I listened to this podcast interview intently yesterday, and was blown away. ChatGPT—and AI in general—is way more advanced than I have given it credit for. There seems a HUGE amount of dog work that AI can take off the overworked and underappreciated communicator, allowing said communicator to focus on higher, more strategic and longer-term work, including being able to reposition themselves as a resource […]
By Eran Malloch 14th August 2023 How to get a great article out of ChatGPT I see a lot of people struggling to get high quality content (articles, blog posts, etc.) out of ChatGPT. In most cases, it’s because you are not giving it better guidelines to help write your content. Most people just instruct it with something simple like: Write me a blog post […]
Vietnamese Chinese fusion that sings! I’ve written before about Chu’s Vietnamese Chinese restaurant in my Google Reviews. Had a wonderful evening here with three friends. Food was fabulous, the Pinot Gris was excellent, the host/owner was witty and knowledgeable. Will definitely come back, many times. ——— Months later: Have been back many times. Owner Wen and her chef are wonderful. I lived for two years […]
What are we as writers if not improvisers? Some of us plan out our work, filling in every gap before putting fingers to keyboard, others of us are ‘pantsers’, writers who write by the seat of their pants, never knowing what’s going to happen next, but trusting in their muse that inspiration will strike. Both types of writers, I contend, are reliant on improvisation more […]
As a retired business communicator with some 30 years of experience behind me building websites, blogs and providing the content for them, I had left the Business Communication profession behind and embraced my photography and my Masters degree in Creative Writing & Communication. So, when AI came across my horizon, I was ill-prepared for its importance and its ground-shaking nature. Most in my former profession […]
Australian robot mop/vacuum company RobotMyLife is a failure at customer service, but does provide Lee Hopkins with a useful case study on poor customer service
In our previous communications we looked at ten persuasive techniques that advanced communicators use to influence us. Today we look at another five. Eleven Firstly, scarcity. Here’s a fun experiment from the 1970s—procure two identical glass cookie jars. In one jar put ten cookies, in the other, two. Same cookies. Now invite friends to tell you which cookies from which jar taste better. You will […]