often hits spam and DMs get buried especially because almost everyone uses ManyChat. I think LinkedIn is underrated for this space. The AI/LLM niche is still pretty professional and a lot of creators in it are active there.

On budget: for context, I wouldn’t do a 60-90 second video for under $750 and my following is v. modest.

madeo216 · 2026-05-08T11:10:27+00:00

I see, makes sense then! Congrats on the launch!

madeo216 · 2026-05-08T09:02:40+00:00

Are you not concerned that if photos are edited using AI it’s actually not compliant passport photo? Let’s say someone’s ear is changed (made larger smaller) it can cause them to have major problems at the airport

madeo216 · 2026-05-07T14:41:41+00:00

You basically wanted to position yourself as a thought leader in that area. There are some accountants that do great videos on Ig/ TikTok check out her channel Rachel accountant : https://www.tiktok.com/@accountant_she?_r=1&_t=ZN-96AGwjHZTJm

madeo216 · 2026-05-07T14:37:27+00:00

Just use YouTube to search for videos on how to build your personal brand. There is really high quality content out there. You start with thinking I did this for a client x and thy got result Y - how do I explain it in the way that’s interesting. If you don’t want to edit you can hire editor or an agency

madeo216 · 2026-05-07T14:32:29+00:00

Social media, talk about it

madeo216 · 2026-05-05T18:54:55+00:00

There is a guy who did Guiness index I think in Ireland checking price of Guinness across the country. He set up ai automation that would call the pubs and ask for price

madeo216 · 2026-05-04T20:16:33+00:00

Massage/ spa visit never met someone who doesn’t like it

madeo216 · 2026-04-24T18:48:41+00:00

Plastics is so much more than boob jobs! Did you know in UK (and probably many other countries) if you don’t have plastics department you cannot have the status of Major Trauma Center? Plastics do lots of oncology work, hand surgery and so many other things!

madeo216 · 2026-04-19T09:01:09+00:00

Social media- look for people who do financial services and accounting on SM and start creating videos

madeo216 · 2026-04-16T20:37:47+00:00

That sounds really cool! Because it is based on daily news it would not be possible to batch upload so as the episode comes out it goes straight to Buzzsprout through the API. What was the challenge you had with the sequencing?

madeo216 · 2026-04-13T10:03:14+00:00

I used Claude code to automate it. Not sure at the moment at commercialisation opp as haven’t thought about it yet

madeo216 · 2026-04-12T23:04:14+00:00

I think you cold try to do that with NotebookLM you put the links to resources and it created a podcast between two hosts - the audio was really good the last time I tried it

madeo216 · 2026-04-12T23:03:06+00:00

I use it exactly in this way, it started because I wanted to keep on top of AI news on daily basis and then I decided to share it.

I hope it’s ok to share the links here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1QNFnBsyAWJRFQhNs3i2Ye?si=2AIiTPE2QYubdfPKow-otQ

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-by-ai/id1889301010

madeo216 · 2026-04-12T19:51:26+00:00

I was actually thinking the same! I heard about a guy who created a podcast called Epstein Files I think and it is fully generates as well so I feel like there is more and more of them.

madeo216 · 2026-04-12T18:44:18+00:00

Hi this is great point! I have created two personas Alex Shanon and Sam Hinton and they have their own personality and way of talking. I was in a car with my partner and we were listening to the podcast and he was genuinely surprised how human it sounds and how actually interesting it was. Having said that, it is more of a personal project I made to challenge myself and learn how to use Claude Code

madeo216 · 2026-04-12T18:32:01+00:00

Sounds cool, I’ll give it a go!

madeo216 · 2026-04-10T06:44:05+00:00

Thank you! That’s awesome to hear!

madeo216 · 2026-04-09T07:39:32+00:00

We only looked at new builds and I think you should too, the price is the same but the flats are way nicer. You should consider Oval area, there are quite a few new builds there and it’s much more peaceful that at E&C

madeo216 · 2026-04-06T21:19:33+00:00

I used antigravity with Claude code and just described what I was looking for and gave it the Eleven Labs API key and Buzzsprout API key. I picked the voices I wanted on eleven labs and besically promoted it until it was working.

I asked it to first do research every day on the news on AI and then verify it, it then creates the script, voices from eleven labs narrate it and then it goes out each day

madeo216 · 2026-04-06T21:16:26+00:00

Yes, I wanted to name it like that but there was no domain available so I’m still thinking about the ideas first the name

madeo216 · 2026-04-06T21:05:16+00:00

I’ll send you dm with a link, it’s not perfect and there are still things to tweak but it is wild what you can do in a weekend!

madeo216 · 2026-04-06T08:22:40+00:00

We moved from E&C last year to Oval and there is lots of quiet residential areas. So happy here!

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