Human-First AI Marketing Podcast by Avenue9
Turn your expertise into content, conversations, and clients with Human-First AI Marketing. Learn how and where to leverage AI without burning bridges, burning cash, or burning out your team.
For founders and marketing leaders at expert-led B2B firms, Mike Montague, founder of Avenue9, hosts weekly conversations with AI and marketing experts and other founders to learn how they use AI in marketing.
You'll hear practical ways to build thought leadership, leverage AI systems, tell scalable sales stories that travel, show up in AI answers with Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), and build workflows that amplify your team. Practical, candid, and a little funny.
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Episodes
113 episodes
The Marketer’s Manual on Generative AI with John Suarez
In this episode, Mike Montague sits down with John Suarez of SmartBug Media—co-author of The Marketer’s Manual on Generative AI- to talk about what actually works when it comes to AI-powered marketing. From remixing content to replacing outdate...
AI Meets Scrappy ABM: Account-Based Marketing with Mason Cosby
AI is reshaping how we target accounts, but it’s also made it easier than ever to get lazy, loud, and lose the trust of your prospects. In this episode, Mike Montague sits down with Mason Cosby, founder of Scrappy ABM, to talk about what actual...
The LinkedIn Growth Blueprint for B2B Success with Daniel Alfon
In this episode of the Human First AI Marketing podcast, Mike Montague sits down with LinkedIn strategist and author Daniel Alfon to break down what actually works on LinkedIn in 2025, especially for B2B professionals, SMB owners, and marketing...
The AI Workforce Shift: Building a High-Leverage Team with Ashley Gross
In this episode of the Human First AI Marketing podcast, host Mike Monague sits down with Ashley Gross, founder of the AI Workforce Alliance, to unpack one of the most urgent transformations facing today’s marketing leaders: the shift from trad...
The AI-Driven Marketer’s Playbook with Dan Sanchez
In this episode of The Human First AI Marketing Podcast, host Mike Montague sits down with Dan Sanchez, founder of the AI-Driven Marketer podcast, to unpack how marketers can go beyond gimmicks and truly integrate AI into their daily workflows....
The AI Risks and Rewards You Can’t Afford to Ignore with Alec Crawford
If you're leading a small to mid-sized business, AI is already part of your world, even if your company banned it. In this episode, Alec Crawford of AI. Risk joins Mike Montague to explore the real risks AI poses to SMBs: data privacy, prompt i...
2025 Human-First AI Marketing Awards with Mike Montague, Founder of Avenue9
In this special episode of the Human-First AI Marketing podcast, Mike Montague celebrates National AI Appreciation Day with the first-ever Avenue9 Human-First AI Marketing Awards – Class of 2025.Mike shares his fav...
Why Interviewers Make the Best AI Marketers with Dan Nestle
Mike Montague sits down with Dan Nestle of Inquisitive Communications to explore how the marketing game is changing and why curiosity is now your most valuable asset. From the rise of large language models to the deluge of dull, AI-generated co...
Why Your Next Hire Should Be a Fractional CMO with Sara Nay
Mike sits down with Sara Nay, CEO of Duct Tape Marketing, to explore how AI is reshaping marketing roles and why strategy, leadership, and emotional intelligence are more important than ever. Sara shares what small businesses often get wrong ab...
Using AI to Actually Grow Your Small Business with Dilip Dubey
In this episode of The Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague sits down with Dilip Dubey, founder of Sutra.AI, to explore how small and mid-sized businesses can finally unlock the real promise of AI, without needing massive budgets or ...
AI's Impact on Org Charts and the Death of the 3-Year Plan with Tim Brewer and Damian Bramanis
In this episode of Human-First AI Marketing, host Mike Montague sits down with Tim Brewer and Damian Bramanis from Functionly to unpack one of the most urgent questions facing modern leaders: how do you structure a business when AI changes what...
The AI Merchandising Revolution with Vinod Kumar
In this episode of Human-First AI Marketing, Mike Montague sits down with Vinod Kumar, founder of Syntheum.ai, to explore how AI is transforming one of the most overlooked but essential roles in retail and e-co...
Ethical AI and Accessibility with Warren Wilansky
Ethical AI isn't just a philosophy; it’s a practical framework for building better digital experiences. In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing podcast, Mike Montague sits down with Warren Wilansky, founder of Plank and the Ethical Web ...
Sentiment Analysis and AI Market Research with Alexandra Gonzalez
Forget clicks. What your customers feel matters more than what they say or do. In this episode, Alexandra Gonzalez of Savvy Marketers joins us to explore how sentiment analysis, facial recognition, and biometric data can reveal the emotional tr...
AI-Powered Marketing Analytics with Zeke Camusio
In this episode of the Human First AI Marketing podcast, host Mike Monague sits down with Zeke Camusio, founder of Data Speaks AI, to explore how small and mid-sized businesses can unlock the true potential of their marketing data. With decades...
Infailable AI and Digital Acceleration with Chris Hood
Are you feeling pressure to “keep up with AI”? You’re not alone and you’re not crazy for being skeptical.In this episode of Human-First AI Marketing, Mike Montague sits down with former Google strategist and author of Infailable, Chris ...
AI-Powered Membership Communities with Nathalie Doremieux
If you're building or thinking about building a membership community, this episode will change the way you approach it. Nathalie Doremieux, co-founder of The Membership Lab, joins Mike Montague for a human-first conversation on what really make...
Understanding Time & Relationships in the AI Era with Greg Wasserman
Mike Montague sits down with Greg Wasserman, a self-proclaimed "relationship broker," to explore how AI is changing the way we build trust, make introductions, and grow our businesses. They unpack why automation isn’t enough, how referrals and ...
Leveraging AI for Creative Storytelling with Tim Kalinowski
What makes a story resonate?Tim Kalinowski, founder of Lore Creative, joins Mike Montague to unpack the storytelling strategies that actually connect with real people and how SMBs can use AI to amplify them without losing the human heart...
Crafting Your "Hell Yes!" Offer with Jessica Miller
Most marketing teams pour time, money, and AI tools into tactics, email sequences, content engines, and funnel hacks without realizing their core offer is the real problem. In this episode, Mike Montague sits down with Jessica Miller, award-win...
Scaling Trust, Not Clicks for B2B Growth with Eric Eden
Mike Montague interviews Eric Eden, CMO at Workforce and host of the Remarkable Marketing Podcast, about how CROs and B2B leaders can cut through the noise of vanity metrics, bots, and fake engagement, and use AI to scale trust, not just clicks...
AI Marketing Optimization with Badri Veera and John Karl from Crigloo
The Unified Marketing Playbook CMOs Shouldn't IgnoreIn this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing podcast, Mike Montague sits down with Badri Veera and John Karl from Crigloo to explore how CMOs and marketing leaders ca...
Search Ranking in a Post-Google World: AI Optimization with Michael Buckbee
In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague sits down with Michael Buckbee, founder of Knowatoa, to explore how the rise of AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity is reshaping the rules of discoverability....
Stacking AI Marketing Tools Like a Pro with Lisa Oda
Lisa Oda, founder of HiveStir and Director of AI at Infinite Marketing, explores how AI is transforming modern marketing practices. Mike and Lisa dive into practical applications, including content repurposing, funnel optimization, prompt engin...
AI Entrepreneurship with Måns Näsman: Building Bigger Impact with Collective Intelligence
What if your AI could do more than just answer questions? In this episode, Måns Näsman shares a powerful new vision of “dualistic AI,” where multiple humans and AI agents collaborate in real time to solve bigger problems, scale communication, a...