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  • One featured AI tool review per week

    What it does, what it costs, and whether it's actually worth it for a small team.

  • One automation tip

    Practical workflows you can set up in an afternoon that save hours every week.

  • What's working in small business AI right now

    Trends, tool updates, and real results, not press releases.

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What to expect — from Issue #1

Tool of the Week

Copy.ai

I've been using Copy.ai for about six weeks, mostly for email subject lines and product descriptions. Here's what I think.

What it does well: Short marketing copy. If you need 10 variations of an ad headline or a product description that doesn't sound like a robot wrote it, Copy.ai is faster than doing it yourself.

Where it falls short: Long-form content. Blog posts come out generic and need heavy editing.

My take: Good tool, narrow use case. If you write marketing copy regularly, it pays for itself in time saved. If you write one email a month, skip it.

This week's automation tip

How to connect Copy.ai + Make.com to auto-generate weekly social posts from a Google Sheet — 2 hours of setup, saves 3+ hours every week.

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