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Blog Marketing Academy - David Risley · Aug 27, 2026
Newsletter time down from at least 3 hours a week to a couple of hours
TL;DR
What did Blog Marketing Academy - David Risley use Claude for?
A weekly newsletter writer dictates his articles, has Claude structure them and do the proofing, links, feature image and email draft, then edits by hand. He says the newsletter used to take at least three hours a week by hand and still takes a couple, but more of that time now goes to writing.
What they did
He dictates his thoughts for each feature article, and Claude, which knows his newsletter's structure and his voice profile, turns them into a draft that he then edits by hand. Claude skills proofread the draft, add internal links from his archive of past issues, generate a feature image and place it on a Canva template, publish the issue, and build the FluentCRM email draft. Every issue is archived to his notes so Claude can search back issues.
How it went
He says the newsletter used to take at least three hours a week by hand and still takes a couple, but more of that time now goes to writing.
"Used to take at least 3 hours. Still takes a couple. More of that time is now the actual writing."
— Blog Marketing Academy - David Risley
Worth knowing
- He had to build and train the skills first, and he still rejects some generated images and edits every article by hand.
- Price check: Claude: free plan; Pro: US$20/month, or US$17/month on a yearly plan (US$200/year) (checked Nov 1, 2026); Wispr Flow: free plan; Pro: US$15/month, or US$12/month on a yearly plan (US$144/year) (checked Oct 30, 2026); Canva: free plan; Canva Pro: US$18/month, or US$12/month on a yearly plan (US$144/year) (checked Oct 26, 2026); Obsidian: free plan; Sync: US$5/month, or US$4/month on a yearly plan (US$48/year) (checked Oct 26, 2026).
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Try it yourself
Paste this into a chatbot, then add your own details underneath.
Here is my rough dictated draft for this week's newsletter article. Keep my points, order and voice, tighten it into the section structure I use, and mark any sentence where you changed my meaning. Then list past issues I could link to.
More people who did this
- Rui Nunes (YouTube, Oct 15, 2026): Writes a weekly newsletter in a Claude Project in under an hour, after moving away from a Make.com and Airtable setup. Claude flags weak sources and drafts headlines and subject lines, and he edits before sending.
Original post
See Blog Marketing Academy - David Risley's original post on YouTube → (Aug 27, 2026)
Filed under Writing & Content hacks · Content Creators
Sources
- Blog Marketing Academy - David Risley on YouTube, Aug 27, 2026 — the original post
- Claude pricing — checked Nov 1, 2026
- Wispr Flow pricing — checked Oct 30, 2026
- Canva pricing — checked Oct 26, 2026
- Obsidian pricing — checked Oct 26, 2026