CTM Takeover Episode: Mike Montague - Audience Refinement, Tailored Communication & AI Messaging

How can marketers harness AI to create personalized, scalable, and effective marketing strategies? This special Hard Corps Marketing Show takeover episode features an episode from the Connect To Market podcast, hosted by Casey Cheshire. In this conversation, Casey sits down with Mike Montague, Founder of Avenue9 and Host of Human-First AI Marketing Podcast, to explore how AI-driven marketing can unlock new levels of connection and efficiency. The conversation dives into how storytelling, audience understanding, and AI tools come together to elevate marketing efforts. Mike shares actionable strategies for building trust through storytelling, qualifying audience personas, integrating AI for automation and scaling, and tailoring communications using personality insights. He also highlights the importance of continually refining your approach to discover the ‘aha’ moments that resonate deeply with your audience. In this episode, we cover:Building trust through storytelling and connecting with audiencesQualifying and understanding diverse audience personasCrafting scalable and adaptable marketing stories with AIIntegrating and automating AI tools to streamline marketing 🔔 Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the notification bell so you never miss an episode of Hard Corps Marketing. Connect with Mike:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikedmontague/  Company website: avenue9.comHuman-First AI Marketing: https://podcast.avenue9.com/2435068/follow  Books: amazon.com/author/mikemontague Playful Human Quiz: https://playfulhumans.com/quiz/  Ways to Tune In:Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hard-corps-marketing-show/id1338838763 Amazon Music/Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/0f4497c6-b402-4cad-9018-1e41b7e8f2bb/the-hard-corps-marketing-show Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/1vVLpNI1LssMTiL6Kdsamn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-hard-corps-marketing-show Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL3RoZS1oYXJkLWNvcnBzLW1hcmtldGluZy1zaG93  Connect To Market is produced and sponsored by Ringmaster, on a mission to create connections through branded podcasts. Learn more at https://ringmaster.com/