1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,500 Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of Data and AI with Mukundan. 2 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:09,500 In this episode, we're going to be talking about AI agents, but this time, just focus on content creators. 3 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:15,000 So I myself am a content creator and I think this is something that could help other content creators 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:20,000 who are podcast hosts, bloggers, YouTubers and other kinds of content creators. 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,000 So in this episode, we're going to be looking at what are AI agents, 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:28,000 what are some of the challenges that creators face, why AI agents are the game changers, 7 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:33,000 what are the key benefits for creators, a workflow example with Zapier, 8 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:39,000 best AI tools for creators, transformation, which is a before and after AI, and a final takeaway. 9 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:45,000 What are AI agents? AI agents are these autonomous systems that perform tasks like idea generation. 10 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:51,000 So let's say if you're a content creator and you're struggling to come up with new ideas, 11 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,000 an AI agent can help you with that. And it can also help you with content creation. 12 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:01,000 It'll help you create your blog, it'll help you create a podcast and help you publish it as well. 13 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,000 You can publish it to different social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook. 14 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:11,000 AI agents will help with that. They help automate workflows and handle repetitive tasks. 15 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,000 So creators can focus on strategy and creativity. 16 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:20,000 AI agents integrate seamlessly with tools like Zapier, which help create powerful automation workflows. 17 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,000 What are some of the challenges content creators face? 18 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:32,000 We as content creators are spending too much time on repetitive tasks like scheduling or formatting the blog, 19 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:37,000 formatting the episode description, formatting the transcript for the podcast. 20 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:46,000 These are repetitive tasks and can get really frustrating to be spending time you could be actually spending to create content. 21 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:53,000 So that's not ideal. We content creators, we have difficulty in staying consistent with high quality output. 22 00:01:53,000 --> 00:02:00,000 And then we have limited time to analyze performance, like what went well and what did not go well. 23 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Because we are spending time on these other tasks and it doesn't really give us enough time to analyze our existing strategies and improve on them. 24 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:16,000 So the problem is we're trying to scale up and we don't want to compromise on who we are and we don't have an existing way if it weren't for agents. 25 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:23,000 So now let's talk about why AI agents are the game changers. They help automate repetitive tasks to save hours every week. 26 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:28,000 They provide tools for scaling content creation effectively. 27 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:34,000 They also offer insights, which are data driven recommendations to help improve engagement. 28 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:39,000 They enhance creativity with brainstorming, content drafting and visuals. 29 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:47,000 So if I want to focus specifically on creators, here are some of the key benefits that creators have with AI agents. 30 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:53,000 They save time by time by automating admin tasks like scheduling and even the analytics space. 31 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,000 They help create high quality personalized content with AI support. 32 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:03,000 They consistently produce engaging blogs, videos and social media posts. 33 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000 And they also help free up time to focus on creativity and strategy. 34 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,000 That's what a content creators focus should be. Right. I mean, they should be focusing more on the creative aspect. 35 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,000 That's where their interest is. And that's why they're content creators. 36 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:26,000 But they also have to do all this admin related. Now let's look at a workflow example of how content creators can use AI agents. 37 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:31,000 So in this particular example, I just I'm going to give you a more oral walkthrough. 38 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,000 We're going to do another video walkthrough of using AI agents with Zapier. 39 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 So this one, I just want to talk through this and just see what you think. 40 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:49,000 And then we can do a video tutorial of how to build one AI agent from scratch using Zapier in the next AI agent related podcast. Right. 41 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,000 So let's look at using Zapier, how we can do an AI agent. 42 00:03:53,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Initially, you would build out an idea. So this idea would be your input stage where you'll have chat, GPT to brainstorm your content ideas. 43 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:11,000 And then once these ideas are generated, you will send out a draft to Notion using Zapier as well. 44 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:19,000 So it'll be like a two step process at this point. Chat GPT for the first one to brainstorm ideas and send it to Notion. 45 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Then you can create visuals with Canva for your social media. 46 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:31,000 So that would be a step number three. Canva would be triggered for the new ideas. 47 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,000 And Notion would be helping you store these ideas. And so Canva with step number three. 48 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:42,000 And then Zapier can help schedule posts on code suite or social media platforms. 49 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,000 So it can do that kind of scheduling as well. 50 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:58,000 So maybe you can schedule your post to Twitter once Canva has designed it and connect an analytics tool like Google Sheets or any kind of analytics platform. 51 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,000 So that kind of performance tracking is also available with Zapier. 52 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:08,000 So an end to end workflow is what I was talking about. Basically, you use chat GPT to brainstorm content ideas. 53 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:13,000 You send out a draft of these ideas to Notion. Then you use Canva to design social media posts. 54 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:21,000 You help schedule these posts using a scheduler and use analytics tools could be any kind of analytics tools that Zapier provides. 55 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:26,000 You can use it to track performance. And that's how you have an AI agent with Zapier. 56 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:35,000 So what are some of the best AI tools that creators can leverage for their content creation and especially as an AI agent? 57 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Right. For the AI agent purposes, you can use chat GPT like I spoke about previously. Canva as well. Zapier is the main tool. 58 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:51,000 And then Dali, which is like an image creating tool. So it can create AI based images with Dali. 59 00:05:51,000 --> 00:06:00,000 And in chat GPT, if you have like the paid subscription, you can directly have a Dali based GPT, which would create an image for you. 60 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:07,000 And it's pretty easy to do it from there. And buffer is a tool which you can use to schedule and manage your social media posts. 61 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:15,000 And I've also seen you can do it with Canva directly as well. So either Canva or buffer for scheduling social media posts. 62 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:27,000 And even with the earlier example with the AI agents where we were using Zapier for scheduling, you can use buffer or root suite or even Canva for scheduling posts. 63 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:33,000 So again, multiple tools are available. It's just up to you as a content creator, which tool you want to use. 64 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:39,000 So now let's look at what happens before and after using an AI based agent. 65 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Before using this agent, content creation can feel overwhelming, time consuming. You're often spending time on repetitive tasks. 66 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:57,000 But after using an agent, your workflows are more streamlined. You have more time for strategic planning. 67 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Consistent high quality content is being produced by you because you have more time for yourself for the content creation aspect. 68 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:19,000 So that's something that really excites you. You like creating content, but don't be bogged down by having your time taken away from you in all these admin related tasks, which you don't enjoy. 69 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Let AI agents worry for you. Let AI agents take care of it for you. And you can be more free. 70 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:40,000 And that's what we are all aiming to do. And that's why we have gotten into content creating so that we are able to express ourselves more freely and AI agents can help us be more free. 71 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:44,000 And that's the main aim, right? 72 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:51,000 So just wanted to conclude today's episode. AI agents are transformative tools for content creators. 73 00:07:51,000 --> 00:08:09,000 They save time, boost creativity and they help streamline workflows. So start experimenting with tools like ChartGPT, Zapier, Canva and Buffer, Hootsuite and other things which I mentioned earlier, which would help revolutionize your content creation process. 74 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:16,000 That's all for this episode. If you like this episode, please leave a five star rating on your favorite podcast platform. 75 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:27,000 And if you have any comments, just feel free to reach out to me directly on my website mukundansankar.substack.com and I will add links in the show notes. 76 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:50,000 That's all for this episode. Thank you and I will see you in the next one.