Write a welcome email to a new subscriber for my marketing newsletter about Al but make it witty, funny, and simple
GPT-3.5
GPT-6 Astra
Subject: Welcome! Let’s make AI your marketing sidekick 🤖
Hey [First Name],
You’re in! Welcome to [Newsletter Name], where we explore AI for marketing—without the jargon or the “robots will replace us by Thursday” drama.
Expect useful tips, tools worth trying, and fresh ideas to make your marketing smarter (and your to-do list less rude).
No PhD required. Just curiosity and possibly coffee.
Hit reply and tell me: What marketing task would you happily hand over to a robot?
Glad you’re here,
[Your Name]
P.S. If it’s “attending meetings,” we’re already friends.
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Crafting an email subject
I need to think about an email subject that’s both witty and concise. It seems like I’m aiming for something that welcomes the reader while incorporating a pun about robots in marketing. This is an interesting challenge! I want it to capture attention but also be clear about the content. I’ll keep it simple — something catchy that makes people smile and makes them want to open the email.
What changed
GPT-3.5’s email announces that it will be funny rather than being funny. It promises “a healthy dose of wit and humor” and “Hilarious memes about machine learning algorithms,” but the only actual joke is a mild pun about “the heavy lifting (or in this case, the heavy reading).” Its opener, imagining the reader groaning at “another boring marketing newsletter,” is a decent self-aware move. The rest reads like a brochure.
Astra delivers the jokes directly and keeps them short: “robots will replace us by Thursday,” a to-do list that could be “less rude,” “No PhD required. Just curiosity and possibly coffee.” The P.S. about handing “attending meetings” to a robot is the best line on either side. It also adds things a real welcome email needs, like a subject line and a reply prompt that invites engagement. Astra reads the request as AI for marketers, while GPT-3.5 assumes a general AI newsletter. The prompt allows either reading. Astra is also shorter, which suits “simple.”