Human-First AI Marketing Podcast by Avenue9

About 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. Diagnose your marketing burn rate for free at avenue9.com/quiz (https://avenue9.com/quiz). Want to be a guest? Message Mike on PodMatch: podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/1738519089289300a62eab036 (https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/1738519089289300a62eab036)

Publisher

Mike Montague

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Dec 2024

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 110 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Soul at Scale with Noah Fleming

   Send us Fan Mail 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 Noah Fleming, author of Soul at Scale, to explore how businesses can maintain their human edge in an increasingly automated world. From the Savannah Bananas' remarkable success to the power of personal customer experiences, they discuss why doing things that don't scale ...

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   12 Oct 2026

   Hybrid Marketing & Delivering Marketing Joy with Kirby Hasseman

   Send us Fan Mail 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 Kirby Hasseman, author of Hybrid Marketing and founder of Hasseman Marketing, to explore why the strongest marketing strategies blend digital reach with real-world human connection. They dig into the comeback of promotional products, direct mail, events, and face-to-face experiences; why...

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   5 Oct 2026

   Using AI for Local SEO with Tyler Henn

   Send us Fan Mail 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 genuinely relevant. In this episode, Mike Montague talks with local SEO expert Tyler Henn of Henn House about what this shift means for local businesses and how reputation, reviews, third-party validation, and a strong Google Bus...

Inside a recent episode

Understanding Time & Relationships in the AI Era with Greg Wasserman

Published 19 May 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I mean, we'll we'll just go basic here. What is the best form of marketing? Word of mouth, right? So word of mouth is the best form of marketing. I don't think AI is going to come in here and change all of a sudden word of mouth becomes lower on the total pull. No, it's this is this is also why influencers grow in as a medium. And it's like, all right, people want to buy from people they know, like, and trust. I feel like I let I know this influencer. I know this person. So the human connection is still there. We also are in an endemic of loneliness. So if we are in this pace of like loneliness, the only thing that's going to help us is human connection. […]

Who has been a guest on Human-First AI Marketing Podcast by Avenue9

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• Dilip Dubey
• Tim Brewer
• Damian Bramanis
• Vinod Kumar
• Warren Wilansky

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YouTube views

24,831

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

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Quality

70

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

32

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