Grow Your Video Business with Ryan Koral 473. AI Tools That Sell Without the Sleaze with Molly Mahoney
Molly Mahoney drops serious knowledge about using AI to amplify your creative business instead of fearing it. She walks through how she built an interactive tool that generated 130 sales in three days, ran a Facebook auction that hit $30K in eight minutes, and why helping others succeed is the secret to growing your own business. If you've been wondering how to actually use AI in your video business without feeling like a sellout, this one's for you.
Key Takeaways- AI should amplify your creativity, not replace it—use these tools to handle the repetitive stuff so you have more time for actual creative work.
- Interactive tools create "activation offers" that give clients quick wins and naturally lead them to need your higher-level services.
- Agentic systems can automate your entire client journey by connecting different AI tools and apps together (tools like MindPal and Base44 make this accessible).
- Authenticity indicators (your mistakes and stumbles) build more trust than perfectly polished content ever will.
Molly Mahoney is a digital marketing strategist, keynote speaker, and former NYC performer who helps entrepreneurs blend AI-powered marketing with authentic human connection. With viral videos hitting over 39 million views and features in Forbes and Inc., she's known for turning complex tech into simple, profitable strategies. She launched her business The Prepared Performer in 2013… and has since helped thousands of people to show up more powerfully, turning their message into a revenue generating movement.
In 2021, Molly launched the world's first AI-focused content membership (2 years before chatGPT hit the scene). She's the author of Choose Confidence, Finding My Awesome, and the new Ai playbook, Ai-ify™ Your Business. She believes your "weird" is your superpower – and that the more fun you have, the more money you make!
In This Episode- [00:00] Welcome to the show!
- [04:12] Meet Molly Mahoney
- [15:45] Backstory Research With AI
- [19:04] Figuring Out Your Niche
- [23:47] Your Weird Is Your Superpower
- [29:49] The Quesadilla of Awesome
- [41:14] AI Tools
- [44:21] Sora Prompt Templates
- [47:18] Agentic System
- [49:21] Connect with Molly
- [51:39] Outro
"Rather than asking yourself, what can I do to help grow my business, take a step back and look at what can I do to help other people to succeed." - Molly Mahoney
"When you trip up over your words, don't edit it out, leave it there, it's an authenticity indicator." - Molly Mahoney
"The most important thing that you can do is to figure out who you are as a human being and let your freak flag fly." - Molly Mahoney
"I could see a lot of video creators being like, oh no, this is gonna hurt my business... But what I decided to do rather than being like, how am I gonna use this to grow my business... I went and created a tool to help other people succeed." - Molly Mahoney
"If you create a software tool that helps people to get better results with video, they're only gonna get so far. And then they're gonna get to the point where they're like, I need help." - Molly Mahoney
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