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Claude Design building the CircleBack homepage — chat panel on the left planning the build, rendered homepage on the right
AI Tutorial5 min read

How to Build a Landing Page With Claude Design

Hands-on Claude Design tutorial: build a complete landing page in under an hour. No code, no Figma. Includes the brand guide and a live demo.

May 1, 2026Read
A DSO AI-readiness scorecard showing the headline findings that this evidence pack re-verifies.
AI & Marketing6 min read

The evidence behind our DSO AI-Readiness Report

Every number in our DSO AI-Readiness Report, re-verified against the live web after publishing. 66 of 66 sites re-confirmed, the raw dataset, the errors we found in our own work, and the commands to check any claim yourself.

July 30, 2026Read
A DSO AI-readiness scorecard showing 97.2 percent of dental group websites allow AI crawlers, 37.7 percent of corporate sites carry no organization schema, and 22.1 percent of practice sites name their parent company.
AI & Marketing9 min read

What AI can actually read about America's biggest dental groups

We crawled the websites of the 239 largest dental support organizations and 1,014 of their practice sites to test what AI can read about them. Almost none block AI. Most never tell it what they are.

July 30, 2026Read
A comparison grid of seven franchise marketing portal tools, with one row highlighted, on a navy background.
Buyer's Guides10 min read

Every Vendor Calls It Something Different. Here Are the 7 Franchise Marketing Portal Tools Worth Knowing in 2026.

Franchise marketing portal, brand-to-local, local marketing automation: vendors sell the same shelf under five names. Here are 7 tools compared honestly, with sourced pricing, co-op fund coverage, and which ones your AI can actually connect to.

July 29, 2026Read
A chess board rendered as an interactive card inside an AI chat, with the line: you are playing the model.
AI Build Log6 min read

We Put a Chess Board Inside Claude. You're Playing the Model Itself.

Check, Mate? is a free MCP tool that renders a playable chess board inside your AI chat. No engine, no accounts, nothing stored: Claude picks its own moves. Here is how MCP Apps makes that possible, and how to connect it in one minute.

July 29, 2026Read
A Claude chat window interviewing a mystery guest, with a hidden dossier icon behind the scenes and a rising question counter.
AI Build Log6 min read

We Put a Game Show Inside Claude. Nobody Asked For It.

Mystery Guest is a free daily guessing game played entirely inside Claude, over MCP. One mystery guest, the same for the whole world, every day. Here's how it works, and how the server keeps the secret Claude can't.

July 29, 2026Read

Articles

In-depth guides and buyer resources

Pillar Guide18 min read

Claude Skills: The Complete Guide to How They Work

What Claude Skills are, the SKILL.md format, progressive disclosure, how they run across the Claude apps, Claude Code, and the API, and how to build your own. Kept current by an AI agent.

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Pillar Guide22 min read

Claude Artifacts for Marketers: The Definitive 2026 Guide

Build interactive marketing tools inside Claude. Calculators, lead-gen quizzes, dashboards from CSV uploads, persona explorers, A/B planners, and AI-powered apps. The full marketer playbook.

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Article7 min read

WebMCP: What It Means for Your Website

WebMCP is a new web standard that lets AI agents use your website, not just read it. What it is, what it means for marketers, and a free skill to implement it.

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Article8 min read

Content Repurposing Is a System, Not a Format Change

A source-backed framework from the Content Amplified archive for turning one strong idea into reusable assets across marketing, sales, customer stories, and AI-readable content.

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Pillar Guide22 min read

The MCP Playbook for GTM Teams

MCP is the open standard that finally lets your AI tools reach into your CRM, content, inbox, and tickets. Here's what it is, what it changes for your team, and how to roll it out — with animated walkthroughs.

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Pillar Guide3 min read

100 Days to a Better Marketer: Every Build in One Place

The running index for Ben Ard's 100-day public challenge to get better at AI. Every article, tutorial, build log, and tool, grouped week by week. Updated weekly.

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Buyer's Guide18 min read

Sales Enablement Software: The Complete Buyer's Guide for 2026

What is sales enablement software? Compare top platforms, features, pricing, and ROI data. Updated for 2026 with the latest market shifts and AI capabilities.

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