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Weekly AI Tips to Spark Your Marketing Mojo

šŸŽÆ Jon Leland's Mission: I empower social media and digital marketing professionals to master AI tools quickly, transforming overwhelm and content burnout into streamlined productivity and enhanced, human-first creativity.

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AI Creativity ChroniclesWeekly AI Tips to Spark Your Marketing Mojo 🌊 The AI Tsunami Is Here! In the spirit of playful creativity, I made an 8-second AI-generated video—complete with AI music and sound effects—that dramatically illustrates what’s happening right now. Sound up! šŸ”ˆ The speed and power of AI video is unlike anything we’ve seen before. And it’s not just hype—it’s a strategic opportunity when you learn to use it. That’s why I’m inviting you to join me tomorrow for a live, free...

AI Creativity ChroniclesWeekly AI Tips to Spark Your Marketing Mojo šŸŽØ From Photoshop Panic to AI Video Power šŸš€ Back in 1989, journalists worried that Photoshop would ā€œend photography.ā€ They said we’d never know what’s real. That copyright was over. That creativity itself was at risk. Sound familiar? Today, we’re hearing the same kinds of fears about AI. But here’s the truth: Photoshop didn’t end creativity. It expanded it. And AI is doing the same — especially when it comes to video. That’s...

AI Creativity ChroniclesWeekly AI Tips to Spark Your Marketing Mojo When a Simple Prompt Turns into a Full-Blown Video This week, I had two AI play experiences that left me buzzing. In the first, I didn’t just watch Google's Veo3 AI write a video script from a simple text prompt. I watched it write, voice, and produce an entire video. No scriptwriting on my end. No voice recording. Nothing less than video magic. šŸ‘‡ This new kind of AI video collaboration is not about just faster production,...

AI Creativity ChroniclesWeekly AI Tips to Spark Your Marketing Mojo Sometimes you just have to see what happens… and have a little fun along the way. šŸ˜ That’s exactly what I did this week with Google’s NotebookLM — their shiny new feature for creating professional-sounding AI-narrated VIDEO summaries with slides. šŸŽ™ļøšŸ–¼ļø Stress Test #1 šŸŽÆ I fed it the YouTube URL for a 2.5-hour Diary of a CEO podcast episode featuring three major marketing mavens I respect: Alex Hormozi, Codie Sanchez, and Daniel...

AI Creativity ChroniclesWeekly AI Tips to Spark Your Marketing Mojo Hey there, Reader, ā€œAI won’t take your job—but the marketer who masters it will.ā€(That’s the opening concept of the new 5-minute video I just posted on my new course page.) Click this image to watch your video invitation now. Why this matters right now Most marketers are still dabbling with AI. Only a fraction have crossed the gap to getting things done—faster and better than ever. Prompted to Create was built to help you...

AI Creativity ChroniclesWeekly AI Tips to Spark Your Marketing Mojo 🧠 AI Just Got Smarter Than Me… and That’s a Good Thing We hear a lot about Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the coming Singularity. Fascinating? Sure. But mostly, that’s not what matters. Here’s what does matter: AI is already smarter than most of us.And I’m not mad about it—I’m grateful. Just yesterday, I worked on a proposal follow-up to a consulting session that, in the past, would’ve taken me at least three...

AI Creativity ChroniclesWeekly AI Tips to Spark Your Marketing Mojo šŸŒ€ Prompt More. Discover More. There’s this old MTV slogan I’ve always loved:ā€œToo much is never enough.ā€ When it comes to prompting AI, that’s exactly how I feel. Most people underuse AI tools.They don’t prompt enough.They don’t play enough.They assume one-and-done is good enough. But it’s not. Here’s what I’ve learned from prompting more freely: šŸŒ€ Dream journaling ignites a wellspring of deep insights āœļø Copywriting feels...

AI Creativity ChroniclesWeekly AI Tips to Spark Your Marketing Mojo From AI Chaos to Creative Control How One Marketer Reclaimed Her Voice—And You Can Too Image conjured with Ideogram based on a creative conversation with ChatGPT. We’ve all had our ā€œhead in the sandā€ moments with AI. This is true even for smart, experienced marketers. That’s why this testimonial about my course, "Prompted to Create," from marketing strategist & writer Lee Doyle is important: ā€œAs someone from an old-school...

AI Creativity ChroniclesMaking Marketing Fun Again, One Week at a Time šŸŽ¬āš” AI Just Flipped the Script on Video Production—Are You Watching? šŸ‘€ Every now and then, creative video people make me grin like a kid who just found a new kind of candy. Last week, this happened twice! šŸ’°šŸš« No Budget Commercial This spec commercial for Liquid Death was created entirely with Google’s Veo 3 video AI. No budget. No brand involvement. Just a few bold creatives with great taste and a twisted sense of humor....

AI Creativity ChroniclesMaking Marketing Fun Again, One Week at a Time šŸ“ššŸ¤– From Video Lessons to Living Study Guide: My New AI Course Hack You know that feeling when something just clicks?I had one of those lightbulb moments this week… and I’m kinda thrilled with what I discovered. 🄳 NotebookLM helped me leverage my course videos into an interactive knowledge base that will be accessible to everyone who takes the course. ✨ I’ve started bringing all the video modules from my upcoming course,...