This really gets under my skin


Today, I want to talk about AI.

And how much it has pissed me off.

No, I don't hate it.

In fact, I use AI every day in my work.

It's fantastic for taking tedious tasks off your plate. I use it to research things, find recent news, compile data, generate images, brainstorm ideas, and get quick answers when my brain feels completely dry.

It helps me get things done faster.

But here's what gets under my skin when I see lots of brands and agencies are relying a little too much on AI to write and build their emails.

And now, plenty of brands are starting to sound, feel, and look the same.

Because when everyone wants to speed things up and cut costs, they start relying on the same tools to do their writing for them.

It takes all the fun part from it, the personality, and you then...

Become boring.

And you give people fewer reasons to trust you.

The other day, I read an article by Ruben Hassid that had this great image summing up the problem.

Have a look at it.

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He said something along the lines of:

"If anyone can do it, no one wants it."

And I think that sums it up perfectly.

The people on your email list are humans. They want to hear from other humans, not get slapped in the face with the same AI slop every other brand is sending.

People want relationships.

The more connected we feel to someone, the more interested we become in hearing from them.

And I believe the brands that stand out will be the ones that put some personality behind their emails.

Real stories. Real experiences. Emails that build relationships and give people a reason to buy from you again and again, not just when there's a discount.

Which is why, from day one, I've been pushing founder-story emails with my clients.

Because, as a great mentor of mine once said:

People buy you first, then your product.

Here's an example of an email from one of my clients.

You can still use ai, go one... but the brands what will thrive will be the ones that focus on relationship with their customers and go against the grain...

Just sayin'
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Hope this helped.

Your friend

Elton "writes founder story eamils Korpuzi

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