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AI pie 🥧

Published 12 months ago • 1 min read

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I’ve been clocking a lot of ChatGPT credits lately – in my kitchen.
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In the past month, I’ve used it to:
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  • triple recipes (lotsa hosting!);
  • brainstorm meals when I'm wayyyy overdue for a shopping trip (no chicken, no eggs, no pasta);
  • recreate a recipe I've been craving for years (warm marinated mushrooms I had when I was eleven).

I'm starting to rely on it. But more as a line cook than a master chef.

Cuz it’ll tell me to double the baking powder. Or to use chocolate chips when every 101 Food Science graduate knows that bars melt better.
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And it hit me: this is exactly how all those “AWOL clients” are treating email:

Other ideas from this episode that you don’t want to miss:

(0:53) The unintentionally internationality of this season — and why cultural context matters
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(2:04) How more guests this season work with teams — and how solo marketers can build a “non-team team”
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(2:33) Why AI, templates, or best practices aren’t enough — and what really moves the needle in winning email strategy
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(4:08) Give feedback, get pie (i.e. the slightly shameless bribe to fill out the end-of-season survey)

– Nikki 🥧

P.S. Want my best AI pie recipe? It’s rich, perfectly chocolate-y – and got rave reviews.

All you gotta do is fill out this end of season survey and it’s yours!

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