Marketing is changing faster than most teams can keep up.
AI is now everywhere - new tools, new workflows and new expectations.
And for a lot of marketers, it’s creating more pressure… not less.
In this episode of Marketing in The Madness, Katie Street sits down with Rob Wrubel, Co-Founder of Silverside, to unpack what it actually means to become an “AI-ready marketer.”
Rob shares how some of the world’s biggest brands are already using AI to move faster, test more and rethink what marketing teams look like.
Including how Coca-Cola built a global campaign with just a handful of people and how Svedka used AI to completely turn around a declining brand.
If you’re trying to figure out where to start with AI or how to actually make it work inside a business then this episode will change how you think about it.
Chapters:
00:00 Why marketers feel overwhelmed by AI
01:18 The mindset shift: from fear to opportunity
03:13 Why most teams struggle to make time for AI
04:34 How to start (without overthinking it)
06:18 Why AI is like learning a new language
07:25 The importance of small, fast experiments
10:35 How AI is changing creative teams
11:27 What Silverside actually does
15:18 Building an “AI brand brain” (and why it matters)
17:39 The risk of everything looking the same
19:11 The Svedka case study: AI-powered growth
22:11 Why data infrastructure suddenly matters
24:24 How AI is changing search and discovery
26:48 The shift from search engines to AI advisors
29:06 The future of agents and automated buying
31:23 What’s next for AI marketing teams
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