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Today, we’re bringing you the latest in AI-powered marketing and business strategies. Here’s what’s inside:
🚨 AI Top Story: AI is helping marketers stop planning and start experimenting. Here’s what that looks like in practice.
🔧 AI Tool Of The Week: Nexad places smart, native ads inside AI conversations—context-aware, non-intrusive, and built for LLMs.
🎯 AI Use Case Of The Week: Inside Verizon’s hybrid AI support system.
🌟 Creator Spotlight: Candice Gasperini shares a sharp 10-step AI flow that finds your niche, positioning, and strategy.
💬 Killer Marketing Prompt: Use AI to generate a full ad campaign from one emotion.
🎥 YouTube Resource Of The Week: How to make viral UGC ads 100% using AI.
You’re Thinking About Content All Wrong
Build Fast, Break Less, Learn More
Everyone talks about how AI helps you move faster. But what’s becoming clear now is that it’s also changing the way you think as a marketer or founder.
When you’ve got tools that can name your brand, spin up a landing page, write your value prop, generate video content, and build an email sequence, all in the same afternoon - you stop working in neat little steps. Things don’t happen in a straight line anymore. You start working in loops. You get an idea, put something out, see what sticks, tweak it, try again. That kind of momentum shifts how you create.
This approach is less about having the perfect plan and more about figuring things out as you go. You don’t need to lock in your niche before posting. You can launch a few things, watch what people respond to, and then build from there.
AI tools like GPT-4o, Claude, Midjourney, Gemini, and now Google Veo 3 make that possible. They’re not just speeding things up, they’re helping you explore more ideas, make smarter creative choices, and adapt on the fly.
Veo 3 is especially compelling with it’s ability to generate short, eight-second videos complete with motion, transitions, text overlays, and synced audio. It’s not just functional, it’s polished enough for real campaigns.
What’s opening up now isn’t just a faster way to work. It’s a different mindset altogether. Strategy and execution start to blend. Content creation turns into a real-time feedback loop. And brand building becomes something you shape in public, not behind closed doors.
The people getting the most out of AI aren’t using it to skip steps. They’re using it to stay in motion. They build before they overthink. They treat these tools like creative partners; helping them move fast, stay flexible, and figure it out as they go.
📊 Facebook and Instagram owner Meta to enable AI ad creation by end of next year - Meta is bringing full AI automation to ad creation across Facebook and Instagram by 2026, covering creative, copy, targeting, and spend to reshape how campaigns are built.
🛠️ Can DOJO AI fix challenger brands’ broken marketing? - DOJO AI blends brand identity and performance data to help challenger brands craft, test, and optimize marketing with less guesswork and more AI-led clarity.
🎨 Canva Launches MCP Server, Integrating AI-Powered Design Search into ChatGPT - Canva’s new MCP Server pipes design search into ChatGPT, letting marketers prompt for visuals and get AI-curated templates without leaving the chat.
🤖 Salesforce CEO Says AI Now Handles Up to 50% of Company's Work - Salesforce says AI now handles up to half its internal workload, from code generation to customer support, showing how deeply AI is embedded in daily operations.
🎯 The Artificially Intelligent Enterprise - Supercharge Your Email Workflow with AI
💡 AI CIO - LLMs Are Entering Your Supply Chain
☕ AI Tangle - Zuckerberg Poaches Three, Anthropic / Meta Win Landmark Rulings & Gemini in The Terminal
📻 AI Confidential Podcast - Understanding Data Complexity in Enterprise AI Systems with John Willis
When I read the best seller, The 4-Hour Workweek, I knew Tim Ferriss was on to something: delegate and scale. The problem? Everyone suddenly wanted a VA or offshore help, but trusted sources were hard to find.
Fast forward to now: I have Christine, an incredible virtual assistant who handles everything from inbox triage to project support. She lives in the Philippines and she came from working for Amazon to work for me and mirrors my hours. It’s been a huge improvement in my productivity. And an increased quality of work life for her.
That’s why I partnered with Athyna.com. They’ve built a platform to help entrepreneurs get access to global talent—developers, marketers, ops support—without the high cost or risk. And the talent is well-vetted and it is often a win-win for the employee and the hiring company.
If you’re scaling a business and want to reclaim your time, you can do this with Athyna.
AI-Native Conversational Ads With Nexad
Nexad has pioneered the first AI-native ad system that seamlessly injects contextual product suggestions directly into chatbot and AI assistant conversations—no pop-ups or banner ads, just helpful, relevant offers in the flow of chat.
Why It’s Getting Attention
Real-time, intent-driven ads
Nexad analyses user prompts and chat context (the “why” behind the message) to dynamically generate ultra-tailored text and image ads; so users get suggestions that feel like part of the help, not a popup.
Integrated into top AI platforms
Working with LLaMA, Gemini, Anthropic, and OpenAI models, Nexad works smoothly within popular AI assistant apps like iAsk and Dippy AI, already reaching roughly 30 million users.
Performance + user satisfaction
Early adopters report 100% higher conversion rates compared to traditional ads, and 70% of users say Nexad suggestions are actually helpful.
Easy integration & monetisation
Publishers and developers can plug in Nexad via API, adding monetisation without disrupting UX. Advertisers gain precise targeting and automated creative generation for campaigns that make money where users already are
Backed by top-tier investors
Fresh off a $6 million seed led by a16z’s Speedrun, Prosus Ventures, Point72, and Sequoia Scout, Nexad is forming partnerships with seven AI platforms and positioning itself as the go-to monetisation layer for generative AI apps
Verizon’s Gemini‑Powered Service Assistant
The Overview
Verizon recently relaunched its My Verizon app with an AI-powered assistant built on Google’s Gemini and Cloud AI. When users ask about billing, upgrades, or new lines, the assistant steps in to resolve their requests in real time. For more complex issues it can seamlessly transfer users to dedicated “Customer Champions” - human agents equipped with AI tools. Verizon reports over 90% accuracy in responses thanks to its custom fine-tuned models
How It Works
Prompt-driven assistance: As soon as users ask questions like “How do I upgrade my plan?”, the chatbot interprets intent and responds with actionable solutions.
Hybrid escalation: If it can’t handle the issue or the user requests human support, it escalates smoothly to a trained agent.
Custom LLM models: Verizon uses its own smaller-scale language models, tailored to its internal docs and service catalog, cutting hallucinations and boosting precision.
Omnichannel handoff: Users receive updates via app notifications, SMS, or call backs, even if escalated from bot to agent .
Business & Learner Impact
Faster resolutions and 24/7 availability from AI reduces wait times and calls.
High accuracy means fewer errors, with human backup when needed—maintaining trust and satisfaction.
Operational efficiency: AI handles routine issues, freeing agents to focus on complex or sales-driven conversations—Verizon saw nearly a 40% boost in sales-per-agent after internal deployment.
CANDICE GASPERINI - Discover a 10-step AI framework that helps you uncover your true niche, sharpen your positioning, and craft a standout LinkedIn presence using real insights from your best clients and conversations.
Unlock Full Campaigns in 8-Second Clips
Use this prompt in your favorite LLM to create a complete 4-part video ad campaign, designed as 4 individual 8-second clips. For production using Google Veo 3 or similar. Customise all starred fields for your specific needs.
I’m developing a short-form video ad campaign for [business name] in the [industry] space. Our product/service helps [target audience] achieve [key benefit or transformation].
We’re anchoring this campaign in the emotional theme of [choose one: Aspiration, FOMO, Relief, Belonging]. The tone should reflect this emotion consistently throughout all four clips—visually, narratively, and emotionally.
The campaign will be built using Google Veo 3, which only supports 8-second videos. I need you to break this campaign into 4 modular, consecutive clips (each designed to be a self-contained 8-second scene that flows into the next when stitched together).
For visual and character consistency across all scenes:
Use the same lead character, named [Character Name], and maintain their look, clothing, and emotional expression throughout.
Match the camera style, environment, and background music tone across all clips.
Use consistent voiceover tone or narrator style.
Use clear scene continuity (e.g., same location or a logical transition between scenes).
For each of the 4 clips, I want you to return:
Scene Description: A 1-sentence overview of what happens visually in the scene
Camera Direction: Shot style, lens type, angle, and movement
Character Action and Emotion: What the character is doing and feeling
Voiceover Script: The line spoken or narrated in this scene (approx. 15–25 words)
Text Overlay: Any on-screen text
Audio Direction: Suggested background music or ambient audio, including mood or genre
The final result should give me a 4-clip storyboard I can input into Veo 3 as separate prompts—each prompt guiding one consistent 8-second scene that I can piece together manually to create a cohesive campaign.
Makes sense why some say AI isn’t useful 😬
