AI is making marketing influence harder to track. Here’s how to avoid misleading attribution data and make better investment decisions. By Dan Taylor Published on May 12, 2026 Last-click attribution has long been seen as a practical way to assign value to marketing activities. It offers a clean, simple view of what appears … Continue reading Last-click attribution rewards the wrong work in an AI-first world
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How CMOs should think about discovery in an AI-first world
As buyers rely on AI summaries, marketing needs new visibility models, KPIs and ownership over the next 18 months. By Stephanie Trovato January 27, 2026 Last month, I asked a VP of marketing how prospects were finding her company. “Organic search, some paid, a little social,” she said. I opened ChatGPT and entered a … Continue reading How CMOs should think about discovery in an AI-first world
6 ways ad agencies can thrive in an AI-first world
Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) will change the way search marketers do business. In the latest article in his multipart series on PPC and AI, columnist Frederick Vallaeys shares his strategies for keeping your agency successful in a world of AI-first PPC. Frederick Vallaeys on December 26, 2017 Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine … Continue reading 6 ways ad agencies can thrive in an AI-first world