Campaign-Specific Automated Income System
Build a $1,000+/month Fully-Automated Lead Gen & Cold Outreach Campaign for Under $5
📚 Table of Contents
🎯 System Goal
Goal: Build a micro lead generation and cold outreach campaign that:
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✅ Costs < $5/month
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✅ Earns $1,000+/month
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✅ Is fully automated with < 1 hour/day effort
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✅ Can scale 10x with no extra manual work
🔍 Niche Selection
(Time: 15 minutes)
🎯 Objective:
Identify a hungry, underserved niche with:
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Pain (urgent need)
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Budget (can spend $200+/mo)
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Low competition
🧭 Step-by-Step Instructions:
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Open Chrome → Type
https://trends.google.com
→ PressEnter
⏱ Time: 15 seconds -
In the search bar, type:
→AI for [industry]
(Try: real estate, e-commerce, HR, recruiting)
⏱ 1 minute -
Top-right corner → Click blue dropdown next to “Worldwide” → Choose “United States”
⏱ 10 seconds -
Look for rising keyword trends like:
- “AI outreach for real estate agents”
- “Cold email automation for ecommerce”
⏱ 2 minutes -
Open new tab → Go to
https://www.reddit.com
⏱ 10 seconds -
Search Reddit:
-"real estate cold outreach"
-"ecommerce AI lead generation"
⏱ 1 minute -
Filter results by: Top Posts > Past 3 Months
- Click "Sort by" → Select "Top" → Choose "Past 3 months"
⏱ 15 seconds
✅ Evaluation Criteria
Criteria | Requirement |
---|---|
Problem Urgency | Must have a critical need (e.g., leads, revenue) |
Budget | Users are already spending $200+/month |
Low Competition | Fewer than 10 SaaS tools in the space |
💡 Example Profitable Niche:
Cold Email Outreach Automation for Real Estate Agents
🔥 Hot demand, high budget, and real estate agents are desperate for leads.
🛠️ Tool Setup
(Time: 25 minutes)
🔧 Tools Overview
Tool | URL | Cost |
---|---|---|
Google Sheets | sheets.google.com | Free |
Airtable | airtable.com | Free |
MailerSend | mailersend.com | Free (3k sends) |
Apify (Scraper) | apify.com | Free Tier |
Make.com | make.com | Free |
Gmail | mail.google.com | Free |
✅ A. Google Sheets — Lead Capture
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Visit: https://sheets.google.com
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Click “+ Blank” → Name:
Real Estate Leads
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Add columns:
Name
,Email
,Company
,Source
⏱ 2 minutes
✅ B. Airtable — Logging & Tracking
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Visit: https://airtable.com
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Sign up with Google
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Click “Add Base” → “Start from Scratch” → Name:
Lead Logs
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Add fields: Same as Google Sheets
⏱ 4 minutes
✅ C. MailerSend — Email Automation
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Register: https://www.mailersend.com
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After account setup:
- Go to Domains
- Add your domain (e.g., yourownemail.com)
⏱ 5–10 minutes
⚠️ DNS Issues? Use Gmail alias instead:
Gmail → ⚙️ Settings → See All Settings → Accounts → Add alias
✅ D. Apify — Lead Scraper
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Visit: https://apify.com
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Search: “LinkedIn Company Scraper” → Click “Try for Free”
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Keywords:
"real estate agents New York"
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Output: Set to Google Sheets → Connect
Real Estate Leads
Sheet
⏱ 6–7 minutes
✅ E. Make.com — Full Automation
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Go to: https://make.com → Sign up
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Click: “Create New Scenario”
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Add Modules:
Module | Action |
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Google Sheets | Trigger: “Watch Rows” → Your lead sheet |
MailerSend | Action: Send email (use template below) |
Airtable | Action: Create record (log delivery) |
✉️ Email Template:
Hi {{Name}},
I help agents like you get 15–20 buyer leads/month using AI.
Want a free demo?
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Click “Run Once” to test → Then Schedule every 15 minutes
⏱ ~5 minutes
🔁 Automation Flow
(Time: 10 minutes setup + 0.5 min/day)
⚙️ System Flow Summary
New Lead in Sheet → Email Sent → Status Logged in Airtable → Repeat
📡 Trigger → ⚙️ Action → 📈 Output
Step | Description | Tool |
---|---|---|
Trigger | New Row in Google Sheet | Make.com |
Action 1 | Send cold email via MailerSend | MailerSend |
Action 2 | Log delivery status in Airtable | Airtable |
Action 3 | Optional alert via Slack/Email if failure | Make.com |
🛡️ Fail-Proof Handling
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❌ Email Bounce: Add Gmail SMTP as fallback via Make
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❌ Sheet Not Updating: Manually paste lead → Click “Run Once”
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❌ Log Failures: Add conditional filters in Make to skip null rows
💸 Scaling & Profit Model
(Time: 30-minute setup, 30 min/day max)
💰 Monetization Model
Metric | Value |
---|---|
Offer | $300/month for 30–50 leads |
Cost | $0–$5/month (tools) |
Profit Target | 3 clients = $900/month |
Scale Target | 10 clients = $3,000/month |
📈 How to Scale 10x Without Extra Work
Task | Scaling Strategy |
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Lead Scraping | Schedule Apify → Auto-run daily |
Emailing | Run auto via Make |
CRM Logging | Airtable logs auto-update |
Niche Expansion | Duplicate flows into 3+ new industries |
Admin Help | Hire VA to monitor for <$100/month |
📊 Profit Dashboard (Airtable Formula Columns)
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Delivery Status
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Response Rate
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Client Count
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Monthly Revenue
📁 Real-World Proof:
Apify Case Study:
One user scraped 100,000+ leads and auto-sent 1,000+ emails/day
See: https://apify.com/customers
🧠 AI Prompt for Cold Email Personalization
Use this with ChatGPT or Claude:
Prompt:
“Generate a 3-line cold email to a real estate agent. Personalize it with {{Name}}, offer 15–20 leads/month via AI, and close with a question.”
📌 Summary
Phase | Time | Cost |
---|---|---|
Initial Setup | ~45 minutes | $0–$5/mo |
Daily Work | ~30 minutes/day | $0 |
Scaling | Copy/paste & schedule | $0 extra |
✅ Fully Automated, Profitable, Scalable System Complete
Next Steps:
→ Duplicate this system into 3–5 other niches
→ Systematically scale to $3k–$10k/month in under 90 days
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