Essentialism, AI Deep Research, and Content Blocks Solved
Fresh energy and exciting breakthroughs are always in the AI air!
🎙️ Featured Podcast Episode: Websites that Work - Accessibility, SEO, and Essentialism
In another insightful episode of AI Literacy for Entrepreneurs, I sat down with Steph Sedgwick, founder of Clarity Web Design, to talk about what truly makes a website effective in the evolving digital landscape.
Here's what you'll learn in the episode:
Why good web design in 2025 goes beyond just looking pretty - it's about functionality, accessibility, and strategic clarity.
How focusing on web accessibility can significantly boost your organic traffic - Steph sees increases of 450%.
Practical SEO insights to ensure your website is not just found, but actually read, using AI-driven readability audits and content refinement.
Steph also debunks myths around AI-generated websites, emphasizing that while AI is a powerful assistant, human insight remains irreplaceable in the web design space right now.
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Buying Back My Time: March Blew My Mind
March was absolutely phenomenal!
Why?
Because life is wild, full, and I'm finally owning it! I've been dreaming of this for years: truly operating in my zone of genius.
And guess what?
I'm achieving it, thanks to strategically implementing AI in my business.
I'm now working less (a 4 day work week is what I’m playing with next), creating abundance, and making the biggest impact of my career.
If that kind of transformation excites you, you'll thrive in my AI Implementation Mastermind.
100% flow.
No tech skills needed.
Our only goal is to make our businesses unrecognizable in quantum time.
✨ WE START NOW!
🔥 Inside my AI Mastermind - Marketing Power Circle (MPC)
This month inside MPC, we've been laser-focused on the big picture thinking that AI can bring. Heading into the spring, members will be:
✨ Building custom GPTs to dramatically simplify and amplify workflows
✨ Conducting deep, strategic AI research tailored specifically to each member’s business
✨ Learning the essentials of AI-powered intelligent automation
If you’ve been thinking of joining us, the time is now to make the commitment to your AI literacy.
You’ll streamline your workflows, reclaim lost time, and accelerate your impact in ways you never thought possible.
PS: Here’s a literal photo of my lunch. I treat MPC like ‘lunch and learn’ at its finest. And I encourage others to if they like. My lunch this day was leftover soy biryani and veggie heavy dal with pickled onions, cucumbers, crunchies, and a fried chili. (we meal prep on weekends)
📊 Content Creation Blocks: Could Getting Dressed be the Problem?
Content creation blocks are very real - especially when you're a founder spinning multiple plates. One often-overlooked barrier, particularly for women entrepreneurs, is the feeling of needing to be "camera-ready".
I chatted about this sneaky barrier with Executive Style Strategist Renée Lindo on Episode 233 of AI Literacy for Entrepreneurs (find it on Apple here - and while you’re there, please drop us a quick 5🌟 review to help more entrepreneurs find us!).
We agreed: getting dressed - even if you're working from home - can significantly shift your mindset, boost productivity, and make showing up spontaneously to create content feel effortless. (Hair and makeup included, if we're being real here.)
I ran a LinkedIn poll, and here's what you said:
Does your outfit impact your content creation? I'd love to hear your take - email me or DM me on LinkedIn (Susan Diaz) and let's normalize these real-life founder struggles.
🎬New IG Series: "What I Wore to Teach the Next Generation of Marketers"
You may know that I teach Content Marketing (AI-forward, obvi) at York University in Toronto. This means getting dressed and leaving the house twice a week, in something other than sweatpants, after a very long time. (Hello, 5-year-pandemic-anniversary).
To keep things fun, I’ve started a (hopefully relatable) new IG series breaking down my outfits each week.
Here’s a snippet of the kinda sit-down-comic-ness I’m bringing to the narrative so you can see if this is your vibe.
If it is. Hit follow on Instagram. (I’ll return the favour if you have a functional page)
Spectacles: permanently on my head like a crown of poor vision. This one is my well loved Balenciaga complete with puppy chew marks if you look closely. It’s kinda become my signature personal brand look from my many podcast recordings in it. I need new ones but apparently insurance thinks aging eyes are a luxury. The won’t cover my progressives 🤷♀️
Ageism is real, folks.
Peace,
sd
