Sara Bodner’s spent many years working at digital marketing agencies, and she’s currently working in-house as the Hospitality Marketing Manager at Eden Resort & Suites. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• The AI strategies marketers are using to craft customer avatars that convert 
• Why starting with human insights is crucial before involving AI 
• Pro tips for creating avatars that resonate with your audience's emotions 
• How to leverage reviews and team insights for next-level personalization 

Dive in: 

[04:15] Creating, sharing, and refining content using AI. 

[07:50] AI helps understand users, systemize insights efficiently. 

[12:22] Research, analyze reviews for authentic customer language. 

[15:03] Start with basic AI tools, focus prompts. 

[17:40] Describe product, avatar, before/after states, pain points. 

[21:53] Tailor document for team-specific needs. 

[25:12] Insider Tips from Sara! 

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Jameela Ghann is a fount of knowledge when it comes to optimising eCommerce and marketing workloads, a self-confessed productivity nerd. She’s run her own eCommerce store; as marketing and partnership manager at Fera, she spent her time helping over 35,000 brands manage their reviews across all their review platforms, and now she’s building her own business AND helping others to embrace AI Marketing automation. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• How to pinpoint tasks you must automate with a simple time audit 
• The real difference between AI and automation—and why it matters 
• Tools and tips to save hours without sacrificing quality 
• Why automation can boost productivity and build stronger customer relationships 

Dive in: 

[05:09] Conduct a time audit before considering automation. 

[07:27] AI isn't always intelligent or problem-solving. 

[12:12] Automate non-human tasks; prioritize customer interaction. 

[14:08] Automate repetitive, teachable tasks first. 

[16:57] Hustle culture criticized; business overwhelm issues highlighted. 

[20:19] Insider Tips from Jameela! 

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Thomas Ryan is the co-founder at Descriptomizer, “the number 1 AI tool for product descriptions”. A tool their clients have found increases conversion by 12%. Thomas has been working in eCommerce software development since the early 2010s. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• The secret to writing AI-powered product descriptions that actually convert 
• Why “garbage in, garbage out” is the #1 rule for AI success in eCommerce 
• How to use AI to uncover hidden customer desires and boost engagement 
• The future of copywriting: Will AI replace human writers? 

Dive in: 

[05:23] Improving AI for better product descriptions. 

[09:25] Start with clear direction; quality input yields success. 

[13:02] Ensuring data quality for AI requires depth. 

[16:36] Use Descriptomizer; track and analyze engagement metrics. 

[17:32] Score product descriptions using "emphasis analysis". 

[21:43] AI reshapes copywriting, humans remain essential. 

[24:50] Insider Tips from Thomas! 

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Rosie is CEO at Nibble, where they’re building the future of AI negotiation. 

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• Using AI to personalize negotiations and increase engagement 
• Deploying AI for targeted discounts 
• Improving B2B operations 

Key timestamps to dive straight in: 

[08:11] AI enables personalized, natural language conversations effectively. 

[10:19] Consumer electronics brand avoids blanket promotions. 

[13:58] Insightful data reveals effective discount strategies. 

[17:01] Integration enhances customer-brand relationships through chatbots. 

[21:24] Balancing AI ethics and human-like chatbots. 

[24:15] Offload customer inquiries to ease pressure on agents. 

[26:37] Insider Tips from Rosie!

[30:26] Learn more at Nibble.bot 

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Irem Isik is Head of Marketing at Storyly where they’re all about helping you get the right content into the right places on the buyer journey – from discoverability to post purchase. Irem also spent most of the 2010s working at huge consumer facing brands in the CPG space – like Lipton’s Tea, Wall’s Ice cream and Nestle! 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• Why you need to embrace different content formats 
• Personalization of content 
• Customer research and customer-centricity 
• The role of technology in content marketing 

Dive in: 

[03:33] Content marketing focuses on customer engagement, sales. 

[07:21] Repurpose content considering customer intent and format. 

[11:27] Miss rich research in B2C, customer engagement vital. 

[14:00] Content positioning varies across web and mobile. 

[18:55] Stradivarius excels in engaging, native video content. 

[20:46] Insider Tips from Irem! 

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Bill Beutler is the President at Beutler Ink–a creative PR agency focused on enhancing the online presence of established and emerging brands by improving information on Wikipedia and creating compelling digital content. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• How Wikipedia can add to your brand’s credibility 
• Guidelines to make the most out of your Wikipedia page 
• Monitoring and maintaining your page 

Dive in: 

[04:42] Started Wikipedia-focused business, quit job in 2010. 

[06:01] Ideal client is not from any particular industry. 

[08:19] Wikipedia can drive traffic and clean up your search results. 

[10:34] Marketing is the main reason for wanting to have a page. 

[16:05] Create account, disclose conflict, request edit review. 

[20:42] Understand Wikipedia guidelines, avoid conflict of interest. 

[22:24] Help Wikipedia by donating or volunteering. 

[23:27] Insider Tips from Bill! 

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Abby Wood is the Founder at content writing agency, The Content Lab. If you need copy – for websites, for blogs, for marketing – they will produce it for you. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• Why understanding your audience is the first step 
• The importance of a simple, strategic calendar 
• Revisiting and updating content 
• How AI can help you 

Dive in: 

[05:18} eCommerce content has short shelf life challenges. 

[08:09] Create content pillars based on key topics. 

[13:19] Understand audience motivations for targeted marketing. 

[14:17] Visualize and understand your ideal customer. 

[17:29] eCommerce changes fast; prioritize simple content planning. 

[19:03] Feel free to use AI for generating ideas but make sure to make the content your own. 

[20:23] Insider Tips from Abby! 

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Hannah Brady is a senior content strategist at agency connective3. She’s been creating award winning SEO focused content strategies for brands large and small for over 8 years. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• Mapping content against the customer journey 
• Actively thinking about the customer journey, or role-playing 
• How content should serve both SEO and conversion goals 

Dive in: 

[06:14] Mapping on-site content to customer journey. 

[08:37] User journey encompasses emotional journey with brand. 

[10:27] Understanding customers ensures effective content creation journey. 

[15:23] SEO content must be user-friendly and adaptable. 

[18:05] Involve customer service in content creation process. 

[21:07] Adaptable strategies enhance organic content flow efficiency. 

[22:53] Insider Tips from Hannah! 

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James Carson is a content strategy consultant with some super impressive consumer facing experience including Head of SEO and Social Media at the Telegraph Media Group (huge newspaper in the UK), and MD at History Hit.

Right now he’s the founder of Publishing Strategy AND has just launched the AI tools directory NextGenTools.ai. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• Why a multiplatform content strategy is important 
• Using AI tools for content creation efficiency 
• Maintaining the human touch in your content 

Dive in: 

[04:59] iPhone age boosted social media accessibility and challenges. 

[07:56] Adapting content for social media is essential. 

[11:29] Video's promotional value in eCommerce is debated. 

[16:09] Plan social media strategy based on presence. 

[19:05] Good technical setup pays off; AI aids cleaning. 

[22:18] Tools like Synthesia, HeyGen becoming ubiquitous. 

[25:46] AI-generated content must be clearly labeled, critical. 

[27:29] Insider Tips from James! 

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Ian Lewis is the Head of Data & Analytics at Launch, the happy performance agency. And not just happy, they are also Google Premier Partner and twice winners of Europe’s best small PPC agency. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• Implementing Consent Mode V2 
• Using Enhanced Conversions 
• Collecting first-party data whenever you can 

Dive in: 

[07:54] Google Ads changes driven by new privacy legislations. 

[09:53] Cookie consent tools integrate with Google's ad system. 

[14:12] Google uses first-party data despite cookie declines. 

[17:33] Collect data to enhance user experience and ads. 

[19:47] Shopify collects data easily integrating with platforms. 

[24:08] Time changes carefully to avoid data misalignment. 

[25:43] Insider Tips from Ian! 

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