Going social: using AI to go viral 🚀

Hey AI Puppies,

So you’ve been tinkering with AI, learning the ropes, and starting to feel good with your training wheels.

In our past few newsletters, we’ve explored how AI can help you in your personal and professional pursuits.

But what about public ones?

In the modern world, there’s no way around it: everyone needs an online presence. Whether you’re a LinkedIn lurker, Instagram inspiration, or TikTok talent, there’s a motive for virality in just about every industry.

The strange part of social media, however, is that it’s equal parts easy and equal parts impossible to gain traction.

There’s a cut-and-dry algorithm that uplifts certain content, but without a creative edge, it’s incredibly easy to get lost in the noise.

You know what does an excellent job of analyzing trends with an eye for style? That’s right, puppies: AI.

This week, we’re exploring a few different AI tools that can contribute to social media success 🤳📸 📈

The list of powerhouse tools is already in the hundreds (if not thousands), but we’re going to zero in on three that seem to be gaining the most traction:

📲Piggymagic

📲Adcreative.ai

📲Thumbnailai

Ready to say goodbye to social media stress? Let’s get into it!

Become a Stories Pro With PiggyMagic

If you didn’t already know that Instagram stories are just as important as Instagram grid posts, now you know: stories are essential for anyone hoping to reach IG fame.

And anyone who’s tried to put together a strong story sequence on the fly knows that they’re nothing short of time-consuming.

They have to look clean and consistent, and even more challenging, stories need to push for engagement more than traditional posts. That goes for stories on Snapchat, TikTok, and Facebook, too 😅

Enter PiggyMagic, a social story maker powered by AI that transforms short prompts into gorgeous post-worthy sequences ✨

Puppies, it’s almost too easy to use:

1. Head to www.piggy.to/magic

2. Choose between Story or Quiz (more on Summarize later)

3. Enter a short story prompt with a few key details

You do have to enter your email to receive your creation, but it’ll arrive in your inbox within two minutes (check promotions if you use Gmail). Your creation will expire in 60 minutes, so be sure to download it immediately.

We literally only entered “Puppies in cute outfits,” and received these stunning stories:

For the Quiz function (an easy hack to boost engagement), we entered “Which puppy is cutest,” and got a full length quiz. Here are just the first two slides:

Want to edit your creation? Easy. Just download the PiggyMagic app to swap out photos and edit text.

That last function ‘Summarize’ is pretty cool, too — just enter a body of text to simplify it into story-friendly copy.

Now, your story is in your own hands – literally!

We took the plunge ourselves and made a whole story with the tool (though we did do some editing before posting: check it out on today’s Instagram story, Twitter, or LinkedIn!

And like many of the AI tools we’re testing, this is only the Beta version. Just imagine where this will go from here.

Leveling Up With Adcreative.ai

Of course, there’s a lot more to marketing these days than story posts.

Whether you market on different forms of social media or stick to traditional methods, there’s a lot of content that needs to be created: copy, headlines, graphics, and of course, data and insights.

Adcreative.ai strives to create all of this and more, starting at $21/month. Powered by AI, it’s an ad creative and banner generator aimed at boosting conversions for businesses.

How can an AI capture your brand voice across so many mediums? When you sign up, it asks for three things:

1. A logo

2. 3 leading colors

3. Your brand’s description

When it’s time to create a specific ad:

1. Choose the size of your creative based on where it’ll go – a Facebook banner, a story sequence, or even a billboard.

2. Enter your target audience for this particular ad. If you’d prefer to stick to your own copy, you can enter it before creating the ad. For a higher membership price, you can also have it generate recommended AI copy.

3. Upload a background image, or select one from their library (again, for a higher monthly membership price).

Voila – you’ll then receive 100+ creatives in line with your prompts and brand. Once they’re posted, you’ll also get insight into their performance:

This tool is also ultra-advanced thanks to collaborations and integrations. It connects to Google, Facebook, ADYOUNEED, and Zapier, and you can invite up to 25 users to work simultaneously.

While PiggyMagic is something anyone can use for personal and professional accounts alike, we have a feeling Adcreative.ai will be far more useful for…

👉 Do-it-all marketers who don’t have the support of a team behind them

👉 Business owners who don’t have the resources to hire a marketer

👉 Marketing teams who need to test out ideas and speed up their operation

This is one of our pricier tools we’ve explored, so be sure to give the 7-day free trial a shot!

A Quick Can’t-Miss Hack: Thumbnail.ai

While PiggyMagic makes postable content and Adcreative.ai replicates the agency experience, there are plenty of easy, breezy, bite-sized tools to explore as well.

One such tool is Thumbnail.ai, which gives you fast feedback on potential thumbnails for YouTube. We love this one because…

📸You don’t need to sign up to use it

📸Feedback is delivered immediately within the web page

📸It’s a great gut check with data-driven insights

Before you post your next YouTube video, all you have to do is visit the website, upload your thumbnail draft, and wait a few seconds for feedback. You’ll receive a ranking on a scale of 1-10 and actionable tips. We uploaded a basic image, and received these (verbatim):

• Add expressive faces to the thumbnail

• The image needs to have good contrast and saturation in the colors

• Add short, bold and contrasted text on the thumbnail

• It's usually better to limit the number of elements in the thumbnail to a handful to make them more visible and eye-catchy

Easy! In our book, there’s no reason not to use this one.

Your Next Assignment

Puppies, the onset of tools like these (for better or for worse) means one thing: there really aren’t any more excuses on the social media front.

Gen Z or Boomer, social media pro or social media hater, the wide world of online networking has never been more accessible.

Thanks to tools like these, we’re even making our social media debut! While we’re on the topic, please take a quick second to give us a follow on…

• Facebook

• Twitter

• Instagram

• LinkedIn

• YouTube

• TikTok

… that’s your first assignment. As usual, your next assignment is to test out any of these tools (PiggyMagic, Adcreative.ai, and/or Thumbnail.ai) and let us know your thoughts with a quick social media @!

That’s it for this week, puppies. We’ll be back in your inbox soon to continue exploring the latest AI use cases for your career, personal development, and beyond!

Take care and talk soon,

The AI Puppy