It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... in your inbox!

Hey there, Hope you're doing great :) Just wanted to reach out to you to wish you a Merry Christmas!! 🎄 I hope you'll have a blast during the upcoming holiday period 🎅 I still can't believe how fast 2022 has flown by. Has it been a good year for you ? The other day someone asked me that exact same question. My answer? Yes, it has been - and I'm very grateful for it 🙏 Business-wise, things are solid. Although I was hoping to grow the business faster than it did (always shoot for the moon, right? 😅), we did make serious headway in our mission to help more businesses grow faster using UpViral. Plus, BIG plans for 2023 😎 (More on that later…) Personally, it's been amazing as well. Earlier this year my son Levi was born. Shortly after, my wife and 2 kids (a 2-year-old toddler + newborn) went on a 3-month holiday in Bali, Indonesia. And to top it off, we went ice skating last week (which is something I absolutely love doing). Here’s a quick pic:  Anyway... Enough about that. Wanted to share something with you that I'm excited about (and I think you'll love ;)). It's AI. Over the last 2 years, you've probably seen a bunch of tools enter the market that leverage AI. Although many of these tools are great (yep - I've tried many of them)... ... they haven't really changed my daily workflow. (That's a polite way of saying I'm not actually using them 😂). Until a few weeks back, that is. Have you seen the new chat OpenAI released? Head over to [( if you haven't yet. Do yourself a favor, and start playing around with it. It'll blow your mind 🤯 Plus, it’s free 😉 Personally, I'm using it as a brainstorming partner. At first, I just played with it... but nowadays I keep it open in my tabs whenever I’m doing creative work. For example, I just had to come up with a title for this very email, so I wrote: "Write 20 creative, short, and funny email headlines. The email is about wishing the reader happy holidays and an amazing Christmas time. The title should invite people to open the email." See below for the result:  They’re not all great, but it’s good for inspiration. Sometimes you'll need to be creative with what you ask. Change the question a bit, then retry. The more specific your prompt, the better the output. Especially being a non-native speaker, it's a great tool for inspiration. Go ahead and try things out, such as: List 20 ideas that I could give as an incentive for my referral program. My business sells [whatever you’re selling] to [your target audience]. Can you provide me with some ideas for a blog post about [topic]? Write a compelling story that I can post on LinkedIn about [tell something that happened to you]. Rewrite the following email in a friendly way: [Insert Email] These are just basic prompts. Again, the more detailed your question, the better your output. For example, try entering this: "Write a 5-day email sequence to promote a contest I'm running. The prize of the contest is a pair of sunglasses valued at $200. Participants can increase their chances of winning by inviting their friends. These particular sunglasses are the best in the industry thanks to titanium glass. Every participant automatically gets a $50 discount coupon for our shop. " I'm currently geeking out on this, so I figured to share it with you :) Want me to share more of this kind of stuff? Happy holidays! Wilco P.S. I just asked the AI to rewrite my email by saying "Rewrite the following email in a friendly and informative way. It should be easy to read. Don't remove any information.". Here’s the output: Hi , I hope you're doing well and getting excited for the holidays! I wanted to reach out and wish you a merry Christmas. I hope you have a fantastic time during the holiday season. Can you believe how quickly 2022 has flown by? It's hard to believe it's almost over. I hope it's been a good year for you. For me, it's been a great year both personally and professionally. Personally, my son Levi was born earlier this year and we recently took a 3-month holiday in Bali with my family. And on the professional side, we've made significant progress in our mission to help businesses grow. I also have big plans for 2023, but I'll tell you more about that later. I wanted to share something really cool with you that I think you'll love. Have you heard about the new chat feature from OpenAI? It's a really impressive tool that uses artificial intelligence. You can try it out for yourself at . I've been using it as a brainstorming partner and it's been really helpful for generating ideas and inspiration. For example, I recently used it to come up with some creative email headlines for this very email. I highly recommend giving it a try. It's free and you can use it to generate ideas for all kinds of things. For example, you could try asking it for ideas for a referral program, blog post ideas, or even to write a compelling story for LinkedIn. The more specific you are with your prompts, the better the output will be. I hope you find it as useful as I have. Let me know if you have any questions or if you'd like to see more examples of how I'm using it. In the meantime, have a great holiday season! Best, Wilco Is that good or what?! Let me know who wrote a better email, me or AI ;) P.P.S. Check the image below... is that a real pic, or AI? You tell me 😉  You can [unsubscribe here]( or [update your details here.]( Emarky B.V., Gageldijk 21, 3602AG Maarssen, The Netherlands