Beat 3pm Burnout with Automation and AI Visibility
This week's newsletter goes out in an hour. Here's what's in it. A piece I almost didn't publish. About the 3pm wall. Brain quits. Can't work. Can't think. Can't string a sentence. Not lazy. Not tired in the normal sense. Just… done. And nobody talks about it. I sat on this one for a week. If you've ever stared at your screen at 3pm wondering what's gone wrong, read it. It's not just you. A thing I built that saves me 400 hours a year. Uploading a blog used to take me 1 to 4 hours. Per post. (The SEO. The images. The internal links. The Yoast nonsense.) I was this close to packing in blogging entirely. So I built something. Now it's 30 seconds. I'm not a developer. Full how-to is in there. Steal it. How to show up in ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. Google's not the only game any more. Your buyers are asking AI who to hire. If you're not in the answer, you don't exist. Exact playbook is in there. 50 AI tools, sorted by what they replace. The $50 stack. The $300 stack. The ones I quietly cancelled. 15,000 people get this every week. You can be 15,001. Subscribe in the comments.
Free AI Design Tool Outperforms Costly Subscriptions
In about two hours I press send on this week's newsletter. After that you wait a week. Quickly. What is in it. Pipeline thin for three months. Competitors announcing client wins like it is not happening to you. AI fixes...
Transparency and Free Sharing Rebuilds Audience Trust
I was one of the first influencers in this industry. I built everything by giving away everything for free. Then I lost it. Now I am rebuilding it. The same way. In public. Every number shown. Every mistake documented. Every...
Marketers Reveal Top AI Tools Shaping 2026
Real Impact in 2026: 20+ Marketers on Their Essential AI Tools and Workflows https://t.co/VrZTQ1aEsO via @hotinsm in Social Media Tips and Tricks
Top 2026 Social Media Strategies Validated by Experts
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Resilience in Crisis: Publishing Newsletter Amid Chaos
First. Thank you. Every single message yesterday meant so much to me. We are safe, exhausted, and so grateful. We have a shelter in our apartment which makes us luckier than most. And watching videos of people dancing and singing...
All Strategies Work—Pick One and Stop Paralyzing
Today a journalist emailed me one of those questions that looks innocent and absolutely isn’t. What unexpected opportunity came from starting your own business and what advice would you give others about recognising opportunities. Which is really asking, what did...
Free AI & Productivity Tools Curated Weekly Newsletter
I’m relaunching my newsletter. Yes, again. This time with intent. It’s weekly. It’s practical. And it’s not here to make you feel bad about all the tools you’re not using. The first edition is a list I actually want myself....
Silence Isn't a No—Follow Up Until It's Unwanted
Most deals don’t die. They just don’t get followed up. Business owners worry about being annoying, so they stop too early. I was once asked: how often should you follow up? My answer was simple until you no longer want...
Get Found, Get Clients: Practical Growth Tactics for 2026
If you’re thinking about how to get more visible and bring in more consistent clients as we move into 2026, this will be a valuable conversation to join. Tomorrow (Tuesday 13th January), I’m speaking at a free online event with...
Free 2026 Strategies to Get Found & Land Clients
If you’re thinking about how to get more visible and bring in more consistent clients as we move into 2026, this will be a valuable conversation to join. On Tuesday 13th January, I’m speaking at a free online event with...
Jerusalem Networking
Yesterday’s Jerusalem Business Conference hosted by Lesley Kaplan , AACI, and Nefesh B'Nefesh surprised me in the best way. You know those events where you walk in thinking you’ll stay an hour… and then suddenly it’s 3pm, you’re mid-conversation, and...
Strategic No's Boost Growth and Attract Ideal Clients
A few years ago, I got invited to a party at Hugh Hefner’s house. Yes, that house. No, I didn’t go. Not because I’m shy. I’ve worked in marketing long enough to have seen stranger things than a man in...
Marketing Succeeds when You Translate, Not Dazzle
I’ve spent half my career helping brands sound smarter. The other half fixing the mess that made. Everyone worships creativity. The slogans. The stunts. The campaigns that win shiny awards and gather dust on shelves. But most marketing doesn’t fail...