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How Marketers Should Plan for AI with Raj Venkatesan
Raj Venkatesan is co-author of the new book The AI Marketing Canvas and a professor of marketing at the University of Virginia. This week he joined me on the On Brand podcast for a timely discussion about artificial intelligence and marketing—how should we be thinking about it and what should we be planning for the new year ahead.
About Raj Venkatesan
Rajkumar Venkatesan is the co-author of The AI Marketing Canvas: A Five-Stage Road Map to Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Marketing. He is the Ronald Trzcinski Professor of Business Administration in the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. His writing has appeared in the Journal of Marketing and Harvard Business Review, among others, and he is the co-author of Marketing Analytics (2021). For more information, please visit the book’s website.
Episode Highlights & Takeaways
“AI is something that’s going to help marketers,” Raj began, noting that many worry about AI being something new and different. “If you’re in marketing, you do what you do best. Provide excellent and superior customer service. And what AI does is allow you to scale this customer service and personalize it.”
Where should marketers get started with AI? “Start with first-party customer data—you have to have a strong data foundation. From here, you look for value pockets where AI can help you scale.”
A good reminder/warning about your data: “You will never have perfect data. And if you wait for it, it will be too late—your competition will beat you there.”
What brand has made Raj smile recently? Raj began by claiming that I made him smile. Host flattery? I’m here for it. Raj followed up with his real brand smile—Ford. Recently, the automaker announced that they’ve stopped taking orders for the new electric Ford F-150. This made Raj smile as it’s a good sign that we’re moving away from fossil fuels.
To learn more about Raj Venkatesan, check out his book at The AI Marketing Canvas book website, his Coursera courses, and his University of Virginia webpage.
As We Wrap …
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Did you hear something you liked on this episode or another? Do you have a question you’d like our guests to answer? Let me know on Twitter using the hashtag #OnBrandPodcast and you may just hear your thoughts here on the show.
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Until next week, I’ll see you on the Internet!
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Raj Venkatesan is co-author of the new book The AI Marketing Canvas and a professor of marketing at the University of Virginia. This week he joined me on the On Brand podcast for a timely discussion about artificial intelligence and marketing—how should we be thinking about it and what should we be planning for the new year ahead.
About Raj Venkatesan
Rajkumar Venkatesan is the co-author of The AI Marketing Canvas: A Five-Stage Road Map to Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Marketing. He is the Ronald Trzcinski Professor of Business Administration in the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. His writing has appeared in the Journal of Marketing and Harvard Business Review, among others, and he is the co-author of Marketing Analytics (2021). For more information, please visit the book’s website.
Episode Highlights & Takeaways
“AI is something that’s going to help marketers,” Raj began, noting that many worry about AI being something new and different. “If you’re in marketing, you do what you do best. Provide excellent and superior customer service. And what AI does is allow you to scale this customer service and personalize it.”
Where should marketers get started with AI? “Start with first-party customer data—you have to have a strong data foundation. From here, you look for value pockets where AI can help you scale.”
A good reminder/warning about your data: “You will never have perfect data. And if you wait for it, it will be too late—your competition will beat you there.”
What brand has made Raj smile recently? Raj began by claiming that I made him smile. Host flattery? I’m here for it. Raj followed up with his real brand smile—Ford. Recently, the automaker announced that they’ve stopped taking orders for the new electric Ford F-150. This made Raj smile as it’s a good sign that we’re moving away from fossil fuels.
To learn more about Raj Venkatesan, check out his book at The AI Marketing Canvas book website, his Coursera courses, and his University of Virginia webpage.
As We Wrap …
Listen and subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn, and RSS.
Rate and review the show—If you like what you’re hearing, be sure to head over to Apple Podcasts and click the 5-star button to rate the show. And, if you have a few extra seconds, write a couple of sentences and submit a review to help others find the show. (Need a quick tutorial on leaving a rating/review? Check this out.)
Did you hear something you liked on this episode or another? Do you have a question you’d like our guests to answer? Let me know on Twitter using the hashtag #OnBrandPodcast and you may just hear your thoughts here on the show.
On Brand is a part of the Marketing Podcast Network.
Until next week, I’ll see you on the Internet!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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