How to Build Your Own AI Chatbot in 60 Seconds

My AI Bot Closed $1,100 in Sales Yesterday - Here’s How

Yesterday, my AI bot closed $1,100 in sales. That’s not a headline I expected to write a few months ago, but it happened because I taught a bot to do exactly what I would do: reach out to every visitor on my website, follow up, and convert.

If you want your website visitors to hear from you, even when you’re not online, keep reading. This is the exact process I used to build a bot that follows up like a real person.

From Blank Chat Widget to Real Sales

Hi, I’m Brad Smith, owner of Automation Links. I’ve been doing marketing for 10 years and worked with over 2,500 brands. I wanted a scalable way to follow up with leads without hiring more reps.

So I built a custom AI bot and trained it to speak and act like me. The setup was straightforward: a few prompts, some assets, and a little polish.

Once live, it started reaching out to everyone who visited my site, emailing, texting, or DMing them, and the result was $1,100 in closed sales in a single day.

Step-by-Step: How I Set Up the Bot

The trick isn’t some secret code. It’s training the bot to be you.

Here’s how I did it in six simple steps so you can replicate it.

• Create the account: Fill in basic info: your name, company, website, and upload a profile picture or logo so the bot looks like you.

• Train the bot: This is where you pour in the context. Answer questions about who you are, how you talk, and what your brand stands for. The AI’s output is only as good as the input, so be specific.

• Add YouTube videos: Paste links to your videos so the bot learns from your exact words and references your content when chatting.

• Upload documents: Transcripts, manuals, website copy, anything that should be part of your knowledge base. The bot will use this to write posts, blogs, and reply to visitors in your voice.

• Install the widget: Copy the widget code into your site or set a custom domain like chat.yourwebsite.com so you can drive ad traffic and socials straight to the chat.

• Connect analytics & tracking: Link Google Analytics and optionally a data partner to track every visitor, identify them, and add them to your CRM for automated follow-up.

Lesson: Make It Sound Like You, Then Follow Up Relentlessly

Two lessons mattered most. First, nobody wants to hear generic AI, they want to hear from you.

Train the bot on your actual voice: videos, docs, and the exact phrases you use.

Second, follow-up is everything. Once the bot identifies a visitor, it adds them to the CRM and starts the outreach: email, text, or DM.

That combination, authentic voice plus automated follow-up, is what turned conversations into $1,100 in sales.

Beyond sales, the platform helps you create content for multiple channels. Use the bot to generate blog posts, social updates, or schedules from audio or YouTube links.

Save them to a content library, schedule posts, and let AI SEO surface your content across blogs, Medium, Reddit, Pinterest, and more.

CTA: Want This Bot for Your Brand?

If you want this exact chatbot customized for your brand, comment bot and my team will send it over and walk you through the setup.

If you prefer to learn the whole system, AI SEO, content creation, and automated follow-up, check out the AI SEO course in the platform’s courses and community.

Train it right, and your visitors will hear from you even when you’re busy.

Nobody wants to hear a robotic AI. They want you. Give the bot your voice, connect your analytics, and let consistent follow-up do the selling.