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Hello Reader, The next edition of the Espresso AI newsletter goes out on Thursday, and I wanted to give you a little preview of what paid subscribers will receive. The May issue will include: 1. A simple prompt for making big business decisions If you’ve ever gone round in circles over a serious business decision, this provides a structured way to use AI to help risk assess and stress-test the implications without it hijacking the outcome or telling you to just go for it. Most clients sit on useful data without realising what they have or how they can use it, so in this issue, you get a handy prompt to turn newsletter data into marketing insights. It only takes a few minutes, but it’ll position you as someone who actively thinks about how to improve their client’s business instead of passively waiting for tasks. 3. Recent AI updates worth your attention There’s a lot of noise around AI right now, including new releases, an AI backlash and EU legal developments. Jo shares the latest updates, what they mean in practice, and how they could affect your work, especially if you support EU-based clients. 4. A demo of GPT Images 2.0 Jo used a real photo to make an infographic poster to show you what a first-draft output actually looks like and whether it’s useful for client graphics such as social posts, mock-ups and other online visuals. The download contains a clear breakdown of how tokens and usage limits actually work across the main platforms, so you can avoid slowdowns, cut-offs, and wasted time. Find out what’s going on behind the scenes, and which platform gives you the most bang for your buck. 6. A real-life example of Jo being gaslit This example shows how confidently AI tools can get things wrong, even when they sound certain, and what that means for how you use them for client work. This is scary because all three main LLMs were adamant that they were correct, even though the opposite was true. All of this is only available to Espresso AI subscribers. If you want to stay up to date with all the many ways you can use AI in your VA business, but you’re busy AF and just want a monthly email packed with carefully curated info, then consider signing up. It's just £4.99 a month. You can cancel at any time AND put it on your business expenses… HURRAH! Find out more and subscribe. Best wishes, Holly |
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Hello - and happy Thursday!I’m just back from a great couple of days up north where I spoke at the first Manchester VA Conference.My session was all about confidence and how it doesn’t usually appear before growth - it tends to come because of it.I’ve actually really struggled with confidence over the years, and still regularly do.Most of us are waiting to feel fully ready before we put ourselves out there, raise our prices, pitch ourselves or take the next step… but growth rarely works like...
Hi Reader, After a hectic couple of weeks of travel and events (and more lined up for next week!), this week has been all about getting my head down and cracking on. As much as I love getting out and about, meeting people and learning new things, there’s nothing quite like time working ON my own business and moving things forward.This weekend is a Bank Holiday in the UK (hurrah!) so we get an extra day to spend as we please. My children are away with their dad, so I’ll mostly be playing...
Good morning - and happy Thursday! It has certainly been a whirlwind three weeks since I picked up the reins at The VA Handbook HQ and as I was writing this, it occurred to me how much of it was about community. Last week I spent three days at Oxford University for the Goldman Sachs 10KSB programme I’m currently participating in, and a huge part of that was about building connection with other business owners who are running small but mighty organisations. There’s no bonding experience quite...