Hi Reader,

Last week, we talked about Fire Horse energy and how 2026 is asking you to ride, not hide.

Did my Marketing Forecast for the Year of the Fire Horse land for your Chinese zodiac sign?

Today, I want to get very practical about one thing shaping all of this: AI.

AI is everywhere now.

That means humanness – your stories, your lived experience, your original perspective – is the new scarcity.​​

Brandwatch’s 2026 report shows people are fed up with low-effort, AI-heavy content, with mentions of “slop” rising over 200% last year and most of that conversation being negative.

The message is clear: your audience can smell “AI for the sake of content” from a mile away.

How to stay human with AI

I wrote a new article, How to Use AI in Marketing Without Going Vanilla, plus a video and worksheet to guide you through it.​​

Inside, I share eight practical moves to use AI as a support tool, not a stand-in for your voice, your strategy or your humanity.​​

A few teasers from the framework:

1. Keep at least 80% of your core content human-led – AI can help you brainstorm and tidy, but your key ideas should come from real conversations and experiences.​
2. Learn a small handful of tools deeply and ignore the rest – spend more time understanding your customer, less time chasing the latest shiny AI feature.​
3. Use AI to draft, you to refine – your edits, stories and opinions are what make the content unmistakably yours.​​

​Watch the video and download the worksheet here.​​​

Your action for this week

Pick one recurring marketing task – a weekly post, a newsletter segment, a Reel caption.

Experiment with using AI to support the process, then deliberately add back your stories, your language, your lived experience before you hit publish.

Notice how much more “you” it feels.

With warmth and wisdom,

Roslyn

P.S. If you want more support weaving this into a bigger 2026 plan, I’ll share upcoming ways to work together soon – especially for lifestyle entrepreneurs who want growth without burning out their health, relationships or creativity.

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ROSLYN FOO Marketing Strategist & Mentor, M. Comm Marketing CEO of Glamorazzi | Founder of Show Up School Paul Harris Fellow & Victorian Ambassador of Opportunity International Australia

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