Losing clients to AI, and how to gain them back, with Suzanne Bowness
From Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers. by QuickAndDirtyTips.com
April 9, 2026 · 12 min · Episode 1175
About this episode
Suzanne Bowness discusses the impact of AI on freelance writing and strategies for retaining clients.
1175. In this bonus segment, which originally aired last October for Grammarpaloozians, we look at how AI is disrupting the freelance writing industry with author Suzanne Bowness. She shares her strategy for experimenting with different AI tools and the importance of being "conversant" in them for clients. We also look at the challenge of losing clients to AI but gaining new ones who were dissatisfied with the machine-generated text. Find Suzanne on her website, Codeword Communications . Get the book, " Feisty Freelancer. " 🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon. 🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475) 🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses . 🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter . 🔗 Take our advertising survey . 🔗 Get the edited transcript on QuickandDirtyTips.com . 🔗 Get Grammar Girl books . | HOST: Mignon Fogarty | Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network . Audio Engineer: Dan Feierabend Director of Podcast: Holly Hutchings Advertising Operations Specialist: Morgan Christianson…
People in this episode
Host: Mignon Fogarty
Guest: Suzanne Bowness
Topics covered
- AI in freelance writing
- client retention
- writing strategies
- disruption in writing industry
- AI tools
Keywords
- AI
- freelance writing
- client loss
- writing tools
- content generation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Codeword Communications, QuickAndDirtyTips.com
Books & works: Feisty Freelancer
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