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AI-Driven Marketer: Master Practical AI Marketing SkillsShow Notes
$100 Off Social Media Marketing World: https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/AI-Driven I'll be speaking there! In this AI marketing podcast episode, Dan Sanchez sits down with Michael Stelzner (Social Media Examiner) to unpack how to spot real megatrends vs. hype, why resistance is often the clearest early signal of a lasting shift, and what AI is likely to change (and not change) about marketing on the road to 2030. My Favorite AI Tools • Tella - https://danchez.com/tella • High Level - https://danchez.com/highlevel • Zencastr - https://danchez.com/podtools • n8n - https://danchez.com/n8n Resources Mentioned • $100 Off Social Media Marketing World- https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/AI-Driven Timestamps • 01:46 — How Mike evaluates trends: excitement, resistance, and sustained adoption • 03:25 — Clubhouse as the cautionary tale: viral moment vs. lasting megatrend • 05:42 — AI “sub-trends” & hype cycles: why “agents” talk doesn’t equal adoption (yet) • 13:06 — The three AI “shock” moments: ChatGPT, voice interaction, and image breakthroughs • 17:06 — Echoes of early social media: the Wild Wild West + competitive advantage for “know-how” • 20:00 — The pattern break: big institutions pushing AI faster than consumers can absorb • 27:39 — 5–7 year outlook: the baseline for “good marketing” jumps; small teams scale massively • 36:03 — Human advantage: discernment + emotional sensing (and lived experience) as the moat • 39:36 — What becomes obsolete: search-as-we-know-it → “single best answer” intermediated by AI • 44:11 — Thriving in 2030: training + experimentation as the unfair advantage
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