By assisting businesses in automating repetitive tasks, personalizing messaging, and better understanding their clients, artificial intelligence is revolutionizing marketing. Agent AI allows marketers to work more quickly, correctly, and efficiently.
Sariki Abungwo is a specialist in marketing automation, business consultancy, and digital marketing strategies. His accreditation as a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS) underscores his expertise in technology-driven business solutions. As the founder of Blesatech Consultancy Services, he develops automated marketing systems that empower business coaches, consultants, and small business owners to scale efficiently.
What LLMs provide is efficiency, not differentiation. If your chatbot answers the same customer questions as everyone else’s, you’re not gaining an edge, you’re just keeping pace. Real value comes from your proprietary content, internal knowledge, processes, and people. And the LLM doesn’t know any of that — unless you teach it.
AI and automation are revolutionizing marketing, projected to reach $107.5 billi ..
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