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After enjoying one of my never-boring emails, a happy subscriber emailed me to ask: “Where do you come up with this stuff?” I sent her an excerpt from The Story Power Profit-Pack, pointer #36: Places I Find Stories – A partial list… Movies. Books (fiction and nonfiction). Television shows. The news. My life. My loved ones’ lives.…

Last night I watched an old episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm — the one where Larry gets caught in a thank you sprial. Larry and Cheryl go to a wedding and give a nice gift to the newlyweds. The couple sends a thank you note to Larry. Larry leaves a voicemail for the couple thanking them for…

Today is International Joke Day, and I’m in the holiday spirit. Here’s one Zig Zigler used to tell from stage: A man asks his neighbor to housesit while he goes on vacation. While away, he calls to check in. “How’s everything going?” the man asks. “Well,” says the neighbor, “your cat died.” The man is…

Hi — I heard from a few people who said the link I sent earlier for AI Copywriting Secrets (Volume 2) was not working. I tested it a moment ago, and it’s working now. Sorry if you clicked and couldn’t get through. But you still have a chance. Less than 3 hours until the price doubles. Get…

Want to hear something weird? Three of the world’s greatest copywriters walked into a room to share their biggest, bestest, business-boostiest AI secrets, and they said… They don’t use AI to write very much. In AI Copywriting Secrets (Volume 2)… ✔️ Bob Bly says: “I don’t have it write copy for me.” ✔️ Chris Orzy says: “…My daily…

Has this ever happened to you…? Someone teaches, gives, or sells you the “perfect” AI prompt to automate such-and-such business process. You fire up your favorite AI engine… …paste the prompt in the blank box… …click the submit button… …and wait for the magic to begin. Then… WTF!?!?!?!?! 😧 The AI vomits a bunch of garbage. It’s laughably…

Did you hear the one about the lawyers who asked AI to help them write a legal brief? ChatGPT spit out six fictitious cases. The lawyers didn’t fact-check. The cases went in the brief. The lawyers got busted. $5,000 fine. A stinging reprimand from the judge. And a heaping helping of public humiliation for the…