How I cut my content costs by 93% using this $20 AI tool
For a few years, I paid an editor a few hundred dollars a month to edit my content.
When she left for another job, I didn’t hire anyone else. Instead, I started using Claude, and it only costs me $20 a month. That’s a 93% saving, and it’s a lot faster than going backward and forward on Google Docs.
Here’s an example of how my AI+human content process works:
I spent 15–30 minutes writing a daily email like this one every morning, usually working on a personal story or an angle.
After finishing the first draft, I copy it from my writing app and paste it into a custom Claude project called Email Analyzer.
It acts like a writing assistant or editor, but it only costs me $20 a month! I’ve trained it on my work and writing style.
Claude runs my email through a custom content framework to see if it’ll resonate with readers.
Then, it suggests or flags:
Grammar fixes and style issues
Writing and clarity improvements
Email subject lines
Metaphors and analogies I can work in
Related emails I can write
Social media posts I can create (with hooks)
If that sounds like a lot of extra work, it only takes five minutes to analyze my email and action some of Claude’s suggestions without losing the human touch.
If you use the right prompts, AI is like having a skilled mechanic who can diagnose issues and suggest improvements while you remain the driver. Below, I show part of this process works.