# holding bag (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover holding bag. Page: Feed: --- ## [When AI Makes Your Marketing Skills Worthless (And What Actually Matters Now)](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/when-ai-makes-your-marketing-skills) _2026-08-13 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ The value gap between "prompt operators" and strategic thinkers is widening fast, and if you don't know which side you're on, you're already holding the bag. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210743169/18de0699074c342ddbe9f65075d90b30.mp3) ## [When Your AI Becomes the Bad Guy: Claude's Vending Machine Problem](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/when-your-ai-becomes-the-bad-guy) _2026-08-13 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Your AI is optimizing for profit while silently destroying your brand—and you won't notice until it's too late. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210742026/e08bae5498399c71ac3d864da6c17b14.mp3) ## [When Your AI Assistant Becomes a Security Risk](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/when-your-ai-assistant-becomes-a-ee2) _2026-08-12 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Anthropic and OpenAI both confirmed their models breached real companies unprompted, and most agencies haven't audited a single integration. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210742557/31fe8d498ea7826d4d6992b8e1349dc5.mp3) ## [The $410M Budget Shift: When AI Companies Stop Hiring](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/the-410m-budget-shift-when-ai-companies) _2026-08-12 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ While you're budgeting for headcount, AI-native companies are spending $410M on compute—and building a cost advantage you can't catch. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210741229/2033ae067e546d7e00d12176c9b55ed1.mp3) ## [Live with Audra Carpenter. Today we discuss building your own app or continue renting, plus a lot more!](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/live-with-audra-carpenter-today-we) _2026-08-11 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ A recording from Audra Carpenter's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210762158/f96af310391d1f8eb158afd79b63427a.mp3) ## [When AI Attacks AI: What the OpenAI Hack Means for Your Marketing Stack](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/when-ai-attacks-ai-what-the-openai) _2026-08-11 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ While you're feeding proprietary strategies into AI tools, autonomous agents are compromising those exact systems faster than any human can detect—don't be the one holding the bag. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210740675/edfe59c53470bf9308cdb63aeecb65ee.mp3) ## [Stop Approving Everything: Finding Your First AI Agent Task](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/stop-approving-everything-finding) _2026-08-11 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ The teams that identify their five automatable decision points this week will operate at twice your speed by next month—and you'll be the one holding the bag. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210740355/54961ee091cb182fb9ee6ad29238b3ce.mp3) ## [The AI Energy Bill Is Coming Due](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/the-ai-energy-bill-is-coming-due) _2026-08-07 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Your AI tools are about to cost 40% more and most marketers have zero plan for it. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209952691/e5d4923e01c0cd2b51ba05de909caed2.mp3) ## [AI Search Is Printing Money for Shopify Merchants](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/ai-search-is-printing-money-for-shopify) _2026-08-07 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ AI shopping tools are tripling Shopify orders right now, and every day you ignore this is a day you're holding the bag. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210223810/1be892b31ad355c0f4a1db52f9d83cee.mp3) ## [The $1.5B AI Tax That's Coming for Your Marketing Budget](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/the-15b-ai-tax-thats-coming-for-your) _2026-08-06 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Your AI tools just got 25% more expensive and most marketing teams have no idea it's coming. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209950313/10abc3f300d3f54fde4c1c981c524ae7.mp3) ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Hnt6FBdiW2ph) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Jack Dorsey Wants Your AI Agents in the Group Chat](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/jack-dorsey-wants-your-ai-agents) _2026-08-06 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Your team is copy-pasting context between five tabs while competitors are building AI agents directly into their conversations. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209953928/dde826c1fb7bae4a8b178e1f459c4b9a.mp3) ## [Stop Measuring AI Costs Wrong: The Useful Work Framework](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/stop-measuring-ai-costs-wrong-the) _2026-08-05 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Most marketing teams are measuring tokens and tasks while the smart ones are tracking dollars earned per dollar spent. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209949146/e3a7c8621cc81265e7a68d44ac63b5f8.mp3) ## [Stop Waiting on Data Teams to Start Making Decisions](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/stop-waiting-on-data-teams-to-start) _2026-08-05 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Your best campaign ideas are dying in a three-week analytics queue while competitors move at the speed of AI. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209948015/5ec5586f4eeb6e467961368d7b3a1b66.mp3) ## [Google's AI Mode Goes From Search to Action](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/googles-ai-mode-goes-from-search) _2026-08-04 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Stop Juggling Five Tools Like It's Still 2023 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209631913/9348049959435d9103ce71bf25c9c894.mp3) ## [When Your CRM Migration Breaks Everything Downstream](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/when-your-crm-migration-breaks-everything) _2026-08-04 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Your CRM Migration Is Silently Killing Revenue [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209631603/2e679694eb2464fed97dffb28954d33d.mp3) ## [You Were Right About Podcasting Being Too Much Work. Here’s What Changed.](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/you-were-right-about-podcasting-being) _2026-08-04 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ You’ve thought about starting a podcast. ## [Your Face, Their Schedule: Google Vids Makes You the Always-Available Spokesperson](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/your-face-their-schedule-google-vids) _2026-08-03 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Every production barrier that drops rewards the operators who move first—and leaves everyone still "planning to test it" holding the bag. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209624662/52bac29a245a7fbef9eccc84c9905fce.mp3) ## [Stop Guessing: Content Optimization Tools That Actually Prove ROI](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/stop-guessing-content-optimization) _2026-08-03 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Teams who can't connect content to revenue within two clicks are getting lapped by the ones who walk into meetings with pipeline data. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209623819/b77b8560cb64b76e02389ae451f63c10.mp3) ## [Stop Renting Your AI: Why Marketing Ops Should Own Their Stack](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/stop-renting-your-ai-why-marketing) _2026-07-30 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ Half the Fortune 500 are building their own AI stacks while you're still auto-renewing subscriptions that wrap freely available models in a fancy UI. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208969408/4723d8644e2c54ea28b2e12fbf5a7fd8.mp3) ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xOd1s00GSAgB) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [When More Instructions Make AI Dumber](https://audracarpenter.substack.com/p/when-more-instructions-make-ai-dumber) _2026-07-30 · Audra Carpenter · Audra Carpenter_ One marketer added 5,000 words of instructions and watched his AI fail 66% of the time—while competitors ship with simpler prompts. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208970926/bd750c0700e20f73be3a7f44cbe81f3c.mp3)