Revealing my site | AI content musings

It's been interesting revealing my main niche site to course buyers. Yeah, if you [buy my course now]( you too will be able to watch my detailed over-the-shoulder video stepping you through many aspects of what I have going on. One "benefit" of revealing my site is it's forced me to make it even better. After all, now I have a reputation to uphold. There's that little voice in the back of my head saying "Fat Stackers are paying attention." It's not a perfect site by any stretch but it's pretty good. I'm particularly happy with the direction I'm taking it. A few readers have asked me what I think about the future of niche sites with AI answer bots and AI content hitting the scene? The short answer is nobody knows. The long answer is there will be winners and losers. I don't believe search will end as we know it. Here's what I think: For some types of searches and topics, folks won't leave the answer bots to visit websites. No doubt about it. It's already been happening for years with Google snippets. Avoid those topics and niches. Some people will rely 100% on AI responses and stop visiting sites while some folks won't. I have a paid ChatGPT subscription. I never use it for personal use. I only care about it as tool for business. On the flip side I've had readers tell me they use both personally and for business. We're all different. Cost of content is dramatically decreasing. Each week I'm more and more excited about the opportunities that AI content offer. It's not quite copy and paste but it's sure offering up some great content opportunities for publishers. Seriously, content has long been the bottleneck. Not any more. Now you can unleash your creativity and create fantastic content.... piles of it. I'm talking content for blogs, emails, social... anywhere you want and almost as much of it as you want. I've started a book for my niche which AI will assist with. It's going to be amazing. It will be a lot of work because I want it to be amazing but there's no question that AI will make it easier and faster to produce. I'm reaching out to dozens of experts for contributions and will spend umpteen hours editing it with the co-writer (an expert on the subject), but it really will no doubt be a partial result of AI. I still edit all AI content. It's not copy and paste but it sure makes creating certain types of content a breeze. I still also write my own content as well as pay writers. Some content can't be produced by AI. I'm not an all or nothing guy in this biz. I do and use what does the job. It's definitely true that AI content is changing the content economic model (for the better). Since it's fast and cheap to produce, you don't need to aim for as much traffic and revenue per article. It's freeing. That's not to say I'm avoiding high-earning content. What it means is if I think it's an interesting topic, I publish it. Maybe it works on Facebook. Maybe it resonates in an email. Maybe it gets a trickle of search traffic. The point is it now costs me less and/or is produced faster than before so the pressure for content to earn like before is lower. What about folks who don't like writing or feel they aren't good writers? Come on, AI content is their answer. Again, it's worth editing and fact checking but it's their long-awaited answer. Must bloggers use AI to succeed? Absolutely not. If you prefer writing your own content for your audience, that still works. AI content is just another option. Or, like me, create content in a variety of ways. For example, I wrote every word of this email. I have no AI plans for Fat Stacks content except for demonstrations. It's up to you I could hem and haw about the potential lost traffic from AI answer bots or I could view AI content as an opportunity. I prefer viewing the AI revolution as an opportunity. It reminds me back when photography shifted from film to digital. That was huge. In no time, everyone had cameras in their pockets able to take as many photos as they wanted. Yet, that didn't wipe out photographers or photography generally. What it did was create incredible opportunities within the photography industry. Massive opportunities. Think stock photos, photo blogs, photo gear, apps... digital imagery changed everything in the photography industry. Of course, the internet was a big part of that. Yes, there are still many professional photographers earning a good living cause let's face it, phone photos, while fine for selfies and general life, are not good enough for real businesses. I hired a photographer for some of my local biz marketing work. I had to. I paid a lot but it was worth it. Call me naive but the more I play around with AI content, the more I like it and see it as an opportunity. It does require some shifting in some niches. I've adjusted my approach in my main niche. Some niches are definitely out (simple Q&A content and how to's for instance), but those niches have been kinda dead in the water for a while with Google snippets anyway. A highly valuable skill now is the ability of coming up with effective prompts for AI content (text and images). Master that and you are golden. IMO, it's more fun coming up with clever prompts and topics than writing content. Why the shift Jon? It's not really a shift. I took my time getting comfortable with AI content. While I never discussed it much, I was constantly trying it out and playing around. Still am. My use of it will only increase. I've long been silent about AI content because I wasn't entirely sure whether or how or when to use it. It's more and more clear to me now that it has its place in blogging today. I'm not going to be the guy who stubbornly sticks with film equivalent. On the flip side I also didn't want to be reckless early on given the fact my sites are valuable assets that I didn't want hurt by jumping the gun. AI content is a tool. That's it. A mighty powerful tool that will get better and better. I've merely scratched the surface with it so far. I think that's the case for most. Instead of fearing AI (it's not going anywhere), figure out how to make it work for you. The Fat Stacks forum has taught me more about using AI content than anywhere else. There are some Fat Stacks forum members who have long embraced AI content and are doing some amazing things. I've learned so much from them and no doubt the collective minds and experiences will continue making the forum a great place to stay ahead. Yes, forum access is included with the course purchase. I've added an AI content section in the course with a couple of lessons. That section will grow. That's my two cents' on AI content currently. There are some serious opportunities despite my not having all the answers. => [Grab the course here](. Don't wait too long because Sunday night will come by fast and that's when I close it. Every time, without fail, I get emails asking for an extension. Jon Fatstacksblog.com ​ [Unsubscribe]( | [Update your profile]( | 2016 Hill Drive, North Vancouver, British Columbia V7H 2N5