Ian @ Lean Media

Creator of @in30minutes @easygenie & Lean Media framework. #MIT #IDG #KLF #台灣

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

Far too many sketchy Amazon sellers like this: 24% one-star ratings, yet still operating.

I received a branded item but it was a competing item from a different brand. It looked like it was drop-shipped, too, from the UK no less ( Amazon didn't make this clear during checkout).

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

LinkedIn is getting serious about AI slop, recognizing that AI posts, essays, and comments kill genuine engagement. It claims a 94% success rate identifying slop.

Concerned about edge cases, though. Example: non-native speakers using AI copy editor.

https://t.co/4cTGTcVpX6

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

No Prime Day deals for customers this year.

The only "eligible ASIN" is a low-selling, low-margin product which I would be selling at a loss and few would buy.

Heroes are not eligible. Waste of time to even dangle this in front of sellers.

And: more proof Amazon 'AI' is BAF

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

When Gemini is wrong, sometimes it won't give up.

Wasted a ton of time trying to create random samples in Klaviyo from its advice. Utter fail.

#aifail

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

@jake_rm_ Must be a staggered rollout.

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

@paulg There is a saying in Chinese, 笑面虎, "Tiger with a smiling face."

Or what's that old Sicilian saying? "Revenge is a dish best served cold."

[Jane Manchun Wong @wongmjane]

Meta gave zero updates about the AI bot hacking incident until it got to the press. And when they do, it’s just tucked as replies under someone’s tweet

Congrats on laying off T&S and automating the accounts support with gullible AI bots tho, hope you liked that promo packet.

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

No, @AlibabaGroup, I am not receptive to being "groomed" for money or for anything else.

And screw your "confidential information" disclosure that I never consented to when your team decided to spam me.

And where's the required opt-out link?

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

Author: I need you to fix my ads. They're not working the way they should.

Me: Not surprising. Your Amazon listing needs work. You need to fix that now.

Author. No! I already hired a marketer and someone to do metadata. Just evaluate my campaigns. Tell me what's wrong!

Me: 🤷‍♂️

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

I advised a traditionally published author about optimizing Amazon Ad campaigns.

The author said that ad support from his publishers was very limited, as they have too many other titles in the pipeline.

The author opted to pay for ads out of pocket to get more visibility/sales

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

@jason_pontin Does this mean Conrad counts as British? Or he regarded himself differently?

Would be interested in seeing your top 5 UK authors ...

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

@vurnt22 There are a handful of fantastic artists who can create in multiple domains.

Phil Hartman, Dennis Hopper, Steve Martin, Captain Beefheart and a bunch of UK musicians who came up through art school ...

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

On ~1 million extra ISBNs in 2025:

"Serious publishers need to perform serious due diligence to catch writers misrepresenting AI-written works as their own. There are parallels with the even older problem of plagiarized content making it into print."

https://t.co/cmPBFxoovk

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

Via the experienced New England weather forecaster @growingwisdom. The spot on the map is 30 miles from our home.

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

One of the many folks in and around Boston who heard and felt the mystery explosion.

It's been stormy all day and we thought a tree hit the house. Went outside, walked the neighborhood, nothing.

FB is lit up wondering what the heck we all heard, hoping it's not a disaster.

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

@NewsPolitics Confirmed?

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

@GurneyJourney Talented photojournalist colleague from my newspaper days back in the 90s now drives a bus.

It was always a precarious existence but WWW, Craigslist, digital advertising, decent phone cameras, and changing consumer habits undermined the models that supported photojournalism.

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

Does anyone else feel kind of dumb after a pointless argument with Gemini's silly constraints?

[Michael Patrón @michaelpatron0]

I think Amazon is going to see a lot of sellers pull back on PPC in a big way because of their new fees and policies. We went from 140K in Jan to under 115K spend. Once Aug 1st rolls around and we can no longer pay our invoices with CC, we will be taking our spend even...

[Ian @ Lean Media @leanmediaorg]

"As the promised royalty payments don’t arrive, the scammer strings the author along with promises and excuses–often for months, as the author refuses to give up hope and the scammer works to keep them on the hook."

https://t.co/CwDZy0mquu via @victoriastrauss #writerbeware