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ColoradoBiz Staff //June 4, 2025//
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How AI is shaping marketing: insights from Digital Summit Denver 2025
Photo courtesy of Michael Aho.
ColoradoBiz Staff //June 4, 2025//
At the annual Digital Summit Denver 2025, the conversation wasn’t just about AI, it was about people. As algorithms evolve and automation scales, a powerful counterforce emerged from the sessions: authentic, human-first marketing is now the most effective strategy in an AI-saturated world. And no platform demonstrated that better than LinkedIn.
In a packed session led by Nicole Ramirez former Forbes marketing director, turned top LinkedIn creator and currently serving as director, Growth Solutions for Unlock Health, the crowd got a crash course in modern digital presence. Her presentation titled, “Unlocking LinkedIn for Leadership Growth: Strengthening Your Online Executive Presence & Influence” outlined her story: After being laid off, she leaned into LinkedIn, growing her following from 2,400 to over 20,000 in less than a year, unlocking speaking gigs, consulting clients and national media appearances along the way.
“LinkedIn isn’t a resume site anymore,” she said. “It’s your platform for visibility, leadership and opportunity.” The presentation outlined a clear playbook to achieve these goals:
Ramirez summarized by saying, “Know your audience, speak their language, and don’t be afraid to connect through everyday experiences.”
If Ramirez’s LinkedIn session was about visibility, Tyler Lane, CEO and founder of Session Interactive, focused on content strategy in his talk titled, “Driving Increased Content Marketing Results: Strategy, Signals, and the Sea of Sameness.” Focusing on value, Lane delivered a jolt of reality to the content marketing crowd. In a world where generative AI is flooding the internet with “sameness,” he challenged marketers to rise above the noise. “AI makes it easier to produce content, but not easier to create great content,” he warned.
Citing Barry Adams’ “content bell curve,” Lane explained how AI is pushing a surge in mediocre content, leaving truly authentic, authoritative content harder to come by. The real winners? Brands that lead with perspective and human voice.
Lane urged the audience to stop chasing SEO algorithms and start focusing on their audience. Google is evolving. Personalized results, AI overviews and declining click-through rates all demand a fresh approach. “Google is now sending referrals back to itself. If you’re not connecting directly with your audience, you’ll be invisible,” Lane said.
His challenge to the crowd was to ditch volume goals in favor of audience clarity. “Why [publish] five blogs a month? Why not “one” that actually matters?” he said.
Raenae Wann, director, Data MarTech Services with the Girl Scouts of the USA, made the point during her presentation titled, “Smarter AI-Powered and Data-Driven Decision Making that Elevates Your Email Marketing Strategy” that if you’re still sending monthly blasts, you’re losing. Modern email marketing, Wann said, is powered by segmentation, personalization and AI-optimized timing. She described a winning strategy as:
“Every click tells a story. AI lets us respond before the user even knows what they need,” Wann added.
Kevin Snow’s sales automation session titled, “Increasing Your Sales Team’s Close Rate: Cracking the B2B Conversion Code” focused on behavioral intelligence; tracking what prospects actually do, not just what they say.
For businesses looking to maximize their revenue potential, the key lies in understanding what their data is actually revealing about customer behavior. Snow, founder of Time on Target, said that automation is more than just insight. “Automation isn’t just efficiency. It’s insight,” Snow said. “And when sales and marketing align around that data, that’s when revenue follows,” he said, adding, “Your CRM should tell you when your prospect is lingering on pricing. That’s your moment.” Snow’s key points:
At Digital Summit Denver 2025, the most valuable insight wasn’t about the next big tool, it was about the next-level mindset. Whether you’re publishing on LinkedIn, content marketing, building email campaigns, or refining your sales pipeline, the marketers who succeed in the AI era will be those who bring clarity, originality, and voice to their work. AI can scale what you say. But only you can decide what’s worth saying.
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