Chapter 1: Why You Can Make Money with ChatGPT Now

"I hear about ChatGPT a lot lately, but can you really make money with it?"

You, the person who purchased this note, have likely thought that at least once.

If you open social media,

You see posts like that every single day. However, on the other hand,

I think many people feel that kind of anxiety. Actually, those feelings are very natural. I myself thought exactly the same thing at first.

"AI seems difficult." "Isn't it a world only for people who can program?" "It's probably impossible for me since I have no side hustle experience." That is what I thought.

However, there is something I realized once I actually started using ChatGPT. It is that,

most people making money with AI did not have special skills from the start.

Of course, there are programmers. There are designers. There are marketers. But even more common are company employees, students, homemakers, sole proprietors, sales staff, restaurant workers, factory workers, caregivers, hairstylists, and retail staff. In other words,very ordinary people.

So, why have ordinary people become able to make money? To understand the answer, let's first look back a little at the world before AI appeared.

What was it like before ChatGPT appeared?

Until just a few years ago, writing a blog took many hours. I had to think about YouTube scripts one character at a time. I had to rewrite sales emails myself over and over. I had to create project proposals from scratch. Product descriptions and social media posts all had to be thought out by me alone.

For example, suppose you write a 5,000-character article. Think about the structure. Think about the title. Think about the headings. Write the body text. Correct typos and omissions. Check the SEO. It was not rare for this alone to take more than half a day.

That is precisely why experienced people were strong at writing jobs, and beginners could hardly win.

However, the situation changed completely with the appearance of ChatGPT. The time to think about structure, the time to come up with ideas, the time to think about titles, the time to organize sentences. AI has become able to help with these in a few dozen seconds.

What I don't want you to misunderstand here is that AI won't do everything for you. AI is not a machine that makes money on your behalf. **It is a tool to make your work faster.** The more people understand this difference, the more they are achieving great results using AI.

ChatGPT is not "magic"

On social media, you sometimes see posts that make it seem like you will succeed in an instant if you use AI. However, reality is different. You won't suddenly make 1 million yen a month just by using ChatGPT. If there were such a method, everyone in Japan would already be very wealthy.

In reality, even among those who use ChatGPT, there are those who get results and those who do not. So, what is the difference?

The answer is very simple. Those who get results take action using AI. Those who do not get results stop at just studying AI.

For example, watching 20 videos, reading 5 books, or gathering information on social media. These are also important. However, there will be a huge difference in half a year between someone who has only opened ChatGPT and asked questions 10 times, and someone who asks 100 questions every day.

AI is a world where experience is more important than knowledge.

Why now is the opportunity

"Isn't it already too late?"

This is a question I am asked very often. To conclude, I think it is still early. There are three reasons for this.

Reason 1: There are still few people who have mastered it

People know the name ChatGPT. They have even used it. But most people stop at things like, "Hello," "What's the weather today?" or "Plan a trip for me."

In other words, people who are truly utilizing it for work are still in the minority. That is precisely why it is worth learning now.

Reason 2: Companies are also starting to seek AI talent

Until a little while ago, people who could use AI were rare. However, now, companies are also moving forward with AI implementation. Sales materials, internal manuals, blogs, social media, recruitment activities, email correspondence, and customer support. AI is starting to be used in various situations.

In other words, the demand for people who can use AI is likely to increase even further from here on. That is why I do not think of AI as a "side hustle skill," but rather as a basic skill for the coming era.

Reason 3: It has become an era where individuals can compete

In the past, it was difficult to do big work unless you belonged to a company. Whether it was placing advertisements, creating a website, or commissioning a design, it required hundreds of thousands of yen in costs.

But now it is different. Writing text with ChatGPT, creating designs with image generation AI, creating advertisements with video generation AI, organizing materials with Canva, and attracting customers on social media. By combining these, it has become an era where individuals can produce output at a level that does not lose to companies.

This is a truly huge change. A few years ago, there were cases where work that would have cost millions of yen could now be started for a few thousand yen, or even just with free tools.

In other words, this is not an era where you "cannot take on a challenge because you have no money," but rather an "era where there are fewer reasons not to take on a challenge."

Will AI take away jobs?

When talking about AI, there is a topic that comes up almost without fail. That is the story that "AI will take away jobs." You see it frequently on the news and on social media.

Certainly, the number of jobs streamlined by AI will continue to increase. There are more and more situations where tasks that used to take people several hours can now be completed in just a few minutes.

However, let's think about this calmly. It is not AI itself that is taking away jobs. In reality, people who can master AI are becoming able to achieve higher results than those who cannot.

Therefore, what you should fear is not AI, but perhaps "remaining unable to use AI."

From here on out, no matter what kind of job you have, knowing AI will definitely be a plus. And in this note, I will carefully explain, one by one, how to turn that "knowing" into "using," and "using" into "earning."

The difference between people who can earn with AI and those who cannot

Reading this far, you might think, "So, anyone can earn money if they use AI." However, the reality is a bit different.

In reality, even when using the same ChatGPT, there is a huge gap between those who only earn a few thousand yen a month and those who earn 100,000, 500,000, or over 1 million yen a month.

So, where does that difference come from? I have researched the posts and case studies of hundreds of people regarding AI side hustles. What I felt during that process is that there are common traits among those who can earn, and common traits among those who cannot.

First, let's look at the characteristics of people who cannot earn money.

Characteristic of those who cannot earn #1: Leaving everything to AI

This is a mistake that beginners often make at first. For example, inputting only "Write an article about side hustles" and posting the returned text as is.

The article is certainly completed. However, that article lacks your personality. Content that looks like it was seen somewhere else. Cliché expressions. Shallow explanations. Readers will not be satisfied with this.

AI is extremely talented, but it does not know your experiences. That is precisely why it is important to add your own experiences and thoughts to the text written by AI.

"I thought this at first." "The result of actually trying it was this." "I failed here." Just by including these experiences, the value of the article increases significantly.

Characteristic of those who cannot earn #2: Giving up immediately

Many people who start a side hustle seek results in the first month. However, reality is not that easy. Whether it is a blog, YouTube, note, or social media, few people earn a lot from the start.

For example, with a blog, there are times when there is almost no traffic for the first three months. It is not rare for the first note article not to sell. With YouTube, the first video might only get a few dozen views.

Because of that, many people quit, thinking, "It's impossible after all." But think about it the other way around. Because so many people quit there, it is also a world where those who continue can win.

Characteristic of those who can earn #1: Repeating improvements

Even among those who use AI, people who get results always make improvements. For example, writing an article is not the end. To ChatGPT,

"Please make it more beginner-friendly." "Please add some analogies." "Please reduce the technical jargon." "Please make it easier to read."

You ask for revisions again and again. In other words, you don't aim for perfection on the first try; you improve it ten times to get closer to a perfect score. Just having this mindset will significantly change your results.

Characteristics of People Who Make Money ②: High Output

There are many people studying AI. However, there aren't as many people as you might think who are actually creating something.

For example, you watched a ChatGPT video today. Tomorrow, you read some AI news. The day after, you tried a new AI tool. This alone will not generate revenue.

What generates revenue is writing articles, creating products, posting videos, or doing sales. In other words, **the people who produce output.** You cannot earn a single yen with knowledge alone. Only by taking action does it turn into revenue.

ChatGPT is a tool that lets you buy time

I don't think the greatest value of ChatGPT is writing text. The greatest value is that it creates time for you.

For example, let's say you are writing a blog post. In the past, it would take 30 minutes just to think of a title, an hour to plan the structure, and three hours to write the body. It is not rare for a task that used to take 4-5 hours in total to take less than half that time using ChatGPT.

With that extra time, you can write another article. You can post on social media. You can do sales work.

In other words, AI does not generate money directly, but it is a tool that increases the time you have to generate money. Once you adopt this mindset, your relationship with AI will change significantly.

AI does not return the 'same answer for everyone'

Here is an interesting point. It's the same ChatGPT. It's the same topic. Yet, the answers returned are completely different depending on the person.

Why is that? It is because the questions are different.

The quality of AI's response changes significantly depending on the quality of the question. For example,

A question like, "Write a blog post."

And a question like, "You are a web writer with 10 years of SEO experience. Please write a 5,000-character article for beginners, including specific examples, so that a 30-something office worker can aim for 50,000 yen a month as a side hustle."

The content returned by these two questions will be completely different.

In other words, mastering AI is not about learning difficult operations. It is about becoming able to ask good questions.

And this "ability to ask questions" becomes a lifelong skill that is useful not only for AI side hustles but also in your work and daily life.

The goal of this note

In this note, you will not just learn "how to use ChatGPT." What you should ultimately acquire are the following four skills:

• The ability to streamline work with AI

• The ability to generate revenue using AI

• The ability to create content together with AI

• The ability to think by leveraging AI

And ultimately, the goal is not to become someone who "can use ChatGPT," but to become "someone who can create value using ChatGPT as a weapon."

This difference is significant. Knowing alone will not change your life. Only when you become able to use it will your actions change, your results change, and your income change.

From the next chapter, I will finally explain in detail the "100 side hustles that actually generate profit with ChatGPT," one by one. I will start with those that are easy for beginners to begin with, and gradually delve into more highly profitable methods.

This is where the main part of this note begins.