# What’s Up THIS WEEK?! LINKEDIN Engagement SECRETS! 💸 AI Costs Rising! 🍿Odyssey NEWS!| Ep. 541 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740/what-s-up-this-week-linkedin-engagement-secrets-ai-costs-rising-odyssey-news-ep-541 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740/what-s-up-this-week-linkedin-engagement-secrets-ai-costs-rising-odyssey-news-ep-541.md Podcast: [Do This, NOT That: Marketing Tips with Jay Schwedelson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740) Published: 2026-07-21T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://jayschwedelson.com/whats-up-this-week-your-free-ai-tools-are-about-to-cost-you-ep-541 Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/64f364dd-d8a3-4eb8-9d22-1c05b59ce556.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740/episodes/what-s-up-this-week-linkedin-engagement-secrets-ai-costs-rising-odyssey-news-ep-541 Duration seconds: 632 ## Resource Partner with Jay: https://www.jayschwedelson.com/contact ㅤ Check out Jay Schwedelson's new book: Stupider People Have Done It All net proceeds are donated to The V Foundation for Cancer Research, let's kick cancer's butt: https://www.amazon.com/Stupider-People-Have-Done-Marketing/dp/1637635206 ㅤ Subscribe to Jay's newsletter for weekly marketing tips and tactics: https://www.jayschwedelson.com/newsletter ㅤ Register for GuruConference (FREE + VIRTUAL!) https://www.guruconference.com ㅤ Check out Eventastic (FREE + VIRTUAL!) https://www.eventastic.com ㅤ Connect with Jay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schwedelson/ Check out Jay's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@schwedelson Check out Jay's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayschwedelson/ Ask Jay anything: https://www.jayschwedelson.com/ask ㅤ Leave a comment and follow the show, it really helps us out! ㅤ MASSIVE thank you to our Sponsor, CallRail! CallRail is the AI-powered lead intelligence platform that helps marketers prove exactly what’s driving results. With CallRail, you can connect every call, text, chat, and form submission directly to the campaign that generated it so you finally know what’s working and where to double down. Plus, with built-in AI conversation intelligence, CallRail analyzes your customer conversations, captures leads 24/7, and gives you deeper insights into what your prospects actually care about. If you’re tired of guessing about your marketing ROI and want real data behind your campaigns, CallRail has you covered. Start a Free Trial Here: https://www.callrail.com/dothis ㅤ Turns out the AI tools everyone swears by might be quietly working against you - one big study found they added hours to campaign workflows instead of trimming them. Jay Schwedelson digs into that gut-che… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740/episodes/what-s-up-this-week-linkedin-engagement-secrets-ai-costs-rising-odyssey-news-ep-541/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740/what-s-up-this-week-linkedin-engagement-secrets-ai-costs-rising-odyssey-news-ep-541.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.