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
Learn Practical AI Skills for Marketing with Will Francis
AI is giving marketers some incredible new superpowers, but the real opportunity is figuring out which ones are actually worth using. In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing® Podcast, I sit down with
The Positioning Problem with Chris DuBois
Positioning gets more valuable as AI makes everything easier to copy.That was one of my favorite themes from this week’s Human-First AI Marketing Podcast with Chris DuBois...
How To Use AI as a Solopreneur without Losing Your Soul with Joe Casabona
AI can help solopreneurs save time, streamline workflows, and grow their businesses, but how do you use it without sacrificing the creativity, critical thinking, and personal connections that make your work valuable? In this episode...
Is AI Killing LinkedIn? Daniel Disney on the Future of Social Selling
Is AI-generated content, automated outreach, and an increasingly unpredictable algorithm ruining LinkedIn? In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing® Podcast, host Mike Montague sits down with
Soul at Scale with Noah Fleming
How do you grow your business with AI and automation while preserving the human connections that make your brand special? In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing® Podcast, Mike Montague sits down with
Hybrid Marketing & Delivering Marketing Joy with Kirby Hasseman
What happens when digital marketing gets so crowded that physical experiences start feeling fresh again? In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing® Podcast, Mike Montague sits down with...
Using AI for Local SEO with Tyler Henn
AI is changing how people search for local businesses. Longer, more conversational searches give tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google’s AI-powered search more context to understand what someone actually needs and recommend businesses that are...
Old School Service, New School Tools with David Levine
In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague talks with David Levine, author of
Fueling Your GTM Strategy with AI Insights with Francis Brero
In this episode of the Human-First AI and Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague sits down with Francis Brero of HG Insights to explore how AI is changing g...
Evaluating AI Models with Sherif Higazy
In this episode of Human-First AI Marketing, Mike Montague talks with Sherif Higazy, Founder of Megaton AI, a benchmarking and advisory firm for...
Marketing Attribution & AI Analytics with Keith Perhac
In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague talks with Keith Perhac, founder of SegMetrics, about the changing world of marke...
Where NOT to Use AI in Your Marketing with John Sampogna
In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague talks with John Sampogna, CEO and co-founder of Wondersauce, about one of ...
AI Ethics and Spiritual Implications with Techno-Theologian Christopher Benek
In this episode of the Human First AI Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague talks with Reverend Dr. Christopher Benek, a techno-theologian and author of
AI Doesn't Belong in the C-Suite with Mike Montague EPISODE #100
A couple of weeks ago, a politician read his chatbot's instructions out loud into the official record of his legislature. Everybody laughed at him. That same morning, a CEO somewhere forwarded a giant AI strategy document to their team with the...
The Future of AI: Predictions from Marketing and Artificial Intelligence Experts
For our 99th episode of the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, we’re celebrating with a special compilation: The Future of AI: Predictions from Our 2026 Experts. This episode brings together highlights from this year’s guests as they shar...
Creating Rockstarr AI with Rachel Minion
In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague welcomes back Rachel Minion to talk about Creating Rockstarr AI and what it really takes to build AI systems that can support a small bus...
Overcoming Identity Fracture and Unleashing Influence with Dr. Angela Mulrooney
In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague talks with Dr. Angela Mulrooney, Founder of Unleashing Influence Inc. and author of
The Polymath's Place in AI with Dr. Angela Meyers
In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague talks with Dr. Angela C. Myers, author of Versatile: Human Intelligence in an Artificial Age, Founder of...
Human-Led AI-Assisted Content with Kristen Kent
In this episode, Mike Montague talks with Kristen Kent, founder of Evergreen Content Ops, about what it really means to create human-led, ...
Product Marketing for AI Products with Josh Porter
In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague talks with Josh Porter, founder of Thunderwolf Consulting, host of the
The AI Search Gold Rush with Stephan Bajaio
What if most businesses are chasing the wrong AI strategy?In this episode of the Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, Mike Montague sits down with Stephan Bajaio of VibeLogic to explore the future of...
AI Adoption with Maryrose Lyons
AI Adoption with Maryrose Lyons explores what it really takes for SMBs and midmarket teams to learn, adopt, and apply AI in a way that improves daily work. Maryrose Lyons, founder of the AI Institu...
AI in 3D Content, Gaming, and World Building with James Thornton
Everybody is talking about generative AI. They're missing the bigger opportunity. In a recent conversation with James Thornton, CEO of Daz 3D, we explored a side of artificial intelligence that most...