The Short Version Last March, one of the most hyped buttons in e-commerce quietly disappeared. OpenAI’s ChatGPT “Buy It” feature—the one that was supposed to turn shopping into a conversation—was shut down. According to Fast Company, fewer than 30 of Shopify’s millions of merchants had ever used it. That doesn’t mean agentic commerce is dead. […]
AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Letaido have gotten incredibly good over the past year. Tasks that used to require a software engineer can now be done by anyone with a bit of curiosity. Here are 37 practical ways marketers are actually using AI right now. Every single one comes from someone who’s done it, […]
Let’s get straight to it: marketers who just use AI tools to help with individual tasks are becoming replaceable. The ones who are building entire workflows and systems around AI? They’re pulling ahead — harder to compete with, more in demand, and delivering work that solo tool users simply can’t match. That’s not a wild guess. Over […]
We surveyed over 600 B2B professionals in the U.S. to understand how AI tools are changing the way companies research, evaluate, and choose vendors. The short answer? It’s not a futuristic trend — it’s already daily behavior. And it’s reshaping everything from initial discovery to final sign-off. The numbers that tell the story AI is […]
Let’s be real for a second. The SEO industry is clinging to a ghost. We still obsess over title tag lengths, keyword density, and page-level tweaks as if Google is just a glorified word-counter. But search hasn’t worked that way for years, and AI search has officially ripped the band-aid off. We sat down with […]
Picture this: You’re looking for a dietitian-approved protein powder, a trail-running shoe that handles wet rocks, or the medicine a pediatric nurse gives her own kids. Two years ago, you’d type that into Google and click through a bunch of links. Today? You just ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini—and you roll with whatever answer it […]
Let’s be honest: slapping a customer’s first name into a subject line used to feel like magic. Today? It barely raises an eyebrow. In fact, most people see it as a sign that you haven’t personalized anything—you’ve just automated a name-drop. Why the shift? Because AI has completely changed the game. Consumers now have smart shopping assistants […]
How to Build Topical Authority in the AI Search Era (7 Steps) You can be a strong brand, publish great content, and still lack topical authority. Take Great Jones, a kitchenware company. Their Dutch oven is beautiful and well-reviewed, featured in Vogue, the New York Times, and Bon Appétit. But search “best Dutch ovens” on […]
Your content can rank on the first page of Google and still never be cited or mentioned by LLMs. This makes sense once you understand query fan-out, a background process AI systems use to build answers. When someone asks ChatGPT or Perplexity a question, it doesn’t default to the best-ranking page. Instead, it runs related […]
AI search exists on a spectrum. On one end, you ask a question and get a quick answer. On the other end, an AI gets a goal and goes out to browse the web on your behalf – evaluating brands, making decisions, and leaving no trace in your analytics. That’s agentic search. And it’s already […]