WELCOME TO SOC•AI•L SKYLINES

Social Skylines is a podcast for creatives, marketers, and curious minds navigating the AI shift.

Each episode explores how AI is being used across content, strategy, branding, and creative work, with honest conversations about what’s useful, what’s not so hot, and what is disrupting the industry.

EPISODE 1

This episode features Tomas Haffenden, Senior Creative Producer at Telstra.

We'll unpack:

  • Why AI is accelerating creative output
  • The “tsunami of sameness”
  • Why linguistics shapes your results
  • Why curation is becoming more valuable, not less

EPISODE 2

Jimmy Wong is a fixture on Sydney's foodie scene. As a two-time Masterchef contestant, food blogger, content creator, chef, and president of the Surry Hills Business District, Jimmy is a busy man. So it comes as no surprise that Jimmy's embraced AI as a way to save time and make his life - and his business's life - more efficent.

In this episode, Jimmy covers AI from three angles.

  • How he uses it professionally as a chef.
  • How AI enhances his content creation without compromising his authenticity.
  • How he's seen small businesses in Surry Hills use AI to help them with everything from budgeting and costs to marketing plans.
  • Where to get the best Bahn Mi in Sydney.

Restaurants might not seem the most obvious sector to embrace AI, but as Jimmy tells Christina and Gary, a good AI assistant is as essential as a good chef's knife.

EPISODE 3

Has AI made the copywriter redundant? It's a topic that causes a lot of anxiety in the content marketing industry. Why pay for a professional when ChatGPT can churn out hundreds of articles in minutes? Leanne Shelton had the same anxiety. As a professional writer and content marketer she quickly saw the threat and the opportunity from AI, so she made it her mission to become an expert in AI, and then turned her knowledge into training businesses to harness AI, while keeping the human. And yes, she still writes.

In this episode, Leanne talks through:

  • How she pivoted from copywriting to AI coaching.
  • Why creative expertise is worth more when AI is involved in the production process.
  • Demonstrating the value of copy and content experience to clients.
  • How to partner with AI to enhance copy rather than churn out slop.

Leanne's interview is an in-depth analysis that's a must for anybody working in copywriting or for non-writers trying to use AI for content.

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