0-200k Subs with a Content Ideation Workflow [#12 Chase Hannegan]

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Discover how Chase Hannigan grew from zero to 200,000 followers across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok in just over a year without any prior content creation experience. In this episode, we dive deep into his AI-powered content ideation system that scrapes trending topics from YouTube, Reddit, Twitter, and Perplexity to generate daily reports and content scripts.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro – Using AI Automation for Content
01:06 What You’ll Learn + Free n8n Workflow Overview
02:24 The Real Problem: Manual Ideation & Doom Scrolling
03:45 Automating Content Ideation Across Platforms
05:25 Screen Share Begins – Live Walkthrough of the n8n Workflow
06:00 High-Level System Architecture
06:30 YouTube Data Ingestion & Filtering Logic
07:10 Transcript Analysis with LLMs
07:45 Multi-Platform Expansion: Reddit, Twitter, Perplexity
09:00 How the Daily Digest Report Is Generated
09:25 Airtable + Email Report Delivery
09:45 Content Script Generation (Hooks, Bodies, CTAs)
11:00 Why This Is Not RAG (And When You’d Want It)
11:30 Filtering Noise with Engagement Metrics
12:30 Content Volume Strategy
14:00 Hook Optimization & Pre-Validated Ideas
15:15 Frameworks vs Off-the-Cuff Content
16:00 Recording Stack
17:05 Why Ideation Is the Highest-Leverage Automation
18:00 Posting & Editing Workflow
19:00 Why Fancy Editing Doesn’t Matter for Technical Audiences
20:00 Learning to “Cook in Your Own Kitchen”
21:05 Attention Economics & Creator Optimization
22:05 Mindset for Technical Creators Getting Started
23:15 Reducing Friction to Stay Consistent
24:20 Handling Cringe, Feedback, and Early Videos
25:55 Real Business Outcomes from Content Automation
26:40 AI Agencies, Non-Technical Builders, and New Opportunities
28:00 Building Your Own Tools with n8n
29:40 Personal Brands Beat Companies
31:15 Why This Is Still Early
32:00 Where to Find the Workflow + Final Takeaways

What You'll Learn:
✅ How to automate content ideation without doom-scrolling for hours
✅ The exact n8n workflow Chase uses daily (available FREE in the template library)
✅ How to create 20+ pieces of content per week while maintaining quality
✅ Why AI automation works best for ideation, not full content generation
✅ How non-technical people can build AI agencies and land 5K/month clients
✅ The mindset shift needed to succeed in content creation