• McDonald’s and Crocs are releasing a line of footwear, and it’s somehow not called McCrocs.
• Copy and paste with a grain of salt. ChatGPT 4 is leading the large language models in hallucinations.
• Humane’s wearable AI Pin imagines a future without apps.
• Here’s the deal with Instagram’s new creator achievement badges.

Intros are tough. You’ve got to get readers to mentally commit to finishing your article, trust your authority, and identify with you and your recommendations. Try this method:

S – Search / User Intent: Include an overview of the features, product categories, product uses, and product tips that various users might be searching for.

P – Pain Points: Positivity doesn’t always sell. Highlight the negative results of not acquiring the product or service you’re writing about—in your intro and your title.

E – Expertise: Take every opportunity to subtly show off your expertise with statistics, experience, and confident value judgments.

A – Audience: Write for each segment of your audience, based on the problem they’re hoping to solve, using the niche language they respond to.

R – Rapport: Before a hard sell, it’s important to build trust with the audience. Once you’ve named their problem and provided personal experience and expertise, they’re more likely to take your recommendations seriously.

Check out the full framework at Increasing.

Start your pitch deck or presentation with a branded AI-generated template. Add text, images, and video; create cool animations; and collaborate with your team. Then, send off a live tailored link to each recipient and track their interactions. 

How good is the iconic Chili’s Baby Back Ribs jingle stylized by Grammy-winning group Boyz II Men?

Good enough to add to your Spotify playlist and spin on your record player. Seriously, they’ve released it on vinyl.