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Weekly Digital Marketing & Generative AI for Marketing News from Your Digital Marketing Coach

Every Friday I provide a curated newsletter for thousands of marketers, entrepreneurs, business owners and content creators that covers the latest news as well as actionable advice on all things digital, content, influencer, and social media marketing. I try my best to also provide advice on the latest developments of generative AI and how to leverage it for marketing as well as personal branding for your digital presence.

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Neal Schaffer's Top 10 Weekly News September 27, 2025 Hey Reader, Greetings from Tokyo Japan! As I often say, being away from home can help you see your path more clearly. Instead of doing the same things over and over again, sometimes it's time to expand into new territory, meet new people, and even focus on a new niche. It is with these thoughts that I bring you this week's newsletter. As always, stay tuned for more news ... and make sure you follow me on Instagram where I post all of my...

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Neal Schaffer's Top 10 Weekly News September 19, 2025 Hey Reader, This week I had the honor of guest lecturing for an entrepreneurship class locally at Chapman University. It was the first time that I created an interactive workshop around my work in generative AI.The title of the workshop was "Digital Content for SEO & Scaling Operations" and I am looking at refining it to be able to offer it as part of a live online workshop that I can offer for any of you that might be interested. Stay...

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Neal Schaffer's Top 10 Weekly News September 12, 2025 Hey Reader, Today I did a dedicated 30-minute presentation in my Digital First Group Coaching Community about all the ins and outs of YouTube marketing. YouTube has only gained importance outside of it being the second largest search engine in that more YouTube results are appearing in Google search results and that LLMs like ChatGPT are reading the transcriptions of YouTube videos. In this way your YouTube presence might have a bigger...

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Neal Schaffer's Top 10 Weekly News September 5, 2025 Hey Reader, Have you moved beyond Generative AI 1.0? As AI—and how we use it—continues to evolve, has your usage of AI evolved as well? I ask this because I think a lot of us have covered the basics of how to use a ChatGPT or Claude and perhaps are even using it to create content on a daily basis. But there is so much more to AI than just that. One thing I have realized is that AI saves you time, yet actually makes you more busy. Once you...

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Neal Schaffer's Top 10 Weekly News August 29, 2025 Hey Reader, "Neal, if AI—and people—will be able to copy what you do, why do you continue to write books?" This is a question I was asked on a recent webinar. It's a good question, because as you know, we're only in the early days of AI, but we already see it impacting what we do as marketers and businesses. If you think AI can do most—if not everything—you do, and only better, it might be time to take a step back and do some deep thinking...

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Neal Schaffer's Top 10 Weekly News August 22, 2025 Hey Reader, OMG - it has been awhile since I was last in touch with you ... hope all is good? For those that follow me on Instagram (https://instagram.com/nealschaffer), you would have known that I was in Mongolia for a week and then Japan for another. After getting back from two weeks of travel, I have been hunkering down on finalizing the revised and expanded version of Maximizing LinkedIn for Business Growth. It will be double in size, and...

Neal Schaffer's Top 10 Weekly News July 18, 2025 Hey Reader, I posted this on my LinkedIn yesterday, so I thought I would share it with you all as well.As I continue to write my updated and expanded version of Maximizing LinkedIn for Business Growth, I am considering dedicating a new chapter to real-life success stories. I’m looking for organic LinkedIn wins—no automation tools, no paid ads, no Sales Navigator. Just smart, strategic use of LinkedIn that led to real business results. Are you...

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Neal Schaffer's Top 10 Weekly News July 11, 2025 Hey Reader, As I continue working on my revision of Maximizing LinkedIn for Business Growth, I am looking to bring some new concepts into the book to provide deeper value to the reader. I go into this topic deeper in this week's podcast, Organize, Follow Up, Grow: A New Digital Marketing Mindset, but even after recording that I have been looking for the perfect CRM to integrate LinkedIn activities with your own email and calendar with a system...

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Neal Schaffer's Top 10 Weekly News July 04, 2025 Hey Reader, To my American friends, Happy 4th of July! I have been spending time preparing for an updated and expanded version of my latest book on LinkedIn, Maximizing LinkedIn for Business Growth. So if you are reading this I have a few humble requests: If you have read the book and haven't reviewed it yet, would you consider adding a review to help improve its visibility in Amazon? You can do so by clicking here. I am looking for feedback on...

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Neal Schaffer's Top 10 Weekly News June 27, 2025 Hey Reader, Do you use a productivity app to help you best manage your time? To be honest with you, I have never used anything more than logging to-dos on my Google Calendar. While a lot of people think I create a lot of content on a regular basis, I want to be able to create content more long-form content such as books and courses. I need to improve my productivity and improve my habits to be able to carve out more time in my busy schedule....