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Arfa Saira Iqbal has spent 16 years turning ideas and expertise into revenue for some of the biggest personal brands in the world, including Dr. Eric Berg and Marisa Peer. As Chief Strategist at Funnels.com and author of the New York Times bestseller Mind-Hack™ Marketing, she uses AI, especially Claude Co-Work, as a daily strategic partner. But she’s also caught it hallucinating numbers, fabricating lines in a resource she generated, and completely losing her voice in a 160-page manuscript she still hasn’t published. She shares her journey of leaving the corporate world with a conviction to stay home with her two young sons while navigating a new career path.
In this episode, Arfa breaks down:
✅How AI compressed her 6-8 week (sometimes 12-week) campaign builds down to about a day — and what that speed actually costs you
✅The moment Claude invented a claim in an advertorial (turning "4 business models" into "200") that almost went out to a client
✅Why she shelved an entire AI-assisted second book for two years because "my voice was nowhere to be found"
✅Her exact framework (avatar vs. persona) for using customer psychology to grow sales without increasing ad spend
✅Why the first 7 seconds of a video sales letter are do-or-die — and why AI still can't write that part for her
Plus, grab Arfa's own AI copywriting prompt for free in the show notes below. It's the exact one she uses to stop her AI-written copy from sounding like AI.
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00:00 — Cold Open: The $400K AI Report That Made the News
05:03 — 16 Years in Direct-Response Marketing
05:46 — 8-Week Funnels Now Built in "Like a Day"
09:31 — The 15 Pence Article That Almost Broke Her
15:04 — Working With Dr. Berg, Marisa Peer & funnels.com
16:26 — Claude Cowork Runs a 3-Day Research Task in an Hour
21:30 — "Your VSL Dies in the First 7 Seconds"
30:35 — The $400K AI Report, In Her Own Words
33:56 — Claude Invents "200 Business Models" Out of Thin Air
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Arfa mentioned the exact prompt she uses to stop AI-written copy from sounding like AI. Copy the block below into the custom instructions of whatever AI tool you use (ChatGPT, Claude, or similar) and it'll write in a much more natural, human voice from then on.
Strictly NO em dashes or any other tell-tale signs of AI to be used anywhere.
Unless otherwise instructed, ALL copy provided should be conversational and use contractions to improve flow and speed of reading.
ALWAYS ensure copy at the top of the funnel such as ads, landing pages, thank you pages and qualifying questions are compliant with Meta guidelines.
Lastly, ALWAYS ask if I want the copy in UK or USA English please.
HARD RULE - You MUST Absolutely Avoid ALL of the following:
1. Contrast Framing
"It's not about X, it's about Y"
2. The Rule of 3
It's a solid writing principle HOWEVER, you need to use it sparingly.
Example: Different faces. Different circumstances. The same core experience.
3. Transition Questions
The kicker?
The honest truth?
4. Emoji Explosion
Grow your business today 🚀
That is where the magic happens ✨
5. Starting sentences with "because"
6. Ultra short sentences. For example:
She'd spent real money. Real time. Real hope. Nothing worked.
INSTEAD, you need to write complete full sentences.
For example: She'd wasted a ton of time, money, and hope on solutions that promised the world, but didn't deliver.
Courtesy of Arfa Saira Iqbal, Chief Strategist at funnels.com and author of Mind-Hack™ Marketing (available worldwide on Amazon).
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