Oracle laid off up to 30,000 employees this week. People found out via a 6 AM email — no phone call, no named executive, just "today is your last day." Amazon, Block, Salesforce. The list keeps growing.
The same week Oracle was firing people by email, AI freelancers on Upwork were pulling 44% more income than the platform average.
That's not a coincidence. That's the market showing you exactly where to go. This week's Money Move is the exact play people are running right now — and it starts with $29 and a cold DM.
Let's get into it. 👇
🎯 TIP OF THE WEEK
⚡ THIS WEEK'S MOVE
AI AUTOMATION: TURN $29/MONTH INTO A CLIENT RETAINER BUSINESS
While Oracle was sending those 6 AM emails, Upwork dropped data showing AI-related freelance work grew 60% year over year — and those workers earn 44% more than the platform average. People building simple AI automations are charging $60 to $150 an hour. No coding required.
The play is straightforward. Pick one type of local business — salons, gyms, dental offices, real estate agents — and build them a simple AI system. A booking confirmation sequence. A lead follow-up workflow. An automated FAQ responder. You charge $300–$500 a month to run it. One client covers your tools. Three clients covers your rent.
Your full startup cost: ChatGPT Plus at $20 and Make.com's Core plan at $9. That's it. Make.com is a visual drag-and-drop automation builder — no code, no steep learning curve, connects to over 1,800 apps. It does everything expensive platforms promise at a fraction of the price. The money stacks from the very first client.
🤖 YOUR AI PROMPTS (USE THESE TODAY)
COPY → PASTE → PROFIT. THREE LEVELS. PICK YOURS.
// LEVEL 1 → WRITE YOUR COLD PITCH
"You are an AI automation consultant. Write a 5-sentence cold DM for a local [TYPE OF BUSINESS] pitching an AI booking and lead follow-up system. Lead with the pain they feel — missed appointments, slow replies, lost leads. Keep it under 100 words and sound like a real person, not a template."
// LEVEL 2 → BUILD YOUR OFFER
"I want to sell an AI automation package to local [TYPE OF BUSINESS] using Make.com and ChatGPT. Create a one-page service offer that includes: what I deliver, how it works in 3 steps, what results they can expect, and a pricing structure for a $[PRICE]/month retainer. Simple language, no jargon, make it feel like a no-brainer."
// LEVEL 3 → SCALE YOUR OUTREACH
"I run an AI automation consulting business targeting [NICHE]. Write me 5 variations of a cold outreach DM — each with a different opening hook (pain point, stat, compliment, question, bold claim). All under 80 words. I'll A/B test them this week to find the highest-response version."
💰 THE MATH (BECAUSE NUMBERS DON'T LIE)
AI AUTOMATION CONSULTANT — REALISTIC NUMBERS
Monthly tool cost (ChatGPT Plus + Make.com Core) - $29
Avg monthly retainer per client - $400
Hours per client per week - 2–3 hrs
Break-even point - 1 Client
Salary replacement (at 5 clients) - 2,000/mo
Realistic 90-day income (3 clients) - 1,200/MO
⚡ YOUR 5-STEP ACTION PLAN
1 - Pick ONE local business type right now
Salons, gyms, med spas, dentists, real estate agents. Don't overthink it — the niche you pick today beats the perfect niche you never pick.
2 - Sign up for Make.com free (takes 2 minutes)
Go to make.com and create a free account. Poke around the visual builder for 15 minutes. It looks like a flowchart — if you can drag and drop, you can build automations.
3 - Run the Beginner Prompt above
Get your cold DM written in 60 seconds. Edit it to sound like you, save it as your template, and have it ready to send.
4 - Send it to 10 businesses today
Instagram DM, Google Business message, or LinkedIn. Don't wait until your offer is "perfect." Feedback from real prospects fixes that faster than anything else.
5 - Sign one client — then build the system
You don't need everything built before you sell. Land the client, take a deposit, then use Make.com's free plan and ChatGPT to deliver. The money comes first.
🧠 MONEY MOVE PRO TIP
Stack the income. Once you land your first client, offer them a referral deal — they send you one more business owner, you give them a month free. One happy client in a tight-knit niche (like a local gym or salon) knows every other business like theirs in the area. That referral loop is how people go from $400/month to $4,000/month without running a single ad.
30,000 Oracle employees didn't see it coming. You do. The gap between people who act on this and people who just read about it is one cold DM sent this week.
If this hit different, forward it to one person who needs to hear it. That's how we grow.
— The Money Move Team 🤝
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