Made With MachinesA weekly publication on AI in creative production. Real case studies and playbooks from creative professionals using AI today.https://madewithmachines.com/en-gbWhy your AI documents look like sh*thttps://madewithmachines.com/issues/why-your-ai-documents-look-like-sh-t/https://madewithmachines.com/issues/why-your-ai-documents-look-like-sh-t/ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini are great at creating documents. But they come out looking like generic garbage by default.Thu, 28 May 2026 07:02:00 GMTissueissue-06Find your next 100 clients on autopilothttps://madewithmachines.com/issues/find-your-next-100-clients-on-autopilot/https://madewithmachines.com/issues/find-your-next-100-clients-on-autopilot/Most creative businesses don't have a proper outreach process. They rely on inbound, word of mouth, and a spreadsheet of "people I should email" that they keep meaning to get to. The reason it's not happening is that outreach can be a full time job in itself.Thu, 14 May 2026 07:00:10 GMTissueissue-05I took 4,305 screenshots last year.https://madewithmachines.com/issues/i-took-4-305-screenshots-last-year/https://madewithmachines.com/issues/i-took-4-305-screenshots-last-year/You are sitting on years of saved references that you’ve done nothing with - screenshots, links, voice notes, bookmarks. Saved then forgotten, never to be seen again.Thu, 07 May 2026 07:00:43 GMTissueissue-04The one change that increased my client close rate by 63%https://madewithmachines.com/issues/the-one-change-that-increased-my-client-close-rate-by-63/https://madewithmachines.com/issues/the-one-change-that-increased-my-client-close-rate-by-63/A proposal that lands within an hour of a discovery call closes clients more often than the one that lands three days later. Not because it's better written. Because client interest peaks on the call and decays from the moment they hang up.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:26:59 GMTissueissue-03I used ChatGPT to write my wedding speechhttps://madewithmachines.com/issues/i-used-chatgpt-to-write-my-wedding-speech/https://madewithmachines.com/issues/i-used-chatgpt-to-write-my-wedding-speech/Your AI sounds average because it is averaging the internet. That is how these models work by default.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:56:12 GMTissueissue-02The AI advice you're getting is wronghttps://madewithmachines.com/issues/the-ai-advice-you-re-getting-is-wrong/https://madewithmachines.com/issues/the-ai-advice-you-re-getting-is-wrong/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:00:17 GMTissueissue-01