I Made $1,988 in 7 Days Without Ads or Products Just Reddit, ChatGPT, and a Little Bit of Automation Magic

Last Tuesday, I was eating leftover pizza and scrolling Reddit when I got the idea.

Seven days later, I was staring at a $1,988 dashboard.

No ads. No digital product. And definitely no writing marathons. I didn’t even type the blog posts myself.

Instead, I stitched together a weird-but-beautiful tech stack: Reddit, ChatGPT, n8n, and a little AI art for flair.

And then I let it run.

The Realization: What If I Just Let the Internet Work for Me?

I used to think you had to either be a great writer, a genius marketer, or a coding wizard to make money online.

Turns out, you just need to be good at one thing:

Connecting dots.

Once I realized I could turn trending Reddit posts into fully automated, AI-written, image-powered blog posts — and get them indexed by Google within hours — it all clicked.

Let me show you exactly how I did it.

Step-by-Step: The “Lazy But Smart” Content Machine

Here’s how I built the system — no fluff, just actions.

1. Use Reddit as Your Trend Radar

Reddit is a goldmine of “what people are already obsessed with.”

I picked subreddits like:

• r/technology
• r/science
• r/futurology
• r/interestingasfuck

I used their RSS feeds. Anytime something started blowing up, my automation caught it.

It’s like riding a wave that’s already moving — no need to paddle so hard.

2. Automate Everything with n8n

This part? Pure sorcery.

n8n is like Zapier, but open-source and way more flexible. My workflow looked like this:

• ✅ Watch Reddit RSS
• ✅ Grab the post title + summary
• ✅ Send it to ChatGPT with a custom prompt:

“Hey ChatGPT, turn this post into a friendly, blog-style article like you’re chatting with a curious friend over coffee.”

I even told it to:

• Skip clichés
• Write like a human
• Keep it short and sweet

ChatGPT wrote full blog posts and gave me image prompts.

All while I was asleep.

3. Use DALL·E for Unique Images

I passed the image prompt from ChatGPT to DALL·E.

What I got back? Not your average stock photo.

These images were scroll-stoppers. Weird, creative, and 100% original.

n8n saved them into Notion so I could review and pick the best ones later. (Yes, I was that organized. For once.)

4. Auto-Publish to WordPress

Here’s where the magic became real:

• The blog post
• The image
• The title, tags, even scheduling…

All published straight to my WordPress site via n8n.

I wasn’t just writing articles. I was running a full-on AI-powered content studio with zero employees.

5. Monetize with Ezoic

I skipped AdSense and went straight to Ezoic for better revenue per 1,000 views.

Each post ranked surprisingly fast on Google — especially through Google Discover.

Here’s what I had by Day 7:

• 📝 73 blog posts published
• 👀 102,000 sessions
• 💸 $1,988 in earnings

And I barely touched a keyboard.

Real Talk: What I Screwed Up

I didn’t get it all right. So here’s what not to do:

• ❌ My first few posts sounded robotic — I had to rewrite the ChatGPT prompt to make it sound more human
• ❌ I forgot to compress images — my site loaded slower than dial-up
• ❌ I ignored SEO basics like meta descriptions — and paid for it in search traffic

But hey, mistakes are part of the process. Just don’t repeat mine.

So, Can You Do This Too?

Short answer? Yes.

Long answer? You absolutely can — if you’re willing to:

• Learn the basics of n8n (YouTube has you covered)
• Write a solid ChatGPT prompt
• Let go of perfection and just launch the thing

You don’t even need WordPress. This setup works for Substack, Ghost, or even Medium (if you post manually).

Final Thoughts (And Your Recap)

This wasn’t magic. It was just a smart system — built once, earning daily.

If you’re tired of chasing the next hustle and want something that actually scales while you sleep, start here.

Here’s your checklist to steal my setup:

• ✅ Pick 3–4 trending subreddits
• ✅ Use n8n to catch RSS posts
• ✅ Feed them to ChatGPT with a human-sounding prompt
• ✅ Generate images with DALL·E
• ✅ Auto-publish with WordPress
• ✅ Monetize with Ezoic

That’s it. That’s the whole system.

Now go build yours.

And if you’re already scheming how to take this further? You’re exactly the kind of person this post was written for.

Let me know how it goes.