Growing up, I was one of those precocious kids who loved to sound wiser than my years on earth. I was (and still am) a Ben Franklin geek. As I grew older (and a little bit wiser), my enthusiasm for quoting people piqued. Back in the 90s, I was working…

Ever heard the saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”? Well, it turns out that the same golden rule applies to the world of business. I’m about to take you on a rollercoaster ride through some of the most mind-boggling failure-to-success tales that will have you thinking twice about…

Hey there, curious mind! If you're one of those people who shakes their head every time a news story comes up about man's inhumanity to man (yes, there are many such stories), you may think that we're sliding off the deep end of the humanity seesaw. As a history buff…

The midpoint of 2023 is shaping up to be a wild ride for content marketers. The U-word is being bandied about again as copywriters, article marketers, and blogging mavens feel the dreaded uncertainty about their future employment. AI is the New low-fat So, last year we saw the emergence of Generative AI and ChatGPT. The…

You know how sci-fi movies promised us holodecks, flying cars, teleportation, and Monday mornings that don’t suck? Well, while we’re still waiting on two of those (looking at you, Mondays), the world of VR and XR is delivering on futuristic promises that make even the Jetsons look outdated. Strap in…

If we were playing the marketing version of “Name that Quote,” and I said, “Content is king,” most of us would scream “Bill Gates!” before the buzzer rang. Well, Mr. Gates only gave us half the recipe for success. Stick around, but beware; I’m in the mood to sling metaphors…

Ah, the joys of writer’s block. For those of us who’ve wrestled with an empty page or screen, you’re familiar with the silence and solitude. That intimidating emptiness stares back, challenging our very sense of self-worth. How can we get around that daunting issue as reality and our deadlines creep…

Artificial intelligence! I have to say that I cannot stand that term. It’s fine for marketing, but it stinks for actually synthesizing what this system is. I asked ChatGPT to come up with a few less anthropomorphic-sounding phrases for what large language models and other systems do. This is what…

Navigating the world of content creation in the digital age, it’s evident that AI tools like ChatGPT have emerged as game changers. To thrive in this era, one must either harness the might of these tools or be rendered irrelevant. Dive with me into the essence of ChatGPT, a platform…