Welcome to Vol.20 of Email Advice in Your Inbox!

Hey friend!

Our 20th edition! It feels like just yesterday that we first started building this community, and how far things have come in just short of a year.


We're excited to see where the next 20 go, but today we're back with some more knowledge to make you a better email sender.

Today we dive into AI. Something we haven't touched on yet. We wouldn't claim to be AI experts, by any stretch, but are here to share a few cool resources we've found to up your email game.


 

Here's what you'll learn this week
 

• Using AI to send better emails
   

• This week's top email resources
   

• Email expert practical tip of the week
   

• Smart email senders we're learning from
   

• The fun stuff: Relatable corporate email breakdown
   

• A small ask for some of your insanely valuable feedback
  
   

Ready for this week's email adventure? 🚀

AI is practically changing the world already.
 

Soon, AI will change the email world too. Are you ready for that?

If you aren't, today's insight might be a good place to begin.

We aren't AI experts (we're actually beginners, like most folks out there), but as we practice and learn, we're coming across resources and knowledge that would be criminal not to share with you.
 

Check these out and let us know if any of them will get you going or boost your AI for your email journey. 

How often do you enter a prompt into your favourite GPT, and it spits out a bunch of repetitive phrases and words you see all over your LinkedIn feed?

Don't worry, you're not alone.

Smart marketers follow smart marketers (more on this later in this mail).

Rubin Hassid is one of those we watch carefully. Today, Ruben has given us a gift in the form of a prompt to eliminate the fluffy, bullsh*t words you'll want to avoid in your content.

We've made this easier for you to copy and use.

Hit that ctrl+c below:
______________________

Here's my style between ### style ### brackets.

The style is how you write & sound.

This is NOT the context of what you should write but HOW you should write.

### style ###

Avoid fancy jargon.

Write like people talk in a PhD classroom in a conversation.

Avoid analogies. Be straightforward. Short sentences.

You are forbidden to use overly complex English words.

You will be penalized & fined $1000 if you use the words from the ### ban list ###.

If you use one word from the list, I will stop the generation right away.

### ban list ###
juncture
cusp
Hurdles
Bustling
Harnessing
Unveiling the power
Realm
Depicted
Demystify
Insurmountable
New Era
Poised
Unravel
Entanglement
Unprecedented
Eerie connection
unliving
Beacon
Unleash
Delve
Enrich
Multifaced
Elevate
Discover
Supercharge
Unlock
Unleash
Tailored
Elegant
Delve
Dive
Ever-evolving
pride
Realm
Meticulously
Grappling
Weighing
Picture
Architect
Adventure
Journey
Embark
Navigate
Navigation
dazzle
Tapestry
### ban list ###
### style ###

______________________

There you have it. Problem words solved. 

We like finding tools to make our lives better. Why not share them with you?

Take a look at these nifty finds and let us know if you're already using some of them:
 

• ReaderGPT
  
  ReaderGPT is a ChatGPT-based web page summariser available as a Chrome extension. You can use this extension to summarise an article in three concise bullet points, or an article in 50 words.
  
  This is great for summarising news or shortening long descriptions for future emails you may send.
  
  Get it here
  
   
• goblin.tools
  
  Goblin.tools is a collection of small, simple, single-task tools, mostly designed to help with time-consuming or admin-heavy digital tasks.
  
  The Formalizer section is our favourite tool for message tone. What's yours?
  
  Get it here
  
   
• Quilbott AI Content Detector
  
  The last thing you want is to share a quote, phrase or even copy you've used from a prompt that reeks of blatant, weak AI copy.
  
  Use this AI detector to let you know how much like AI your copy sounds and how likely how much of it is AI-generated.
  
  Get it here
   

We'll share a few more in the coming Volumes, but these are great as free tools to tighten your email copy and content strategy just a little until then.

Learning from the most qualified minds out there is often a massive help in boosting your AI proficiency.

Here are 10 experts to follow on LinkedIn who will help change your AI for email game:
 

• Matt Thomas
   
• Ruben Hassid
   
• Allie K. Miller
   
• Andrew Bolis
   
• Pascal Bornet
   
• Dr. Marcell Vollmer
   
• Cassie Kozyrkov
   
• Rory Flynn
   
• Leonard Rodman
   
• Aishwarya Naresh Reganti
   

We're on the lookout for more experts to follow and will feature these in coming Volumes. Give these folks a follow and start learning like we have!

Email resources of the week

Some cool tools and tips to help you become a better email marketer

Email Expert Practical Tip of the Week

This week's insight is brought to you by creator email expert and strategic mastermind, Jay Clouse.

This is a short but impactful suggestion, especially for those of us looking to grow our email audiences.

Attracting the right audience is crucial for email success, isn't it?


Start attracting the RIGHT audience 🧲

Smart email senders we're learning from

We believe that learning from some of the greatest in the industry is one of the best ways to improve.

Here are three emails we found that followed sound email principles or used innovative strategies to nail their email goals.

Take a look at this week's best 👌
 

Some more (email) fun to make your day better

Emails in the business world can be entertaining...and a little cringe 🙃 

We came across this totally relatable breakdown of a typical email you might encounter in your day-to-day business communication.
 

The inspirational quote part did it for us (yep, we still get those).

Thanks to the guys at subjectline.com for this one.

Do your business emails contain any of these? 

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