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Senior AI Marketing Strategist

AI-Driven Marketer

Helping marketers master AI and lead the future of marketing.

Show Host

Danchez

Need help turning your marketing department into a system-driven machine? Send me a DM and I'll show you how you can turn the chaos into systematic results.

AI Marketing Consultant & Creator

Element451

Led all inbound marketing efforts to drive revenue.

Director of Inbound Marketing

Sweet Fish

Led a team of producers to manage 40+ clients' podcasts and content marketing. I led strategic sessions with clients to help them create industry-leading shows.

Executive Producer

Served as head of marketing for Sweet Fish and consulted B2B tech companies across industries on marketing strategy, audience growth, and content marketing. Helped Sweet Fish hit the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list two years in a row and hosted over 200 episodes on the B2B Growth show.

• Generated over one million in revenue through my evangelism on LinkedIn. 
• Helped the B2B Growth podcast rank #1 in the Apple Podcast marketing category.

Director of Audience Growth

Bethany International

Served as the head of marketing and lead a teams in marketing, media, and digital technology initiatives. Daily responsibilities included marketing strategy development, coaching staff, mentoring students, producing content, writing copy, managing processes, and directing design work.

• Tripled the enrollment of BGU & won an award for fastest enrollment growth.
• Grew lead generation from 450 to 4,000+ leads annually. 
• Grew revenue from 6 to 12 million.
• Grew a new website from zero to 500k monthly pageviews from SEO.

Director of Marketing

Bethany Global University

Developed curriculum for and taught ENT211: Marketing Your Small Business for BGU's Transformational Entrepreneurship program where I coached students on how to start and market micro businesses.

Administrative Faculty

Shoptology

Worked with a talented team to build Facebook applications, manage client digital marketing, and provide social media training. My responsibilities ranged from product development, UI design, email marketing, WordPress theme development, Google Adwords, Facebook ad campaigns, and conducting market research for multinational corporations.

Marketing Engagement Specialist

International House of Prayer

I managed social networks consisting of 200,000+ followers as well as their PPC campaigns on Adwords and Facebook.
• Increased website traffic from social media by over 120%.

Social Media Manager

Teen Mania Ministries

Led a team of eight interns in email, social media, SMS text, Google Adwords, and direct mail marketing for one of the largest Christian youth organizations in the world. Managed 23 websites and blogs that exceeded 1.8 million annual visits each year.

• Website optimization for extremecamps.com increased lead generation by over 500%.
• Rebuilt all of their major websites which cut costs by 90% and increased overall performance.
• Successfully automated SMS text and email campaigns to save hours of work each week.
• Developed a marketing department training website for new hires and interns.

Digital Marketing Manager

Just a marketer trying to master AI in 2024 🦾 | Host of AiDrivenMarketer.com

Hi, I’m Dan Sanchez. My friends call me Danchez. 😉

I freaking love ai & marketing  ❤️ 🧑🏽‍💻

I also love:
• Yerba Mate  🧉
• Christmas 🎄 
• The great outdoors 🏕 
• V-neck t-shirts
• & Ultra learning (ask ChatGPT some time) 🤓

I post my most actionable advice to help you leverage AI to: 
 
👉  automate the busy work

👉  amplify your creativity

👉  and clarify your message

every... single...  day...  to help you LEVEL UP 🦾 your marketing game. 

So... connect with me on LinkedIn, 

become a friend, 

and call me Danchez. 🤓 👊

Dan Sanchez

"Let’s clarify your intent" 😍

ChatGPT is getting better.

I've been waiting for this moment. I know it would come but this is one of the first times I've seen it.

AI is slowing down and asking for clarity from my vague instructions just like a human would.

I've seen indicators of this before. If you would have asked it to write a marketing plan a year ago, it wouldn't have stopped to ask about the business you wanted to write it for. Eight months ago it started asking that.

Today, I gave it something that it would have normally moved forward with, but today it stopped and asked for clarity. 

It was the right thing to do.

These models are improving in small ways all the time.

#Danchez

Marketer mastering AI. Join me & 5k others on the journey at AIDrivenMarketer.com

Gemini will overtake ChatGPT when they:

1. Add a collaborate project feature

2. Allow Gemini to access most of the most common Google apps (YouTube, Analytics, etc)

3. Add memory 

3. They expand Google Opal to integrate with other apps outside of the Google ecosystem

4. They consolidate more of their AI features into their core Gemini app

I think it’s likely that these will all get done in 2026.

So, my prediction: Gemini will surpass ChatGPT by this time next year unless ChatGPT has an insane Hail Mary up their sleeve. 

Will you move?

#Danchez

I was 67 episodes in, then I got traction.

It takes time. We have to stop pivoting.

I had started and stopped a dozen blogs, podcasts, YouTube channels. 

I finally stuck with one.

It took a long time to grow.

But it did grow. 

Now it reaches 1,200-2,000 people an episode. 

It’s not huge, but it’s enough to keep it in the top 50 marketing podcasts. 

If you are just starting, just realized that it takes time. 

If you want to give up, keep going.

If you want to speed it up, publish more AND do improve the quality a little every time. 

Also, 67 wasn’t the magic number, it’s just when I noticed that things began to grow at a slightly faster rate. 

I was also not starting from zero. I had 25k LinkedIn followers and 10k monthly page views on my site and it still took a long time.

#Danchez

PS - Want me to take a look at your pod? Drop a link below and I’ll send a quick video with some rapid fire feedback.

OpenAI’s gearing up for war with Google.

But here’s the problem…

Google owns the map, the email, the docs, the OS… OpenAI owns ChatGPT and Sora. That’s it.

They’ll burn billions chasing compute, so building their own “Google Suite” from scratch? Impossible.

If I were Sam Altman, I’d go all in on acquisitions that scare Google:

👉 Notion: where real people actually work.
👉 Proton Mail: where privacy isn’t an afterthought.

Imagine a future where “OpenAI Suite” means private, fast, AI-powered everything.

Google would finally have a rival worth sweating over.

What company would you buy if you were OpenAI?

#Danchez
I help marketers use AI to move faster, build better, and think smarter.

PS – I built a free tool to make posting on LinkedIn easier. Try it (Link in profile).

Can you write a book with AI?

Would it be any good? We'll find out.

Naturally, there are dozens of programs that will spit out a book with a single prompt and all of them will be garbage. 

But, what if AI was just the ghost writer? 

What if you fed it your:

👉 Ideas
👉 Stories
👉 Style
👉 Structure
👉 Instructions

What if you let it interview you for more details?

That's what Ken Freire and I are attempting to do one podcast episode at a time. We've outlined the book using our existing ideas, broke down each chapter, and are recording an episode nearly every day this month that Gemini is turning into a chapter with the transcript.

We will still have to edit, but getting to v1 of the written draft was always the hard part (for me anyway). 

Will it work? 

The first drafts I'm getting out of Gemini tell me, yes.

You get to be the judge when it's published.

#Danchez
Marketer, mastering AI. 
Connect with me (Dan Sanchez) to join me on the journey.

PS - Today's episode (ch. 5) just dropped. 

Apple: https://lnkd.in/eSfvJqM8

Spotify: https://lnkd.in/e9dQqyYH

YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ekNcZKPM

Ashley Faus

Kogan Page Publishing

My book, "Human-Centered Marketing: How to Connect with Audiences in the Age of AI" features three frameworks to help marketers build trust and attract, convert, and retain customers.

Key messages:

-	Trust is the key: People buy from people they trust, and people trust people like themselves. As marketers, we need to build trust with our audience to win and re-win their hearts, minds, and wallets.

-	The human connection becomes more important in the age of AI, because more technology makes it harder to find people you can trust and make authentic connections.

-	The Playground mindset shift: Marketing needs to evolve to match the modern journey. It’s no longer about rushing people to a purchase, it’s about building trust and rapport for long-term value exchange.

-	The Social Media Spectrum (communication, conversation, community): Social media continues to evolve, but too many brands are still focused on driving and participating in conversation about the brand, instead of meeting the audience where they are and fostering community.

-	4 Pillars of Thought Leadership (credibility, profile, prolific, depth of ideas): Thought leadership helps build trust, but it’s not the only type of content or creator that you need in the marketing mix.

Author, "Human-Centered Marketing: How to Connect with Audiences in the Age of AI"

Atlassian

Head of Lifecycle Marketing, Portfolio

Director of Integrated Product Marketing

Product Marketing Lead, Software Teams Content 

Sr. Manager, Integrated Media

Sr. Corporate Communications Manager

Skyport Systems

Skyport Systems, acquired by Cisco, provides secure, hyperconverged infrastructure to modernize the DMZ, protect Active Directory, and secure legacy applications and remote branch operations.

Sr. Product Marketing Manager and Content Strategist

Palerra

Palerra, acquired by Oracle, pioneered the API-based Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB).

Sr. Manager, Content Strategy and Marketing Communications

Duarte, Inc.

Strategy and execution for all things marketing.

In addition to previous duties, manage budget, forecast, and annual planning for marketing strategy.

Sr. Marketing Manager

Manage a team of creative experts
Marketo integration, strategy, and execution
Analytics/KPI reporting and analysis
IP launches - Resonate multimedia, Slidedocs, Persuasive Presentations eCourse
Email campaigns, social media, and ad campaigns
Website branding and content updates
Editorial content strategy and execution
Executive presentations

Marketing Manager

Killick Aerospace

Killick Aerospace encompasses several companies that provide engine maintenance, accessory maintenance, airframe support, and parts and engine sales to the aviation industry. I oversaw the marketing activities for all companies in the Killick Aerospace portfolio. My duties include, but are not limited to:

Work with management and IT department for requirements gathering, implementation and documentation of CRM strategy 

Manage 3rd party programmer to update company websites, content manager for company websites

Manage relationships with outside vendors including designers and promotional representatives 

Coordinate all aspects of trade show exhibits, including marketing collateral, shipments, promotional items, and travel logistics

Co-creator and co-manager for print advertising budget

Track and measure success of marketing activities, including website traffic/SEO, referral lead source, and email campaigns

Marketing Coordinator

UserTesting.com

I helped research and implement a social media strategy, including Twitter and reaching out to bloggers. I also helped with customer service.

Independent Contractor

Solar Designs, Inc

Account manager for the company’s largest project, a commercial solar installation, worth $150,000

Improved profit margin by 5% through bulk-price negotiations with supplier

Grew affiliate partnerships from 2 to over 50 within 8 months, used direct Marketing to offer qualified leads and guaranteed revenue to new partners

Increased revenue opportunity by creating a training package for installers

Strategic analysis of customer and installer needs, led to over-hauling information-gathering form and presentation of final customer proposal

Wrote proposals with details about solar system design, environmental impact, and financial implications including up-front costs, rebates, ROI, and payback

OpenTech Media, Inc.

Research, layout, and copy for corporate brochure and website to present a more cohesive message to customers

Virion Interactive Agency

Competitive analysis, post-project analysis, client invoicing and work order processing

Account Management Intern

Director of Integrated Product Marketing, Atlassian

Marketer, writer, speaker by day... singer, actor, fitness fiend by night!

I've handled all aspects of marketing strategy and execution, from product marketing, to demand-gen, to content and events. I love telling the high-level stories that resonate with an audience and connecting the dots between types of assets and distribution channels.

My writing has been published on TIME, Forbes, The Journal of Brand Strategy, and The Muse, and I've spoken on various marketing topics for INBOUND, Harvard Business Review, and MarketingProfs.

Visit https://ashleyfaus.com/ for more information about my book, "Human-Centered Marketing: How to Connect with Audiences in the Age of AI".

(Views are my own)

When you're friends with smart marketers, you feature each other as an example when you write a book 😀

Devin Bramhall released her book recently, and she featured my Playground framework.

I released my book in May, and I featured her community work from her time at Help Scout.

Per usual, there's a blooper pic if you swipe through 😂

Buy "Human-Centered Marketing": https://amzn.to/480QQLI

Buy "B2B Content Marketing Strategy": https://amzn.to/4i3SLne

(Thanks to MarketingProfs B2B Forum for the cozy background and in-person photo opp 😊)

Head of Lifecycle Marketing, Portfolio at Atlassian

You do NOT need more assets.


You need better distribution.

That's it.
That's the post.

(Ok, one more thing: grab a copy of my book, "Human-Centered Marketing: How to Connect with Audiences in the Age of AI" if you want tactical advice on how to build an audience journey that scales and converts)

I don't have many rituals before I step onstage to speak.

But I DO love my glitter face mask tradition 😀

Excited to speak about building trust in the buyer's journey MarketingProfs B2B Forum this morning, 10:20am EST!

Grateful for another award for my book, "Human-Centered Marketing: How to Connect with Audiences in the Age of AI" 🎉

Need a gift for yourself or a marketer you love? Get 40% through December 1st!

Grab a copy: https://lnkd.in/eJWZHRF8

Need some light reading en route to allllll the Thanksgiving dinners?

Free sneak peeks:

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When I was VERY early in my career, I had to make an expensive decision on behalf of the business.

I was SO worried about it!

Tons of money.
Literally minutes to make the choice.
No time to call my boss for approval.

I decided to spend the money, and trusted that my boss would be ok with it once I finally talked with her.

Y'all... It was paying $50 for valet parking.

But at that time in my life, $50 for parking seemed absurd.

At that time in my career, I wasn't well-versed in how businesses expenses and vendor agreements worked.

And I was genuinely worried about confirming with a vendor that they could pay $50 for valet parking because they were running late to film a customer testimonial during a big conference.

My boss was thrilled that I made the decision to spend the $50 on faster parking vs. potentially losing the filming slot with the customer.

Now as a seasoned marketer, I cringe at my younger self, thinking how silly it was for me to even worry about $50 valet parking. 

OF COURSE that is a no-brainer call!

But... does your team know when it's a no-brainer decision? 

Do they trust that their leaders will back them up when they need to make real-time "expensive" choices?

Do they have a framework for when to escalate?

If you're rolling your eyes at folks making bad calls, it's worth taking a step back to understand whether they have context and trust to make good calls.

Because it's ACTUALLY expensive to do things cheap.

"Which bakery did this come from?"

"Wait, YOU made these!?!"

"You should open a bakery..."

People say this to me frequently when I bring treats to the office, the theater, birthdays, etc.

There's some AMAZING commercial-scale bakeries out there, AMAZING home bakers out there, and everything in between (including my amateur baker status).

After baking treats and buying treats over the years, I've started applying my marketing nerdery to the questions of perception, compliments, trust, etc. in this space.

And so, I'm curious...

In the comparison below, which option would you pay more for?

How much would you pay for a dozen of the cupcakes shown in the picture?

Assume that each option has comparable cost of goods sold, etc. to not bias the results too much, and you can make whatever assumptions you want about where the cupcakes came from, who took the pictures, if they're AI-generated vs. human, etc.

Please nerd out with me about the intersection of my baking hobby and my marketing brain 😋

"96% of organizations say they DON'T see an org-wide transformation with AI" - Atlassian State of AI Collaboration Report

What are the 4% of companies who go beyond individual productivity doing differently, and how can you get past the hype to actually see results from AI adoption?

Join me next week for a FREE event with Hard Skill Exchange to hear how real people are bringing AI into their organizations.

I'll cover:

👀 More surprising findings from the AI Collaboration Index

📋 Practical exercises, like FixIt Fridays, to help your teams bring AI into their workflows

🧠 The mindset shifts to go from a lofty mandate to real-world use cases

You're not tricking anyone into buying anything.

A "Learn More" CTA that goes to a form to contact sales, book a demo, or otherwise become a "lead" that will then be "nurtured" is not, in fact, increasing your conversion rate or contributing to your pipeline and revenue goals.

It's just breaking trust with your audience, over and over again.

To build trust AND drive business impact, we need to match CTAs and metrics with intent.

And that's EXPLICIT intent, based on the next action for the AUDIENCE.

It's NOT whatever inferred intent you want it to be as a marketer (and let's be honest... we always want it to be buy-intent 😅).

Your thought leadership content should drive trust- and learn-intent outcomes.

Your product content should drive buy- and use-intent outcomes.

Your support forums and documentation should drive help-intent outcomes.

Draft accordingly.
CTA transparently.
Measure accurately.

Build trust and drive revenue 🙌

(PS - Want more details on how to build and measure a journey that converts? Grab a copy of my book, "Human-Centered Marketing: How to Connect with Audiences in the Age of AI", on sale with code SALE40 through Dec. 3!)

"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart's Law

I've been on a bit of a metrics and attribution kick lately, and I talked a bit about Goodhart's Law in my conversation with 🍁 Glenn Schmelzle on the Funnel Reboot podcast.

The heart of it is something that marketers continually struggle with...

We know we gotta measure.
But we know we can't measure everything.
And without everything, it kinda feels like we have nothing.

The problem is that we're so focused on capturing every. little. detail. in a way that we can easily show in a dashboard, but we miss the big opportunities that actually help people move through a buying process.

We talked about the core frameworks in my book that help you do just that: create a journey that helps the HUMANS make decisions, take action, and solve their problems (and yep, drive revenue for your business)!

Hear the full episode: https://lnkd.in/emxHSDgk

Grab a copy of the book: https://amzn.to/480QQLI

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