Using different AI apps together is incredibly powerful—if you know how to best use each of their capabilities. It takes a little practice, but once you know how to combine powerful AI tools like Grammarly, Lightroom, and Claude, your workflows will be more streamlined and productive, saving you time and effort.
I use Grammarly, Lightroom, and Claude to research and create posts for my travel blog, but these processes are easily applied to other situations.
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Brainstorming and Research With Claude
AI tools are excellent for research and brainstorming, and I believe there are no excuses for having writer’s block these days. I use Claude, Perplexity, and ChatGPT to brainstorm blog ideas. This time out, I’m focusing on Claude.
At this stage, I was just interested in research. So, I gave Claude this prompt:
“I want to write an article for a website focusing on travel in Northern Europe that offers unique photography tips for Nyhavn canal in Copenhagen. Can you help me generate some topic/title ideas? I don’t need an outline; I just need ideas right now.”
I received a lot of ideas and used many of them as headings in my final piece.
Before writing, I often look at search engines to see what’s already performing and how I can improve on it. Perplexity is a great tool for understanding what ranks, and while a Perplexity Pro subscription is worth the money, I could always search Google alone as a beginner.
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Summarization With Notion AI
Notion AI is one of the most underrated tools of its kind, and it’s a fantastic way to use Notion more effectively. After my initial research in Claude, I summarized everything in Notion AI.
You get 50 free Notion AI responses per workspace, which is enough for the casual user. I simply highlighted my text, clicked the icon, and selected Summarize this page to summarize everything.
I mainly use Notion AI to get the full context and understand my research so far. Once I’ve done this, it’s easier to move on and develop the full outlines.
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Developing an Outline With ChatGPT
I usually start by outlining what should be included in an article for my travel website and then looking for gaps to fill. ChatGPT is an excellent tool for this.
When asking ChatGPT to help with my outline, I’ll prompt it so it knows what I’m trying to do. My prompt might look something like this:
“I am writing a 2,000-word article called “A Photography Guide to Nyhavn, Copenhagen” for my blog about travel in Northern Europe. For context, I’ve been a photographer for eight years and lived in Copenhagen for 3+ years. Please give me a rough outline based on these parameters.”
ChatGPT then sends me a rough outline. I normally take the sections I like and leave the rest. For the sections I take, I’ll add my own spin and decide if I want to cover any of the points ChatGPT has made.&
I don’t recommend using ChatGPT’s outlines as gospel, and I don’t think writing articles with ChatGPT is a good idea. Instead, it’s more of an exercise to get my brain thinking. I also never use topics or recommendations if I don’t have first-hand experience with them.
Sometimes, I feed ChatGPT my own outline and ask if it has any recommendations. Then, I start writing when I’m ready. I never use AI to write the actual text; maybe I’m a purist, but I think everything that goes out under my name must be “mine”.
I don’t trust AI to do most of my photo editing, and honestly, I enjoy it too much to ever truly outsource. However, I sometimes add Lightroom’s AI editing features to my workflow.
Denoise is by far my favorite Lightroom AI editing feature. I don’t like doing this manually, and I’ve found that the tool is pretty good if you don’t overuse it. I normally adjust the slider so that the picture isn’t entirely flat; otherwise, it looks obviously AI. A tiny bit of grain is fine, in my opinion.
Another Lightroom feature I use is the option to automatically choose a subject or the background. The tool then lets you alter the exposure, etc., for just this part of the picture.
I’ll sometimes use Auto Enhance to get ideas for my pictures, but rarely leave my images as such.
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Grammarly for Editing
Although I write everything myself, Grammarly is my go-to tool for catching spelling errors. Since I no longer have to spend hours skimming my text to find typos manually, Grammarly is one of the premium AI tools worth paying for.
I’ve downloaded the Grammarly Chrome plugin so I can edit directly within my Google Doc (or once I upload the text to WordPress). You can get a Grammarly Safari plugin, but it always crashes my browser. Unfortunately, the Grammarly iPad app/keyboard has the same effect.
First, I work through the spelling and grammatical errors. Then, I use the Clarity tab to make my text more concise. If I find repetitive words, Grammarly’s AI can detect these. I don’t use all of Grammarly’s clarity suggestions, but it’s still a valuable tool.
I normally share my posts on Pinterest, and to expedite the process, I draft my copy with ChatGPT. This is always a first draft, though; I normally then add my twist and correct any typos.
My prompts are quite similar, and they normally look like this:
“I want you to play the role of a social media content manager for a travel website focusing on travel in Northern Europe. Your task: Draft 5 Pinterest posts sharing an article called “A Photography Guide to Nyhavn”. The tone should not be robotic or salesy, and it needs to be in US English. Please use 250 characters max. Add these keywords: “copenhagen photography”, “nyhavn”, and “copenhagen aesthetic”.”
ChatGPT then drafts my posts. I copy anything I like into a Google Doc before refining the copy and correcting any errors. Then, I schedule using AI in Tailwind.
While I’ve shown you how to create a blog post with AI as a supporting act, you can use multiple apps together for all kinds of other purposes. Try this technology for research, creating routines, and much more.
