Inside WA, Just Be Yourself and Write. No AI Needed.

I love AI. I'm on GPT for hours daily.
Literal hours.
Seriously.

That being said, I don't really understand (or very much like) what's going on inside WA with all the straight-from-GPT copy and pasted WA blog posts.

It's painful to read, man.
Legit painful.

Can we normalize not using it?
Like pretty please with a cherry on top for my own sanity.

I get it if people are using their WA blog as a testing ground to see how to use GPT for their writing, but the straight copy and paste makes no sense to me.

There' s no Google algorithm here to judge you or rank you. We're just here with our peers. Asking questions, sharing our victories, ranting about our frustrations (me right now), etc.

These posts and shares should have the feeling of personal journal entries in your journey here to build something real! You want to be able to look back on your WA blog and say "Wow! That's where I was one year ago!" Share your journey and the steps along the way from your own perspective. Take screenshots of what your site looks like so you can remember it years from now. Talk about the aspect of affiliate marketing that you're learning but can't quite wrap your head around just yet and then 5 years from now when you re-read it it'll be like hearing that song from your teenage years that INSTANTLY takes you right back.

You'll be reading your posts and having that same nostalgic warm, fuzzy feeling because you remember writing it!

That's what it's all about and you'll completely lose that if you're just pasting. Trust me.
Write for yourself from a place of sincerity and everyone comes along for the ride.

If you want to use AI as a framework, that's awesome. Now, take what it gives you and make it your own. Make it sound like you. Remove all the obvious AI tells and use it as inspiration to build your writing around. The creativity will probably start flowing and you'll write more than you even meant to. That's perfect!
I don't have any issue with using AI titles or images. The "Here's a Tip I'm Using (And How You're Not)" rhythm AI uses all the time is fine. It's just a title and it gets attention. AI images are legit! Use them! But the content inside should be you. I'm clicking to see what YOU have to say. And so is everyone else.

For your website, AI is key. Let it do the heavy lifting. Go for it. But even there we need to make it our own so we can connect with our audience.

Someone sharing how to use a new tool in their own words from their own experience is so powerful. Those are the WA blogs I love. And they're simultaneously so empty when it's just copied and pasted from GPT.
One person left a comment on one of my Wordpress Wisdoms and didn't even remove the "Here's a great conversational comment you can leave.." text that GPT placed in their response 😂. How lazy can you get?

Is chat next?
Can you imagine how lifeless chat would look here if it's just people copying and pasting AI?

So remember, AI is an incredible tool. EXPLODE your content creation with it, but make it your own. Use it to get the creative juices flowing! Make yourself more efficient and productive than you've ever been!

But don't sell yourself short with your own WA blogs losing the one voice you have.

Be yourself.
Your unique approach is why people like you.

Double down on it, don't mute it. 👍🏼

Note: After publishing this I started using the “Hide Content Like This“ setting when I see WA posts that are just obvious AI (just click the gear icon on every WA post) , and it’s worked like a charm! It’s pushed all the great shares and stories up to the front of my feed and brought a surprising nostalgia-like joy to the interactions that come from it. I honestly I love it! 💯