Issue #30: 🍌 Duncan’s Nano Banana Workflow That’s Too Good To Miss

Workflow of the Week 🚀

Who Built It: Duncan

What It Does: This workflow lets you generate AI images for free by calling Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash (aka “Nano Banana”) through OpenRouter and piping the result straight into your stack with n8n. A Chat node captures your prompt, an HTTP request hits the free image endpoint, a Code node cleans the base64, and the final image is uploaded to Google Drive—end-to-end, no paid tokens required (while the free tier lasts). Create a different Google Drive folder for each of your clients and you have a business pumping out content on auto pilot.

Where to Find It: 👉 👉 Get Duncan’s Free AI Image Workflow

Why It’s Incredible: You get a production-ready image generator that actually respects prompts and maintains character consistency—ideal for real estate cards, product shots, thumbnails, and blog visuals. It’s also model-agnostic via OpenRouter, so you can swap providers without rewiring your whole stack.

Key advantages:

• $0 image generations (at time of writing) with fast turnaround.

• Plugs into any n8n pipeline for SEO, social, or listings at scale.

📊 Difficulty Rating:
🌊🌊 (2/5 — Copy/paste the HTTP request, add a Code node for base64 cleanup, connect Google Drive.)

💰 Get The Bag – Monetize This Workflow

1. 1) Real Estate Listing Packs-on-Demand
Offer agents weekly image packs (exteriors, room angles, staging variants, neighborhood highlight cards) generated from a simple prompt form. Price a setup ($300–$600) plus $149–$399/month for ongoing packs and revisions. Deliver folders per property in Google Drive, ready for MLS and socials. Add captions/hashtags via an LLM to boost distribution.
💡 Pro Tip: Bundle with an auto-post flow (n8n → BLOTATO) for TikTok/IG/YouTube Shorts and charge an extra $99/month.

2) Ecommerce Creative Factory for SMBs
Turn boring catalog shots into themed promo images (seasonal, UGC-style, lifestyle) in bulk. Sell per-SKU packages (e.g., 10 images/SKU at $75) or monthly retainers tied to product drops. Use a Google Sheet as a brief (tone, colors, brand rules), then generate and upload to Drive with consistent naming for Shopify import.
💡 Pro Tip: Add a “brand style lock” prompt library so clients get on-brand creatives every time—an easy $250 add-on.

3) Content Thumbnails & Social Kits
Provide creators a weekly thumbnail kit (3–5 concepts per video) with title overlays and character consistency. Charge $250–$800/month depending on volume and turnaround SLAs. Automate intake via a Typeform → n8n → OpenRouter → Drive loop for frictionless delivery.
💡 Pro Tip: Include an “A/B test pack” (two variants per post) and upsell analytics reporting after 30 days.

BONUS: Turn Free AI Images into UGC Video Ads with RunwayML

You can take the AI images you generate with Duncan’s Nano Banana workflow and instantly repurpose them into scroll-stopping UGC-style videos using RunwayML.

• Upload the images into RunwayML Gen-2 (Text-to-Video or Image-to-Video).

• Add motion, like a panning effect, zoom, or short looping animations.

• Layer in a voiceover (AI or human) and subtitles to make it feel authentic and engaging.

• Package it as user-generated content ads for niches like real estate, e-commerce, or SaaS.

👉 Brands are paying $250–$500 per short UGC video. With AI images + RunwayML, you can create these in minutes at no cost.

Monetization angle:

• Sell custom UGC-style videos on Fiverr or Upwork.

• Offer them as an add-on service to local businesses.

• Bundle 5–10 short clips as a package for agencies running paid ads.
  

🧰 Build Better – Tools, tricks, and reads to up your automation game

The OpenRouter Edge: One Key, Many Models
Tired of wiring new providers every time you test a model? OpenRouter gives you a unified API across GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, and more—perfect for swapping models in the same n8n graph to compare quality, speed, and cost. If you’re building client automations, this abstraction layer saves hours and keeps you future-proof.
👉 Explore OpenRouter (and the Gemini 2.5 Flash image endpoint)

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