What Branding Can Do for You? Grab a Beer and Hang On!

Aligning our Personal and Business Brand Begins with AuthenticityOn the catchy opening title, we'll get to that pretty soon. And why the horses feet? Sneak peek: those teasers do have to do with authenticity and alignment in branding. Before continuing, please understand, this is opinion and not necessarily supported with hard numbers.ReviewIn the last article, we agreed (I hope) that in knowing our Personal Brand and understanding our strengths and weaknesses, first, before establishi

Branding in the Age of AI, Part II

"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than you." (Dr. Suess)Uncovering the Shades of Brand, Voice, and ToneIn part one, I used an example of how I used an AI program to uncover and describe my voice as a writer, which one generally has (a voice), whether aware of it or not. In doing so, we took a short, but somewhat deep dive into the source/s and development of our uniquely individual voices. Furthermore, I attempted to show how the larger term, brand,

Let AI Help You Find Your Voice: Part 1 of 2

Subtle Differences Between Brand and VoiceRecently, I enabled a feature in an AI program I use, which analyzed my voice-- as in style of writing. The menu included an entry called "Brand-Voice". Later, in this post I will show you how AI helped me to discover and define my writing voice. But first, let's take a deeper dive into what voice means to an affiliate marketer and how, in today's world, voice and tone have become part of a larger theme termed brand. Marketing Confusion Refined Brand, V

What Is Happening? PPC Plagues and Website Weirdness

Dangers and DeadlinesOnce up on a time, I wrote about the danger of having too many projects working at the same time, hence, advice to my new friends: a good reason to find a solid niche and to stick with it. And recently, I wrote about how time flies when you're (not) having fun-- well, sort of. This post is a bit more of that. And why not? I started them at the same time. It seemed like the best thing to do since nothing else was working that day and I had two cool heading images to use.Now

Am I Having Fun Yet? Ask ChatGPT

"I’m not lost, I’m on an unplanned adventure." (A.A. Milne, known for Winnie the Pooh books)The above quote pretty well explains my entire life. I don't know how anyone gets to my age and still does not know the real answer to this question: What will I do when I grow up? Second chance-- third, fourth, fifth? Second childhood--Can anyone relate? Do any of you have more pursuits than you have time to pursue? Do I need to rewrite the last sentence in past tense? Do any of you have nic

AI: The Good Guys

Who Are The Good Guys? First of all, the field of, let us call it, AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is much older, larger, broader, more complicated, and more intertwined than most of us realize, a discussion for another day. For the purposes of this article, let me make a few distinctions between AI, as in ChatGPT, and Robotics. And, right off the bat, I need to qualify that remark, because increasingly often robotics will include some aspect of AI.By definition: Robotics involves the cr

It's Not About Killer Robots - The Other Side of the Story

Wake Up, Truth Seekers!Several days ago, I read several arresting pieces by one of our revered and favorite friends here at Wealthy Affiliate, TheCatherine. "The Steering Wheel Came Off In My Hands""There Has Never been A Better time to join Wealthy Affiliate and become Financially Independent". My post today relates in one way, or another, to both of Catherine's blog posts-- and to an earlier, yet to be finished series of mine, in which I wrote about Alan Turing and

What Are the Hidden Dangers of AI? (Part 2 Elon Musk Interview)

A Recent Interview with Elon Musk: My Review (Part 2)You may have returned here from Part 1. If so, Welcome! If not, read on, and enjoy that read later. I added a few links at the end. As a short review, the idea for this article came about because Tucker Carlson, former Fox News Reporter, devoted an entire hour long show, plus segments the following day (last week), to a live interview with Elon Musk on a petition to pause AI training for six months. First of all, I was surprised and thorough

Elon Musk Calls for Hold on AI

A Recent Elon Musk Interview: My Review (Part 1)Earlier this week on Fox News, Tucker Carlson aired a full hour interview with Elon Musk on the subject of artificial intelligence. The interview came shortly after various news outlets began to report that signatures of dignitaries were being collected calling for a six-month halt to the training of AI platforms such as ChatGPT and Google's "Deep Mind".Don't worry, your new favorite tool is not going away. The petitioners are not asking for the c

Do you trust your bank?

DO I TRUST MY BANK?I will supply a salt shaker along with that question and my answer. Though I studied business in college and pretend-study it now via my favorite investment websites, I am by no means an expert in finance and banking. However, I'm sure we all have a sincere interest in our money.I can't speak for countries other than the United States, but I would enjoy hearing from you on the subject. It takes governments so long to get anything done, at times, one forgets wh