Hey there, Reader,

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I was definitely one of those people who was super slow to start using chatGPT or any other AI program, in my business or otherwise.

Particularly in the early days, the results were... less than satisfying, if I'm being generous. If I'm not being generous: the most generic-sounding content you ever read. 😅

If I'm being really honest, it also felt like a threat to my work as a copywriter. If AI could write you an (admittedly mediocre) blog in five seconds, maybe no one needed my services anymore. I'm not sure if I've ever fully believed that, but the fear lurked in the back of my mind.

And then a couple months ago I hit a point of overwhelm with client work. I felt like I had so much to do and not nearly enough time to do it, so I said screw it. And opened chatGPT.

I gave it my trusty template for the emails I was writing, a bunch of references for the tone, voice, and content of my writing, and came up with a specific prompt to get what I wanted.

And whattaya know. The result was... good enough. A few tweaks, some minor reformatting, and boom. Done and dusted.

Though I had played around with using AI for some things before, this was a gamechanger in my business.

From that point up until now, I've realized:

• AI isn't going anywhere - and we're starting to see a huge gap in productivity and profitability between online business owners and service providers who integrate AI into their work, and those who don't
• You can use AI and still be creative: AI is great for getting you 50-80% of the way to a finished creative piece. It often helps with all the tedious parts of preparation before the creative process: gathering research, outlining, summarizing information, even completing a first draft. But then you get to exercise your creativity from that point to make it your own voice (or your client's own voice)
• While AI can accomplish some things faster, you still have to put in time and effort with it to create good work: which means, there will still be people who want to pay you for your creative services, whether you use AI or not. Because the limiting factor isn't whether or not they can do it themselves, it's whether or not they truly have the time and energy to invest into doing so, when they could pay someone else to do it for them

AI doesn't have to be a threat to freelancers and service providers if we learn how to work with it and integrate it into our creative process. In fact, it can become a valuable creative partner and time saver.

Creating even more space for you to focus on your health, get more clients and make more $$, or just relax. 😎

That's why we're here, isn't it?

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Living in the future 🔮,

Amanda

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P.S.

I'm starting to think I might need to make "using AI in your business" a whole monthly theme in the Health First Freelancer community and teach a workshop around how members can incorporate AI more into their specific freelancer business. What do you think?

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P.P.S.

In case you missed it, I just published a new YouTube video about my experience with 1 year of EMDR therapy and how it's changed my mindset (and my whole life tbh). Check it out if you're interested and leave me a comment if I should make a follow-up video about the EMDR process. 🤓