Author & Editor
Carlos Gil
Founder & Editor, The Best Network
Carlos Gil is the bestselling author of The End of Marketing and founder/editor of The Best Network. He has 15+ years of experience across digital marketing, SaaS, and technology.
About Carlos
A practitioner’s perspective on software
Carlos Gil is the bestselling author of The End of Marketing and founder and editor of The Best Network, an independent software review network covering email marketing, AI and SaaS, creator tools, and ecommerce technology. With 15+ years of experience in digital marketing, Carlos has worked with global brands, startups, and technology companies across content, social media, audience growth, and digital strategy. He brings a practitioner's perspective to software reviews, comparisons, and buying guides, focusing on how tools perform in real-world marketing and business workflows.
On BestStacked, Carlos reviews AI tools and SaaS software for marketers, founders, creators, and operators building smarter technology stacks.
Selected reviews
Software reviews by Carlos
View all reviews →AI Code Editor
Cursor Review
The AI Code Editor That Replaced VS Code for Most Engineers
Productivity / Knowledge Base
Notion Review
The flexible workspace that ate every other doc app
Automation / iPaaS
Zapier Review
The default automation layer for everyone who isn't a developer
Design
Figma Review
The collaborative design tool that swallowed the entire design industry
Newsletter Growth
Beehiiv Review
Beehiiv is the best newsletter platform for creators serious about building a media business with built-in monetization and growth tools.
AI Presentations
Gamma Review
Gamma is the best AI tool for creating presentations, documents, and webpages
Articles & guides
Latest authored content
Tutorial
How to Use Gamma With ChatGPT to Create Presentations
Learn how to use Gamma with ChatGPT to turn existing AI conversations into polished pitch decks, sponsorship sales kits, and webinar presentations.
Tutorial · Sponsored
How to Repurpose One Video Into a Week of Social Media Content With Adobe Express
My five-step Adobe Express workflow for turning one original video into a week of clips, captions, resized creative, and scheduled social posts.
Tutorial · Sponsored
Stop Posting Manually. Build a Content System Instead.
How I use Adobe Express Content Scheduler to stay consistent on social media without being glued to my phone.
Tutorial · Sponsored
One Presentation. Five Revenue Streams. Here's the Framework I Use With Adobe Express.
The "one asset, multiple revenue streams" framework I use with Adobe Express Gen Presentations. Turn one 10-minute deck into 5 income sources.
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How to Save 30 Minutes Editing LinkedIn Photos with Adobe Express
A 5-step walkthrough for removing the background from a cluttered LinkedIn photo in under 30 seconds using Adobe Express. Sponsored by Adobe Express.
Tools & Strategy
The 9 AI Tools You Need to Build a Billion Dollar Personal Brand in 2026
From a panel I moderated at the Billion Followers Summit in Dubai — the 9-tool AI stack behind a billion-dollar personal brand. Beehiiv, Kit, Riverside, Opus Clip, Descript, Claude, ChatGPT, Buffer, n8n.
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5 Ways to Grow on LinkedIn in 2026
Five LinkedIn growth tactics for 2026 — write human, master the hook, drop corporate theater, run a newsletter, build a funnel. Sponsored by Adobe Express.
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5 AI Tools I Use Every Day for Social Media in 2026
The 5 AI tools that power my social media workflow in 2026 — ChatGPT, Adobe Express, Riverside, HeyGen, and Lovable. How they work together. Sponsored by Adobe Express.
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The 5 Biggest Social Media Mistakes to Avoid in 2026
Five social media mistakes killing your reach in 2026 — fake-flex content, weak hooks, selling too soon, platform lock-in, no email list. Sponsored by Adobe Express.
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5 Social Media Strategies for Brand Marketers in 2026
Five social media strategies for brand marketers in 2026 — humanize through people, executive-led content, edutainment, community, media-company thinking. Sponsored by Adobe Express.
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How to Level Up Your Social Media in 2026 (5 Tips That Work)
Five tactics moving the needle in 2026 — sound human, use Threads, get real, repurpose everything, own your audience. Sponsored by Adobe Express.