July 16 is National AI Appreciation Day…
At Avenue9, we believe AI should help marketers, not replace them, annoy their customers, or flood their inboxes with AI slop. This national holiday was designed to honor and share the ways AI is helping humanity, and it encourages to complete the sentence: “Without AI, I…” #WOAII
This year, without AI, I wouldn’t have:
- ✅ Launched Avenue9
- ✅ Written an Amazon best-selling book, Playful Humans
- ✅ Produced the Human-First AI Marketing podcasts
- ✅ Hired my first amazing human marketing assistant – Thanks, Tebatso!
- ✅ Or had time to enjoy actual life outside of work in my new home of Newburyport, MA
That’s why I’m celebrating the tools that actually make marketing easier, more human, and way less soul-crushing with my 2025 AI Marketing Awards! AI doesn’t replace you or your strategy; it replaces the boring, soul-crushing parts of execution.
These 9 tools help us at Avenue9:
- Create better content in half the time
- Summarize meetings and speed up follow-ups
- Turn long videos into short, snackable clips
- Build sales pipeline without burning bridges
- Launch websites, podcasts, and campaigns faster
I gave them high school superlatives because the good AI tools deserve a little recognition. Let’s meet the Class of 2025…
🏆 The Avenue9 Human-First AI Marketing Awards Class of 2025 🏆
🧠 ChatGPT – Most Likely to Write Your Autobiography & This Blog Post
- Writes social posts, podcasts, sales scripts, and everything in between—without the awkwardness of a blank page.
🎧 Zoom AI Companion – Most Likely to Remember Everything & Perfect Attendance Award
- Meeting notes? Transcripts? Action items? Zoom AI takes care of it while you “listen” with your camera off.
🎨 Gamma – Most Likely to Make You Look Smarter Than You Are
- Turns your chicken scratch notes into pitch decks, LinkedIn carousels, and social posts that actually look professional.
📓 Notebook LM – Most Organized & Best Banter
- Think of it as your AI research assistant who keeps notes tidy and can actually hold a smart conversation with you.
🎙️ Descript – Most Likely to Cut Your Rant into a Viral Instagram Reel
- Your audio/video editing intern that doesn’t whine—cleans up podcasts, clips videos, and deletes your “uhhs.”
🪩 Cohost AI (Buzzsprout) – Most Likely to Listen to Your Podcast
- Creates episode titles, summaries, and social posts so you can focus on the conversation, not the post-production grind. My podcasts are hosted on Buzzsprout for their easy podcast publishing and syndication tools.
🖥️ Elementor AI – Best Dressed Website
- Builds polished, on-brand websites and writes page copy faster than you can say, “Who has the WordPress login?”
✍️ Grammarly – Most Likely to Correct You Mid-Sentence
- Judges your typos silently but saves your credibility loudly. Every writer’s most honest friend.
📈 SalesConnector – Most Likely to Slide into Your LinkedIn DMs
- Finds prospects, warms up leads, and automates first touches without sounding like a desperate LinkedIn bro.
Want to Make AI Work for You?
At Avenue9, we combine smart tools like these with smarter strategy so you can market like a big brand without blowing your budget, burning out your team, or burning bridges with your audience.
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