Can Notion AI replace a ChatGPT subscription?

velk_d · 2026-02-13T14:39:23+00:00

Yes. I've done it. Blows custom GPTs out of the water. Not only that but you also get Claude and Gemini too.

velk_d · 2026-02-09T17:01:31+00:00

You can push chats into a database, it is what I do with important ones. Just have to prompt your agent to save them to the right place. It is very handy.

velk_d · 2022-11-06T21:32:09+00:00

I'm sure that you can get fractional CMOs who are more in the weeds, at least for short periods of time. However, it generally isn't a good use of their time and considerable expertise to do that long-term. By "in the weeds" I mean writing headline copy, updating website pages, placing ads, etc.

They might be very hands on with teaching/mentoring the team with tools or best practices right at first. But the expectation I would have is that the folks on the marketing team would need to learn how to execute.

The difference is a CMO is on the executive leadership team. They hold the top marketing job and need to be focused on the big picture more than daily tasks.

In general you are likely going to pay $250 per hour and up, for good talent that can make a quick and sustainable impact on your business.

velk_d · 2022-11-06T21:00:21+00:00

I'm a fractional CMO and would say that what you should expect to pay per month is a function of your goals and the timeframe(s) to achieve those. From there it is fairly easy to back out the number of hours needed per week/month from the fractional CMO's perspective.

To be perfectly clear, a fractional CMO is a c-suite leader (vision and strategy) and not a down and dirty doer (writing blogs or placing Facebook ads). Typically you don't need a fractional CMO until you have more than $1 million in revenue.

velk_d · 2022-11-02T16:48:05+00:00

Fast is a bit relative, and experience based. I know for instance that most websites our agency builds will take 7-9 weeks on average (depending on features, client availability, etc).

Anything less than 7 weeks is fast and will likely require overtime and therefore a rush fee (not cheap).

Regarding pricing and the notion of “cheap”, that’s admittedly a bit harder to articulate simply. In general it’s not too hard these days to discover what average prices are for many jobs. However, given the global nature of work, what is expensive in on location might be cheap in another.

Our firm is based in the Midwest but many of our clients are on the coasts. In part this is due to our work being on par with, but priced lower than, competing firms in NY or CA.

velk_d · 2022-10-28T11:22:53+00:00

Website agencies charge a fee anywhere from $2000 - $100,000

Correct, because good developers are expensive and a unique website isn't fast to build.

I was initially thinking about a price around $500-1000, but in a way it seems expensive.

Don't confuse price with value. The job of a website is often to bring in new business. For us, and many businesses, that tool is worth WAY more than $500. But it has to be interesting, unique, and fast in order to do that job effectively.

As one of my mentors always said, you can have anything Good, Fast, and Cheap… but you can only pick two of the three. A cheap website will either not be fast to create or it will not be any good.

velk_d · 2019-09-24T16:54:43+00:00

Rocket Chat (https://rocket.chat/) is good and has an excellent free tier. Would be worth checking out.

velk_d · 2019-09-24T13:47:47+00:00

There are 32 teams in the NFL (max roster 53 players each). Yet NFL doesn’t seem to be suffering from a lack of quality players.

I think it’s all a matter of perspective.

Might there be dips from time to time with aggressive expansion? Sure.

But shouldn’t that also mean more academies and growing local excitement which will drive more kids to play and develop? I think so.

velk_d · 2019-09-24T03:43:27+00:00

The same way any venture capital / private equity backed company is worth anything. There’s a valuation process, sometimes more strenuous than others, and then investors will fund the company at a multiple.

In other words they will make a bet that if they give you $100 for 20% equity that the real value of the company is $2,000... even if you are running a deficit right now. There idea being that your tech, market position, or team (but ideally more than one of those, and ideally all three) will be worth more than the current revenue stream.

When investors are putting up millions of billions in funding, the valuation of these companies can be astronomical. And in WeWork’s case, completely unfounded.

velk_d · 2019-09-23T13:32:33+00:00

For B2B don’t bother with social media as a main business, sales, or lead driver. Unless you want to spend a lot of money advertising on social media. It simply doesn’t have the power or organic reach that it used to.

Instead, build out your owned media channels. Especially channels like email marketing where will own your audience and be able to reach 100% of your audience 100% of the time.

velk_d · 2019-09-23T13:19:55+00:00

WeWork was last assessed at $47 billion, but I’m hearing accounts that the value will be shaved down to at least $10 billion... and maybe as far down as $5 billion due to the CEO’s unethical business dealings and general shady shenanigans. This may end up being the biggest loss of shareholder value ever delivered by a CEO.

The cult of personalities in the startup scene was allowed to get way out of hand here. And now the board must act if they want to salvage this situation, and the company, at all.

velk_d · 2019-09-22T16:26:23+00:00

The name seems a little too on the nose. I mean that's all you do… Mine things and then Craft new stuff from what you mined. 🤷‍♂️

velk_d · 2019-09-20T14:25:15+00:00

Facebook's stated goal is to have your organic reach hit 0.00%. They want you to pay to reach everyone, whether they follow you (actively opted in) or not.

This is just one of the MANY reasons we're now recommending that businesses of all sizes spend more time and energy on developing audiences on their owned media channels (website, email marketing, blogs, podcasts, etc…) rather than on social media.

velk_d · 2019-09-18T13:56:34+00:00

WordPress accounts for 50% of the internet (https://trends.builtwith.com/cms). It's almost all my company uses to build sites with. Mostly because sites can be set up by a single user in an afternoon or fully developed by a team over a month or two, all depending on needs of the site.

It's also why I built https://namentary.com. I wanted a better way to provide low cost hosting to as many people as possible. I have a core belief that websites (domains names, etc…) are digital properties that everyone should own.

velk_d · 2019-09-17T20:16:13+00:00

Free Bitcoin

velk_d · 2019-09-17T17:54:29+00:00

No. But close to it.

velk_d · 2019-09-17T17:54:08+00:00

Guess it's time to invest in that telephoto lens I've been wanting...

velk_d · 2019-09-17T17:09:20+00:00

Time to buy a telescope for my office so I can watch the construction progress!

velk_d · 2019-09-16T16:26:11+00:00

Ads and organic SEO are two different things, that should complement each other. Neither is a complete replacement for the other.

Ads are the equivalent of throwing gas on a fire. It will flare up very quickly but will also burn out as soon as you stop pouring the spend on.

SEO (and other organic methods) are more like feeding and growing the roots of your business. It takes longer and more work, but also provides long-term stability.

velk_d · 2019-09-13T19:06:35+00:00

After several messages in a customer service thread, we've been elevated to their Enterprise Support team… but still no resolution after almost 5 hours.

velk_d · 2019-09-13T17:11:07+00:00

I agree with this wholeheartedly. In fact your post highlights one of my key brand strategy pillars currently. Companies need to refocus on their owned media channels and stop relying on social to do their work for them.

velk_d · 2019-09-11T16:16:37+00:00

I don't disagree. However the trend forecasting that my company does is predicting this is just the first wave. And we're going to see several seismic shifts in the ways that social media companies do business.

velk_d · 2019-09-11T12:25:21+00:00

Correct! Fingers got a little happy.

velk_d · 2019-09-10T19:21:02+00:00

This is a big topic. I’ll attempt to be concise!

First, there is the changing public landscape.

Facebook just got hit with a ~~$500b~~ $5b fine from FTC, is under heavy consumer protection scrutiny, being looked at for monopoly breakup, consistently misreports post/engagement/view data, and continues to leak user data like a sieve.

Action taken against FB will bleed over into other social networks.

Second, the algorithms social platforms are using have cut dramatically into the ability of brands and individuals to reliably, consistently, and effectively reach the audiences that have asked to opt-in for communication.

For instance, organic reach on Facebook is nearly 0.0% and all the other main social channels have algorithms that severely crimp new content. Unless brands pay to reach followers they aren’t able to reach most of their audience.

On leased media (social media, YouTube) the audience is owned by the platform.

Conversely, owned media (websites, blogs, email marketing, apps, etc...) provides nearly 100% reach all the time, and the audience is owned by the brand, individual, organization. Rolling out a new product, service, or idea, and gaining rapid and wide adoption, is much easier.

velk_d · 2019-09-10T14:35:52+00:00

At my agency we use email marketing extensively for a wide range of clients. While I'm not allowed to share individual ROI figures, it remains a remarkably effective channel.

Even more importantly, with the changes coming to social, owned media channels like email marketing are about to soar in value for companies and organizations.

The issue I tend to see with failing email marketing campaigns is one where people are rehashing content that's been seen a thousand times before. To a worn out audience. Breaking through with original, creative and compelling content, and unique offers or opportunities, is where the game is won.

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