Henry Taylor
Farmer in regional Victoria. Started using AI to research crop diseases and write grant applications. Skeptic turned believer.
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Stories by Henry Taylor
I rewrote my product listings with AI and my Etsy sales doubled
I sell handmade leather goods on Etsy. I'd been getting traffic but low conversion. My listings were accurate — materials, dimensions, turnaround time — but they weren't selling anything. I pasted one of my listings into Claude and asked it why someone browsing might not buy. It was blunt: the description led with features, not benefits. No sense of the person who'd receive it as a gift. No emotional hook. I asked it to rewrite the listing with those things in mind, keeping everything factual and not making anything up. Then I rewrote all 18 listings using the same approach. Sales doubled in the following month. Same products. Same prices. Same photos. Different words.
Here is my product listing: [paste listing]. Can you critique it from the perspective of someone who might not buy? Then rewrite it to be more compelling — lead with benefits not features, speak to the person who would give it as a gift, and keep everything accurate. Don't add claims that aren't true.
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I'm a farmer not a writer. Grant applications have always beaten me. Long forms, weird language, needing to explain things in ways that tick boxes I don't even understand. My neighbour's daughter suggested I try AI. I was doubtful. I had a regional agriculture grant to apply for. $45,000 for irrigation infrastructure upgrades. I'd started the application twice and given up. I sat down with ChatGPT for an afternoon. I explained my farm, what I wanted to do, why it would benefit the business and the environment, and it helped me translate all of that into the language the grant form was asking for. I also used it to look up similar successful grant applications and understand what language and framing grant assessors typically respond to. "Sustainability outcomes," "regional economic impact," that kind of thing. My wife proofread the final version. We submitted it. We got the grant. $45,000. I'm not exaggerating when I say I would not have submitted that application without AI. I just wouldn't have. It would have sat unfinished like the previous two attempts.
Help me write a response to this grant application question: "[paste question]". My situation is: [explain in plain language]. The grant is for [purpose]. Make it professional and make sure it addresses what the question is actually asking for.
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