Jay

your LinkedIn profile is a research study magnet and you don't even know it every detail on there — your job title, your industry, your years of experience — that's exactly what research companies filter for "seeking: marketing managers with 5+ years experience for 60-minute interview, $300 compensation" the irony of spending hours optimizing your LinkedIn for a $75K job while ignoring the platforms that would pay you $300/hour for the expertise you already have research companies don't care about your resume format. they don't care about your cover letter. they don't care about the "skills" section they care about: -what industry you work in -what tools you use daily -how long you've been doing it -whether you can show up to a Zoom call and talk that's the entire qualification your LinkedIn says "Senior Accountant at mid-size firm, 7 years experience" a research company reads that as: "$250-400 per interview, high-value participant, finance vertical" comment "LINKED" and i'll show you how to convert that profile into study income (must follow for dm)

developers sell access to their APIs for $0.01 per call you can sell access to your brain for $200 per call and your API is better here's why: an AI can tell a company that 73% of users clicked the blue button it cannot tell them WHY it can't say "i clicked the blue button because the green one looked like an ad and i've been trained by 10 years of internet use to ignore anything that looks like an ad" that context — the human reasoning behind the behavior — is what companies pay $150-500 per session for no machine learning model can replicate what a real person thinks when they see a confusing checkout page no algorithm can explain the emotional reaction to a new product design no dataset captures why a 28-year-old in Dallas chose Spotify over Apple Music YOU are the data source that AI can't replace and companies know it that's why the research industry keeps growing while everyone panics about AI taking their jobs every new AI tool creates MORE demand for human research, not less because every AI decision needs human validation every automated feature needs human testing every algorithm needs human context you're not competing with AI you're the quality check ON AI and they're paying $200-400 per check been doing this for 5 years. the demand has only gone UP stop worrying about AI replacing you and start getting paid to be the thing AI can't be a real person with real opinions

here's a wealth building strategy you've probably never heard about because it sounds too boring to go viral: make $1,200/month giving opinions on calls invest 100% of it do that from age 19 to 30 at 8% average return that's roughly $230,000 from talking on Zoom for 30 minutes a day i started at 19. i'm 25 now six years of routing research income straight into investments didn't change my lifestyle. didn't sacrifice anything. my 9-5 salary covers my actual life the research income is ghost money. it comes in, it goes straight to work, i forget about it $500/month into a roth ira $300-500/month into market positions the rest compounds most people my age are trying to figure out how to START investing i've had a 6-year head start funded entirely by conversations about apps and products by the time i'm 30, i'll have a portfolio most people don't build until 45 not because i'm smarter because some random dude on Reddit told me about paid research when i was a sophomore and i actually listened the real flex isn't making $200 from a phone call it's what that $200 becomes when you give it 10 years to compound comment "COMPOUND" and i'll send you the full system (must follow for auto dm)

your LinkedIn profile is a research study magnet and you don't even know it every detail on there — your job title, your industry, your years of experience — that's exactly what research companies filter for "seeking: marketing managers with 5+ years experience for 60-minute interview, $300 compensation" the irony of spending hours optimizing your LinkedIn for a $75K job while ignoring the platforms that would pay you $300/hour for the expertise you already have research companies don't care about your resume format. they don't care about your cover letter. they don't care about the "skills" section they care about: -what industry you work in -what tools you use daily -how long you've been doing it -whether you can show up to a Zoom call and talk that's the entire qualification your LinkedIn says "Senior Accountant at mid-size firm, 7 years experience" a research company reads that as: "$250-400 per interview, high-value participant, finance vertical" comment "LINKED" and i'll show you how to convert that profile into study income (must follow for dm)

you don't need to be interesting to make money let me say that again because the entire internet is telling you the opposite you don't need a unique skill you don't need a personal brand you don't need a hot take you don't need content you need to be a person who uses products and has preferences that's it "i like this app but the notifications are annoying" — that's a $200 research session "i switched from this brand to that brand because the packaging was better" — that's a $150 focus group "i don't understand how to use this feature" — that's a $300 usability test the entire research industry is built on the insight of average people not experts. not influencers. not entrepreneurs regular humans with regular lives and regular opinions i made $75-100K over 5 years being aggressively average at everything except showing up consistently no one's ever called me an expert at anything the platforms i use don't care about my resume they care that i'm 25, i use technology daily, and i can articulate what i think clearly on a 30-minute call that's the entire qualification this is your permission slip to make money without being special you already qualify. you just haven't signed up comment "research" if you want to learn how

there's something corporations do every September that puts money directly in regular people's pockets and almost nobody knows about it every Fortune 500 company operates on a fiscal year budget their UX research departments get allocated millions for user testing and market research here's the catch: if they don't SPEND that budget by Q4, it gets cut next year so every fall, research teams go on a spending spree they post more studies. they increase payouts. they lower qualification standards a study that pays $150 in March pays $250 in October same study. same questions. same 45-minute call just more money because Karen in research needs to burn through her remaining budget before December i've been doing this for 5 years and the pattern is clockwork September through December is the gold rush application acceptance rates go up. payouts go up. frequency goes up companies are literally throwing money at regular people because their spreadsheet says they have to and you're not even in the system to catch it comment "Q4" and i'll send you the setup guide before the next budget cycle (must follow for dm)

@ky_markets IP

i figured out why some faceless youtube channels hit 10M views in 60 days while identical channels sit at 4,000 for months it's not the niche. it's not the thumbnails. it's not the upload time. it's the IP trust score on your account. after managing channels that have pulled 4–5 billion views combined, the pattern was obvious once i saw it: youtube flags accounts uploaded from flagged IPs and throttles distribution before the video even processes. your content isn't bad. your IP is dirty. warm-up sequence + residential proxies + clean upload environment = your videos actually get shown. comment "IP" if you want the full YouTube optimization guide (must be following for a DM)

@waliet 🔥🔥🔥

in january 2025 i had $800 in my bank account by december my agency was clearing $50k/month from the same bedroom clarity on what to build + obsessive execution + not quitting when month 1 pays you $800 things happen slow at first, then all at once.

DoorDash drivers are putting 40,000 miles on their car to make $1,100/month i make $1,200-1,500/month and i haven't left my couch just Zoom calls and clicking buttons the average DoorDash driver earns $15-25/hour BEFORE expenses after gas, maintenance, insurance, depreciation, and self-employment tax? you're looking at $8-12/hour real take-home i do a 60-minute research study and get $200-400 deposited next day DoorDash drivers work 20-30 hours/week to clear $1,100 i work 4-6 hours/week doing actual studies plus 30 mins a day applying that's roughly 8 hours total per week vs their 25 for MORE money you're destroying a $25,000 asset to earn $12/hour meanwhile companies are paying $200 for your opinion on a prototype comment "SWITCH" and i'll send you the full system (must follow for auto dm)

"surveys are dead" cool i've made $75-100K doing them since college but let me guess what happened to you: - you downloaded Survey Junkie in 2021. - spent 45 minutes answering questions about which toothpaste brand you prefer. - made $1.73. - deleted the app. - told everyone surveys are a scam meanwhile i'm getting paid $200-400 to sit on a Zoom call for 60 minutes and tell Google their new feature is confusing you tried the $2 surveys i do $200-500 research studies you answered questions about dish soap i test app prototypes for Fortune 500 companies you made $3.47 and quit i've been making $1,200-1,800/month for 5 years the $80+ billion market research industry has been paying regular people for feedback since 1946. focus groups were literally invented 80 years ago this isn't new you're just looking at the wrong side of it but yeah. surveys are dead. keep telling yourself that comment "ALIVE" if you want to see the real platforms (must follow for dm)

if you have a college degree and you're not doing paid research studies you might be the dumbest smart person i know companies pay $50-$500/hr for opinions from educated professionals you're out here applying to jobs offering $22/hr that want 3 years experience and a cover letter let me explain what's actually happening: -universities and corporations run thousands of research studies every single month -Harvard pays participants $10-$25/hr -MIT pays $11-$20/hr -random startups on research platforms? $100-$200/hr and most of these studies specifically WANT college-educated participants your degree that's "not paying off" is literally a qualification that gets you into higher-paying research panels the people making real money from research aren't doing penny surveys on Swagbucks they're doing $150 focus groups about consumer behavior $300 B2B interviews about their industry $200 mock jury trials reviewing actual legal cases while you scroll past these opportunities complaining "nothing works" and "the economy is broken" the economy IS broken that's exactly why billion-dollar companies are desperate to pay regular people for feedback they need to understand how broke you are so they can sell you stuff better might as well get paid for it comment "DEGREE" if you want to get started (must follow for dm)

@waliet that is a very hot take

hot take: the next wave of $1m+ ARR companies won't have thousands of customers they'll have 5-10 massive contracts. deep integrations. relationships that compound. the "scale everything" era is ending because customer acquisition costs are through the roof and attention is fragmenting the founders who win the next 5 years will be the ones who figured out that depth beats breadth one client who pays $200k/year and stays for 5 years is worth more than 5,000 users who churn every 3 months and they're 1,000x less stressful to manage the entire saas industry optimized for volume because VCs needed big TAM numbers for their pitch decks

if you have anxiety, back pain, ADHD, or literally any chronic condition pharmaceutical companies will pay you $120-$975 per session not for clinical trials. not to take experimental drugs interviews. zoom calls. 60 minutes talking about your experience with a condition you already live with every day and that's one tier out of five tier 5 → surveys: $150-300/month tier 4 → UX testing: $200-500/month tier 3 → focus groups: $300-800/month tier 2 → research interviews: $500-1,500/month tier 1 → health studies: $200-2,000/month (if you qualify) i made a full breakdown of every tier — what it pays, who qualifies, where to sign up free. comment "TIERS" and i'll send it (must be following for a DM )

@ky_markets crazy

met a 17 year old from Nigeria in my discord server dude had been grinding for months trying to figure out how to make money online Watched hours of videos SMMA, dropshipping, Amazon FBA he was about to give up on the whole "make money online" thing entirely. Within 2 days of joining he made $110 not from some complicated funnel. not from spending money on ads. from uploading faceless youtube shorts with affiliate links. $110 in 48 hours. from a phone. He almost made the monthly salary in 2 days 😂

companies have been stealing from you every time you use their app not your money here's what I mean: every time you leave a review, fill out a feedback form, or answer "how was your experience?" — that data goes into a research deck that gets presented to executives making billion-dollar decisions you generated it. they profited from it. you got $0 now here's the part that should make you sick: those same companies PAY $200-500 per session to hear the exact same feedback from people on research platforms the only difference between you and the person getting paid? they signed up on Respondent and User Interviews you left a Google review for free you've been doing market research your entire adult life you just forgot to send an invoice i stopped giving away free insights when i was 19 and started getting paid for them instead $75-100K over 5 years. same opinions. same effort. different table

you spent 4 years getting a degree $40,000+ in student loans to make $45,000/year at a job that requires "entry level with 3 years experience" that's $21.63/hour before taxes meanwhile companies are paying $150-300/hr for 30-minute research interviews with people in your exact field you're selling 2,080 hours a year for $45K and ignoring the option to sell 3 hours a week for an extra $15K i'm not saying quit your job. i literally work a 9-5 in SaaS sales i'm saying the extra $1,200-1,500/month from research studies pays for: the student loan payment you're stressing about the car note that's eating you alive the crypto positions you keep saying you'll start "when i have extra money" you have the degree. you have the work experience. you have the professional background that's not a resume. that's a research qualification and it's worth more per hour to these companies than your actual salary the gap between what you're being paid and what your opinions are worth is the most embarrassing math equation in the modern economy