If you’re curious about how to use ChatGPT to make money, this article breaks down what you need to know, even if you’re not technical. Using ChatGPT prompts to build your income long-term enables you to adapt quickly, boost your earning potential outside of work, and gain exposure to lucrative career opportunities.
Many professionals have turned ChatGPT into an income engine for creating paid content, launching consulting businesses, developing marketing strategies, and other exciting use cases.
But one use case (which I’ve earned thousands of dollars an hour for) for which you can apply ChatGPT for better productivity and efficiency, is that of public speaking. This is one way to monetize your skills outside of your job, and ChatGPT can help you accelerate your progress.
What Are The Best ChatGPT Prompts To Start With?
Here’s a three-step workflow, using ChatGPT prompts, to help you identify opportunities for speaking engagements and monetize them, even if they’re free initially:
ChatGPT Prompt #1
You’re my PR agent. Develop a highly targeted plan to help me secure paid speaking engagements that are valued $3,000 and up (or have high ROI potential if they’re free) based on my niche which is [name your niche]. Include a list of upcoming opportunities for speaking engagements as well as corporate training, for the next 12 months. Also who are the key decision-makers and event organizers I need to pitch?
ChatGPT Prompt #2
You’re a world-class speaking coach and speechwriter and your mission is to help me deliver my talk/presentation on [name of topic] to [type of audience] in a way that drives maximum impact and grips them emotionally. I want to be able to hold their attention throughout the entire talk and be positioned as a high-value, credible expert; so, based on the talk I have attached [attach doc of your speech outline], give me tips for pacing, body language techniques, and anything else I need to know to be able to engage my audience. [If the talk or presentation is online, then include this detail as it can impact your delivery.]
ChatGPT Prompt #3
I’ve been invited to speak at [name of event]
This prompt allows you to leverage existing speaking opportunities, even if you’re speaking for free, so you never leave money on the table.
How Can I Make Thousands Of Dollars In An Hour?
The public speaking industry is huge. It has enormous potential for growth, and is estimated to be currently worth more than $2 billion in the U.S., according to market researchers.
Public speaking encompasses presenting and speaking at:
- Conferences
- Workshops
- Training events
- Seminars
- Private intimate group settings
- Other large-scale events
- Corporate in-house events
The speaking engagement that I was invited to participate in was for a 30-minute presentation as part of an internal workplace training series for a large employer, to have their employees watch as part of their in-house training.
The company had more than 50,000 employees globally. I was able to make this money through leveraging not only the skills I already had, but though also taking the below steps:
- I had a line-up of presentations and speeches pre-written and ready to go, with minimal adaptation and tweaking required based on the client.
- I had already polished my presentation skills, and now it was a matter of perfecting them to deliver to my online audience.
- I had established credibility online as a thought leader in my field, which led to this opportunity coming about in the first place (they came to me, not the other way around).
The point is, if you have a strong competency or skill, or have a strong interest and passion for a particular area of expertise, you likely know more about it than the next person.
And if it’s an in-demand area, corporate clients are willing to fork out thousands of dollars for you to speak to them, their audience, their teams, etc. for less than an hour (the rest of the hour includes tech checks and set-up, especially if you’re presenting online).
Now, of course there’s background work involved, so technically, you’re getting paid for more than an hour’s work.
But if you have systems already in place (like I did, before ChatGPT was launched), you’ll be ready to adapt your pre-set presentations, talks, and speeches within a heartbeat. And using AI tools like ChatGPT can certainly revolutionize this process.
How Can ChatGPT Prompts Help You Make Money?
Gen AI tools like ChatGPT help you make money in an unlimited number of ways; this article provides one use case (public speaking), but you can generate several high-income career opportunities with ChatGPT, such as:
- Creating and selling digital products, like e-books, courses, swipe files, templates, etc.
- Monetizing content production
- Optimizing productivity for business admin tasks and workflows so you can take on more clients or larger projects without them being time-consuming or stressfulHow Do I Make Money Through Public Speaking?
Public speaking engagements allow you to make money through:
- Sales of your book, online course, or further training/workshops
- 1:1 coaching and consulting opportunities
- Repurposing your presentations and talks into evergreen paid content
How Can I Start Getting Paid To Speak?
To begin landing speaking opportunities, you can take these simple steps:
- Establish a solid, consistent personal brand online, especially on your website and LinkedIn
- Actively reach out to event organizers
- Regularly share long-form and short-form content, i.e. social media posts and newsletters
- Consistently post videos and reels online of you sharing your thought leadership, and host/co-host webinars and other online events
- Create a dedicated section on your website or as part of your LinkedIn profile for speaking enquiries
Public speaking can be monetized using ChatGPT to create evergreen content and products
All you need to do right now is get started. This is how you work smart. Use tools like ChatGPT to help you bring the best out of your skills and existing knowledge, and find ways to creatively earn more while working less (like public speaking and passive income businesses), so you can free up your time and energy to accomplish more while enjoying life.
