Creative Ways Content Marketers Are Incorporating GenAI Into Their Practices

Using GenAI for content marketing - tips and best practicesAs content marketers have become more familiar with generative AI (GenAI) and the many tools available to leverage its power, they’ve come up with a wide range of business applications and efficiency- and effectiveness-gaining opportunities.

While some have decried the disruptive impacts of this technology, others are embracing it and finding increasingly creative ways to save time and gain efficiencies. Continue reading “Creative Ways Content Marketers Are Incorporating GenAI Into Their Practices”

Perplexed by Perplexity: Increasing Unrealiability Makes Me Question Value of Generative AI (GenAI) Output

It seems that I have been experiencing a continued decline in the accuracy and reliability of the AI tools I use. I generally like Perplexity and have used it for tasks like summarizing documents, reviewing interview transcripts, editing, etc. I always double-check results for accuracy—and that’s a good thing because I’m finding these tools to be increasingly unreliable.

Can GenAI Count? Apparently Not.

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The Top Marketing Trends and Technologies of 2024: Marketers Adjust to Dramatic Market Shifts

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Has the world of marketing ever moved at such a fast pace in the past? Most in the profession would likely say no, and they’d be echoing the sentiment of professionals in fields of all kinds. Technology, the U.S. and larger global economy, changing consumer preferences, and a volatile employment market are all having an impact.

While the pace of change is not likely to diminish anytime soon, marketers can stay on top of the trends by relying on both research and expert insights from those in the field. Continue reading “The Top Marketing Trends and Technologies of 2024: Marketers Adjust to Dramatic Market Shifts”

Proud To Be Human: Promoting the Responsible Use of GenAI

I’m sure I’m not alone when I say it’s been a crazy year for content creators. The rapid introduction and advancement of tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and a host of others, have upended the content creation process for many offering both benefits and posing threats. Continue reading “Proud To Be Human: Promoting the Responsible Use of GenAI”

A New Era in Content Creation: Be Careful Out There!

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We recently had a source—not an editor, or client, but a source—ask if we had used AI to generate content for a profile for one of their executives.

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Will Google Algorithms Save the Day (Again) for Content Creators?

Random, middle of the night thought…

Those of you who have been in the content marketing industry for a while (at least back to 2008) probably remember the “content mills” and how tough the market was for writers back then until Google switched up its algorithms to reward sites for original, higher-quality content.

I’m wondering if Continue reading “Will Google Algorithms Save the Day (Again) for Content Creators?”

Going Crazy With GenAI: What Marketing Consultants Could Learn From Willy Nelson and Jelly Roll

One of the big downfalls of GenAI is that it currently only draws from content it is trained on that already exists. So, the information it generates is “known.” GenAI can’t (yet) create new material; it can only consolidate and spew back what’s already been created by others. In other words, “it” cannot be innovative.

But you can!

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Navigating the Wild, Wild, West of GenAI and Copyright Issues

I found a recent news story interesting because I was just writing a piece on impending copyright issues related to GenAI for my “Let’s Get Strategic” column in Information Today.

The makers of Star Wars’ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story are being sued over the use of Peter Cushing’s image. The use of the image occurred back in 2016—long before generative AI, or GenAI, hit the scene—but I’m sure GenAI and its sudden popularity had something to do with the renewed interest. Continue reading “Navigating the Wild, Wild, West of GenAI and Copyright Issues”

Tips for Adding GenAI to Your Martech Stack

Over the years marketers have come to rely on many different types of technology to perform a wide range of tasks, from collecting customer data to communicating with customers, from creating and distributing content to identifying and nurturing leads, tracking campaign success, and much more.

Now, with the introduction of generative artificial intelligence technologies like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, IBM’s WatsonX, and Salesforce’s Einstein GPT, the use of technology is exploding even more rapidly in the marketing realm, having a ripple effect. Continue reading “Tips for Adding GenAI to Your Martech Stack”

The Rise of Voice Search and Its Impact on SEO

You’re sitting at your desk, talking to a colleague about a trip to Spain you’re planning. The next thing you know, you’re seeing ads for Spain pop up in Google search and on Facebook. It’s not magic. It’s the power of voice search. Marketers can use your interactions with voice assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa, along with other factors—your search history, shopping activity, visited websites, etc.—to create a comprehensive profile that they can use for ad targeting. Not all voice assistants do this, and the process is actually more complex than it may seem, but it’s illustrative of the shift from text to voice in consumers’ search habits. Voice search is on the rise. Continue reading “The Rise of Voice Search and Its Impact on SEO”