how I made $1 million with AI so you can just copy me
Jim Feng built an AI lead generation business that hit $10,000 a month in 90 days with four clients paying $2-3k each. He quit his job by month four working 1-2 hours daily and made over $1 million in roughly three years. He says the business solves customer acquisition for other companies with minimal technical skill required.
Questions this video answers
2022
$10,000 per month (four clients paying $2,000–$3,000 each)
Month 4 (the fourth month after starting)
My name is Jim Feng and I made over a million dollars online with AI. And when I first got started, I didn't have any technical experience, I didn't have any technical skills. I honestly didn't really know what I was doing. And I was able to get started with what I'm going to share with you part time on the side of my job. And this is an opportunity that literally anyone could get started with if they have an Internet connection, they have a laptop, but most importantly, if they have the willingness to learn and try something new. Because this opportunity that I'm sharing with you today is called AI lead generation. And not only was it able to make me over a million dollars online over the last two to three years, but it was also able to help me provide for my family, provide for my loved ones as able to retire my parents. I'm able to build a life that I've always dreamed of, that I'm living life on my own terms, as able to do things like buy this watch, which is $40,000. I was able to buy that car, my dream car, which you see in the background is this white car over here. And I'm not saying any of these things because I don't want to make it come across like I'm trying to show off or I'm trying to flex. But the reason I'm telling you these things is to show you what is possible if you're in the right opportunity. And by the way, before we jump into what this opportunity actually is, what AI lead generation is, and what it actually all involves, I do first want to make it super clear, in no way, shape or form am I saying that you will also make money, that you will also make a million dollars. Because according to a study from the United States Bureau of Labor statistics, over 65% of businesses end up failing. So in no way, shape or form am I saying that you're going to make money, that you're going to become successful at this, that you're going to become a millionaire. All I'm simply doing in today's video is I'm simply sharing with you how I was able to do this and how I was able to see success with my own AI business. So to better explain what a lead generation actually is, I first want to explain what business actually is. Like, how do you actually make money with any business? Because the thing that nobody realizes about making money from a business is money doesn't randomly just grow on trees, right? It doesn't just randomly fall from the sky. How businesses make Money is by solving problems. So the larger the problem that businesses can solve, the more money they can actually make. So that's exactly why so many people fail in businesses, right? 65% of businesses all fail because most people, they're trying to start things that really aren't solving real problems. Like most people are trying to do things like dropshipping, where they are, drop shipping cheap products from China, trying to mark it up, and profiting $10 in between on a $20 product. Right? That's. You're not really solving a problem in that case, which is also not surprising. Why most people who try all of these random hustles online, these random online opportunities, why they all fail because they're not solving real problems. So that's kind of what I realized. And I only came to this realization because I tried all of these things and I kind of failed. And I realized that if I was able to solve a real problem, then I put myself in an opportunity to actually make actual real money. And that's exactly what AI lead generation is. Because I realized that the biggest problem that a business can have is not having enough customers. Right? If a business doesn't have any new customers, then obviously they're not making money. They'll be forced to fire people, lay people off, close down. Right? It just won't end very well. And I realized that if I could kind of be the middleman where I'm helping these businesses find, find new customers, then I'm putting myself in a position to earn a lot of money. And that's absolutely correct, because that's exactly what a lead generation is about. Because essentially all I'm doing is I'm using different AI tools. I'm using AI to help businesses get new customers. And this is the simplest, most. I don't want to say easy, but it's the most, simplest business that anyone gets started. And I don't want to say easy because it's really not. I don't think any opportunity where you can make a lot of money is going to be easy, because if it were easy, then everyone could do it. But it is one opportunity where I do believe it is super, super simple. Because you're literally just solving a massive problem and you're making money for solving that problem for businesses, which in this case is helping them get new customers. So I actually started my own AI lead generation business. This was back in 2022. So this was a little bit over two years ago, almost three years ago, actually, and in my first 90 days. So by my third month of starting my own AI lead generation business, I was able to go from zero to $10,000 per month. I had four clients, again, they were paying me anywhere between two and $3,000. And literally the only reason I think I was able to get to $10,000 per month in literally 90 days was because I was charging 2 to $3,000 per month, right? If I was charging 500 bucks or less, then obviously I don't think I would have been able to get to $10,000 per month in the timelines I did. Which is again another reason why I do think AI lead generation is the best business model right now, because they're charging such a large amount. But in my first 90 days, I was able to get to 10,000 do. And I was able to. In my fourth month of starting AI lead generation, I was actually able to leave my job completely because I made more from the income from a lead generation than from my actual job. And the craziest part is I was working one to two hours a day because of AI. And that's a massive, massive component of this. Because with AI lead generation, the thing that nobody realizes about a lead generation is this isn't some random thing that just randomly started popping off three months ago, right? This isn't some random trend. Lead generation has been around for, gosh, I don't even know how long, right? It's been around since the beginning of businesses. Because actually there's a lot of businesses that actually hire people like full time lead generators, and they're actually called sales development reps, SDRs. And these SDRs, they literally make up to six figure salaries. And the reason they make so much money is because again, every business needs more customers. And these businesses are willing to pay these SDRs a lot of money because that's how important lead generation is. So these businesses literally pay these lead generators hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in order to generate leads. But the difference is, what I realized is the ways that most of these lead generators are doing their stuff is super manual. It's really boring. It takes a large, like, it actually takes skill to actually do because you actually know how to do it. But I realized that AI has just changed the world. A lot of these things that these lead generators are doing, they're doing it the old way, right? For example, a common way that these lead generators help the businesses that they work with or these companies that they work for generate leads is by sending cold emails where they're emailing random businesses or random prospective clients or customers, seeing if they might be interested in what they have for sale. And they'll be writing these emails manually. They'll be sending these emails one by one. But in 2025, you don't need to do that anymore because there's AI. AI can actually do all of those things for you. AI can write the emails for you. AI and different automation tools can send these emails for you. So all you have to do is just run the system, right? Run the AI system that connects these businesses with new customers. And that's exactly what AI lead generation is all about. Now, I know what you might be thinking, you might be wondering, but Jim, why would businesses pay me, right? If it's so easy, if it's so simple, why don't these businesses just do it themselves? And that's a really good question. I get that question all the time. And it's really, really simple, right? It's like if you have a car and let's say you need an oil change, or here's a better example. So my car over here, around two months ago, I actually needed an oil change for my car. And I could have just watched a YouTube video and I could have just changed the oil myself, but instead I decided to bring it to a mechanic and pay him a hundred bucks to literally change my oil. Why did I do that? Well, the reason I did that is, number one, because as of right now, I don't know how to change oil, although I'm sure I could learn. And, and number two, even if I did learn how to do it, I didn't want to do it myself. I didn't want to get, you know, the grease on my hands. I didn't want to spend, you know, the amount of time that would have spent in order for me to actually do that. Instead, I'd rather just pay a guy, a mechanic, 100 bucks, an expert at this, $100, and not worry about this at all. And that's exactly why these businesses will pay you as the lead generator to help them get more leads. Because most of them, number one, they don't even know how to get more customers, right? There's actually a statistic that I saw from Forbes that said that lead generation is literally a billion dollar problem for most businesses. According to Harvard Business review, over 65% of all businesses struggle with lead generation. They say lead generation is literally the largest problem that they have. So there's literally a massive gap in the market, right? There's so many of these businesses who have this big, massive problem. And if you're able to get in front of this and help them solve this problem by using AI. There's just a massive untapped opportunity for you to earn money from this, right? There's a massive problem. And Warren Buffett actually says that the larger the problem that you SOL the more money that you will make. And that's 100% true with a lead generation. And I could quite honestly say from the bottom of my heart that I personally think the only reason that I was able to see the level of success that I saw over the last two to three years, it's not because I'm smart, it's not because of any of these things. I'm just a regular guy. But I quite literally think it's the opportunity vehicle, right? I worked harder when I was running my failed dropping store. I worked harder when I was running my failed marketing agency. I worked harder then than I'm working right now. But the only reason why I'm making more money now than I was back then is because I'm in the right opportunity, right? I'm actually solving a real problem with real demand, and I'm using AI to shortcut and do a lot of the work for me. So that's exactly how I was able to make over a million dollars online over the last two to three years using AI. Now, all of this to say is, again, right, I really do believe that AI lead generation is, is the best business model to start in 2025. If you're looking to earn extra income outside of your job, if you're looking to potentially replace your job, I really do think it's the simplest business model because it's such a simple business model and there's such high demand. The biggest problem that people have is starting all of these things that sound cool, they sound sexy, but the problem is they don't actually solve real problems. So how can you actually expect to see any level of success, right? Quite literally, I believe the only reason that I've been able to see the level of success that I've seen in my life over the last two to three years is because I was in the right opportunity vehicle, right? That's literally all it is. If you look at some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world, they aren't necessarily working, they're not necessarily the hardest working people. Rather, they're in the right opportunity vehicle, right? And that's kind of what I'm trying to say in this video. Again, this isn't some kind of get rich quick. This is a legitimate business. It will be hard if you decide to get started with this. And it's no walk in the park, but it is an online opportunity that could potentially make you over a million dollars, just like it has for me if you play your cards correctly right. And I know this to be true because I also taught this systems taught this exact same business model to at this point, over 300 people at this point. And we have people that I have personally taught who was able to get started with this start AI lead generation on the side, part time at the job, and they're making $5,000 per month, $10,000 per month, $15,000 per month. But that's not really the point of this video. And I know that I wasn't really specific in terms of what a lead generation actually is, but I wanted to just walk you through what a lead generation is at a high level and just introduce you to the online opportunity that exists right now and to show you what's actually out there in the landscape and what I believe is the best way to earn income in 2025. So if you like this video, make sure you drop me a like if you want to learn more about AI lead generation, click the link in the description below. If you want to work with me, or if you prefer to just try starting AI lead generation on your own for free, then go through some of the other content on my YouTube channel. I have tons of content where I teach people what AI lead generation actually is about, what's involved in the process. But if you do prefer to get help, to get support, get one on one mentorship and just learn the quickest way possible, then click the first link in the description. If not, no worries and I'll see you in the next one. See ya.
