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• My Top 5 AI Tools
• Exclusive n8n Event Recap!
• Trending Videos
• Top AI News this Week
• My Bookmarks

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🛑 Stop Wasting Money on AI Tools

Here's the brutal truth - 95% of AI tools overpromise, underdeliver, and are overpriced.

Most AI tools claim to be this magic solution that solves all your problems. This couldn't be further from reality!

After running my own marketing agency and being in the industry for 10+ years, I've found a select few AI tools that actually move the needle for marketing & content creation tasks.

I suggest watching my video below and also reviewing my key points underneath the video:

🏆 My Top 5 AI Tools Right Now

1. ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) - The Swiss Army Knife of AI Tools

If you're still using the free version of ChatGPT, stop reading this email and upgrade right now.

The difference between free and Plus is night and day:

• Access to most advanced models & way more usage
• ChatGPT Agent
• Custom GPTs and Projects for better results
• And so much more

Suggested Resource: ChatGPT Plus Review​
​Website: chatgpt.com​

2. Blotato ($29/month) - My Social Media Automation Machine

Blotato is an AI tool that's criminally underrated. For $29/month, you get unlimited AI writing across 20+ social accounts.

I built an entire social media automation using Blotato, Make, and a Google Sheet that automatically posts across all my social platforms with content that sounds like me!

Suggested Resource: Blotato Review​
Website: blotato.com​

3. Claude Pro ($20/month) - The Copywriting King

Claude Sonnet 4 writes better marketing copy than any other AI model I've tested. The outputs are more human, less robotic, and actually convert.

I use Claude Projects for:

• Email newsletters (like this one)
• Social media captions
• Repurposing content

Suggested Resource: Claude Pro Review​
​Website: Claude.ai​

4. Google's AI Tools (Free & Paid) - Best AI Ecosystem

Google quietly built an incredible AI ecosystem that many ignore:

• ​Google AI Studio: Criminally underrated. Real-time screen sharing with Gemini Live saved me hours troubleshooting automations
• ​NotebookLM: Best research tool available. The new video overviews create professional slideshows from your sources
• ​Google Opal: Free vibe coding tool for building mini marketing apps

Suggested Resources:

• ​NotebookLM Update & Hack​
• ​Google's Free AI App Builder (Opal)​

5. HeyGen ($29/month) - AI Clone Generator

This is how I create my AI video clone that powers 90% of my short form videos. The quality is incredibly realistic.

Beyond personal clones, you can use their UGC avatars, create interactive avatars, and even build video podcasts.

Suggested Resource: AI Clone Tutorial​
​Website: Heygen.com​

Honorable Mention AI Tools

While these tools didn't make the cut for my top 5, I've still used these in past and recommend them:

• ​Perplexity - AI Research Powerhouse
• ​ElevenLabs - Best AI Audio Generator
• ​Blaze AI - Best for AI-Powered Social Media Management
• ​Opus Clip - Best for AI Short Video Clips
• ​SEOWriting AI - Best for SEO Blog Posts

What is your favorite AI tool for marketing and content creation? Reply and let me know!

🤖 Exclusive n8n Event Recap

This week I had an amazing opportunity to be a part of n8n's first 'Agentic Arena' in New York City. Huge thanks to Nate Herk and the team at n8n for inviting me out there!

I also had the chance to meet Jack Roberts, Sabrina Ramonov, and several other big players in the AI Automations world.

📈 My Trending Videos

• ​Is ChatGPT Plus Worth It​
• ​ChatGPT Plus vs Blaze AI​
• ​Stop Using Custom GPTs!​
• ​How to Automate X (Twitter) Threads​
• ​My Social Media AI Automation​

🚨 Top AI News This Week

Be sure to bookmark my AI News Page that cuts through the noise and gives you AI news that matters!

• ​n8n Agentic Arena Event Premiering Next Week!​
• ​Google Releases 'Nano Banana' AI Image Editing Upgrade​
• ​OpenAI Launches gpt-realtime for Voice Agents​
• ​OpenAI Releases New Codex Features​
• ​Andreessen Horowitz New 'Top 100 Gen AI Apps' List​

📌 My Bookmarks

Hard to disagree with Gael per usual:

Gael Breton @GaelBreton Default GPT-5 in ChatGPT is by far the worst chatbot on the market right now. Thinking is pretty good when it does agentic search though. 3:0 AM • Aug 28, 2025 0 Retweets 11 Likes Read 6 replies

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Completely agree with my friend Nick:

Nick Berry @nicholosberry SEO agencies are rebranding as “AI ranking experts.” Spoiler: It’s the same playbook. Write good content, get mentioned, and feed the AI what you want it to know. Same game, new wrapper. 10:56 AM • Aug 26, 2025 0 Retweets 5 Likes Read 2 replies

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Is 'Nano Banana' another case of AI hype? Lol

John Ward @JohnWardHere Everyone: "nanobanana is insane" Nanobanana: "I've generated a square image for your ad, but I cannot add the text overlay" 5:7 AM • Aug 28, 2025 0 Retweets 5 Likes

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Until next time 🫡

Ryan

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