Jesse Cunningham

Jesse Cunningham has 22 of his videos in Side Hustle Intel. Together they cover 26 different work-from-home ideas, mostly in marketing & content and local & professional services. We pull out each idea on its own and write it up in plain language: what the gig is, how Jesse pitches it, who it suits, and our honest take. Every entry links back to the video it came from, so you can always hear it from Jesse directly.

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Where these ideas fall

• Marketing & content 15
• Local & professional services 6
• AI & automation 2
• Content & personal brand 2
• E-commerce 1

Videos featured (22)

Every idea on Side Hustle Intel links viewers to the video it came from.

• How AI Micro-Directories Are Taking Over Whole States ↗Oct 6, 2026 · 1 idea
• How I Rank 100s of Websites on Google with AI ↗Sep 24, 2026 · 1 idea
• You Should Try The LAZIEST Way to Make Money With AI ↗Sep 23, 2026 · 3 ideas
• How to Build AI Directories on Easy Mode ↗Sep 16, 2026 · 1 idea
• How to Create an AI Microsite Business in 3 Easy Steps ↗Sep 15, 2026 · 1 idea
• How I Build $11.57 AI Websites that Sell for $1,000s (No Tech Skills) ↗Sep 14, 2026 · 1 idea
• Three AI Business Models I Use: Own It, Solve It, Sell It ↗Sep 8, 2026 · 2 ideas
• Here's the Microsite Blueprint That Takes Over Cities ↗Sep 7, 2026 · 1 idea
• Microsites Are 'Against Google' But I'm Building 1,000 Anyway ↗Sep 4, 2026 · 1 idea
• My Plan to Build Microsites Across 50 Local Markets ↗Sep 2, 2026 · 1 idea
• AI Websites and Google's Scaled Content Abuse Rules ↗Sep 1, 2026 · 1 idea
• 1,000+ Websites Later...Here's What Actually Ranks ↗Aug 31, 2026 · 1 idea
• My 20-Minute Microsite Workflow for Local SEO ↗Aug 26, 2026 · 1 idea
• AI Content vs AI Slop: What Makes a Useful Local Website? ↗Aug 24, 2026 · 1 idea
• How I Build AI Microsites to Take Over Google ↗Aug 18, 2026 · 1 idea
• How AI Rank-and-Rent Microsites Work: Leads, Calls and Clients ↗Aug 12, 2026 · 1 idea
• How I Build 50 Websites to Take Over Any State ↗Aug 11, 2026 · 1 idea
• How I Build 30 Websites and Rank Them All on Google ↗Aug 4, 2026 · 1 idea
• How I Built 50 Microsites That Took Over a State ↗Jul 27, 2026 · 1 idea
• How I Built 30 Microsites to Take Over a City ↗Jul 15, 2026 · 1 idea
• How these "Easy" Websites Make $1,000,000/Month! ↗Jan 23, 2025 · 1 idea
• 🤯Getting Paid $100+ Per Day from FACEBOOK using AI ↗Jun 13, 2024 · 2 ideas

All 26 ideas

• Statewide AI Micro Directory Used to Sell Featured Slots and Open Doors With Every BusinessMarketing & content · Very low startup cost (he says under $1 for a whole state's business data, plus domain and AI subscription)

  You build a directory covering every city in one state for one trade, with each city page carrying 500-800 words of local copy, ranked and enriched listings, paid featured slots…

• Rank-and-rent Local Service Microsites Aimed at Low-competition Searches, Boosted With Free Profile StackingMarketing & content · Near-zero cost

  You build a small AI-assisted website for a local service in a specific town (for example, a service-plus-city exact match domain), get it ranking in Google's regular results, and…

• AI-built "best Of" State Directory for One Trade, Using Award Badges for Backlinks and Featured ListingsMarketing & content · Low startup cost

  You build a directory website listing every real business in one trade across one state, such as a 'Best of Florida Pools 2026' list, using scraped and cleaned Google Maps data…

• AI-coded Website Rebuilds Plus Local SEO Retainers for Contractors, Pitched With Owned Lead SitesLocal & professional services · Near-zero cost

  You rebuild a local contractor's website with an AI-coded (non-WordPress) structure and do their local SEO, profiles, and citations, charging a setup fee plus a monthly retainer…

• AI-built Single-service Microsites for High-ticket Home Services, With AI Call Answering and Call RoutingLocal & professional services · Low startup cost

  You build a 40-50 page website for one service in one city (for example custom pool builders in Orlando) on an exact-match domain, rank it in Google's organic results, and capture…

• Single-niche, Single-state Lead-gen Directory Built From Scraped Google Maps Data and Sold as Featured ListingsMarketing & content · Low startup cost

  You build a website that lists every business in one boring, high-ticket local niche across one state (for example, custom pool builders in Florida), with state pages, city pages…

• Single-service, Single-city Lead-gen Microsites Monetized Four Ways (exclusive Lead Fee, Rental, Revenue Share, or Brokering the Job)Marketing & content · Near-zero cost

  You use an AI assistant to build a small flat-HTML website that targets one urgent, high-ticket service in one city (for example sewer line replacement in Dallas or custom pool…

• AI-built Flat HTML Websites for Local Contractors, Modeled on Top-ranked Company DesignsLocal & professional services · Near-zero cost

  You use an AI model to build a fast, SEO-structured static (flat HTML/CSS) website for a local service business such as a pool builder or remodeler, borrowing design ideas from…

• Upwork AI and SEO Freelancing: Small Fast Gigs to Land Big ClientsMarketing & content · Near-zero cost (Upwork connects to apply for jobs)

  You offer AI and SEO services on Upwork, deliberately going after simple, small jobs that AI now makes cheap and fast to deliver, and use them to build a track record and reviews…

• $49/month AI-built Websites for Local Contractors With No Upfront FeeLocal & professional services · Very low startup cost (a dollar or two per site in hosting/AI costs, plus an AI subscription)

  You use AI to build websites for local contractors for a dollar or two each, then sell them on a subscription of about $49 a month with no upfront fee, instead of the…

• Three-layer Lead-gen Microsite Built and Revised by Talking to Claude CodeMarketing & content · Very low startup cost (domain, cheap static hosting and an AI coding subscription)

  You build a local lead-generation website for one service in one area, using a fixed structure: about eight core pages (home, about, contact, estimate), one to six service pages…

• Standalone Service-and-city Lead Microsites Rented to Contractors at About $99 a Month EachLocal & professional services · Low startup cost

  You build many small, separate websites, each targeting one narrow local service in one city (for example sewer line replacement in Dallas), get them ranking on Google, and route…

• One Trade in 50 "second Cities": Bulk Microsite Rollout With Cloudflare and AI Call AnsweringMarketing & content · Low startup cost (about $500 a year for 50 domains at wholesale, plus AI and call-tracking tools)

  You pick one blue-collar service and build an exact-match-domain microsite in the second-largest city of each US state (for example Annapolis instead of Baltimore), where…

• Spam-update-resistant Rank-and-rent Microsites (unique Pages, Staged Launches)Marketing & content · Very low startup cost (domain, cheap hosting and an AI subscription)

  You build and rent out local lead-generation sites, but deliberately avoid the patterns Google's 2026 spam updates target. That means semantically unique service and location…

• Organic-only Rank-and-rent Microsites Built to a Ranking-factor Checklist (no Google Business Profile)Marketing & content · Very low startup cost (about $11-12 per site per year plus cheap directory citations)

  You build lead-generation microsites aimed at Google's regular organic results rather than the map pack, so you never need a Google Business Profile or reviews. Each site follows…

• $10 Microsite Stacks That Take Several Page-one Spots, Sold Via Free Leads FirstMarketing & content · Very low startup cost (about $10-12 per site per year; hosting free)

  Instead of one website, you build several AI-made, roughly 40-50 page sites around the same service and city, each on its own exact-match domain (for example a sewer line…

• Leasing Ranked Microsites and Site Bundles to Contractors (seven Sites, $10K/month Goal)Marketing & content · Very low startup cost (about $11 per site per year plus an AI subscription)

  You build AI-generated local service sites, keep ownership, and lease either the calls they produce or bundles of sites to local contractors for a flat monthly fee. His target…

• Sub-niche Lead Microsite Built Live With Claude Code and ChatGPT (sewer Line Replacement Example)Marketing & content · Very low startup cost (domain about $11-12, hosting under $1/month, AI plan from about $20/month)

  You pick a high-ticket sub-niche of a trade rather than the whole trade (sewer line replacement in Dallas instead of general plumbing), check it with a niche scoring tool, and…

• Renting Ranked Lead-gen Microsites to Contractors (per-lead, Revenue Share, Bundle or Prime-contractor Deals)Local & professional services · Low startup cost (exact-match domains, hosting, tracked phone numbers)

  You build small exact-match-domain websites for one high-ticket, rarely repeated service in one town (examples given: tree removal, roofing, foundation repair, water damage, sewer…

• 'Layered Cake' Grid of Sub-niche Microsites Across Every Suburb (AI-answered Tracked Lines)Marketing & content · Low to moderate startup cost (about $10-15 per domain per site, tracked numbers about $1 each, AI call answering)

  Instead of one general website, you split a trade into its sub-niches (the example is roofing: metal roofing, roof replacement, storm and hail, and so on) and build a separate…

• Local-business Websites and Google Business Profile Ranking Built by Talking to Claude Code (owner Path Vs. Lead-renting Path)AI & automation · Low startup cost (an AI coding subscription, hosting and domains)

  The video splits one skill, ranking for local searches, into two paths: Path A makes a real business (say a plumber) dominate its metro, and Path B builds your own network of…

• 14-step WordPress Lead-gen Microsite Build With Claude Code Agents (niche Scoring, EMD, Competitor Recon)AI & automation · Low to moderate startup cost (managed WordPress hosting such as Kinsta or Hostinger, an under-$30 domain, AI model usage)

  A full live build of a lead-generation microsite that the creator resells leads from, 'like HomeAdvisor and Angie's List'. Steps include: asking ChatGPT for profitable sub-niches…

• Local SEO Microsite / Rank-and-rent Network Using an AI Coding BlueprintMarketing & content · Very low startup cost (roughly $10 in domain cost plus ~$2/month hosting per site; AI coding tool subscription optional)

  Building a network of dozens of small, single-service-page local-SEO microsites targeting narrow, low-competition service-plus-location combinations in the suburbs around a city…

• AI-generated Recipe Blog That Targets Big Food Sites' Top Pinterest KeywordsContent & personal brand · Very low startup cost

  You run a food/recipe blog where the recipe text and food images are produced with AI, then promote each recipe through Pinterest pins with tall images. You pick which recipes to…

• Private Facebook Page Network Sending Traffic to a Niche Site With Its Own Branded Print-on-demand ProductsE-commerce · Low startup cost

  You build several Facebook pages in the same niche (a 'private Facebook network') and use them to push visitors to your own niche website. Instead of earning from display ads, the…

• AI-image Facebook Pages Paid Through the Facebook Bonus Program, Built on a Fixed Posting PaceContent & personal brand · Low startup cost

  You run Facebook pages in a visual niche (the example is mountain cabins) and post AI-generated images on a strict, regular schedule. Once the page gains reach, Facebook pays you…