01/14/2026
What I am about to say will offend the skazzillions of you out there who became overnight "Marketing Experts" thanks to AI.
No. You're not.
A marketing expert wouldn't copy/paste ad copy directly from the AI engine.
A marketing expert won't use the same canned AI pitch that is already flooding the market.
A marketing expert is going to look at their competitors and ask, "What is it that I do for my clients that makes me different?"
If you’re relying on AI to furnish you that question, let alone the answer, you are not an expert.
If you are using regurgitated word salad to promote your business, how can you be trusted to promote someone else's?
AI is a brilliant tool for the expert marketer and I encourage you to use it.
After you actually learn how to write your own elevator pitch. Maybe figure out what all those acronyms like CTR and ROI and SEO mean.
One last thing.
My clients work very hard to maintain their five star reviews. An expert marketer would never leave a review for local service brands without actually using the service in hopes of gaining new business. Certain platforms make a point of verifying reviews. Fake reviews, even good ones, are bad for clients.
I guess AI didn't tell you that.
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