Elissa Craig

I think it really depends on the person and where there are in their skill development. For example, I fully believe someone should truly learn their niche on their own 'the traditional way.' Aka, going to school, getting real world experience, and/or good old fashion trial and error. AI can certainly help teach skills faster, but I do think the person needs to be generally aware of what they...

Honestly, I don't think I'll ever be embarrassed to do something manually. AI 100% has its place and is helpful, but I am afraid of developing an over-reliance on it. Plus, I want to keep my skills, hard and soft sharp, so will keep using in moderation. :)

I am all for using AI to HELP but I would never completely offload a task to AI without some type of human review or editing. In regards to data, I would never share anything I wouldn't be comfortable sharing to someone I just met. Just my rule of thumb!

For us, we started everything out as free. Our first 'paid' feature was actually just creating an enterprise account for an agency. This helped us pass off those higher costs to high-volume groups, keeping costs low for individual users (our core user base). As we continued to mature, we would then start to Pro-gate certain features based on cost incurred. We still have a free tier, too! That...

The shift YoY is insane! I feel like sharing with AI removes a layer of judgement or embarrassment for people. Saying something to another human can certainly cause someone to hold back or even alter what they would say, but saying it to a 'not real' thing in the computer is much easier. Also, AI can be manipulated to say what you want to hear, so it's probably comforting to many to just talk...

Definitely sped up a lot of things. I used to spend FOREVER trying to just make social content that honestly, didn't do a lot to drive the business. As a marketer, I know having a social presence is important, it just doesn't have the RIO for us. Having AI helps me create multiple content pieces from thing though, which has been awesome! Another, more specific thing it does, is help my content...

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Sadly, I think it is part of a larger societal shift. We are being trained for instant gratification and to bet on the 'known' outcome. So many things can now be offloaded and streamlined by AI, so I think people get cold feet pretty easily if it looks like too much work. I would expect this to change down the line as AI becomes more stable/plateaus.

I have not played around with them too much. We use Google Meets, so the Gemini tool is usually the default. It is pretty good but needs some doctoring before sharing with others—I do think that could be said for most tools though. Always exciting to see more tools launch. Especially if this produces shorter notes, that would be awesome. There's usually so much fluff you have to comb through to...

Absolutely! A large part of our company is designed to help creators make their content more accessible. We offer transcription and captioning tools for podcasts primarily. When designing our transcription tool, we worked closely with members of the hearing impaired community to ensure the final product was both easy-to-use and followed best practices. A lot of work went into ensuring the...

I think for SaaS or tools that solve a common/general need, Product Hunt is great. The type of people that are on the platform are typically not going to be the end user, but if the launch goes well, it is a great way for outlets/newsletters/groups to learn about you. Especially if you are looking to launch with a limited budget, Product Hunt and reddit are honestly great! Just keep in mind you...

I feel like most SaaS tools have had to cut their 'free' offerings, but, it's understandable. To me, allowing a user to successfully create 1 project without limits is great. They get to fully demo before deciding if it's worth the money. Especially since so many SaaS tool involve AI addons and video, COGs has gone up. Not only is the 'one free' approach good for the consumer, it helps the...

I use AI to help guide, but not to create. In my space, I feel like it is very easy to tell if something is AI-generated without any human connection. Certain words like 'boost,' 'scroll-stopping,' and the dreaded '🚀' are dead giveaways to me that something isn't human made. I work in the creator space so having an authentic, human feel is highly valued. In the space, if you don't focus on the...

I bought a standing desk and walking pad for work! This helps me get 15k+ steps per day where previously, I would have been sitting.

Still can't believe Skype is actually gone! Crazy to think a first-mover and household name was shut down. Granted, I completely understand why, but still crazy to think Skype just couldn't keep up in an increasingly digital world.

As someone who has lived through the 'skipping MVP to MLP era,' I wish MVP would come back! In our case, we honestly wasted a lot of time with certain features, internal debates, and designs that just weren't useful or were immediately changed. I would rather have launched with MVP and asked users for feedback on what they really wanted or would like to see. While I totally understand the need...

We personally hire interns! We just had a specialized master's student wrap his content marketing internship with us. A lot of the tasks he was given could be assisted by AI but not replaced by AI. For instance, he helped build our email onboarding for new customers. That specific task cannot be offloaded to AI as it requires manual editing, adding links, creating images, etc. I would be open...

Perfect note on effort equating to attention. AI certainly makes it easier to create posts at scale, but doesn't always signal great quality or output — somethings just need to be done by a human! Curious though why the em dash was called out? I know AI has put it in content more and more, much like the 🚀, however, it is proper writing. (I will die on my alt+0151 hill!)

I think AI has just shifted priorities a little. For me, AI helps me get through a lot of the little tasks that are more visible but less enjoyable. As a marketer, there is literally always SOMETHING to do and bigger project to be working on, but, you often get swept up in the little social posts or formatting or editing or...the list goes on. AI has truly helped me streamline a lot of those...

Anything with the 🚀🚀🚀 just sends me! That and 'boost' just were never part of natural language pre-ChatGPT/rise in AI.