DSDT × AI Builder Program

What can you earn as an AI Builder?

DSDT trains you to build and run agentic AI services for local businesses. Move the sliders to see how your skills, your effort, and how well you keep clients turn into real monthly income — typically a $60,000–$80,000 first-year path for students who show up and do the work.

Your profile

Start with a preset, then fine-tune. Everything updates instantly.

Class performanceHow you're doing in the DSDT programAverage

StrugglingAverageTop of class

Video & content skillMaking videos & content that attract leadsCompetent

Just startingCompetentPro creator

AI & automation skillUsing AI agents to deliver & scaleCompetent

BeginnerCompetentExpert

Hours per weekTime you put into building the business20 hrs/wk

52040

Monthly retainerWhat each client pays you per month$1,500/mo

$750$1,500$3,000

Advanced — override the funnel numbers directly

Free audits / month

Audit → lead rate (%)

Lead → client close (%)

Client capacity (max)

Annual retention (%)

Tip: leave Advanced off to let your skill sliders drive these automatically.

Annualized income at month 12

$72,000/yr

$69,800 earned across your first 12 months (you ramp up)

On the DSDT $60k–$80k path

active clients by month 12

2.6

new clients / month

81%

annual client retention

$6.0k

monthly recurring revenue

Your first year, month by month Monthly incomeActive clients

How this is calculated ▸

This model mirrors how DSDT students actually win clients: you run free AI audits through the Local Service Spotlight tool (we make nothing on the audits — they're lead generation), a portion become real opportunities, and you close about half of those into monthly retainers. You then keep clients based on how well you deliver, and you can serve more of them because your AI agents do the heavy lifting.

The funnel each month

Free audits → leads → retainer clients. New clients/month = audits × lead-rate × close-rate.
Retention. Each month a small share of clients churn. We model monthly churn = 1 − retention^(1/12).
Capacity. You add clients until you hit the number you can personally run well with AI — then you mostly replace churn.
Income. Active clients × your monthly retainer, simulated across 12 months.

Why your sliders matter

Class performance, content skill, AI proficiency, and hours map to the funnel: content & hours drive how many audits you run; performance & content drive lead quality; performance & AI drive your close rate; AI & hours drive how many clients you can handle; AI & performance drive retention.

About the retention benchmark

Full-service digital-marketing agencies typically retain 75%–88% of clients per year (roughly 12%–25% annual churn), with retainer-based models retaining best. Our default Average student sits at ~81% retention — squarely in that real-world range, not a fantasy number.

The people behind the program

Real operators teaching a real career path — not theory.

Dennis Yu

Founder, BlitzMetrics
Creator of the Dollar-a-Day Strategy

Program architect

Jamie Harris

CEO & School President, DSDT

Host school

Dylan Haugen

Creator & AI-Builder Coach
Personal-brand & content

Student success

Cam Hazzard

AI-Builder Coach
Implementation & delivery

Student success

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Figures are illustrative projections based on program assumptions and industry retention benchmarks — they are an estimate to help you plan, not a guarantee of income. Your results depend on your effort, skill, and market.