AI for white papers
White Paper World 26: July 27, 2023
AI survey book giveaway: We have another winner! Quick tip: Do footnotes the Chicago way Checklist: 12 things writers can do that AI can’t AI survey book giveaway: We have another winner! Valicia Burke-France is a trained epidemiologist and healthcare educator with a PhD in biology who writes for medical and femtech companies. Originally from…
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AI survey book giveaway: We have another winner! Quick tip: Just flip it! This just in: Best practices for prompting AI More from me: New interview, new podcast AI survey book giveaway: We have another winner, this time an AI Enthusiast! Colm O’Regan is a former scientist who’s worked in labs in four countries, now…
Read MoreWhite Paper World 24: June 22, 2023
AI Survey and Big Book Giveaway: We have a winner! Quick tip: Format for the screen, not the page Fresh content: White papers and… home-brewed beer?! AI Survey and Big Book Giveaway I was distracted this month by a big deadline for a white paper. I got a first draft in, but I was thinking:…
Read MoreWhite Paper World 22: May 18, 2023
Fresh content: YouTube episodes on my AI white paper This just in: 2023 report on B2B content from NetLine What I’m listening to: “Hurt” by Johnny Cash Big Book Giveaway next issue Fresh content: YouTube episodes on my AI white paper If you haven’t yet read the white paper I wrote with ChatGPT,…
Read MoreWhite Paper World 20: April 14, 2023
This just in: AI for Writers Summit Highlights Fresh worry: AI may “flatline” all human skills Quick tip: Stop charging by the hour! You asked: Why so much on AI? This just in: Highlights of AI for Writers Summit Writers who have never written a line of code in their lives make the best AI…
Read MoreYou asked: Why so much on AI?
“Why all this stuff on AI?” you ask. “I thought this website was about white papers?” You’re right. It is. Allow me to explain. I believe AI is a game-changer for all writers today. A black hole that every writer is being sucked through. A singularity that changes everything. And here’s why. I’ve written about…
Read MoreQuick tip: Stop charging by the hour!
Whatever you think about AI, it’s fast. And cheap. ChatGPT-4 can write a blog post faster than you can dictate the words. And it can revise and rewrite just as fast. For pennies. With no complaints. So if you’re a writer or agency still charging clients by the hour, you can’t compete with your old-fashioned…
Read MoreResponsible AI Policies
I believe every organization should develop and post AI policies on their website. This manifesto was originally created by the Marketing AI Institute. That White Paper Guy agrees with all the following principles. I believe in the responsible design, development, deployment, and operation of AI technologies. I believe in a human-centered approach to AI that empowers…
Read MoreQuick tip: With AI, tackle your most significant tasks first
Just because you CAN do something with AI doesn’t mean you SHOULD. Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. Don’t get rid of a perfectly fine workflow just to save a few bucks. For example, people proclaim they now use AI to generate their own graphics so they’ve stopped buying stock photos. Is that…
Read MoreHow to choose an AI writing product
There’s a ton of AI writing products out there, with more added every week. How can you possibly pick the right one? Well, here are some thoughts. At the AI for Writers Summit at the end of March 2023, Mike Kaput from Marketing AI Institute presented a list of writing tools. He briefly summed up…
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