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đïž Your Shorthand â AI Magicđ„đ
AI for eCommerce Newsletter - 48
Before voice memos and Notion docs, people used to take dictation at 200+ words per minute, with symbols no one else could read. It was called âshorthandâ. And it was the original productivity flex.

One of the best things Iâve done for speed and efficiency is to train ChatGPT to understand my shorthand.
Iâve taught it the meaning behind the acronyms, the abbreviations, the mental shortcuts that live inside my head but never make it into documentation. And now, when I use them, it doesnât pause or ask. It just acts.
Take "BMM" for example. That's short for Broad Match Modifier, a way of structuring broad match keywords so that Amazon ads match accurately with the right search terms and not to their synonyms.
By now I've had enough conversations with ChatGPT that when I say "Convert to BMM," it doesn't just throw + signs everywhere. It applies the logic I trained it on: each important word gets marked with a +
in front of it (so Amazon can match it exactly with search terms), those words can appear in any order, and duplicates get collapsed intelligently.
So it knows that +nike +running +shoes and +running +shoes +nike mean the same thing, so no need for both.
That's not prompting. That's training.
Real Example
Here's a messy keyword list. The kind you'd normally spend 15 minutes cleaning, collapsing, and de-duping by hand. Instead, I fed it to ChatGPT using nothing but the word "BMM.
best face serum
face serum for glowing skin
glow serum
glowing skin serum
natural face serums
natural ingredients face serum
serum with natural ingredients
best natural face serum
glow face serum
glow serum for face
face glow serum
anti aging serum
serum anti aging
anti-aging face serum
face serum anti aging
Because I trained it on what my version of âBMMâ means, it knew exactly what to do.
Final Collapsed BMM Output (With Full Match Coverage)
+best +face +serum
+face +glowing +serum +skin
+glow +serum
+glowing +serum
+face +glow +serum
+face +natural +serum
+ingredient +natural +serum
+anti +aging +serum
What each BMM Keyword maps to:
BMM Keyword | Matches Raw Keywords |
---|---|
+best +face +serum | best face serum, |
+face +glowing +serum +skin | face serum for glowing skin |
+glow +serum | glow serum |
+glowing +serum | glowing skin serum |
+face +glow +serum | glow face serum, |
+face +natural +serum | natural face serums, |
+ingredient +natural +serum | serum with natural ingredients |
+anti +aging +serum | anti aging serum, |
Youâre collapsing intelligently, not compressing blindly. And ChatGPT handles it like an assistant who already knows how you think.
The Real Hack
This only works because ChatGPT didnât learn âBMMâ from a single prompt.
It learned it from many conversationsâwatching how I collapse keywords, what I preserve, what I cut, and what I never let it touch. Over time, it picked up my logic like a teammate would.
And at the right moments, I used these magic words: âRemember thisâ
Thatâs when the shorthand became second nature.
So now when I say âConvert to BMM,â it doesnât ask questions.
It executesâmy way.
Why It Matters
I donât waste 10 minutes re-explaining keyword logic every time.
I donât need spreadsheets for copy-paste-cleanup.
I just say âConvert to BMM,â and it gets itâmy way.
This is the future of PPC workflows:
You â Teach AI once
AI â Handles it like a trained assistant, forever
The right shorthand can feel like magicâjust a few words, and your AI gets it. What will yours look like?
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OpenArt
Weâve been exploring OpenArt latelyâa creative platform that lets you generate images, edit just parts of them, and even turn them into short videos with consistent characters.
It solves a problem thatâs quietly frustrating with most AI tools: character consistency.


We recently used OpenArt to create this short beauty clip (below). No camera crew, no actorsâjust a few well-placed prompts and some light editing. What stood out wasnât the generation itself (which many tools can do), but how reusable and editable everything was.

The model was generated using OpenArt with Flux and the video was generated with VEO2. OpenArt is an AI creator platform that includes Veo 2 as well as other models such as Flux, Kling 2.1 and more.
Here's what worked well:
đč You can change just one part of the image without starting over.
đč It keeps the same face across scenesâeven in video.
đč Thereâs a built-in âConsistent Characterâ mode thatâs surprisingly reliable.
If youâve ever tried building a content series, ad variations, or a UGC-style video and watched your AI character slowly morph into someone elseâyouâll get the value here right away.
đ° Pricing:
Free plan with 100 credits/month
Paid plans start at $10/month for more volume and advanced tools
This oneâs worth bookmarking if you do any kind of visual storytelling where consistency matters. đ Try OpenArt
PPC Ninja is helping brands future proof their listings for AI, helping you build stunning images and videos with AI. Reach out to [email protected] to explore how we can scale your content production across Social media, Amazon ads, Amazon Posts efficiently and affordably.

Perplexity is Search Without the Noise
Search used to mean typing in a few words, scanning SEO-packed pages, dodging ads, and hoping something useful showed up.
Perplexity takes a different approach.
It gives you a clear, direct answer, cites its sources, and keeps the experience focused. No clutter. No guessing.
Itâs fast, relevant, and built for how people actually want to search now - conversationally.
What sets it apart is the blend of real-time web data with large language models. You ask something, it goes out, gathers the best information, and responds with a clean summary and clickable references such as images, videos and more. Itâs thoughtful and transparent by design.
Perplexity is model agnostic. You can choose which LLM model powers your answer: GPT-4, Claude, Mistral, or others, depending on what you need.

And it keeps getting better.
You can now choose where your answers come fromâwhether thatâs the open web, academic papers, SEC filings, or social conversations. Itâs all in one place and just a toggle away.

Theyâve also added voice and conversational search that is pretty good.
Last week, Perplexity partnered with Nvidia to bring localized models to Europe. That means answers in 24 languages, tuned to local context and running on region-specific infrastructure. Itâs a meaningful step toward search that adapts to the way people actually speak, think, and liveâwherever they are.
Perplexity isnât just catching up. Itâs quietly redefining what a search engine can be.

We know it's been tough for Sellers recently, between ever-rising Amazon fees and tariffs. That's why my good friend Max Sinclair at Ecomtent (www.ecomtent.ai) and his team have decided to give back to our community with their new FREE plan.
âEcomtent Freemium provides you with our market-leading analytics dashboard - including metrics on how optimized your catalog is for Amazon's A9 and COSMO algorithms. It is the most comprehensive audit on the visibility of your products available on the market.â
They also provide you with the "lowest hanging fruit", the SKUs that could most benefit from content optimization to drive incremental sales based on their extensive experience and data. Their paid plans only come into play should you want to action this data through their tool - i.e. generate visual or written content. However, you can of course opt to just take action on these insights via your existing processes, and reap the benefits without paying a penny. Check it out www.ecomtent.ai


Go with the Flow Podcast
Excited to be co-hosting Week 4 of Seller Sessions each month with Danny McMillan! Weâll be diving into all things AIâwhatâs real, whatâs useful, and whatâs next. New episodes drop on the fourth Tuesday of every month!

Iâll be Speaking at the Helium 10 Elite Quarterly Workshop on AI
When: June 26, Where: Irvine, CA
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