• 25: $6,000 in AI Failures - The Most Honest Season Finale Ever
    Aug 21 2025
    Most business podcasts end their season with highlight reels and success stories. But that's not how we roll at AI Queens. Instead, Erika is sharing her most expensive AI failures: over $6,000 in combined costs and countless hours that could have been spent making money instead of chasing shiny AI objects like a squirrel with a credit card. Key Failures Covered: The $500/month tool addiction - How FOMO led to subscribing to multiple AI tools that did the exact same thing, including an AI tool for organizing other AI tools The strategic storytelling bot disaster - $2,300 in billable time trying to create a "one-size-fits-all" bot that ended up sitting unfinished in ChatGPT The great proposal disaster - Trusting AI output without thorough review and having to backpedal in front of a client The image generation time sink - Two-hour rabbit holes trying to get the perfect AI-generated image, complete with six-fingered hands and floating torsos These weren't just expensive mistakes. They were the most valuable market research Erika has ever done. Each failure taught lessons about focus, customization, strategy, and setting boundaries that no success story could provide. Credibility doesn't come from a perfect track record. It comes from scars, stories, and the wisdom that only comes from being in the trenches. Now when clients ask about specific tools, Erika doesn't just know the marketing promises, she knows the real-world limitations. Want to avoid these expensive mistakes? Check out the Brand to Bot Blueprint, where we start with your brand clarity and expertise first, then add AI strategically. Because AI without strategy is just expensive chaos. Get Erika's Chrome Extension and Follow Her Substack: https://aiqueenssociety.com/ Connect with Erika and join the AI Queens Society! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mileenddigital⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/ejejstanley⁠⁠⁠⁠
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  • 24: GPT-5 Just Dropped: 4 Ways to Use ChatGPT Like a Strategic Partner (Not Like Everyone Else)
    Aug 14 2025
    OpenAI just released GPT-5, and while everyone's buzzing about the improvements, most people are still going to use it exactly like they used GPT-4 - generically. The real power isn't in the new features; it's in how you personalize AI to work as your strategic business partner instead of just another content generator. In this episode, Erika breaks down what's actually changed with GPT-5 and then delivers her four-step framework to stop using ChatGPT like everyone else and start making it work specifically for you and your business. Key Points Covered: What's New with GPT-5: Unified system, better coding capabilities for no-code app creation, improved creative writing with fewer AI tells, enhanced image analysis, and dramatically better math accuracy (100% vs. 42% on college-level problems) The Personalization Framework: Four strategic ways to transform ChatGPT from generic tool to customized business advisor that understands your brand, voice, and specific needs Strategic AI Applications: How to use AI for sales call analysis, pattern recognition, and business optimization - going far beyond content creation The Screenshot Strategy: A brilliant method for turning content inspiration into uniquely yours using ethical prompting techniques Custom Instructions & Memories: How to set up ChatGPT to remember what matters about your business while forgetting the irrelevant details The women who thrive with AI aren't the ones using it like everyone else - they're the ones who understand that personalization is the foundation of effective AI. When you combine strategic customization with GPT-5's new capabilities, you're not just using AI; you're creating a business partner that thinks and strategizes like you. Ready to stop using ChatGPT generically and start making it work strategically for your business? Erika's Brand to Bot Blueprint helps you create a fully customized AI system that knows your voice, audience, and business inside and out. Connect with Erika and join the AI Queens Society! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mileenddigital⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/ejejstanley⁠⁠⁠⁠
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  • 23: ChatGPT is Lying to You: What Taylor Swift's Grammy "Win" Taught Me About AI Hallucinations
    Aug 7 2025
    What happens when AI confidently tells you something that sounds completely plausible, but is totally wrong? Erika's husband discovered this the hard way when ChatGPT served up false facts about Taylor Swift's Grammy wins with complete authority. This 'fight with the robots' quickly became a perfect example of AI hallucinations in action. Here's the bigger picture: If AI can lie this convincingly about something as verifiable as Grammy winners, what else is it getting wrong in your business? When you're using these tools to research your industry, draft client proposals, or create content, those same confident-sounding fabrications could be undermining your professional credibility. The difference is, your competitors probably don't know how to spot the lies—but you're about to. Key Points: What AI hallucinations are: When AI generates outputs that sound plausible but are factually wrong, made up, or completely irrelevant Why they happen: LLMs learn patterns, not facts. They don't have built-in truth detectors and are designed to sound confident even when wrong Real-world consequences: From lawyers citing fake cases to professors wrongly failing students, hallucinations are causing serious problems Math and counting issues: AI is terrible at basic calculations and word counts because it processes tokens, not individual numbers or letters Verification strategies: Use Perplexity for sourced research, enable web search in ChatGPT/Claude, and try self-contained tools like Notebook LM The Bottom Line: Your expertise, real-world experience, and common sense are what make you irreplaceable in an AI-powered world. You don't have to avoid AI. You just need to know how to use it strategically while keeping your critical thinking skills sharp. Ready to learn how to use AI as your strategic partner instead of blindly trusting its outputs? Check out the Brand to Bot Blueprint, where we start with crystal clear brand strategy before building any AI systems. Connect with Erika and join the AI Queens Society! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mileenddigital⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/ejejstanley⁠⁠⁠⁠
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  • 22: How to Use AI as Your CFO, CMO + COO (Even if You’re a Team of One)
    Jul 31 2025
    Most entrepreneurs are amazing at what they do, but when it comes to making big strategic business decisions, they're flying blind. You know you need that C-suite level thinking, but you can't afford a six-figure CMO or even a fractional one at $5,000 a month. What if you could build your own AI-powered executive team instead? In this episode, Erika breaks down exactly how to create strategic AI advisors that think like seasoned executives and are available 24/7 for the cost of your monthly AI subscription. But here's the key: this only works if you have a solid strategic foundation first. Key Strategic Roles Your AI Team Can Fill: AI CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Run financial scenario modeling before major decisions Analyze pricing strategies and identify money left on the table Project cash flow for investments and planning Provide gut checks on business expenses and growth investments AI CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) Develop market positioning strategies based on competitive analysis Plan and optimize campaign timelines and messaging Map customer journeys and identify conversion gaps Think beyond tactics to actual strategic marketing that drives results AI COO (Chief Operating Officer) Analyze workflows and identify automation opportunities Streamline processes that are eating up your time Plan team structure and hiring priorities based on bottlenecks Help eliminate low-value activities that could be delegated AI Strategic Advisor Assess risks and mitigation strategies for major pivots Evaluate growth opportunities and business model changes Challenge your assumptions and identify blind spots Provide systems-level thinking for complex decisions The Foundation Requirement Remember: AI can't create strategy from nothing. It amplifies and refines the strategy you give it. Without clarity on your brand positioning, ideal client, unique value proposition, and business goals, your AI advisors will give you generic advice that sounds smart but doesn't move your business forward. When You Need Human Experts Use AI advisors as your first line of strategic thinking to get 70-80% of the way to a decision. Then bring in human experts for legal compliance, complex financial planning, industry-specific regulations, and crisis management requiring immediate human judgment. Ready to stop making gut decisions and start building strategic systems that amplify your genius? The future belongs to women who think bigger about what's possible. Get Started: Pick one area where you're struggling with strategic decisions and set up a basic AI advisor using Erika's prompting framework. Push it to go deeper if you're not getting the insights you need. Take It Further: Check out the Brand to Bot Blueprint at aicleans.com for the strategic foundation that makes everything else possible. Links & Resources Mentioned: Gamma AI Presentation Tool - The AI program Erika used to create presentations from essays "The Old Man and the Sea" AI Book Report: https://the-old-man-and-the-sea--astp7v0.gamma.site/ Brand to Bot Blueprint - aiqueens.com - Strategic foundation for building your AI advisory team Connect with Erika and join the AI Queens Society! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mileenddigital⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/ejejstanley⁠⁠⁠⁠
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  • 21: The $20 AI Hack That Replaces a Whole Research Department
    Jul 24 2025
    Get ready to level up your business intelligence game. In this episode, Erika reveals how deep research capabilities in AI tools can give you the same competitive insights that Fortune 500 companies pay thousands for—all for the price of a monthly subscription you might already have. Plus, she introduces the upgraded Crown 2.0 prompting framework and announces some exciting new ways to work with her directly. Key Themes & Takeaways: Deep research is your new competitive advantage - Access research capabilities that used to require expensive subscriptions and dedicated teams for just $20/month through platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity The Crown 2.0 framework transforms your prompting - Context, Role, Outcomes, Warnings, and Next questions create a structure that turns AI from a basic tool into your strategic business partner Four game-changing research applications - Discover what customers actually want, track competitor strategies, build messaging based on real language patterns, and create authority content with fresh angles Strategic implementation beats random experimentation - Moving from dabbling with AI to strategically implementing it in your workflows can save hours each week and position you as an industry authority The research revolution is here, and it's democratizing competitive intelligence. Early adopters are already seeing 4X revenue increases and 30-50 times time savings just from integrating deep research into their strategy and content workflows. This isn't about outsourcing your expertise to a robot. It's about moving faster, going deeper, and competing like a big brand without acting like one. Ready to stop guessing what your audience wants and start knowing exactly how to position yourself in the market? It's time to embrace the tools that will help you lead strategically in your niche. Take action: Visit AIQueens.com to access the Crown 2.0 framework, book a one-on-one AI strategy session, or explore all the resources mentioned in this episode. Resources Mentioned: AIQueens.com - Erika's new website with custom GPTs, speaking resources, and the one-on-one AI chat CEO edition service AI Queens Substack - Get the episode prompts and detailed overviews of each podcast episode AI Queens Society - Join the community for collaborative AI learning and support AI Platforms for Deep Research: ChatGPT - Deep research available with pro upgrade ($20/month) Claude - 50 free messages daily, thousands more with pro plan Google Gemini - Excellent free deep research capabilities, more with paid plan Perplexity - 5 free deep research queries daily, 500/day with $20/month plan Connect with Erika and join the AI Queens Society! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mileenddigital⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/ejejstanley⁠⁠⁠
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  • 20: 20 Real AF Questions Women Are Asking About AI (and What You Actually Need to Know) - Part 2
    Jul 17 2025
    Welcome back, queens! This is the second part of our milestone 20-question series, and we're diving deep into the career stuff that keeps you up at night. We're talking jobs, staying relevant, pricing your AI-enhanced services, and what's coming next that you absolutely need to know about. If you missed part one, go back and listen because we covered the business basics, ethics, privacy, and trust questions that might be holding you back from diving in headfirst. The Hard Truth About AI and Women's Jobs Why women are disproportionately at risk (and the data that will blow your mind) The jobs most likely to be automated and why they're overwhelmingly held by women How to become the leader who guides AI implementation instead of getting left behind Future-Proofing Your Career Why learning AI skills isn't just about survival - it's about leadership The skills AI can't replicate (and why women already excel at them) How to combine your natural strengths with AI literacy to become unstoppable The Practical Stuff That Matters AI regulations simplified (because someone had to make sense of this mess) Why you shouldn't change your pricing just because you're using AI Free vs. paid tools and what's actually worth the upgrade The biggest mistakes women are making with AI in business What's Coming Next Why AI adoption will be like email and the internet - unavoidable and essential The surfing metaphor that will change how you think about catching this wave How to stay curious and informed without getting overwhelmed We're not here to fear AI, and we're not here to worship it. We're here to learn it, approach it from an informed position, and become the leaders in this space that women deserve to be. Ready to stop waiting for the perfect moment and start riding the wave? Join the AI Queens Society and let's navigate this together - because the women who harness AI today are going to be the ones leading tomorrow. Resources Mentioned: Looking through the transcript, yes! Here are the resources Erika mentioned: Anne Murphy - has a group called "She Leads AI," fantastic follow on LinkedIn, conference coming up this fall Michael Stelzner - from Social Media Examiner, has an AI podcast, Erika has subscribed to their newsletter for about two decades Sinead Bovell - focuses on tech and ethics side, educational side of AI, has spoken at the UN and CNN, expert panels on AI and future of jobs Connect with Erika and join the AI Queens Society! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mileenddigital⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/ejejstanley⁠⁠
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  • 19: 20 Real Questions Women Are Asking About AI (and What You Actually Need to Know) - Part 1 of 2
    Jul 10 2025
    We're celebrating a big milestone as season one comes to an end! In this two-part series, Erika answers the real questions women business owners are asking about AI. No fluff here—just honest answers about using AI in your business. Part one covers the basics: how to use AI to save time, privacy concerns, and the big picture stuff that might be stopping you from trying it. This isn't about becoming a tech expert. It's about getting clear on how AI can actually help your business. What You'll Learn: Start Small with AI - Pick one daily task and figure out how AI can make it easier The CROWN Method - A simple way to write AI prompts that actually work (Context, Role, Outcomes, Warnings, Next questions) Keep Your Voice - How to teach AI to sound like you, not a robot Pick One Platform - Why mastering one AI tool is better than trying five different ones Privacy Facts - What AI companies actually do with your conversations AI Bias is Real - Why women using AI helps fix the problem Using AI Ethically - When AI helps your business vs when it crosses the line Environmental Impact - Why AI uses a lot of energy and how to be smart about it Whether you're curious about AI or worried about it, this episode gives you straight talk about what works and what doesn't. Erika keeps it real about both the good and bad sides of AI. Want to learn more? Join the AI Queens Society at AIQueensSociety.com. Send your AI questions to Erika on Instagram @AIQueensPodcast or LinkedIn—she might answer them in Part 2 next week! Resources Mentioned: There's An AI For That - Directory of AI tools for everything AI Queens Society - Join the community and access workshops like the Brand Informed Systems Hub (BISH) framework Connect with Erika! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mileenddigital⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/ejejstanley⁠
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  • 18: Build Your Email Empire: AI-Powered Storytelling Framework
    Jul 3 2025
    Picture this: it's Labor Day weekend, and while everyone else is scrambling back from vacation panicking about their Q4 content, you're sipping something cold because you've got 20+ story-driven emails locked and loaded. This episode breaks down Erika's nine-week email empire framework that turns your summer downtime into your most strategic business move of the year. If you're tired of staring at blank email drafts, sick of sounding like everyone else, and ready to turn what you already know into emails that connect and convert without babysitting—this system is for you. Key Themes: Strategic storytelling over tips and templates - Your authentic stories become the bridge between your expertise and your audience's needs AI as your brainstorming partner - Use ChatGPT and Claude to find connections you never saw before in your existing content Summer as your secret weapon - Build your email empire during the slow season so you're ready to dominate this fall Stories are everywhere - That LinkedIn post that got tons of comments? That Instagram story that filled your DMs? You already have a content goldmine Connection over conversion - The best emails don't teach, they connect through authentic storytelling Ready to build an email system that writes itself using the stories you're already living? Start collecting those everyday moments that make you think "huh, that's interesting" and turn them into your most powerful marketing asset. Want your email empire built before Labor Day? DM Erika "email empire" to book your Brand to Bot Blueprint session and get your strategic storytelling system in place. Resources: Laura Belgray's "33 Non-Sucky Subject Lines": https://www.talkingshrimp.com/subjectlines Erika's episode about repurposing: "AI Content Repurposing: The Royal Method for a Month of Posts" https://aiqueens.substack.com/p/08-ai-content-repurposing-the-royal-7ca Connect with Erika! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mileenddigital⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/ejejstanley
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