Issue #31: ⚡ From 1 Image to 100+ Ads | Chase’s Nano Banana Workflow (Free)

Workflow of the Week 🚀

Who Built It: Chase

What It Does: From one source image, generate dozens—or hundreds—of ad-ready variations automatically. The system uses Airtable as the control hub, Gemini 2.5 Flash (Nano Banana) for image generation via OpenRouter, and a custom GPT prompt generator to bulk-create creative directions (lighting, background, mood, text, style). Webhooks, error handling, and status tracking keep everything fast and reliable, so you can spin up entire creative batches in minutes—not days.

Where to Find It: 👉 One Image → Hundreds of Ads (Nano Banana Tutorial)

Why It’s Incredible: This free workflow turns a single asset into a scalable creative engine. Upload an image to Airtable, set your parameters (subject, lighting, composition, style), and watch the pipeline generate variations, store them back in Airtable, and log everything for review. By chaining Gemini (for analysis/prompting) with Nano Banana (for image generation), it preserves your subject and brand consistency while exploring fresh looks at scale. Templates and a ready-made prompt generator make it beginner-friendly—yet robust enough for teams running high-volume creative testing.

Key advantages:

• Scale: 5, 10, or 100+ variations from one image—on demand.

• Consistency: Subject and style remain aligned across the batch.

• Control: Airtable hub for inputs, outputs, and status tracking.

📊 Difficulty Rating:
🌊🌊🌊 (3/5 — Intermediate: Airtable + webhooks + OpenRouter setup)

💰 Get The Bag – Monetize This Workflow

1. “Variant Ad Packs” for DTC brands
Offer monthly image packs (e.g., 50–200 creative variations per hero product) for $500–$3,000, tailored by season, audience, or channel.
💡 Pro Tip: Include a creative testing matrix (hook × background × lighting) so clients know exactly what to A/B test.

2) Local SMB Social Revamps
Turn a single product or service photo (gyms, salons, cafes, realtors) into a week’s worth of platform-specific creatives. Sell as a flat “content burst” package.
💡 Pro Tip: Add resizing + platform-safe text overlays to cut their publishing time in half.

3) UGC-to-Ad Pipeline for Creators & Agencies
Ingest UGC stills, generate on-brand variants per channel, and deliver a labeled Airtable gallery for approvals. Position it as “always-on creative supply.”
💡 Pro Tip: Upsell a video add-on—convert top-performing stills into short ad motions using your preferred video tool (e.g., Runway) with the same prompts.

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

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Why I love it:

• Real-time & structured: Clean, up-to-date results for better grounding.

• Customizable & scalable: Control depth, domains, and scale from MVP to enterprise.

• Easy to integrate: Python libs + partnerships with LangChain and LlamaIndex make drop-in use simple.

Perfect for enriching your prompt generator or tagging logic with live trends and brand-safe sources.

Thanks for reading.

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Have a great weekend and remember - Code Less, Create More!

Kate

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