How AI-driven personalization can nurture consumer trust

EVP and Chief Data Officer at Yext, Christian Ward,delves into The AI-driven advertising opportunity. Today, Christian e artificial intelligence enhancing customer insights and targeting capabilities?
About the speaker

Christian Ward

Yext

 - Yext

Christian is EVP and Chief Data Officer at Yext

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Show Notes

  • 00:00
    Conversational AI and the importance of being the authority for brand knowledge.
    Discussed the necessity for brands to control and provide accurate information to power consumer journeys through AI.
  • 04:15
    Structuring knowledge for AI preparation and transitioning to GPT
    Highlighted the importance of structuring knowledge for AI to seamlessly transition to new technologies like GPT-5 for enhanced performance.
  • 08:45
    Prompt inversion and decentralization in AI
    Explored the concept of prompt inversion where AI asks questions and the shift towards decentralization in utilizing AI for valuable customer interactions

Quotes

  • “So, if you allow people to have a dialogue with you, even though you got them there with a monologue to start, that gives them this ability and it gives you knowledge as to how and what value they are seeking.” - Christian Ward

  • “I think most of us that actually look at these metrics know half the time it's wrong. And the other half of the time, [we] don't know why it's working.” - Christian Ward

  • “There's at least 25% of people that land on your website that are never going to buy from you.” - Christian Ward

  • “Interruption economy fails horribly against the far more efficient do not interrupt economy.” - Christian Ward

  • “You must be the authority for all objective knowledge for your brand.” - Christian Ward

  • “It's amazing how far we've gotten with bad data.” - Christian Ward

About the speaker

Christian Ward

Yext

 - Yext

Christian is EVP and Chief Data Officer at Yext

Learn More
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