I'm Julian Goldie, a Bangkok-based entrepreneur who runs Goldie Agency, the AI Profit Boardroom and a YouTube channel with around 400,000 subscribers, and this page shows how all of it fits together.
Most people meet me through one video or one post.
Then they see a community, an agency, a book, a leaderboard and a network of sites, and they wonder how it all connects.
That's a fair question, and it's the one I'm going to answer here.
I'll start with who I am and where I came from.
Then I'll map every business I run and every funnel I use, from the free stuff at the bottom to the paid stuff at the top.
If you run a business, an agency or a creator brand, you can use this map as a template for your own free-to-paid ladder.
Who Is Julian Goldie? The One-Minute Answer
Julian Goldie is an SEO founder and AI educator who lives in Bangkok, Thailand.
I've been in SEO for over a decade.
My main business is Goldie Agency, a 7-figure SEO and link-building agency with 70+ employees.
My main community is the AI Profit Boardroom, which has 3,400+ members, 258 documented wins and members in 38 countries.
My main audience lives on YouTube, where around 400,000 people subscribe to my daily AI and SEO tutorials.
I also wrote "Link Building Mastery", and more than 29,000 students have taken my Udemy courses.
Today, I teach business owners how to use AI agents, automation and SEO to get more done and get more customers.
Where It All Started: One Crypto Site And Zero Traffic
Every business on this page traces back to one failed website.
I was travelling in Asia, and I built a cryptocurrency website.
I published content on it for months, and Google sent me zero traffic.
That hurt, but it taught me the most valuable lesson of my career.
Content alone doesn't rank, and links make a huge difference.
So I learned link building and tested it on my own affiliate sites, and it worked.
Then I had the thought that changed everything.
If this works for my sites, other businesses would pay me to do it for theirs.
I started Goldie Agency completely solo, selling the exact service I'd learned by doing it myself.
That's the business lesson I'd pass on to you.
The best offer is often the skill you've already proven on your own projects.
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The Business Map: Everything Julian Goldie Runs
Here's every piece, with the job each one does in the bigger picture.
| Business or asset | What it is | Its job in the system |
|---|---|---|
| Goldie Agency | A 7-figure SEO and link-building agency with 70+ employees | Done-for-you service for businesses that want results without doing the work |
| Goldstar Links | The link-building site, using the skyscraper technique on a pay-on-performance model | A focused link-building offer |
| YouTube | Daily AI and SEO tutorials to around 400,000 subscribers | The top of the funnel, where most people first meet me |
| AI News Today podcast | Longer AI news episodes | Deeper trust with people who want more than a short video |
| AI Money Lab | A free AI course and community with 1,000 AI agents | The free community where beginners start |
| AI Profit Boardroom | The paid community with the Agent OS and four coaching calls a week | The core paid offer for AI and automation |
| SEO Elite Circle | My SEO mastermind | The higher-level paid room for serious SEO operators |
| agentos.guide | Free guides on the Agent OS and AI tools | Free education that shows what's possible |
| GoldieBench | My AI model leaderboard | Free, useful research that builds trust |
| Link Building Mastery | My book with 9 link building strategies | Authority and a low-cost way to learn from me |
| Udemy courses | Link building and other courses with 29,000+ students | Reach to learners on a marketplace |
On top of that, I run a network of sites, including this one, Agent Operators and The AI Tool Verdict.
Those sites answer questions people search for, and they point readers towards the free resources and the communities.
The Free-To-Paid Ladder, Rung By Rung
This is the part I want business owners to study.
Every offer I run sits on a ladder, and every rung earns the right to offer the next one.
Rung 1: Free content that answers real questions
This rung is YouTube, the podcast, agentos.guide, GoldieBench and the network sites.
Nobody pays anything here.
The job of this rung is to be genuinely useful, so people come back.
Rung 2: Free downloads that solve one problem
This rung is the 200+ AI SEO prompts and the free SEO link building book.
Each one solves a single specific problem, and both are free.
This rung turns a casual viewer into someone who has actually used something I made.
Rung 3: A free community
This rung is AI Money Lab, my free AI course and community with 1,000 AI agents.
People get to learn alongside others without paying.
It's where beginners find out whether my way of teaching works for them.
Rung 4: The paid community
This rung is the AI Profit Boardroom.
Members get the installable Agent OS, full step-by-step training and four coaching calls a week.
It's for people who want to actually build with AI agents and automation, not just watch.
Rung 5: The mastermind
This rung is the SEO Elite Circle, and you can read the full details on the mastermind sales page.
It's built for people who already take SEO seriously and want to work alongside other experienced operators.
Rung 6: Done for you
This rung is Goldie Agency and Goldstar Links.
It's for businesses that would rather pay experts to do the SEO and link building for them.
The doorway into this rung is the free SEO strategy session, where we map out your plan first.
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How AI Agents Run Behind Every Rung
This is where my businesses changed the most in the last year.
In mid-2025, I shifted my focus from SEO tactics to AI agents that do the SEO for you.
I built a dashboard called the Agent OS, which runs a crew of AI agents, including Hermes, Claude, GLM and Kimi, under one shared memory.
It runs on macOS, Linux and through the web.
At Goldie Agency, AI now runs about 80% of internal operations.
On the content side, my agents help research keywords, draft pages from my real experience, add schema and publish across my sites.
That's how one person can keep a whole ladder of free content fed every day.
I still set the strategy, and I still check what goes live.
If you want to see what an AI-run service business can look like, my post on how to start an AI agency walks you through it.
How A Business, Agency Or Creator Can Copy This Ladder
You don't need my numbers to use the structure.
Here's how I'd adapt it for three common situations.
If you run a local or small business
Your rung 1 is helpful posts and short videos that answer your customers' questions.
Your rung 2 is one free checklist or guide that solves a common problem.
Your top rung is your actual service, with a free consultation as the doorway.
AI agents can draft the posts and videos for you, so you only have to review them.
My guide to AI automation for small business shows where to start.
If you run an agency
Your rung 1 is proof, such as case studies and teardown content.
Your middle rungs can be a free audit and a paid strategy product.
Your top rung is the retainer.
Agents can take over reporting, outreach drafts and research, which is where most agency hours disappear.
If you're a creator
Your rung 1 is the content you already publish.
Your rung 3 can be a free community, and your rung 4 can be a paid one with live calls.
The key is that every rung must be useful on its own, even if nobody ever climbs higher.
I can't promise you any income from copying this, and nobody honest can.
What I can tell you is that this structure is how my own businesses fit together.
What Julian Goldie Teaches Now
Today I teach three things, and I teach them together.
I teach AI agents, which means getting tools like Hermes and Claude to do real work.
I teach automation, which means turning that work into workflows that run on their own.
I teach SEO, because getting found on Google and in AI answers still drives customers.
If you care about the SEO side most, read my Julian Goldie SEO page.
If you want to see how AI search is changing, my post on the king of AEO shows the answer-engine workflow I use.
Proof You Can Check
These are the numbers I'll stand behind.
- Goldie Agency is a 7-figure SEO and link-building agency with 70+ employees.
- AI runs about 80% of the agency's internal operations.
- The AI Profit Boardroom has 3,400+ members, 258 documented wins and members in 38 countries.
- My YouTube channel has around 400,000 subscribers, and my X account has around 163,000 followers.
- My Udemy courses have taught more than 29,000 students.
- The AI Profit Boardroom was named the number one AI community by FatRank after it tested 27 communities, and by Autoblogging.ai and a Hermes Agent panel.
Every Way To Work With Julian Goldie (Free And Paid)
Here's every funnel in one place, sorted into free and paid.
Free options
- YouTube is where I post daily AI and SEO tutorials.
- AI News Today is my podcast channel for longer AI news episodes.
- X, LinkedIn and Instagram are where I post updates and behind-the-scenes content.
- AI Money Lab gives you a free AI course, a community and 1,000 AI agents.
- 200+ free AI SEO prompts give you ready-made prompts for AI SEO work.
- The free SEO link building book teaches you the link building basics.
- The free SEO strategy session is a call where we map out your SEO plan together.
- agentos.guide has free guides on the Agent OS and AI tools.
- GoldieBench shows how AI models score on real one-shot builds, and my GoldieBench about page explains why I built it.
- aiprofitboardroom.com shows you how I make these videos.
- juliangoldie.com is my personal site and blog.
- Agent Operators and The AI Tool Verdict are my sister sites.
Paid options
- The AI Profit Boardroom is my main paid community, with the Agent OS and four coaching calls a week.
- The SEO Elite Circle is my SEO mastermind, and the mastermind sales page has the details.
- Goldie Agency does SEO and link building for you.
- Goldstar Links does link building on a pay-on-performance model.
- Link Building Mastery is my book on link building.
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Related Reading
- My Julian Goldie SEO page goes deeper on my SEO career and methods.
- How to start an AI agency shows how AI changes the agency model.
- AI automation for small business gives you the first automations worth building.
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- 🌐 Who is behind GoldieBench and why it exists
FAQ: Julian Goldie's Businesses
What businesses does Julian Goldie run?
I run Goldie Agency, a 7-figure SEO and link-building agency with 70+ employees, and the AI Profit Boardroom, a community with 3,400+ members.
I also run the SEO Elite Circle, AI Money Lab, my YouTube channel, GoldieBench and agentos.guide.
What is the difference between AI Money Lab and the AI Profit Boardroom?
AI Money Lab is free, and it gives you a free AI course, a community and 1,000 AI agents.
The AI Profit Boardroom is paid, and it gives you the installable Agent OS, full training and four coaching calls a week.
Can I hire Julian Goldie's agency?
Yes, you can hire Goldie Agency for SEO and link building, or use Goldstar Links for link building on a pay-on-performance model.
The best first step is the free SEO strategy session.
What free resources does Julian Goldie offer?
My free resources include YouTube, the podcast, agentos.guide, GoldieBench, AI Money Lab, 200+ AI SEO prompts, a free link building book and a free strategy session.
Who is the SEO Elite Circle for?
The SEO Elite Circle is for people who already take SEO seriously and want to work at a higher level with other experienced operators.
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About Julian
I'm Julian Goldie, an SEO entrepreneur, author and founder of the AI Profit Boardroom, which has 3,400+ members.
I help business owners scale with AI agents, automation and SEO.
- I built Goldie Agency, a 7-figure SEO and link-building agency with 70+ employees.
- I've grown my YouTube channel to around 400,000 subscribers.
- I wrote "Link Building Mastery".
- My Udemy courses have taught more than 29,000 students.
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