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🧠 AI News
1. OpenAI launches GPT-5.1 with personality modes
OpenAI rolled out GPT-5.1, designed to feel more human and easier to work with in real conversations.
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Highlights:
- You can pick personality styles like Default, Professional, Friendly, Candid, Quirky, Efficient, Nerdy, or Cynical.
- GPT follows instructions better, responds faster, and stays on track more often.
- There are two versions. Instant for speed. Thinking for deeper, more complex tasks.
- It is live first for Pro, Plus, and Team users, with more access coming soon.
Why you should care as a GHL or SaaS user: you can shape AI to match your brand’s voice and use Thinking models for strategy, workflows, and content that actually sounds like you, not a robot in a tie. 🤖☕
2. Build simple web apps in Canva AI without coding
Canva is not just for graphics anymore. You can now create mini web apps directly in Canva AI.
Basic flow:
- Log in to Canva and choose “Create with AI” then “Code for me.”
- Tell it what you want.
- “Create a pricing calculator with two inputs.”
- “Make a quiz app with 3 questions.”
- “Build a contact form with name and email.”
- Canva builds a live app preview. You tweak it with more prompts.
- Once it works, you click “Add to Design” and drop it into a website, presentation, or doc.
Why it matters: this lets non-technical business owners build simple tools for their customers. Think pricing calculators, quizzes, lead forms, or simple booking pre-screens, all inside Canva. Clean way to support your funnel content without hiring a dev. 💻✨
3. ElevenLabs launches an AI celeb voice marketplace
ElevenLabs just launched the Iconic Voice Marketplace. It connects brands with licensed AI versions of celebrity or historical voices.
Key points:
- ElevenLabs signs deals with celebrities or estates, then generates approved AI voices.
- Current voices include Michael Caine, Liza Minnelli, Art Garfunkel, and others.
- Historical voices like Maya Angelou, Babe Ruth, Alan Turing, and Mark Twain are recreated from archival audio.
- Matthew McConaughey is using it to voice his newsletter in Spanish.
Why it matters: this is basically Cameo for AI voices. For agencies and SaaS owners, it hints at a future where you can legally use known voices in campaigns, training content, or even in-app assistants. It also raises big questions about ethics, licensing, and what “brand voice” means when you can literally rent a famous one. 🎙️
4. Google Maps gets a Gemini AI brain upgrade
Google plugged Gemini directly into Maps and quietly turned it into a smarter local guide.
What you can do:
- Ask for specific context like “quiet coffee shop near the park with strong Wi-Fi” and get results that actually make sense.
- Enjoy smarter routing, smoother adjustments, and better suggestions.
Why it matters: this is a preview of how everyday tools will feel when AI understands intent, not just keywords. For local businesses, it makes proper listings, reviews, and consistent data even more critical. If you are not dialed in on Maps and local SEO, you are invisible when this stuff kicks in fully. 🗺️💡
🛠 GHL Changelog Updates
Get them all right here > GHL Changelog > https://ideas.gohighlevel.com/changelog
Quick hits so you can skim, nod, and then go tweak your account.
- Featured Product Element for Ecommerce Stores
Showcase a single product anywhere on your pages with images, variants, pricing, description, and calls to action. Great for hero products or key offers without building a full product page. - Improved Undo or Redo in Page Builder
Better tracking across pages, popups, typography, and tracking code changes. Faster, smoother editing with smarter text change grouping, so you do not undo every keystroke by accident. - Tipping support in Payment Summary API
You can now pass tip amounts through the Payment Summary API and see them in orders, transactions, and CSV exports. Front end tipping UI is coming next, but the plumbing is there. - Communities: private to public and better post moves
You can convert private channels back to public, and move posts between public and private channels. Plus some key notification bugs got fixed. Easier community cleanup and re-structuring. - Bulk operations for Workflow list
Select multiple workflows or folders and delete, move, publish, draft, or manage permissions in one shot. Serious time saver when you have a cluttered account or a big launch. - SEO fixes for external websites via pixel
Install the SEO pixel on any website and get AI SEO recommendations, plus one-click fixes for titles, meta descriptions, image alt text, and meta keywords. Works even if the site is not built in HighLevel. - Recurring donations in Forms and Surveys
Donors can choose recurring weekly, monthly, etc, inside your forms and surveys. Great for nonprofits that want predictable giving without extra admin work. - Global product description fonts on Product Detail Pages
Override product description typography globally, so your store has consistent fonts and styles without editing each product manually. - Stronger LeadConnector and WordPress integration
Embed calendars, review widgets, surveys, and quizzes directly into WordPress with no embed code. Use blocks or shortcodes and manage everything through the plugin. - SMS pricing updates for select countries
Outbound SMS rates increased for some international destinations to match carrier costs. Worth checking your usage if you message internationally. - New templates for sites, funnels, emails, forms, surveys, social, and Google Ads
Fresh templates across medical, coaching, agencies, legal, finance, and more. Good starting points for quick builds and client demos. - WordPress Hosting SEO Reports
New SEO tab inside the WordPress hosting dashboard with health checks and one click fixes for subscribers. All powered by SearchAtlas and Lighthouse, no need to bounce between tools. - Social Planner: Instagram comment management
You can now see and reply to Instagram comments inside Social Planner, just like Facebook, with threads, filters, and mentions. This is perfect if you handle social for clients and want to keep engagement in one place. 💬
💬 GHL Facebook Top Posts
1. “Best payment gateway for GHL besides Stripe?”
Summary:
One member asked about alternatives to Stripe. The thread confirms Stripe is still the default for many users, but there are solid options like Authorize.net, Square, NMI, Noomerick, and private integrations.
Takeaway:
If you are paying high Stripe fees or need different risk profiles, it might be worth exploring a dedicated merchant processor or working with a specialist who can optimize your rates and still integrate cleanly with HighLevel. 💳
What is the best payment processor to use for good rate? Thank you!
Franklin Nguyen
https://www.facebook.com/groups/gohighlevel/permalink/2695481680911350
2. “Does Agent Studio replace n8n?”
Summary:
Someone claimed that you do not need n8n anymore because HighLevel’s Agent Studio can do it all. The comments did not hold back. Most people strongly disagreed. They pointed out that n8n is still far more powerful for deep workflow automation, triggers, and complex logic. Shaun jumped in and said Agent Studio is definitely moving in that direction, but it is not there yet.
Takeaway:
Agent Studio is exciting and will cover more and more use cases, especially for agencies who want to stay inside GHL. But for heavy automation nerds, n8n and other specialist tools are still the go-to. Think of Agent Studio as “getting there” not “replacement” yet. ⚙️
You Mean to tell me you don’t need N8N 🤯 High Level has done it again you can create all this in Ai Studio 😮
Jarmel Reece
https://www.facebook.com/groups/gohighlevel/permalink/2695481680911350
3. “Best ways to sell SaaS or websites besides cold outreach and ads?”
Summary:
Someone asked for ways to sell SaaS and websites without cold calling, cold email, or paid ads. The community unloaded a buffet of real answers:
- Build authority in a niche community and become the helpful go to person.
- Use SEO and content as a slow burn.
- Network in person, events, and referrals.
- Run webinars, challenges, and joint ventures.
- Direct mail, LinkedIn outreach, white label deals with other agencies, door to door, and even billboards or flyers.
Takeaway:
There is no magic bullet. The most common pattern is this. Pick a niche, solve specific problems, show proof, and talk to humans. The channels are just delivery. Relationships still drive SaaS and web projects. 🚀
Best way to sell Saas/Websites other than cold emailing/calling/ads …GO 👇🏼
Talia Wandrum
https://www.facebook.com/groups/gohighlevel/permalink/2252310321895157
🤖 SaaS Thoughts
“SaaS is in the past. The future belongs to agents.”
Narada AI’s CEO, Dave Park, is betting big on agentic AI instead of traditional SaaS logins. His argument is simple. The average knowledge worker touches 17 to 25 tools every day and wastes hours moving between them. In the future, you will not “log into apps” as much. You will tell AI agents what you want done and they will operate across your systems and data in the background.
Narada’s large action models are built to do exactly that. They reason through multi step tasks across tools, even when there are no APIs. For you and your clients, this points to a world where the main job is to structure data, define rules, and set up smart agents rather than teaching every staff member how to click around in five dashboards. If you are building SaaS on top of GHL, start thinking less about “portals” and more about “agents that handle the work.” That is where the leverage will be. 🧩
📌 Featured Mini Guide
GHL Community Collaboration Tools Guide
If you are using HighLevel Communities and it still feels like “just another feature” instead of a real hub for your people, this mini guide is worth a read. It walks you through the tools inside Communities that actually drive engagement. Things like how to structure channels, when to use private versus public spaces, and how to keep conversations organized so members feel guided, not lost.
You will also get practical tips for using mentions, notifications, and post types to boost interaction, plus ideas for turning your community into a real retention and upsell engine instead of a ghost town. Perfect if you run a course, membership, or local community and want your GHL stack to feel more like a real clubhouse than a quiet forum.
👉 Read it here:
https://gohighlevelgrowth.com/ghl-mini-guides/ghl-community-collaboration-tools-guide/
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