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Michael MacLennan

Edinburgh
Michael MacLennan
Building the Perfect AI Prompt for Media Pitch Subject Lines

Experiments & Applied Learning

Building the Perfect AI Prompt for Media Pitch Subject Lines

Agonising over subject lines? Our AI prompt thinks like a journalist – asking the right questions and generating newsworthy subject lines without PR clichés.

24 Jul 2025
How Project Folders Supercharged My AI Comms Workflow (And How They’ll Transform Yours Too)

Experiments & Applied Learning

How Project Folders Supercharged My AI Comms Workflow (And How They’ll Transform Yours Too)

How organised AI workspaces transformed my communications workflow (and why you should steal this approach).

21 Jul 2025
Building a LinkedIn content creator with Claude, giving Grammarly a reality check, and a (welcome) audit by ChatGPT’s Deep Research

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Building a LinkedIn content creator with Claude, giving Grammarly a reality check, and a (welcome) audit by ChatGPT’s Deep Research

In this edition, we dive headfirst into Claude's code-free Artefact app builder to see if we can build a proper LinkedIn content creation tool. Plus, a reality check on whether Grammarly's AI features actually help comms pros, and how ChatGPT’s Deep Research feature may save you hours of time.

08 Jul 2025
How good is Claude at building an AI Tool for LinkedIn Content Creation?

Experiments & Applied Learning

How good is Claude at building an AI Tool for LinkedIn Content Creation?

I made the most of Claude’s latest app-building capabilities to create a tool that aims to offer several leading LinkedIn posting approaches as part of a structured, AI-powered workflow designed to save time and enhance engagement.

07 Jul 2025
Grammarly Review: Your Everywhere Comms AI Subeditor

Experiments & Applied Learning

Grammarly Review: Your Everywhere Comms AI Subeditor

We tested Grammarly for 18 months across real client work: emails, proposals, newsletters. Is it the AI safety net every comms pro needs?

07 Jul 2025
We Tested ChatGPT's Deep Research Tool: Here's What Comms Professionals Need to Know

Experiments & Applied Learning

We Tested ChatGPT's Deep Research Tool: Here's What Comms Professionals Need to Know

We put ChatGPT's new Deep Research feature through its paces with a real comms challenge. The results? Not perfect, but more than strong enough to prove its worth in certain situations.

04 Jul 2025
Tool Testing: Our Review Methodology

Experiments & Applied Learning

Tool Testing: Our Review Methodology

The communications world is drowning in AI tool recommendations. Most appear to be written by people who've never actually used them. Our approach is different. Testing Models Every tool gets tested on communications work – the type we have actually done in the past, or that we are currently

01 Jul 2025
Prompt Engineering: Our Production Standards

Experiments & Applied Learning

Prompt Engineering: Our Production Standards

Prompt engineering sounds sophisticated, but it's really just learning to ask AI systems better questions. Our approach focuses on what actually works for communications professionals. Real Scenarios, Real Constraints We produce and refine prompts on genuine communications tasks: press releases that need writing, crisis statements that need crafting,

01 Jul 2025
How We Build: App Development Ground Rules

Experiments & Applied Learning

How We Build: App Development Ground Rules

When we build AI tools for communications, we're not trying to create the next unicorn startup. We're solving real problems that comms professionals face every day.

01 Jul 2025
Why Applied Comms AI? (And What to Expect)

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Why Applied Comms AI? (And What to Expect)

I'm here to experiment, fail, learn, and share everything along the way. Think of this as your comms insider's guide to figuring out AI together.

25 Jun 2025
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Award-winning Practical AI Insights That Actually Work

Join the communications professionals getting hands-on AI guidance grounded in real implementation. Double AI Comms Awards 2026 winner.

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