Carlos Gil
Founder & Editor, The Best Network
Carlos Gil is the bestselling author of The End of Marketing, a LinkedIn Top Voice, and founder of The Best Network. He brings 15+ years in marketing to practical reviews of AI, SaaS, email marketing, and creator tools.
About Carlos
Carlos Gil is the bestselling author of The End of Marketing, a LinkedIn Top Voice, and founder and editor of The Best Network: BestSends, BestStacked, and BestCreates.
With 15+ years in marketing, Carlos has worked with global brands, startups, and entrepreneurs across social media, content, audience growth, and digital strategy. He is also a global keynote speaker and founder of Gil Media Group.
Carlos helps marketers, founders, and creators choose software that earns its place in their business. His reviews and guides focus on practical workflows, clear tradeoffs, and the tools that help people create better content, build an audience they own, and turn attention into revenue.
On BestSends, Carlos reviews email marketing software, newsletter platforms, automation tools, and MarTech for businesses building and monetizing owned audiences.
- Reviews of every major email platform, tested on live accounts
- Side by side comparisons with the tradeoffs nobody else names
- Guides ranked by use case (creators, ecommerce, agencies, nonprofits, paid newsletters, AI tools)
- Deliverability, list hygiene, and inbox placement coverage
- The State of Email Marketing report, updated annually
Featured in · Carlos's work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., Adweek, Social Media Examiner, and Search Engine Journal.
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The most recent posts from the BestSends desk.
Top 5 Email Marketing Tools for Creators (2026)
Five creator email platforms ranked, with pros, cons, and real pricing at 1k and 10k subscribers.
Email Segmentation: The Playbook for Sending Less and Earning More
The three segments that move revenue, the one rule to start today, and how to set it up in any platform.
Email Subject Lines That Get Opens (Without the Clickbait)
The four patterns that earn an open honestly, the two things people forget, and what to stop doing today.
Flodesk Studio Review: I Built My New Newsletter With Their AI Email Design App
Sponsored review: I got early access to Flodesk Studio and used it to design the first issue of my new Bad Marketing newsletter.
Flodesk Now Connects to Claude and ChatGPT: First Look (Early Access)
Sponsored first look: Flodesk's new Claude and ChatGPT integration pulls real answers from your account in plain English.
Mailchimp Is Raising Prices Again — Here's Why Creators Are Switching to Kit
Mailchimp is raising prices again. Kit is offering 25% off annual plans plus free migration. Here's what creators need to know.