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21 January 2025

This Old Dog Is Trying to Learn New Marketing Tricks

Author Observations

Since I’m dabbling in the use of Artificial Intelligence tools during my day job, I’ve decided to apply these lessons to my writing life as well. Along with a terrific headache, AI exploration is also giving me some interesting recommendations.

Fresh off a holiday season of Facebook Ads, a new advertising campaign has been on my mind. I decided this would be my first foray into AI assistance for book marketing.

When I started playing with ChatGPT a couple of years ago, there were warnings about the accuracy of its responses as the tool was trained on possibly outdated data. It was useless to ask ChatGPT to help write a blog post about the latest SEO trends because the tool might not know the latest.

My first thought then was to ask generic book marketing questions, maybe with an emphasis on cozy mystery or Agatha Christie, but I went ahead and gambled on “Give me Facebook ad copy ideas for “Agatha Annotated: Investigating the Books of the 1920s.”

In moments, the tool said “Sure!” and spit out 4 different ad copies, complete with emojis and a space to put my Amazon link. What really blew me away, however, is that the tool was obviously aware of my book since it included very specific details in the ad copy. ChatGPT and Agatha Annotated were both launched within a few months of each other, and Agatha Annotated is pretty small potatoes, so I didn’t expect ChatGPT to have any knowledge of it. Just another reminder of how thoroughly online data is followed.

But today I just want to discuss how AI can help authors. Below are the ad copy ideas that ChatGPT came up with, each aimed at a different audience. What do you think of them?

**Ad Copy 1 – Classic Mystery Fans**

🕵️‍♀️ **Unlock the Secrets of Agatha Christie's 1920s Mysteries!** 📚

Step back in time and explore the golden age of detective fiction with *Agatha Annotated.* Discover hidden details, fascinating insights, and behind-the-scenes context from Christie's earliest works. Perfect for mystery lovers and literary sleuths alike!

📖 Grab your copy today and start investigating!

👉 [YourLinkHere]

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**Ad Copy 2 – History & Literature Lovers**

🔍 **Step Into the 1920s with Agatha Christie!**

Explore the cultural backdrop, inspirations, and storytelling genius of Christie's iconic novels in *Agatha Annotated.* Whether you're a seasoned Christie fan or a new reader, this book unveils the fascinating world behind the Queen of Crime’s earliest works.

🎩 Immerse yourself in the roaring '20s today!

📘 Order now: [YourLinkHere]

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**Ad Copy 3 – For Casual Readers**

📚 **Love a Good Mystery?**

Get ready to dive into the world of Agatha Christie's classic whodunits like never before! *Agatha Annotated* takes you behind the scenes of her 1920s books with fascinating facts, analysis, and historical context.

🕵️‍♂️ Start your journey into mystery today!

🎯 Order here: [YourLinkHere]

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**Ad Copy 4 – Intriguing Hook**

❓ **How well do you REALLY know Agatha Christie?**

*Agatha Annotated* reveals the secrets behind the Queen of Crime's 1920s masterpieces. From hidden references to historical context, uncover what makes her early works timeless classics.

📖 Don't just read—investigate!

📚 Get your copy now: [YourLinkHere]

I’m still researching best practices for Facebook Ads in 2025, so I’m not ready to use any of these suggestions or to further explore ChatGPT. However, I am interested in learning if any of these ads sound appealing. If you have an opinion, please let me know. Or if you have already used ChatGPT for your Facebook Ads copy, I’d love to hear how it worked out for you.

It’s a brave new world and this old dog is trying hard to be an active participant in it!

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What is Agatha Annotated?

This website is the home of the Agatha Christie database as annotated by Kate Gingold, hence the name Agatha Annotated.

It's a rich glossary of

nearly 1900 terms
over 200 illustrations
347 French phrases

Kate found them while reading Agatha Christie novels, and wrote them, along with definitions curated from years of research, into this database.

Currently the first 11 Christie books, those she wrote in the 1920s, are annotated here.

Anybody can be a member and gain access to this rich glossary. Visit the Community page to learn the details.

We took the 1920s terms and published a book, Agatha Annotated: Investigating the Books of the 1920s, now available on Amazon in Paperback or Kindle format.

Kate will be adding to the database and members get the new terms and definitions first before the second volume is printed, plus members can comment and ask questions about the terms and Kate and other members can reply.

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Agatha Annotated: Glossary of Terms

Kate Gingold

... has been a huge fan of the works of Agatha Christie her entire adult life. Christie's vivid descriptions of picturesque English life in the early-to-mid twentieth century fascinated Kate, but many of the people and places were unfamiliar to her. A writer herself, as well as a researcher and historian with several local history books to her credit, Kate began a list of these strange words and set out to define them. Now, Christie fans like you and all those who come after will be able to fully enjoy the richness of Agatha Christie novels with their own copy of Agatha Annotated.

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