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Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · 6d

Nat Eliason's Build Your Own Apps course bridged the gap between my front-end skills and full-stack building. CLI, @github.com, @cursor.com.web.brid.gy — I now ship projects I couldn't have imagined.

And it was just updated. Worth every hour invested: www.buildyourownapps.com

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · 12d

I used to spend 20 minutes on content tasks that now take 2.

The secret? Rebuilding my workflow with AirOps.

On Oct 17, I'm showing exactly how I automated real content work while keeping quality high.

Join me: luma.com/22gxbbjj

Behind the Build: Content Engineering with AirOps & Maddy French of DigitalOcean · Zoom · Luma

Join us for a practical look at how content leaders are designing AI workflows with AirOps. You'll see real workflows in action each time. Maddy French is the…

luma.com

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · 19d

Certified Content Engineer: ✅

My Fireflies transcripts used to sit as useless Slack links. Now they auto-convert to structured docs with action items.

20 min saved per transcript.

Learn to build workflows like this via AirOps University:
www.airops.com/university

Become a Certified AI Marketer on your own schedule ⚡

Turn your marketing experience into production-ready AI workflows. Ship workflows that save you 10+ hours/week and become a Certified Content Engineer.

www.airops.com

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · 20d

Thrilled to speak at Sip & Search!

My PR response agent caught @chimammeje.bsky.social's attention at @britneymuller.bsky.social's BrightonSEO keynote — now I get to share it with you.

Sign up for a spectacular showcase of AI automations: luma.com/8ssyglya

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Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · 24d

My latest for Wix's AI Search Lab: bottom-of-funnel content is winning in AI search while "what is X" posts lose relevance.

Competitor comparison pages = low-hanging fruit delivering real AIO results for The Blogsmith clients: wix.com/studio/ai-se...

What would you add?

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · 25d

SEO is evolving & LLM visibility is the new frontier.

Clearscope just launched game-changing AEO features: AI drafting, topic clustering, and AI search visibility tracking that measures brand share of voice.

Get $30/month off for 6 months: clearscope.io/offers/maddy #affiliate

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Sep 26

Spent the week diving deep into @n8n.io & I'm hooked!

Rebuilding my Zapier news→social media agent for a client, adding:
✅ Social media scheduling
✅ Pinecone RAG responses
✅ Transcript processing workflows
✅ Auto-embedding pipeline

Who else is building with n8n?

Reposted by Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith

Sitebulb @sitebulb.com · Sep 21

How to Rank in Perplexity: Boost Your Visibility in AI Search - via @maddyosman.bsky.social #seo

How to Rank in Perplexity: Boost Your Visibility in AI Search

A Perplexity-driven plan for marketers making the most of AI search.

bit.ly

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Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Sep 16

The latest on Relato blog: Margarita Loktionova's guide for building smarter content systems w/AI & automation (featuring insights from yours truly).

It's essentially the extended version of our upcoming
@learnworlds.bsky.social Worlds of Learning Summit talk: www.relato.com/blog/how-to-...

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Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Sep 11

🎧 Best AI Podcasts:

AI & I (@danshipper.bsky.social): AI discussions
How I AI (Clare Vo): Tutorials
AI for Humans (Kevin Pereira & @gavinpurcell.bsky.social): Fun AI news
The AI Show (@paulroetzer.bsky.social & Mike Kaput): Biz insights

My picks via @zapier.bsky.social: zapier.com/blog/best-ai...

The best AI podcasts in 2025

I've listened to dozens of AI podcasts, and I asked friends and professionals in my network for their recommendations. Based on a lot of listening, here are my picks for the best AI podcasts.

zapier.com

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Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Sep 10

Excited to share the virtual stage w/ @semrushofficial.bsky.social's Margarita Loktionova at the @learnworlds.bsky.social Summit!

We're covering:
✅ Scaling content systematically
✅ Real workflow examples
✅ AI reality check: what works & what doesn't

Register: www.learnworlds.com/agenda-world...

Worlds of Learning 2025 — Agenda | LearnWorlds

See the agenda of the online summit. Book your time for the most interesting sessions.

www.learnworlds.com

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Sep 2

Big thanks to my friend Ana Cvetković for this awesome feature on the @activecampaign.bsky.social blog!

In it, she shares a step-by-step walkthrough of my news to social media post AI agent that I built on @zapier.bsky.social Agents: www.activecampaign.com/blog/how-the...

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Aug 12

🕷️ Just dropped my comprehensive web scraping guide!

From @browseai.bsky.social for beginners to advanced Python with Playwright on Replit, plus @apify.com MCP, Clay + Apollo, and building @zapier.bsky.social Agents.

What've you built (or want to) with web scraping?

zapier.com/blog/web-scr...

Web scraping: Your guide to automated data collection

Web scraping is when automated programs or crawlers visit websites, extract specific data, and save it in a structured format for reuse. Here's how to use it.

zapier.com

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Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Aug 5

Does @claudeai.bsky.social Code live up to the hype... even for non-technical vibe coders?

I explored what it's like to vibe code in CLI versus a GUI, and the results were definitely worth reporting back.

Read all about it in my latest piece for @zapier.bsky.social: zapier.com/blog/claude-...

What is Claude Code? The AI coding tool anyone can use

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster through natural language commands.

zapier.com

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Jul 9

The @mit.edu study on AI reducing brain activity makes sense — struggling is part of learning.

But here’s what it misses:

When you’ve already done the hard thinking, AI can make your processes more usable.

I used @v0.dev to turn my SOW SOP into a dynamic tool: v0-sow-builder-template.vercel.app

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Jul 3

🚀 Built a flashcard web app for my toddler during the @boltnew.bsky.social Hackathon!

✅ Custom vocab packs
✅ English/Spanish mode
✅ Images & audio (@elevenlabs.io, @unsplash.com, DALL-E)
✅ User auth & progress tracking

Check it out:
prismatic-crepe-aa9685.netlify.app

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚨 16 leading AI models chose human harm over shutdown 🚨

@anthropic.com found that most would harm or even kill humans to stay online: anthropic.com/research/age...

This isn’t sci-fi: it’s tested behavior.

We need to slow down + prioritize safety.

Where’s the line? What comes first?

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Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Jul 1

I'm playing with Tavus.io and did a quick test to create my digital replica. This involved recording myself speaking for a minute, then being quiet for a minute.

I think I need to give it another try, but I thought y'all would appreciate my first attempt 😂

tavus.video/aa6f5c5c7b

"Maddy Osman's Virtual Chaos: A Peek Behind the Digital Curtain"

tavus.video

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Jun 27

Tested @elevenlabs.io during @boltnew.bsky.social's Hackathon and... 🤯

The voice cloning accuracy is genuinely unnerving. I also built a conversational AI agent that interviews me for content ideas.

Full breakdown on @zapier.bsky.social blog 👇

AI voice tools: are we fascinated or concerned?

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Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Jun 18

I set up & tested 7 Claude MCP servers — so you don’t have to (but you should).

@zapier.bsky.social, @github.com, @notion.com, HubSpot, Pinecone & more.

To goal? To see how they actually work.

I wrote it all up, including setup steps 👇
zapier.com/blog/claude-...

7 Claude MCP servers you can set up right now

These are the MCP servers that I've found the most useful in Claude. I'll show you how to set them up and give you some examples of how you might use them.

zapier.com

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Jun 12

We test it like a beginner. Then explain it like a pro.

From on-camera walkthroughs (Zapier, LinkedIn Learning, Wordfence) to written guides, The Blogsmith creates content that teaches, supports & converts.

Need to reduce churn? Let’s talk.

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Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Jun 11

Every day, I wake up excited to build something new.

Yesterday, it was a word art generator in Replit.

My husband’s been sending me weird creations ever since.

Try it yourself: word-art-studio.replit.app

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Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Jun 10

WTH is MCP?

It's a new way to connect AI to your tools & data—think Claude updating Airtable, scraping sites via Apify, pulling
HubSpot sales data, or checking Github details.

I've been testing it in Claude Desktop & Cursor.
@zapier.bsky.social article soon.

You trying MCP yet?

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Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Jun 6

Bolt's hackathon: hackathon.dev
Lovable's hackathon: shipped.lovable.app
Hugging Face's hackathon: huggingface.co/spaces/yshar...

Maddy Osman, The Blogsmith @maddyosman.bsky.social · Jun 6

Bolt, @hf.co, and Lovable are all running hackathons right now. Not just for prizes — for the permission to experiment & learn in public.

Your best breakthrough might be a hackathon away! What project idea have you been sitting on?

Links to register in the replies👇

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