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A glimmer of hope for copywriters worried about A.I. taking their jerbs
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A while back, reader Rohan Iqubal sent me the following bit about fapGPT: “Hey Ben, this is my
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A while back, reader Rohan Iqubal sent me the following bit about fapGPT: âHey Ben, this is my first time writing to you. Hope you don't roast me lol. Just sending you something I found interesting. So, I was playing with chat gpt. And I gave the prompt. "Write copy for Warm Jackets". Nothing particular. Nothing interesting in reply. UNTILLLLL, I asked it to write in Ben Settle's voice. See, what it gave back. Looking up to your response too.â === Listen up, folks. Are you tired of shivering your ass off every time the temperature drops? Are you sick of wearing bulky, unflattering jackets that make you look like the Michelin Man? Well, have I got the solution for you. Introducing the baddest, toughest, warmest jacket on the market. This baby's got insulation technology that'll make a Yeti jealous. Water-resistant exterior that'll keep you dry in a monsoon. And pockets? Oh, we got pockets. Pockets for days. But the real kicker? It's got a slim fit design. That's right, you can look like a million bucks while feeling like you're wrapped in a heated blanket. Don't let Old Man Winter get the best of you. Step up to the plate and grab yourself one of these bad boys. Trust me, you won't regret it. === Yeesh. I ain't exactly pacing the room worried about this sort of thing ever replacing or making obsolete my voice, my writing skills, my personality, or my email response, much less exceeding it. And if the above still doesnât shut up the nervous nellies worried about fapGPT then nothing will. And no, I don't care that the next version is going to be a "game changer!" or whatever. It'll be just as censored and lacking in humanity as the last version. More: I give the great Matt Furey a lot of credit for showing the rest of us the way. And probably the #1 thing I learned from studying his ways is: Email is a transfer of emotion and energy from writer to the reader. Imagine, for example, A.I. trying to write an âRIP emailâ (like I did, for example, for my friend Jim Yaghi in 2022 and my dog Zoe last year) and not sounding completely cold and soulless. Iâm not saying A.I. doesnât or wonât have a place. Maybe it does/will. But so far all Iâve seen is how utterly stupid a lot of it looks when used âonâ people I know. In my opinion A.I. tech for copywriters is basically the sex dolls of direct response â the copywriting incels with no copywriting game when it comes to writing from the heart and the gut and with something genuinely useful to say will have to use them some day if they want to score. Who knows? But if that happens I also have zero doubt they'll have to keep settling for the bottom-of-the-barrel customers and leads nobody else wants, while those who use some craftsmanship and who have some copywriting game swim in all the high quality customers and clients they can stand. Iâll leave you with one more thought. I get lots of email, copywriting, & marketing inspiration from great movie directors. Anyone who has read my emails or books or newsletter long enough knows this. Probably even A.I. knows it at this point. And if you want a guide on how to write emails that blow any A.I. generated copy to hell, read this bit by Martin Scorsese from 2019, when he talked about all the dumbed-down super hero movies that had by then peaked: === âI donât see them. I tried, you know? But thatâs not cinema. Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well-made as they are, with actors doing the best they can under the circumstances, is theme parks. It isnât the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being.â === Read the last sentence over and over and ever. And apply to your emails henceforth. Thatâs free advice. Which means, probably most reading this will balk at it. f you write your own words using your own mind, and if you want to use the worldâs only âEmail Players-approvedâ email platform that is also designed by a Nuclear engineer-turned-software developer & former Executive Director of Technology for Encyclopedia Brittanica after which he did the email automation/testing/tracking for companies sending as many as 30-50 million emails per month, and then put all that knowledge into our platform⦠see BerserkerMail. You can read about it here: [httpsâ¶//www.EmailPlayers.com/berserker]( Ben Settle This email was sent by Ben Settle as owner of Settle, LLC. Copyright © 2024 Settle, LLC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this email may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from Settle, LLC. Click here to
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