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AI Workflows

Use AI to do the marketing work: copy, content, video, and the automations that run it all for you.

This is where you point AI at the actual marketing work: writing copy, building content, making video, and wiring up the automations that keep it running while you sleep. It's built for operators growing a digital asset on their own, with no team to hand things off to. You won't get vague theory here. You'll get the real direct-response craft handed to you as copy-paste prompts you can run today.

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Automation & MCPsA diagram of an n8n AI agent tutorial workflow with a chat trigger, an AI Agent node, connected tools, and memory.

n8n AI Agent Tutorial: Build Your First Agent With Connected Tools

Learn how to build an n8n AI agent step by step: a chat trigger, an AI Agent node, connected tools, and a system prompt that actually holds up.
Don Lyons·Sep 7, 2026
Automation & MCPsA solopreneur at a laptop automating their marketing, with lead capture, email, and social posting connected into one system.

How to Automate Your Marketing as a Solopreneur (In the Right Order)

How to automate your marketing as a solopreneur, in order: lead capture and email first, then social posting, then reporting. No hires required.
Don Lyons·Sep 7, 2026
Automation & MCPsA terminal window running the Docker commands used to self host n8n on a VPS server.

How to Self-Host n8n on a Cheap VPS in Under 30 Minutes

Learn how to self host n8n on a cheap VPS with Docker in under 30 minutes. Get unlimited executions without per-task fees. Full setup walkthrough.
Don Lyons·Sep 6, 2026
Automation & MCPsA split-screen graphic comparing n8n workflow costs to Zapier and Make, illustrating whether n8n is worth it for non-coders.

Is n8n Worth It? An Honest Verdict for Non-Coders

Is n8n worth it? A straight answer on real cost, the learning curve, and when it beats Zapier or Make for non-coders running automation volume.
Don Lyons·Sep 6, 2026
Automation & MCPsA marketer reviewing automated email marketing sequences on a dashboard, showing triggers for welcome, nurture, sale, and win-back emails.

How to Automate Email Marketing: The Beginner Blueprint

How to automate email marketing: map triggers to welcome, nurture, sale, and win-back sequences so campaigns run and convert without daily input.
Don Lyons·Sep 5, 2026
AI ToolsAn operator's laptop showing a lean stack of the cheapest AI marketing tools, each priced under $20 a month.

The Cheapest AI Marketing Tools That Still Deliver (Under $20/mo)

The cheapest AI marketing tools under $20 a month for writing, ads, email, and video, picked for output quality first, not just the lowest sticker price.
Don Lyons·Sep 4, 2026
AI ToolsA split-screen dashboard showing AI drafting an email sequence next to a send-time optimization chart, representing the best AI email marketing tools in 2026.

The Best AI Email Marketing Tools in 2026 (Sequences, Subject Lines, Send Times)

The best AI email marketing tools in 2026 write full sequences, test subject lines, and predict send times so you stop guessing what to send.
Don Lyons·Sep 3, 2026
AI ToolsA content creator editing short-form video clips on a laptop, representing the best AI tools for content creators.

The Best AI Tools for Content Creators (Repurposing, Scripting, Captions)

The best AI tools for content creators: what to use for repurposing video, scriptwriting, and generating captions or thumbnails, and how to stack them.
Don Lyons·Sep 2, 2026
AI ToolsA solopreneur at a laptop running a one-person business with the best AI tools for solopreneurs: a chat assistant, content tools, and automation.

The Best AI Tools for Solopreneurs: A One-Person-Business Stack

The best AI tools for solopreneurs: one chat assistant, one content engine, one automation layer, and how to wire them into a real daily workflow.
Don Lyons·Aug 31, 2026
AI ToolsAn entrepreneur at a laptop using free AI tools for writing, design, and automation to run a business without a subscription.

The Best Free AI Tools for Entrepreneurs (No Subscription Needed)

The best free AI tools for entrepreneurs, by job: writing, design, video, research, and automation. What each free tier covers, and where it breaks.
Don Lyons·Aug 29, 2026
AI Content & VideoAn operator's screen showing a blog post being turned into social media content for multiple platforms using AI

How to Turn Blog Posts Into Social Media Content With AI

Turn blog posts into social media content by extracting each idea as a standalone hook, then using AI to reformat it for every platform you post to.
Don Lyons·Aug 27, 2026
AI Content & VideoA marketer comparing AI-generated ad image variations on a laptop, showing how to generate ad images with AI for a paid social campaign.

How to Generate Ad Images With AI (Prompt Examples Included)

Learn how to generate ad images with AI using a repeatable prompt formula covering product, scene, mood, and aspect ratio, plus a worked example.
Don Lyons·Aug 25, 2026
AI Content & VideoA creator batching topic cards and running them through AI in one focused sprint to create a month of content in a day.

How to Create a Month of Content in a Day (Batch + AI Sprint)

Create a month of content in a day using a batch-and-sprint method: plan topics, record once, then let AI expand and reformat each for every platform.
Don Lyons·Aug 23, 2026
AI Content & VideoA podcast microphone next to a laptop screen showing how to repurpose a podcast with AI into clips and quote cards.

How to Repurpose a Podcast With AI Into Clips, Quotes, and a Newsletter

Learn how to repurpose a podcast with AI: turn one episode into clips, quote cards, and a newsletter using a single transcript-first workflow.
Don Lyons·Aug 21, 2026
AI for MarketingA marketer reviewing AI-generated sales copy drafts on a laptop screen, illustrating the best AI prompts for sales copy.

The Best AI Prompts for Sales Copy (Framework-Locked, Not Fluff)

The best AI prompts for sales copy lock the model into a framework like PAS and mirror a swipe file, so the output doesn't read like AI wrote it.
Don Lyons·Aug 19, 2026
AI for MarketingAn operator briefing ChatGPT with an avatar, offer, voice sample, and framework laid out on screen, showing how to use ChatGPT for copywriting.

How to Use ChatGPT for Copywriting: The Brief-It-Like-a-Junior-Writer Workflow

How to use ChatGPT for copywriting that actually converts: give it the avatar, offer, voice, and framework, plus the exact copy-paste prompt inside.
Don Lyons·Aug 17, 2026
AI for MarketingAn operator prompting ChatGPT for cold email, with a banned spam-word checklist and one prospect trigger sitting next to the draft on screen.

ChatGPT for Cold Email: A System With Deliverability Notes

ChatGPT for cold email that actually gets replies: ban spam trigger words, feed it one checkable fact per prospect, and get the deliverability setup right.
Don Lyons·Aug 15, 2026
AI for MarketingAn operator pastes writing samples into ChatGPT to show how to make ChatGPT write like you using a saved style guide.

How to Make ChatGPT Write Like You: The Voice-Clone Prompt Method

Learn how to make ChatGPT write like you: paste writing samples, extract your style rules, and get a reusable prompt that keeps every draft on-voice.
Don Lyons·Aug 13, 2026
AI for MarketingA marketer's laptop screen showing ChatGPT prompts for Facebook ads next to a notebook of ad hooks and angles

20 ChatGPT Prompts for Facebook Ads (That Produce Testable Hooks)

20 ChatGPT prompts for Facebook ads that generate distinct angles, hooks, and body copy, not ten rewrites of the same idea. Copy, paste, test.
Don Lyons·Aug 11, 2026
AI for MarketingA laptop screen showing Claude AI mid-draft on a sales page, representing claude prompts for copywriting in an operator's workflow.

Claude Prompts for Copywriting: Why It Beats ChatGPT for Long-Form (With Prompts)

Claude prompts for copywriting that hold your framework and customer voice across a full draft, plus the exact prompt to copy and use today.
Don Lyons·Aug 9, 2026
Automation & MCPsConcept diagram of how to scrape leads with AI and n8n, showing a Google Maps search flowing through a scraper, an AI clean-and-enrich step, and a personalized outreach line written to a Google Sheet.

How to Scrape Leads With AI and n8n (Free Clay Alternative)

How to scrape leads with AI and n8n: build a scraper that cleans, enriches, and writes outreach to a sheet. A free Clay alternative, caveats included.
Don Lyons·Aug 8, 2026
Automation & MCPsConcept diagram of an AI newsletter automation workflow showing a schedule trigger pulling RSS sources, an LLM curation node ranking and writing, and a branded Gmail send with a human approval gate before it ships

How to Build an AI Newsletter Automation Workflow End-to-End

Learn how to build an AI newsletter automation workflow that gathers sources, curates them with an LLM, and ships a branded send on a schedule, hands-off.
Don Lyons·Aug 6, 2026
Automation & MCPsConcept diagram of a no-code RAG chatbot on your own documents, showing a loader, a vector store, an LLM, and a chat UI passing a question through retrieved file chunks to a grounded answer.

How to Build a No-Code RAG Chatbot on Your Own Documents

How to build a RAG chatbot on your own documents with no code, so it answers only from your files and stops making things up. The four pieces, made plain.
Don Lyons·Aug 4, 2026
Automation & MCPsn8n vs Make vs Zapier decision diagram mapping budget, complexity, and self-hosting to the right automation tool

n8n vs Make vs Zapier: Which Automation Tool Should You Pick?

n8n vs Make vs Zapier compared for solo founders. A decision framework by budget, complexity, and self-hosting so you pick the right automation tool once.
Don Lyons·Aug 3, 2026
AI ToolsConcept diagram comparing Midjourney vs DALL-E vs Ideogram by marketing job: mood, prompt-following, and text in image

Midjourney vs DALL-E vs Ideogram: Best AI Image Tool for Marketers

Midjourney vs DALL-E vs Ideogram, decided by the job: mood, precise prompts, or readable text. See which AI image tool wins for your ad creative and logos.
Don Lyons·Aug 1, 2026
AI ToolsConcept diagram comparing Perplexity vs ChatGPT for market research, showing cited real-time data feeding into synthesis

Perplexity vs ChatGPT for Market Research: Which Should You Use?

Perplexity vs ChatGPT for market research: when to use each, plus a two-tool workflow for competitor and audience research on a deadline.
Don Lyons·Jul 30, 2026
AI ToolsConcept diagram comparing Claude vs ChatGPT for copywriting across tone, brand voice retention, and human-ness

Claude vs ChatGPT for Copywriting: Which Writes Better Copy?

Claude vs ChatGPT for copywriting: a side-by-side on tone, brand voice, and human-ness for ads and emails, plus which model to open for which job.
Don Lyons·Jul 29, 2026
AI ToolsConcept diagram comparing Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini across marketing tasks: copy, research, images, and agents

Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini: Which AI Is Best for Marketing?

Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini, which is best? A task-by-task verdict for marketers on copy, research, images, and agents, plus a cheat sheet for each job.
Don Lyons·Jul 27, 2026
AI Content & VideoDiagram routing one podcast episode into clips, threads, and posts across the best AI tools for podcast repurposing.

Best AI Tools to Repurpose a Podcast Into Clips, Threads and Posts

The best AI tools for podcast repurposing in 2026, picked by job: Opus Clip, Castmagic, Riverside and Descript. What each one clips, writes, and misses.
Don Lyons·Jul 25, 2026
AI Content & VideoConcept diagram of the HeyGen avatar video workflow: write script, pick avatar, set voice and language, render, then translate for multilingual reach.

How to Create AI Avatar Videos With HeyGen for Marketing

How to create AI avatar videos with HeyGen: the exact script-to-avatar workflow for ads, VSLs, and multilingual reach, plus a copy-paste script prompt.
Don Lyons·Jul 23, 2026
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