Welcome to the first official Sentient newsletter!

As we said, our aim is to jam pack this newsletter with value.

Today, you’re going to get a range of topics. Including:

• How to run a business with AI tools

• How to optimally prompt ChatGPT

• Making money with a ChatGPT clone..

• The best way to create content from AI

• How to perfect your prompts using Claudes hidden feature

💬 How to become an expert at prompting AI models (without having to think)

One key piece of feedback we got on our intro email was for us to give prompting advice, for ChatGPT and other AI models.

Well…. We’ve listened. So, let’s get stuck into it.

Anthropic (The parent company of Claude) developed a “prompt improver”

It’s extremely useful for generating high quality prompts. 

All you need to do is paste your prompt and Claude will generate an optimised prompt instantly.

Here’s how to use it:

1. Head over to Anthropic’s Console and sign up/log in

2. Select the ‘Improve an existing prompt’ option to access the prompt optimizer.

3. Add a prompt template and describe what you'd like to improve. In the template, you’ll need to have at least one . These are placeholder values that make your prompt reusable.

4. Select ‘Improve Prompt’, replace {variables} with your specific details in the workbench, and click ‘Run’ once your prompt is ready.

5. This is obviously most optimal for Claude, however it’s still very useful even for ChatGPT if you exclusively use that.

(Don’t worry, we have more tips for ChatGPT later on)

Give it a try and let us know! 

😅 This GPT wrapper of ChatGPT itself makes $5M a month

Now, here is a funny business idea for you entrepreneurs

ChatGPT…

You confused yet? Let us explain..

The crazier part? There are hundreds of these, who probably have more revenue than most VC backed startups.

You could do this too..

So many of these apps have tens of thousands of reviews and downloads.

& yes, these are apps that are literally using ChatGPT's tech and selling it under a different name.

In fact, when I search AI in play store, this app shows above ChatGPT, gemini, copilot, perplexity, etc. 

This shows you how early we are. If you want to start a business in AI, don’t over think it! Sometimes, the most simple answer is the best way.

It show's you how early this market is, that people can get away with stuff like this.

But don’t forget, we aren’t your standard news newsletter.

We want to actually TEACH you how you can do things too.

Here is a step-by-step process on how someone could do this. This is a simplified version, you’ll need to do your own research if this is something you’re interested in doing yourself:

1. Obtain API Acces

• Go to OpenAI API and create an account.

• Subscribe to a plan (Pay-as-you-go or enterprise if high-scale usage is anticipated).

2. Design the features of your wrapper 

• You can easily hire someone on fiver or Upwork to do this 

• Put together your ideas and brief the designer

3. Create a simple backend and frontend

• You can also hire someone on fiver or upwork to do this for you 

• Since you’re essentially copying chatGPT, it’s quite easy

• If its an app, then ensure it’s optimal and easy to use for mobile. 

4. Add Monetization 

• Common models:

  • Freemium: Offer basic features for free and charge for advanced features like unlimited queries or specialized templates.

  • Subscription: Monthly or yearly plans for unrestricted use.

  • Pay-per-use: Charge per query or bundle tokens in packs.

5. Implement App Store Submission

• Follow guidelines for each platform:

  • Google Play Store

  • Apple App Store

6. Marketing 

• Build in referral programs or gamification to encourage app downloads.

• Integrate analytics to track user engagement (e.g., Google Analytics, Firebase).

• Set up social media channels and start making content 

⚙️ Here is an AI tool that we use daily

This next snippet is for anyone interested in growing their social media accounts using AI.

(Especially for those who do not want to record themselves all the time 😅)

We recently saw a post on Linkedin, where someone got over 7,500 impressions.

However, the personal talking in the video was completely AI generated - Yeah, people had no idea…

The tool used to create the video is HeyGen.

He made the post for $1 (HeyGen subscription)

That's a CPM of $0.13 on LinkedIn

The average CPM on LinkedIn is $33.80

So, he just got Linkedin CPM at 4% of the average cost

Here is how you can do it to: 

Step 1: Sign up for a Heygen account on their website.

Step 2: Choose a pre-built AI avatar or upload your custom one.

Step 3: Enter or upload your script for the video.

Step 4: Select your avatar's language, voice, and style preferences.

Step 5: Preview the video for accuracy and make adjustments if needed.

Step 6: Export and download the final video for use.

💰 How to run a company with zero employees

We also got a lot of replies from business owners and people looking to improve their day to day productivity with AI tools and saas products.

Well.. take this post for a practical example of how someone is taking it to another level.

Here is an amazing example of how 2 person bootstrapped company operates, for only $524 per month.

You can do SO MUCH, without having to worry about the costs of hiring people or getting a VA to do it. 

AI and the advancement of saas tools is really allowing setups like this to become more and more possible.

I really do believe we will see the first one person billion dollar company within the next 5 years.

For those interested in free options, here are $0 AI tools that we use daily: 

• Basedlabs

• Firelies 

• ChatGPT

• Perplexity

I know we’ve already given out some prompting advice, but we are aware a lot of you are ChatGPT die hards 😂

Don’t worry, we didn’t forget about you!

🤖 Before you use ChatGPT next, make sure to read this

So, in case you were not aware OpenAI dropped a new o1 prompting advice guide. 

Since it's not just a new model and performs chain-of-thought prompting internally, the best prompts for the new ChatGPT will be completely different If you're testing OpenAI o1.

🚨 We want to hear your feedback. Without you guys, this means nothing. So if there is anything at all you want to see, please reply to this email!

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