New research from AI content generation and decisioning platform Persado and Coresight Research underscores the growing importance that senior-level executives are placing on AI-enabled marketing technologies to generate engaging creative content, personalize customer experiences, and improve the ways businesses leverage first-party data to gain meaningful insights without sacrificing customer privacy.
“The survey results clearly point to the coming renaissance for the Marketing community, with AI as the catalyst,” said Amy Heidersbach, chief marketing officer at Persado, in a news release. “Brands now have the ability to understand and predict their customers’ language preferences real-time, and then deliver AI-generated messages that are more authentic and engaging. Communications and content as we know it are about to change forever, with language personalization at scale becoming the new normal for marketers.”
Key findings from the new report, AI-Powered Language: A New Era of Enhanced Customer Engagement, include:
Natural Language Generation (NLG) will continue to grow in prominence for marketers
NLG is a key AI-driven technology in creative content generation and was cited by survey respondents as one of the top five most significant ways to leverage AI in digital marketing. Additionally, 78.3 percent of respondents hold AI accountable for creative development and execution—meaning that marketers can finally track the impact of words and phrases when using AI generated content.
Personalized content remains critical for customer engagement, with more marketers relying on AI to create their offerings
Organizations across multiple industries are experimenting with a combination of AI-driven technologies to generate personalized content for customers. The survey found that 74.5 percent of respondents agree or strongly agree that using AI helps organizations manage challenges related to offering personalized customer experiences, with more than half of all respondents (53.9 percent) currently using AI or ML to offer a personalized experience to customers. Only 6.7 percent do not leverage or plan to leverage these advanced technologies.
A shifting customer privacy landscape necessitates a renewed focus on first-party data
Marketers typically have a high reliance on third-party data, but changes to privacy laws in the United States and the European Union are and will continue to fundamentally change how organizations are able to interact with their customers. The survey found that 78.2 percent of respondents cited the efficient use of first-party data as very or extremely important for AI in digital marketing, and 86.1 percent of respondents are already using first-party data for marketing purposes.
Advanced digital technologies will play an increasing role in driving revenue
Organizations are realizing the benefits of using AI to generate creative content and deliver personalization at scale, with 78.2 percent of respondents citing that advanced technologies in digital marketing are very or extremely important for improving the customer experience.
“As retailers and brands move away from the use of third-party cookies, AI-powered language will play a critical role across digital marketing activities over the coming years,” said Deborah Weinswig, CEO at Coresight Research, in the release. “Our report highlights how using first-party data to drive personalized language and content will be essential for marketers’ future success.”
Download the full report here.
The study is based on the analysis of data from an online survey of 165 executives conducted by Coresight Research in November 2021. We selected respondents based on the following criteria:
- Based in the US.
- Holding senior positions (C-suite, presidents, directors, department heads).
- Company operates across multiple industries (CPG, retail, manufacturing, professional services, wholesale and other industries).
- Company currently invests in digital marketing or plans to invest in the next three years.
- Company currently uses advanced technologies such as AI, ML or deep learning in digital marketing, or plans to do so in the next three years.
