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Best AI Tools for Productivity You Already Own One of Them

Best AI tools for productivity: search that and you get a list of fifty. Then you get overwhelmed and get nothing done. After training more than 1,500 leaders to use AI, I can tell you the number of tools is not what makes you productive.The research agrees. Productivity climbs when you use one to three AI tools. At four or more, it drops. More tools means more switching, and switching is where your focus goes.So this isn't a list of fifty. There are five tools that have changed how I work, and one of them is something you're already paying for.But the tools are the easy part. The real shift is knowing what to hand over, what to keep, and the principles that decide the difference. That's what the mini course is for.Links mentioned in this podcast:Productivity for Lead Generators mini course - https://www.theaiedit.ai/offers/itnug... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnZiMDdUQmdFcmpXRjM4ZzB6WkpNckhmX3FKQXxBQ3Jtc0ttTm5CV1BUWmlueWhuT3lRSGNkQWhfbDAzWnRnZFpiOXF0anJVLWg2eFFKc3M3X1plQmJVcHlCWnBsd2h0SkNIUzZGeEVMd0tZNk9sbzB6TV9SeWczME56ZGpJYUZGczFhVGVoc08xQ2NpSU5vYTZXMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaiedit.ai%2Foffers%2Fitnugcjb%2Fcheckout&v=JgXOrQJRyoE]Claude Cowork: 12 things I learned the hard way - https://www.thehumansintheloop.ai/p/c... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblo3d0lXZmczc2NCUmoyM0dnM0hGdVA4VnBHUXxBQ3Jtc0tuTHB6dGNad3Z2dXRzNkZRV2l1Qm05NlB2LUNQaTgxRXNrRTN0VUxqWUNiS0N4V09yTXVyUzlGb2QtWGtPR2VCdjBobTM4NHc0NENSc2tuQ2QtTENSdHhXMGIxVXBvM0I3ZmQyVkpBaVhjV2d4YXVvYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehumansintheloop.ai%2Fp%2Fclaude-cowork-12-things-i-learned&v=JgXOrQJRyoE]This podcast is also a video; watch here: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehumansintheloop.ai [https://www.thehumansintheloop.ai?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

What To Post On LinkedIn To Get Leads

What to post on LinkedIn depends entirely on what you want back. If you want likes, post one thing. If you want leads, post something completely different. My most viral posts got tens of thousands of views and zero leads, so this video is about the second kind.I know how to go viral on LinkedIn. The trick is to post about politics. It works every time, and it has never once brought me a lead, because the people arguing in my comments were never going to buy from me.So this podcast is about what to post when the goal is leads, not likes. Post for the room, not the crowd. Post the things only you could have written: your opinions, your data, your stories. Pick one subject and stay there until you're known for it. Welcome the people who disagree with you, because the argument is the point. And comment as much as you post.It ends with one simple test you can run before anything goes up.Links mentioned in this podcast:LinkedIn lead generation mini course - https://www.theaiedit.ai/offers/xz3zsRXe/checkoutLinkedIn lead generation service - https://www.theaiedit.ai/lead-generation-consultant/linkedinLinkedIn is the best and worst place on the internet right now - https://www.thehumansintheloop.ai/p/linkedin-is-the-best-and-worst-place This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehumansintheloop.ai [https://www.thehumansintheloop.ai?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

This Week in AI. Meta sucks. Meta sucks again. Then Meta sucks some more.

Every week I pick the three AI stories that matter most for anyone running or building a business. What happened, what it actually means, and why you should care. This week is a special edition, because one company managed to produce three terrible stories - guess who? So this week it’s all Meta. Watching its customers, watching its staff, and handing the job of deciding what billions of us see to AI it marked itself. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehumansintheloop.ai [https://www.thehumansintheloop.ai?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

A B2B Lead Generation Strategy is About Saying No.

A B2B lead generation strategy isn't a list of channels you're running. It's a series of deliberate choices about what you won't do. Two million leads across two decades, and the pattern repeats: most businesses confuse activity with strategy.A strategy is the thinking you do before you act. The deliberate choice of who you're targeting, what you're saying, where you're reaching them, and how the pieces connect. It's also a commitment to what you're not doing.Imagine getting from London to Paris. Paris is your objective. Strategy is how you get there: road, air, train, or sea. Pick one and you've said no to the rest. Tactics are the decisions inside that choice. Most businesses skip that step, pick tactics at random, and end up stuck in Kent.Eight questions to build a real B2B lead generation strategy:1. Who are we trying to reach?2. What are we selling them?3. What stories are we telling?4. Where are we going to reach them?5. With what resources?6. How do they all connect?7. How will we know if it's working?8. What's our rhythm?The answers only mean something if you're equally clear about what you said no to in each one.Strategy is subtraction. The businesses that grow fastest say no to the most.Related reading:The B2B lead generation system on The AI Edit - https://www.theaiedit.ai/blog/lead-generation-system This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehumansintheloop.ai [https://www.thehumansintheloop.ai?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

This Week in AI | EY Falls for AI. Google Rewrites Search. The Real Monet.

This week: EY has just withdrawn a marketing report that turned out to be full of AI hallucinations, fake citations, and a reference to a McKinsey study that doesn't exist. Google has announced the biggest overhaul of search in 25 years, putting AI in front of everyone. And thousands of people on X just dismissed a real Monet painting as AI slop, with implications for any business worried about how its work will be received. This Week in AI is live every Friday at 9:15am. My monthly Insider’s Briefing goes deeper - the top stories from the month in 30 minutes, once a month. May’s is on the 2nd of June and it’s free to register here. [https://www.theaiedit.ai/offers/FsbqGXLM/checkout?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=insider-briefing&utm_content=this-week-in-ai] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehumansintheloop.ai [https://www.thehumansintheloop.ai?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]