Tag: AI

  • Does AI help anything?

    Two competing headlines in one day––and how to cash in

    Looking at the new snowfall
    Juuust east of the Mississippi


    Hey *|FNAME|*,

    On Wednesday I saw these two headlines:

    Study of 12,000 EU Firms Finds AI’s Productivity Gains Are Real

    and

    Thousands of CEOs Just Admitted AI Had No Impact On Employment Or Productivity


    So which is it?

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  • Caveman tools, caveman results

    9:50am
    Saint Paul

    Click click click.

    “Maybe it’s the oil,” my son says.

    We check. Oil is good.

    But the snowblower still won’t fire up.

    Click click click.

    Not the morning I was hoping for after a foot of snow fell last night.

    Click click click.

    “Maybe it’s the spark plug?”

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  • Doberman Dan: Win the Long Game (Persuasion Play Podcast #015)

    10:05am
    Saint Paul

    Serious students of direct response copywriting know the name Doberman Dan.

    Dan started selling bodybuilding guides and supplements in the 1990s as a way to find freedom from his J-O-B as a police officer.

    That financial freedom didn’t come quickly, though.

    It took Dan some 9 failed businesses before he asked himself,

    “Why did I buy THAT thang?”

    …and then used the answer to build his own successful business.

    Doberman Dan was gracious enough to sit with me and share his story—and a few secrets—for this episode of the Persuasion Play Podcast.

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