From Karon Thakston. ired of Google Docs That Look... Ordinary? Google Docs are pretty limited when it comes to graphic design. While you can't typically create graphics inside of Google Docs, you can absolutely use what you've created in Canva, Picmonkey, Adobe or elsewhere. It just takes a few steps to jazz up your Google Docs with photos, images, covers, and more. I made a cheat sheet for you that you can download here. Direct download, no email req'd

I found this via a link in the Tipseason ezine. Chat with AI characters - some historic, some fictional. Some could be a complete 'Time-Suck,' but the potential for others is absolutely amazing😻 MessengerX.io: Chat with Uncensored AI Chatbots

Great advice from Nick Laight: soon, lazy AI slop will be glaringly obvious to anyone who comes across it…. And it will be scorned and rejected by most savvy internet users. After all, people are busy and there are a lot of calls for their attention on the internet, sometimes with multiple messages assailing them all at once. So what’s the point in reading something that’s not helpful, unique or interesting to them? This is why putting out slop will probably do you more harm than good. You will lose credibility and damage the bond of trust. However, if you use AI with some care and consideration for your reader, the opposite will happen… You’ll stand out from the crowd with something that grabs attention, draws people in, and delivers something that makes them want more from you. The secret is to follow the R.I.C.H formula. R - RELEVANT If a reader doesn’t feel like a piece of content addresses their interests, they’ll ignore it or click away from it. But if they feel like “this is for me,” they’ll stay engaged and continue reading. So if you want to draw them into your business, you need to need to align your AI content with your target reader’s desires, problems and goals. For example, if your audience is made up of seniors and retirees, a headline like, “How to go viral on TikTok using AI voice filters” is unlikely to be relevant. However, “3 simple ways to earn £500 per month without learning new tech skills” would grab their attention. Or, if you’re trying to reach stay-at-home mums, “The 30-minute side project I launched during nap time” is more relevant than “My digital detox retreat in Bali”. So whenever you product a piece of AI-powered content, ask yourself: - “Would my reader recognise themselves in this article?” - “Does this piece of advice relate to a situation, hope, fear, or habit they already have?” If not, feed a profile of your reader into the AI, including their demographic, goals, fears and aspirations. Then ask AI to “Write this again in a way that directly addresses the reader’s situation and interests. Speak to them in the sort of language they’d use.”

From Nick Laight Today I want to return to something I wrote about a while back. But this isn’t to re-tread old ground. You see, every now and then, I report on an online business tool, platform or strategy that I like the look of while it’s in its early stages… Then it goes METEORIC! As months pass it becomes even more exciting…. even more accessible… and even more potentially profitable. In this case, the explosion in popularity does NOT mean there’s now too much competition or that it’s too late to get in. Far from it… It actually means that there is more scope to attract customers and make money than there was when I first wrote about it. Best of all, you can get involved in this without needing any of the skills, time, experience or expertise that you might expect. Okay, so let’s dive back into… SUBSTACK! How to Get Paid to Share Information On this Booming Platform WRMM Friday Substack Redux.docx - Google Docs

Well, not me personally, but this is from the Mindstream ezine: The “Ask” feature can be found in the search bar at the top. To the right, you’ll see “Ask”. Write your question, click on the “Ask” button, and watch it pull answers directly from relevant subreddits and existing conversations, that you can click into to read more. That matters because: - You can see who said it - You can check context - You can scan replies and disagreements It also does an automatic translation if it ends up pulling answers from subreddits in a different language. In other words, it keeps Reddit…Reddit, while helping you sift through the answers you’re hoping to get from Reddit but may be too The Reddit search bar vs. “Ask” You might be wondering what the difference is between the two, and when to use which one. The search bar The search bar by itself is a keyword + filtering tool that can: - Finds posts and comments that literally contain your words - Best for digging through past discussions - Works well when you already know what terms the Reddit crowd uses - Requires manual effort: you read, compare, and decide Think: “Show me everything people have already said about this.” The “Ask” feature This is a question-first discovery tool. - You ask a full, natural-language question - Reddit routes it to real people who reply directly - Best for context-heavy, opinion-based, or situational questions - Answers are shaped around your specific constraints Where it fell apart I love the idea of this feature so much, really. But, it didn’t quite work as I expected, mainly because it doesn’t thread follow-ups well. With ChatGPT, for example, you can dig deeper with your question (sometimes ChatGPT will even make suggestions). With Google, you find the best answer summary, with relevant links you can click on, all from a wide range of sources across the internet.