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3 Ways I Like to Use Artificial Intelligence

I have a problem. “Hi… my name is Brian… and I am addicted to tabs.” I normally have four Chrome browser windows open with 20 to 30 tabs open in each—that's over 100 tabs. Granted, it's my main window and three clients' project work windows open, but I use all four windows all day long.…

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Let's Keep This Between Us…

I recently came up with a Billion-Dollar Idea. I am sharing it with you, so please don't share it with anyone else. It's going to make me rich, and I would not want anyone to copy or steal it. I created an app that will stop delivering snail mail, emails, texts, radio, and TV commercials…

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Superman vs The Boogeyman

I was listening to an interview about energy. One of the little-known facts about AI is that it requires power… Lots of POWER! A single query in a generative AI model may use as much energy as turning on a lightbulb for one hour. Generating two images with AI could use as much energy as…

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Visual Impact – The Rights and Wrongs of Images In Marketing

One of my all-time favorite jokes is about babies… “How many babies does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” “None – they neither have the cognitive or motor skills to perform such a task!”   You could imagine a baby holding a lightbulb and trying to insert it into a lamp or socket. But…

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The PATH to Profits

I looked at the number of blogs I have on my website, and it's 411 posts. That's 7.9 years' worth of weekly posts. At one point, there was more. I started blogging in 2006. That's almost 18 years of content. I cleaned out everything earlier than 1/1/2017 since I felt it was less relevant to…

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All Marketing (and Sales) are Personal

I was listening to a podcast interview with comedian Mike Birbiglia. I was not familiar with him, but I found his take on comedy interesting. He believes that comedians have a one-on-one relationship with their audiences. Social media and podcasts can help to create a more intimate relationship with fans. Some influencers lose that connection…

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