AI in marketing: how to deploy it smartly?

The AI tools are unstoppable. It seems like something new appears every day. From Jasper, the AI assistant for enterprise marketing teams, to GetResponse, the tool that helps you create successful email content. Many marketers see AI as a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it offers unprecedented opportunities; on the other, you might wonder if AI will eventually replace marketers. Sebastiaan de Ruiter is convinced that AI will not replace you as a marketer, but it can strengthen you.

Data-driven decisions

I previously wrote a blog about the influence of AI in the world of marketing. But let's face it, a tremendous amount can change in just a few months. One thing that certainly hasn't changed is the fact that AI can help you make data-driven decisions. That way, you can significantly improve the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns. Because AI can distill patterns and trends from gigantic data sets - better, or at least faster, than we as humans ever could - you'll know much better what works and what doesn't work. So you get much more return on your marketing efforts.

A boost in creativity

Thanks to AI, you can take your creativity to new heights as a marketer, as this article in Harvard Business Review also confirms. By using generative AI tools, you foster the ability to think outside the box by making associations between a wide variety of concepts and producing ideas that stem from these associations. This is how you come up with innovative solutions that you might otherwise never come up with.

Predicting with neuromarketing

Prediction with neuromarketing is a revolutionary development that brings us closer to understanding consumer behavior. By bringing together neuroscience, marketing and AI, you can create campaigns that seamlessly match individual's preferences and behaviors. This, of course, is tied to the vast amount of data that AI can process and analyze. This allows you to adjust your campaign in real time and run predictive analytics on it and achieve optimal customer engagement. Successful campaigns by brands such as Coca-Cola and Amazon are examples of how effective this approach can be.

And then ... the human element. The emotions

The idea that AI could experience emotions is, of course, enormously fascinating. However, the technology is still in its infancy when it comes to achieving actual emotional awareness. This is where your true strength as a marketer lies: the ability to show empathy, to really connect with your - potential - customer on a human level. While AI can help us with the heavy burden of data analysis and generating creative content, it is the human touch that adds the real value to your marketing efforts. In short, I dare say AI is far from replacing you. But by all means, take advantage of it: combining AI-driven insights with your human capacity for empathy and creative thinking is going to take the field to new heights.

The importance of efficient content management

Of course, it's great that AI allows you to produce creative content so quickly. But exponential growth of content requires a structured approach more than ever. If you don't have your content well organized, you'll only create more chaos. And now let us at Comrads also use AI to help you organize this content.

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